Unmasked—Mardi Gras - AAHAM Inland Empire Chapter

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Unmasked—Mardi Gras - AAHAM Inland Empire Chapter
Unmasked—Mardi Gras
Wednesday April 22nd
5:00—5:30
AAHAM Board Dinner
Dinner courtesy of CardonOutreach
All Welcome
5:30—7:30
Board Meeting
All Welcome
Thursday April 23rd
7:45—8:15
Registration
8:15—8:30
Welcome
8:30—10:00
EAPG
Health Care Authority (HCA)
Is your facility struggling with using the Enhanced Ambulatory Patient Groups (EAPG) payment
methodology? Come get your questions answered and avoid claim denials by using the appropriate coding and billing.
Colleen Wentz, AAHAM President
10:00—10:15 Break
Courtesy of Que Financial
10:15—12:00 Medical Necessity Compliance and the Two-Midnight Rule
Kurt Hopfensperger, MD, JD—Executive Health Resources
Understand the importance of the two-midnight rule, documentation requirements, denial remarks from
the MAC Probe and Educate period, and recommendations for ensuring compliance and defensible
admission decisions. Discuss guidance for determining the most appropriate care setting (inpatient
vs observation) based on the two-midnight ruling.
12:00—1:00
Lunch
Courtesy of AAHAM
1:00—2:30
ICD-10 Readiness and Modifiers
Denise Arnold, Noridian
ICD-10—Are you ready? Get the latest information on Provider specific modifiers for ambulance,
Critical Access Hospital, End Stage Renal Disease and Outpatient Therapy. Also, service specific
modifiers for anatomical, clinic trial, evaluation & management, laboratory, surgery and waiver of
liability.
2:30—2:45
Break
2:45—415
Effectively Manage In Healthcare
Christy Walt
Stop turnover at the starting line by learning the keys to effective onboarding. This course will
clearly identify what employees want and how supervisors need to set the expectations. Learn
techniques to provide a positive approach to coaching and corrective action.
4:15—4:30
Closing
Courtesy of Yakima Adjustment Services
Colleen Wentz, AAHAM President
Join us for dinner at Chateau Faire Le Pont Winery at 5:30pm
Conference attendee is included in registration, guest are welcome for a fee of $25.00.
Friday April 24th
8:00—8:30
Registration
8:30—8:45
Welcome
8:45—10:15
You’ve Been Upgraded
Kevin McDaniel, Windriver Strategies
Live life in such a way that others realize their life has been upgraded just by having been in our
presence. This is a guide to upgrading our personal life and professional experience and as a
result...the lives of those around us. To have this impact we must “go first” and choose to upgrade
ourselves.
10:15—10:30 Break
Colleen Wentz, AAHAM President
Courtesy of Central Bonded Collectors
10:30—10:45 Updates from Legislative Day
KimE Lawson, Government Chair
Our chapter government chair will give an update on TCPA and the latest on Capitol Hill.
10:45—11:45 CFPB Cindy Gagne, Compliance Officer & General Manager—Armada Corp
The FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION bureau and what hospitals need to know. This
session will cover how CFPB’s prohibition on “unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices” may
apply to hospitals debt collection practices.
11:45—12:00 Closing
Colleen Wentz, AAHAM President
Spring Charity: Women’s Resources Center