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REVENUE CYCLE 2

 

Track Coordinator: Lea Hammons, Grenada Lake Medical Center

Client Co-chair: Lisa Badie, Kennedy Krieger Institute

Siemens Co-chair: Diane Hummel, Siemens, MS4

All Revenue Cycle 2 sessions qualify for continuing education units (CEUs) with the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM). Please see the session monitor at the conclusion of each presentation to receive the CEU certificate.

Monday April 19, 2010 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
R11, R1, R21 REVENUE CYCLE FOCUS GROUP UPDATE WITH THE “REVENUE RA$CAL$”
Lisa Badie, Administrator: AR/ADT/EC – Kennedy Krieger Institute

The Patient Financial and Case Mix/RE Focus Groups have merged! Come meet the newly formed Revenue Cycle Focus Group and see an overview of this year’s restructured sessions. Hear about the exciting changes in release 29.20 and the new releases now being worked on.

AUDIENCE: All Revenue Cycle attendees

Monday April 19, 2010 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
R12 ACCOUNT LIFECYCLE, Part 1 – “TIC, TAC, TOE”
Lonny B. Aldinger, Regional PFS Director/Admitting – Banner Health
Tarek Chatila, Application Support Analyst – Adventist Health
Kathy Barry, Director of Revenue Cycle Management – St. Joseph Hospital
Lea Hammons, Patient Accounts Manager – Grenada Lake Medical Center

Are you using help text, mass adjustments, facility billing, insurance tracer letters, and all the other great MS4 system features? With so many options and features, knowing what’s available is the key to setting up a coordinated patient revenue cycle.

This three-part session follows the life cycle of a patient account from pre-registration to zero balance. You’ll get a high level overview of features and options in ADT, AR, Billing Editors, and RE as we track the account. Discover features you may not have known about and take that information back to your facility to help improve your revenue cycle.

AUDIENCE: ADT/AR/RE staff familiar with basic MedSeries4 functionality or anyone interested in a high level overview of the revenue cycle in MS4.

Monday April 19, 2010 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
R13 ACCOUNT LIFECYCLE, Part 2 – “TIC, TAC, TOE”
Lonny B. Aldinger, Regional PFS Director/Admitting – Banner Health
Tarek Chatila, Application Support Analyst – Adventist Health
Kathy Barry, Director of Revenue Cycle Management – St. Joseph Hospital
Lea Hammons, Patient Accounts Manager – Grenada Lake Medical Center

Are you using help text, mass adjustments, facility billing, insurance tracer letters, and all the other great MS4 system features? With so many options and features, knowing what’s available is the key to setting up a coordinated patient revenue cycle.

This three-part session follows the life cycle of a patient account from pre-registration to zero balance. You’ll get a high level overview of features and options in ADT, AR, Billing Editors, and RE as we track the account. Discover features you may not have known about and take that information back to your facility to help improve your revenue cycle.

AUDIENCE: ADT/AR/RE staff familiar with basic MedSeries4 functionality or anyone interested in a high level overview of the revenue cycle in MS4.

Tuesday April 20, 2010 10:30 am – 11:30 am
R14 ACCOUNT LIFECYCLE, Part 3 – “TIC, TAC, TOE”
Lonny B. Aldinger, Regional PFS Director/Admitting – Banner Health
Tarek Chatila, Application Support Analyst – Adventist Health
Kathy Barry, Director of Revenue Cycle Management – St. Joseph Hospital
Lea Hammons, Patient Accounts Manager – Grenada Lake Medical Center

Are you using help text, mass adjustments, facility billing, insurance tracer letters, and all the other great MS4 system features? With so many options and features, knowing what’s available is the key to setting up a coordinated patient revenue cycle.

This three-part session follows the life cycle of a patient account from pre-registration to zero balance. You’ll get a high level overview of features and options in ADT, AR, Billing Editors, and RE as we track the account. Discover features you may not have known about and take that information back to your facility to help improve your revenue cycle.

AUDIENCE: ADT/AR/RE staff familiar with basic MedSeries4 functionality or anyone interested in a high level overview of the revenue cycle in MS4.

Tuesday April 20, 2010 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
R15 ACTS – “PICK UP STICKS”
Carmen Musitano, Lead Business Analyst – Corporate, Universal Health Services, Inc.
Tammie Crittenden, Patient Access Director – Wise Regional Health System

Use ACTS to effectively manage accounts and productivity from admission through collection. Whether you work in a small facility or a large multientity CBO, this session teaches you the decision-making logic and system file maintenance needed to create worklists for all accounts. Discover tips and creative methods to get accounts to the right person at the right time to maximize your facility’s reimbursement.

AUDIENCE: Those responsible for ACTS file maintenance, users who want to understand how worklists are created, and managers who are looking to further enhance the use of ACTS in their facility.

Tuesday April 20, 2010 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
R16 AR/EC REPORTS – “I SPY”
Allison Moreland, Reimbursement Analyst – Nix Health Care System
Lisa Badie, Administrator: AR/ADT/EC – Kennedy Krieger Institute
Chris Pratt, Senior Analyst – BJC Healthcare

Learn about the standard and dayend AR and Billing Editor (EC) reports that can help you identify, track, and troubleshoot processes and problems. In addition, we will explore queries and custom reports used to aid in the monitoring process.

AUDIENCE: Intermediate knowledge targeting PFS Managers/Supervisors, Billing Managers/Supervisors

Wednesday April 21, 2010 9:30 am – 11:00 am
R17 837 EDITORS/5010 – “MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL”
Lisa Badie, Administrator: AR/ADT/EC – Kennedy Krieger Institute
Chris Pratt, Senior Analyst – BJC Healthcare

837I and 837P Editors were released in 28.20. These are an addition to the existing U4 and H4 Editors that mirror the 837 Institutional and Professional datastream files. Facilities must use these editors in order to have their datastream converted to the 5010 837 format. This session shows you the screen formats and functionality of the 837 Editors that allows you to see what is in the datastream before transmission.

AUDIENCE: Intermediate – Billing managers and those responsible for setting up and maintaining files for the editor.

Wednesday April 21, 2010 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
R18 REVENUE CYCLE FOCUS GROUP ROUNDTABLE – “20 QUESTIONS”
Tarek Chatila, Application Support Analyst – Adventist Health

Do you have questions? Bring them to this open forum where members of the Revenue Cycle and Technical Focus Groups, and MS4 staff will be on hand to provide answers or point you in the right direction to solutions for common revenue cycle needs. Feel free to share your own tips and hints with others. This session is for YOU!

AUDIENCE: This session is for all interested conference attendees.

Wednesday April 21, 2010 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
R19 RAC AUDITS – “COPS & ROBBERS”
Sue Mattos, Project Manager – Sutter Health

Are you prepared for the upcoming RAC audits? See other MS4 facilities’ current processes for managing these requirements and discover options for using MS4 to manage the various audit tiers.

AUDIENCE: Intermediate – AR account managers, case management supervisors, and those who are responsible for managing the process.