MS4 & Vision – Vision User Group Conference 2010 – In Full Swing

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 currently being worked on.

AUDIENCE: All Revenue Cycle attendees

This session provides new users a starting point to RE and offers a refresher course in functionality. It focuses on basic definitions, navigation of all RE screens, and offers a good foundation of knowledge to enable users to confidently move forward in the RE application.

AUDIENCE: Beginning – This session is tailored for the new user or a user in need of a basic refresher course.

Now that you have the basics from Beginning RE #1, let’s go a step further to find out how to use RE Description Keys to benefit your facility and individual carrier contracts. Also learn about file maintenance requirements for various reimbursement methodologies, such as Case Mix Payor Master File, RE Outpatient Parameter File, and Table File Maintenance.

AUDIENCE: All users responsible for RE file maintenance

Back by popular demand – calculate Medicare Outpatient Reimbursement accurately! Gain an understanding of Contract File Maintenance incorporating fee schedules, subroutines, tables, and other pertinent details to fine tune the process.

AUDIENCE: All users responsible for RE file maintenance

Do you troubleshoot Billing Editor errors generated from the Charge Master, Pharmacy, Proration, and Revenue Center files and need to better understand file structure, how they flow, and their interdependencies? Join us as we introduce Release 29.20 enhancements and walk through these files to resolve issues and improve workflow efficiency.

AUDIENCE: Beginning to intermediate billing supervisors, leads, and those responsible for EC file maintenance. Knowledge of file dependencies is beneficial.

Hear an overview of recent and upcoming changes in Medicare and ARRA regulations and discover their impact on the hospital revenue cycle. Included in the discussion are IPPS and OPPS changes, value based purchasing initiatives, major ARRA and HITECH initiatives, Health Reform update, RAC and MIC updates, a brief introduction to 5010, and a sneak preview of ICD10.

AUDIENCE: This is a general education session designed for anyone who wants an understanding of how Medicare and other governmental regulations have shaped and changed the reimbursement process. It provides ideas for using MS4 Case Mix and RE, AR/ADT and MIRA, but does not require any specific level of understanding.

This session focuses on using CM/RE dayend reports, canned reports, third party logs, the standard report writers, and queries to keep your system clean and in sync to monitor contracts and reimbursement, and processes that aid in decision-making.

AUDIENCE: This class is beneficial for beginning and intermediate users who have some understanding of the Case Mix and RE applications. It is expected that the attendee will have a general knowledge of system functionality, file structure, and interoperability.

Discover how Concurrent Review might be the answer for your facility in the area of case management. Track days and dates of specific occurrences and inpatient lengths of stay versus expected reimbursement, and learn about the implementation and use of alert reporting. Information shared in this session will assist you in determining whether the Concurrent Review module might provide the solution for your specific need.

AUDIENCE: All levels

This session provides an overview from registration to reimbursement of the numerous ways to track and manage AR for specialty units with multiple types of inpatient and outpatient therapy services such as Behavioral Health, Dialysis, and SNF.

AUDIENCE: ADT supervisors, billing managers, and those responsible for file maintenance