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Audio Conference

The Impact of Medicare Payment Changes: CMS Takes Your Questions
(Event Code 15848)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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Program

The transformation of Medicare from a passive payer to an active purchaser of healthcare is bringing big changes in how hospitals do business. Hospitals need to understand the impact of these changes.

In its effort to preserve the Medicare Trust, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stopped paying for certain hospital acquired conditions (HAC) documented as secondary diagnoses and not present on admission (POA). Effectively, these cases are to be paid as though the secondary diagnoses were not present. Hospitals are being required to report POA information for both primary and secondary diagnoses when submitting claims for discharges.

This is one of several non-payment strategies intended to support value based purchasing (VBP), which links payments to results, including quality, efficiency, patient satisfaction and other measures – areas of interest to healthcare risk management, quality and patient safety professionals.

This special one-hour audio conference will feature representatives of CMS who will discuss the latest on VBP as well as HAC management and prevention.

Objectives

• Preview Medicare policy issues related to VBP and its effect on hospitals
• Discuss the future of the HAC provision and its impact, including updates and opportunities for involvement
• Identify strategies for ensuring continued compliance with HAC/POA.

Who Should Attend

Risk, claims and quality managers; clinicians; patient safety officers; accreditation and compliance officers and other organizational executives; consultants; attorneys; and insurance professionals

Program Facilitators

Thomas B. Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD

• Medical officer and senior advisor in the Center for Medicare Management (CMM) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Advises CMS leadership on policy issues related to Medicare’s payment systems and quality initiatives, particularly pay for performance
• Served as director of CMS’s Special Program Office of Value-Based Purchasing, created to launch physician and hospital pay for performance

Lisa Grabert, MPH

• Health insurance specialist, policy analyst in the Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Has been with CMS for four years
• Supports the strategic and operational implementation of CMS’ value-based purchasing initiatives for both inpatient and physician office fee-for-service Medicare.

Continuing Education Credits

This program is approved for a total of 1.0 contact hour of Continuing Education Credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow), and toward CPHRM renewal.
The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This CNE activity is being offered for 1.0 contact hour.

Site Registration Fee

$129 ASHRM members per site
$179 nonmembers per site

How to Register

1. Online: with KRM Information Services.
2. By phone (with credit card): with KRM at (800) 775-7654
3. By fax (with credit card): with KRM at (800) 676-0734
4. By mail:
   KRM Information Services Inc.
   P.O. Box 1187
   Eau Claire, WI 54702-1187
   Make check payable to: KRM

Services provided by KRM Information Services

Tuition Information

The site registration fee makes this a great investment for your organization. Pay just one fee and ask as many people to listen in on your one connection, via speakerphone, as you wish. The tuition fee includes one set of materials (you may make copies for all of the persons you invite to listen to the program) and one toll-free telephone connection. All registrations/orders must be prepaid. Payment must be made in U.S. dollars.

Recordings

CD and on-demand online recordings (unlimited access for 30 days) may be ordered online (same price as site fee).

On-demand online access

• Listen and learn at your convenience
• Hear the original live broadcast in its entirety as a “virtual seminar”
• Receive immediate access to a printable, electronic version of the presentation handouts
• Gain unlimited access for 30 days following purchase (or date of program if later)
• Pre-registration for on-demand access is available (see below for details)

Audio CD

• Listen and learn at your convenience
• Hear the original live broadcast in its entirety
• CD contains a printable, electronic version of handouts
• Share the CD with others in your office
• Audio CDs are available for purchase approximately 7 days after the live broadcast

Cancellation Policy

Registration fees, less a $50 cancellation charge, will be refunded if notice of cancellation is received by ASHRM no later than 10 days before the meeting date. All cancellations and refund requests must be made in writing to ASHRM, One North Franklin, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60606, or via fax at (312) 422-4580. ASHRM reserves the right to cancel or reschedule programs and close registrations if necessary.

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