2011 HealthTech Leadership Conference

Conference Presentations & Handouts

The following materials are for conference attendees only and require a password provided by HealthTech.

HealthTech White Paper

• Preparing for the ICD-10 transition: What you need to know to avoid potential reimbursement issues
  Derek Morkel, CEO, HealthTech

General Sessions

• Get Out of B.E.D. (Blame, Excuses and Denial) Change Your Outlook, Alter Your Outcomes
  Speaker: Marty Stanley, President, Dynamic Dialog, Inc.
• Implications of Healthcare Reform for Information Systems
  Speaker: Bill Felkey, PhD
• State of the Global Economy
  Speaker: John Bardis, Founder & President, MedAssets

Professional Forums

Chief Nursing Executive/Quality Forum

• CNE Forum Agenda
  
• Transformational Change
  Speaker: Gary Saltus, DO
• Become a Patient First Leader
  Emmett Murphy, PhD
• Decreasing Sepsis Mortality & ALOS
  Robyn Atadero, RN, Director of Emergency & Critical Care Services, Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District
• Celebrating "Better" Practices
  Josee Gill, RN, MSN, Upson Regional Medical Center

Human Resources Forum

• Staffing Management
  Speaker: Carolyn St. Charles, Regional Chief Clinical Officer, HealthTech
• Charting the Course: An Employment Law Update
  William Davis, Esq., Jackson Lewis, LLP

CFO Forum

• Healthcare Accounting & Auditing Update
  Speaker: Tom Watson, CPA, FHFMA, Partner, BKD, LLP
• Productivity Manual Update
  Speakers: Cary Rowan, Kevin Stringer, John Freeman, AVPs, HealthTech
• Accounting for EHR Payments
  Speaker: Tom Watson, CPA, FHFMA, Partner, BKD, LLP

CFO/Revenue Cycle Forums

• A/R Tracking Report Revisions
  Speaker: Kevin Stringer, Assistant Vice President, HealthTech

Revenue Cycle Forum

• Revenue Cycle Basics - A Guide to Superior Performance
  Speaker: Derek Morkel, President & CEO, HealthTech
• Medicare Bad Debts: An Overview of Medicare Policies
  Speaker: Keith Williams, President, Keith Williams & Associates
• Critical Issues: What Causes You to Lose Sleep?
  Speaker: Paula Digby, Chief Content Officer, eduTrax
  Critical Issues Handout

Breakout Sessions

• A Pathway to Value: Thriving in an Era of Healthcare Reform
  Speaker: Dave Munch, MD, Sr. VP, Chief Consulting and Clinical Officer, Healthcare Performance Partners (HPP), a MedAssets company
• The Impact of Current and Coming Regulations and Trends on Your Chargemaster
  Speaker: Rebecca Kidder, RN, CS-P, Senior Consultant, Compliance Technologies, MedAssets
• Create a Highly Patient-Focused Organization
  Speaker: Emmett Murphy, PhD, CEO, Murphy Leadership, Inc.
• 30 Day Cash Turnaround Plan
  Speaker: Derek Morkel, President & CEO, HealthTech
• Compliance Program Boot Camp
  Speaker: Brenda Phillips, JD, General Counsel, HealthTech
  • Handout: OIG Hospital Compliance Guidelines, 1998
  • Handout: OIG Supplemental Hospital Compliance Guidelines, 2005
  • Compliance Program Resources
• Government Audits with a Focus on RACs: A View From the Trenches
  Speaker: Sandra Miller, MD, Senior Medical Director, Revenue Cycle Services, MedAssets
  • Handout: Prepare for Increased RAC Activity in 2011
• Managing, Avoiding and Recovering Administrative Denials
  Speaker: Claire Skelley, Director, Denial Management Services, MedAssets & Tim Shorey, VP, Managed Care Services, MedAssets
• Keys to Uncluttered Communication
  Speaker: Marty Stanley, President, Dynamic Dialog, Inc.
• Drug Shortages: Understanding the Dynamic Nature of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
  Traci Metting, Vice President, Clinical Pharmacy Services, MedAssets
• Lean Design: Facilities & Construction
  Cheryl Stoddard, Vice President, Construction & Facilities, MedAssets
• What's EQ Got to Do With It?
  Patsy Svare, President, The Chatfield Group
  • Handout: 10 Step Curriculum & EQ Bibliography
  • Handout: EQ Development Plan