Upcoming RCM Conferences and Events

Healthcare is changing literally every minute of every day. Keeping up is one of the biggest challenges for anyone on the clinical or administration side of healthcare delivery. Attending professional development, conferences, summits, and webinars are some of the best ways to get the most current answers to help you navigate the changing landscape. Here are some upcoming events we thought you would interest you. Check back here as we will be updating the content every few weeks and reposting.

For other Healthcare, Health Finance, and Health IT events, conferences, or summits visit our HIT Event Calendar. For our upcoming webinars see Our Webinars in the HIT Event Calendar. For more Health IT online events see our Friday post on HITECH Answers. To follow Hashtag Events and Tweet Chats see our post in HIE Answers.
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Virtual Events

Greenway Health
When: Wednesday, February 27, 2019  2:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Register for this event.
Twitter: @greenway

Why it Pays to Encourage Annual Wellness Visits – When annual wellness visits are a priority for your practice, your patients aren’t the only ones seeing healthy results — you could see increased revenue, as well. Join Greenway to explore annual wellness visits and how they can help increase focus on quality, revenue, and patient engagement.

CMS
When: Thursday, February 28, 2019  3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Register for this event.
Twitter: @CMSGov

Comparative Billing Report: Family Practitioner Office Visits Webinar – Join them for a discussion of the Comparative Billing Report on Office Visits, New and Established, Family Practitioners (CBR201902), an educational tool for family practitioners who submit Medicare Part B claims. See the CBR website for more information.

CMS
When: Ongoing
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Twitter: @CMSGov

Quality Payment Program 2017 MIPS: Improvement Activities Performance Category Web-Based Training Course — A new Quality Payment Program 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System: Improvement Activities Performance Category Web-Based Training course is available through the Learning Management System. Learn about:

• Improvement Activities performance category requirements
• How this category fits into the larger Quality Payment Program
• Steps you need to take to report Improvement Activities data to CMS
• Basics about scoring

On Demand Webinars – ICYMI

ABCs of the QPP
What: Playlist of Past Episodes
Listen on youtube.
Twitter: @HealthITAnswers

ABCs of the QPP Playlist – Join Answers Media Network and SA Ignite each month as we address your questions on the current and future state of the CMS Quality Payment Program.

Avalere Health
What: The Future of CMMI: Where Do We Go from Here?
Access the webinar slides.
Twitter: @avalerehealth

The Future of CMMI: Where Do We Go from Here? – While participation in Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) continues to expand and CMS is rolling out the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced initiative, questions regarding the sustainability and long-term effectiveness of these and other alternative payment models remain. A recent analysis from Avalere highlights the uncertainty regarding the MSSP after finding ACO net savings have fallen short of the initial Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections by more than $2 billion but also suggests some opportunities for future success.

Conferences and Summits

Our world is changing every day at breakneck speed and healthcare is no different. Browse through some of these upcoming events and maybe you will find one that will help ease the adjustment to the ever-changing healthcare landscape. You may even make a connection or two while networking.

Fourteenth National Value-Based Payment and Pay for Performance Summit
When: February 25 – 27, 2019
Register for this event.
Twitter: @HealthcareP4P
Event Hashtag: #P4P

Fourteenth National Value-Based Payment and Pay for Performance Summit – The 14th National Value-based Payment & Pay for Performance Summit will begin by addressing the crucial strategic issues of “Thinking Strategically about Valuebased Payment Models: Lessons Learned, Current Challenges and Moving to Mandatory Risk-bearing Models” and “Making Downside Risk Work”. Other plenary sessions cover topics like an “Annual Medicare Advantage Update”, “The Role of Analytics, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Value-based Care”, a “MACRA/APMs/MIPS Roundtable”, and the perspectives of physicians and hospitals on their respective roles in the move to value-based care.

AHIP’s National Health Policy Conference
What: AHIP’s National Health Policy Conference
When: March 13 – 14, 2019
Register for this event.
Where: Washington, DC
Hashtag: #AHIPPolicy

AHIP’s National Health Policy Conference – States need innovative ways to serve the growing number of Medicaid enrollees. Health insurance providers are an important part of the solution. But new policies are needed at the federal and state level to unlock more innovation. How can you prepare for the future? During AHIP’s National Health Policy Conference, experts will share their perspectives on what’s next in Medicaid, and what it means for patients, lawmakers, regulators, health systems, and health insurance providers. Early registration ends February 7.

InstaMed Healthcare Payments Summit 2019 & Digital Health Forum
When: March 25 – 27, 2019
Register for this event.
Twitter: @InstaMed
Event Hashtag: #HCPayments19

InstaMed Healthcare Payments Summit 2019 & Digital Health Forum – The InstaMed Healthcare Payments Summit is the only event that brings together providers, payers, healthcare IT systems and consumers in one place to share insights, learn from industry leaders and preview the latest in healthcare payments technology. The goal of the conference is to foster discussion and collaboration across all healthcare stakeholders to improve the convenience, efficiency and security of healthcare payments. Robert Herjavec, Founder & CEO Herjavec Group and star of ABC’s Emmy Award-winning hit Shark Tank, and David Horsager, national bestselling author and prominent public speaker, will deliver the opening and closing keynotes, respectively. Consumerism in healthcare will be a major focus of the event, specifically digital strategies for engaging patients and members in the healthcare payments experience. So join us this March in Philadelphia as together, we can push beyond the boundaries of the status quo and transform the healthcare payments experience for everyone!

Registration is now open for the #HCPayments19! Join us on March 25 – 27 in Philadelphia, PA for the can’t-miss event of the year. Register today and take advantage of early bird pricing! https://t.co/eSYvqIx6R1 pic.twitter.com/E4A0Y49Vth

— InstaMed (@InstaMed) November 14, 2018

AHIP Institute & Expo 2019 
What: AHIP Institute & Expo 2019
When: June 19 – 21, 2019
Register for this event.
Where: Nashville, TN
Hashtag: #AHIPInstitute

AHIP Institute & Expo 2019 – New concepts, new solutions, new contacts. It’s a few days out of the office, but so much more. Institute & Expo is an investment in your company, your career, and our country’s health care. It’s not surprising that thousands consider AHIP’s Institute & Expo the must attend health care event. Register now to take advantage of early bird discount. Super Saver ends March 18, 2019 and Early Registration ends May 3, 2019.

Can’t Attend? Follow the Event Hashtags.

Schedule booked? Life too busy? Event too far away? Follow along on social media with the event hashtag so you can be part of the action and stay informed. You can also check out the hashtag after the event has concluded for a quick overview.

Consumer Experience & Digital Health Forum
When: December 11-13, 2018
Register for this event.
Twitter: @AHIPCoverage
Event Hashtag: #AHIPDigital

Consumer Experience & Digital Health Forum – When consumers do better, we all do better. AHIP’s Consumer Experience & Digital Health Forum delivers ideas to help build and implement CX and digital health strategies that will break down barriers to better care and drive member loyalty. You’ll learn from startups and powerhouses, focused on topics at the forefront of the push to reinvent health care.

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