Submit Your Presentation for the 2010 Healthcare Payments Automation Summit
2009 Conference Agenda
Sunday, September 13, 2009
5:00 - 6:00 pm Welcome Reception
Sponsored by WAUSAU Financial Systems
Monday, September 14, 2009
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast & Vendor Showcase
8:30 - 9:30 am
Provider Panel: Healthcare Providers' Payment Practices and Expectations
This session will explore healthcare providers' plans to electronify their transaction handling processes. Hear how healthcare providers are optimistic regarding the shift away from paper-based payments toward electronic payment types.
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Jeff Ogletree, Director of Patient Financial Services, Billings Clinic
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Matthew Considine, athenahealth
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Brandon Griffin, Prexus Health
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Frank Marshall, Chief Operating Officer, MedSynergies
9:45 - 10:30 am
The Future of Patient Collections
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- Red Gillen, Senior Analyst, Celent
10:45 - 11:45 am
Solutions Panel: Emerging Trends in Healthcare Payments Automation
This interactive panel discussion features insight and advice from prominent solutions providers. During the session, attendees will gain a better understanding of the latest technologies and strategies for healthcare payments automation, EOB processing and revenue cycle management. The main focus of the discussion will be to detail the most important technologies shaping the market and the key trends and innovations that are changing the way information is captured, processed, managed and delivered.
- Jim Ribelin,CEO, HERAE
- Andrew Pery, Chief Marketing Officer, Kofax
- David Milholland, Senior Vice President of Business Consulting, WAUSAU Financial Systems
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch Panel: The Role of Banks in Healthcare Payments Processing
This lively panel discussion will overview the current payments landscape, highlight ma-jor trends in instruments, volumes and marketplaces and then will discuss how these trends offer both opportunities and challenges for financial institutions and corporations.
- Jessica Schopp, Vice President, JP Morgan Chase
- Margaret C Dowling, Vice President, Senior Product Manager Healthcare, PNC Bank
- Stuart Hanson, Vice President, Healthcare & Wholesale Lockbox, Fifth Third Bank
- Maureen Turo, CTP, VP and Healthcare Market Specialist, The Bank of New York Mellon Treasury Services
- Moderator: Mark Brousseau, Brousseau & Associates
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Dessert Social & Vendor Showcase
2:00 - 3:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Processing Healthcare Payments at Point of Service
Learn how healthcare providers can speed accounts receivable collection, reduce administrative costs, and improve their cash flow management.
- Mary Dees Griffith, President & COO, Preferred Health Technology Inc.
- Stacy Pourfallah, Senior Business Leader, Prepaid Products, Visa, Inc.
Automating Healthcare Payments at Fi-Med
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Posting payments from a high volume of paper EOBs is challenging, automating the manual process can be equally effortful. Adrian Velasquez, founder and president of FiMed, Inc., worked with four different solutions that failed to produce results. Finally, FiMed achieved automation of this onerous process. Learn what did not work and why, the pitfalls and shortcomings of certain approaches and ultimately what did work.
- Adrian Velasquez, President, Fi-Med
- Rod Baker, EOBreeze
3:15 - 4:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
- Scott Krah, Director of Banking Services, CareMedic Systems;
- Vince Schmitz, VP/CFO, MultiCare Health Systems
Process Improvement for Healthcare Credit Balances & Refunds
- Maureen Turo, VP and Healthcare Market Specialist, The Bank of New York Mellon
- Jeff Dawson, CDR Associates
4:15 - 5:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
The Cost of Collecting Healthcare Payments at the Point of Service
- Fred Brothers, Managing Partner, eCom Advisors
- Peter Gordon, eCom Advisors
Healthcare Automation
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Cocktail Buffet, Vendor Showcase & Prize Drawings
Sponsored by Direct Data Capture
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:15 am
Accepting Patient Payments at the Point of Care: Issues and Opportunities
- Scott Hawig, Divisional Chief Financial Officer, Duke University Health System;
- Sheila Schweitzer, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, CareMedic Systems, Inc.
- Matthew Friend, Booz, Allen, Hamilton
- Rebecca Greenwood, Administrator, Consultants in Radiology (CIRPA)
9:30 -10:15 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Consumer Opinions on Emerging Healthcare Trends
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Hear findings of a survey by PNC Bank on consumer opinions around emerging healthcare trends.
- Vince Marzula, VP, Health Solutions - eCommerce Product Manager, PNC Bank
A Case Study on Migrating to Electronic Payments
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Ohio State University Physicians, Inc. will provide a case study on its successful mi-gration to electronic payments. The case study will detail the challenges paper-based payments processing posed for the provider; how it selected a solution; how it developed a business case for electronic payments; the benefits it has received by migrating to electronic payments; and the future.
- Richard Sobieray, Chief Financial Officer, Ohio State University Physicians
- Jim Ribelin, CEO, HERAE
10:30 - 11:15 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
The Case for Automated EOB Processing
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It's no secret that today's healthcare providers face immense obstacles in trying to contain the exorbitant costs of running an efficient patient financial services operation. But they must do so without impeding the quality of patient services. Efforts to overhaul patient claims and payment processing systems to accommodate electronic remittances stand out for their extreme cost-savings potential. This presentation will detail the business case for automated EOB processing, including the true cost of manual processing and the exponential savings of automation.
- Rose Wojciechowski, Healthcare Product Specialist, The Bank of New York Mellon Treasury Services
Remote Deposit Capture in Healthcare: A Case Study
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Founded in 1980, The MENTOR Network is a national network of local human ser-vices providers offering an array of quality, community-based services to adults and children. Hoping to streamline the depository relationships for its far-flung offices, the MENTOR Network recently implemented remote deposit capture (RDC). The result has been reduced banking fees and improved funds availability. In this case study presentation, the MENTOR Network will detail its situation and challenges before implementing remote deposit capture; how it developed a business case for remote deposit capture; its process for selecting a vendor and deploying a solution; and the benefits it has achieved.
- Chris Kozakis, Director of Treasury Operations, The MENTOR Network
- Jonathan Watson, Treasury Supervisor, The MENTOR Network
- Sara K Davies, Strategic Account Executive, i-Stream
11:30 - 12:30 Closing General Session
Panel: Healthcare Privacy and Security
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In this final session, a panel of healthcare and banking experts will discuss the importance of implementing and maintaining strong controls related to the privacy and security of healthcare information. This discussion will include HIPAA regulations plus the extended requirements in ARRA. Topics will include:
- Assessing your organization's PHI privacy and security risks
- The importance of internal firewalls within hybrid organizations
- Minimum use policies
- Physical access considerations
- The importance of education and reminders
- Access to data: Reliance on system controls vs. user education
- How do privacy and security requirements differ between financial PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and healthcare PHI (Protected Health Information)?
- Audit trails for PHI access
- Penalties for unlawful disclosure
- New breach reporting requirements under ARRA
- New Business Associate requirements under ARRA
Lee Barrett, the Executive Director of the Electronic Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) will host a panel of experts in discussing these areas in practical terms. The panel will address questions presented by the moderator followed by an open forum to address participant's questions.
- Moderator: Lee Barrett, Executive Director, Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC)
- M. Peter Adler, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Jessica Schopp, Vice President, JP Morgan Chase
- Vince Marzula, VP, Health Solutions - eCommerce Product Manager, PNC Bank