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AGENDA: OPTIONAL PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM
Monday, December 2, 2013
(Optional; Separate Registration Required)
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8:30 a.m. |
Registration Opens
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PRECONFERENCE: THE BASICS OF HOSPITAL PRICING, INCLUDING UNDERSTANDING THE CHARGEMASTER
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Sponsored by the Healthcare Finance Management Association (HFMA)
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Program Moderator:
Katherine Hempstead, PhD, MA
Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Former Director, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Princeton, NJ (Moderator)
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9:30 a.m. |
Chargemaster Basics
- Recognize definitions and uses of the chargemaster
- Describe the process of development and maintenance of the chargemaster
- Identify chargemaster concepts such as APCs, revenue center codes, and data elements used in the chargemaster
- Identify opportunities in several of the large clinical departments to improve revenue through the chargemaster
Michael Kovar
Principal, Health Care Services Group, WeiserMazars LLP, New York, NY
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10:15 a.m. |
How and Why Hospitals Set Prices: A Technical Perspective
William O. Cleverley, PhD
President, Cleverley + Associates; Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University, Worthington, OH
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11:00 a.m. |
The Price to Patients -- Providing Out-of-Pocket Payment Estimates
Terry Allison Rappuhn, CPA
Project Leader, Patient Friendly Billing Project, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA); Former Chief Financial Officer, Quorum Health Group, Inc., Nashville, TN
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11:45 a.m. |
Financial Assistance Policies and Their Relationship to Price
Mark Rukavina, MBA
President, Community Health Advisors; Executive Director, The Access Project, Chestnut Hill, MA
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12:30 p.m. |
Adjournment and Box Luncheon for Precon Attendees Only
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AGENDA: DAY I
Monday, December 2, 2013
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OPENING PLENARY SESSION
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1:00 p.m.
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Welcome and Introduction
Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Adviser, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Health Policy Analyst, The PBS News Hour, Washington, DC (Chair)
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1:15 p.m.
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Transparency about What? For Whom? By Whom?
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
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1:45 p.m.
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Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care
Marty Makary, MD, MPH
Director, Surgical Quality & Safety, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Chief, Islet Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Author, New York Times bestseller, Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care, Baltimore, MD
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2:15 p.m.
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What are the Policy Objectives of Increased Transparency?
Dan Durham
Executive Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, DC
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David Lansky, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH); Former Senior Director of the Health Program, Markle Foundation; Former Founding President, Foundation for Accountability (FACCT), San Francisco, CA
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Lynn Quincy, MA
Senior Policy Analyst, Consumer's Union, Consumer Representative, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Washington, DC
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Glenn D. Steele, Jr., MD, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
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Richard (Rich) Umbdenstock
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Hospital Association; Former Executive Vice President, Providence Health and Services, Washington, DC
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Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Adviser, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Health Policy Analyst, The PBS News Hour, Washington, DC (Moderator)
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3:45 p.m. |
Break
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4:15 p.m.
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Panel: Barriers to Healthcare Transparency and How to Overcome Them
Leah Binder
President and Chief Executive Officer, Leapfrog Group, Washington, DC
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William E. Kramer, MBA
Executive Director for National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA
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Neel T. Shah, MD, MPP
Founder and Executive Director, Costs of Care; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Jay Want, MD
Principal, Want Healthcare, LLC; Chief Medical Officer, Center for Improving Value in Health Care Board Member, Rocky Mountain Health Plans; Former Innovation Advisor, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Denver, CO
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Anne F. Weiss, MPP
Team Director and Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Former Senior Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Princeton, NJ (Moderator)
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5:30 p.m. |
Adjournment and Networking Reception
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