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.

Virtual Events

Take advantage of these upcoming online educational events. The webinars and web-based training courses are all intended for eligible hospitals or eligible professionals and their practices. They are free of charge so register today.

Zirmed
When: Wednesday, April 25, 2018  1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
Register for this event.
Twitter: @zirmed

After The Patient Leaves: Best Practices in Collections – Point-of-service collections should be an organization’s focus, but certain factors can cause this critical strategy to fail. When you treat patients outside the office setting, your organization is most vulnerable to bad debt. For some, this represents only a minority of patients; for others, it’s every patient. Regardless of where your organization falls on the vulnerability spectrum, post-service collections must be a priority. In this webinar, Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, will discuss actions to help drive collections after the encounter.

Navicure
When: Thursday, April 26, 2018 1:00 pm ET
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Twitter: @Navicure

Navigating the Provider-Payer Relationship: Manage Risk + Optimize Revenue – Juggling risk along with burdens such as compliance, coding and billing standards is undoubtedly difficult. Learn from an industry expert how you can manage risk, improve processes and increase claims revenue. Register now for this complimentary webinar presented by national consultant and industry expert Deborah Walker Keegan, PhD, FACMPE.

eHealth Initiative
When: Thursday, April 26, 2018  2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
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Twitter: @eHealthDC

Improving Care and Lowering Costs: The Use of Clinical Data by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations – To better understand the state of progress of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations in forming and implementing a clinical data strategy, eHI conducted six executive interviews over December 2017 and January 2018 for a report. This webinar will feature report respondents who will comment on the results of the report and provide deeper insight into what their own organizations are doing to implement a clinical data strategy to improve the care of enrollees in their Medicaid Managed Care Organization.

American’s Physician Groups & CMS
When: Monday, April 30, 2018  12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
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Twitter: @AmerPhysGrps @CMSGov

MIPS APMs to Advanced APMs: How to Make the Valuable Transition – America’s Physician Groups (APG) is pleased to continue their webinar series with CMS for physicians and physician groups implementing MACRA through the Quality Payment Program, focusing on APMs. Through a co-branding agreement with CMS, the sessions will combine CMS expertise on the regulation’s content with APG’s members’ knowledge of how clinicians are responding on the ground to these important changes and care models.

CMS
When: Tuesday, May 1, 2018  1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
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Twitter: @CMSGov

Medicare Cost Report e-Filing System Webcast – During this webcast, learn how to use the Medicare Cost Report e-Filing (MCReF) system. Beginning May 1, Medicare Part A providers can use MCReF to submit cost reports with fiscal years ending on or after December 31, 2017. You will have the option to electronically transmit your cost report through MCReF or mail or hand deliver it to your Medicare Administrative Contractor. Starting July 2, you must use MCReF if you choose electronic submission of your cost report.

AHIP and Accenture
When: May 1, 2018  2:00 – 3:00pm ET
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Twitter: @Accenture

Ready? Plans Must Change Medicare Marketing or Risk Millions – There is a new reality in Medicare: Boomers are here, consumers are retiring later, and they are more digital than ever. Current approaches to Medicare marketing that are laser focused on the 65th birthday need to change or will fail. Health plans that pivot quickly to deliver appropriate tools and experiences to boomers aging in to Medicare eligibility will have a substantial revenue opportunity at their fingertips. This session will present the latest research and a personalized omnichannel journey for this new age-in generation. This webinar will address what payers should know about the changing Medicare Age-in landscape and what to consider to pivot marketing approaches.

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

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.

MGMA18 | The Operations Conference
When: April 22 – 24, 2018
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Twitter: @mgma
Event Hashtag: #MGMA18annual

MGMA18 | The Operations Conference – Optimized medical practice operations result in the best business outcomes and yield the highest quality care. Acquire innovative patient focused strategies to thrive in the era of value. Discover and share best practices on improving efficiency, maximizing productivity and profitability and leading high performance teams.

Second National Medicare Advantage Summit
When: May 16 – 18, 2018
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Twitter: @BMAlliance
Event Hashtag: #MedicareAdvantage

Second National Medicare Advantage Summit – The Second National Medicare Advantage Summit is the only event that brings together plans, providers, patients and government to improve quality, cost and access in Medicare Advantage. The Summit is hosted by Better Medicare Alliance and is a hybrid conference and internet event.

The Eighth National Bundled Payment Summit
When: June 6 – 8, 2018
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Twitter: @BundledPayment
Event Hashtag: #BundledPayment

2018 ACO/APM Bundled Payment Summit – The 2018 ACO/APM Bundled Payment Summit features keynote addresses from both policy makers and providers including national hospital and physician thought leaders with real-life implementation experience. Given the growth in complexity of bundles this year’s Summit will focus on deeper breakthrough strategies to implement bundled payment arrangements with private and public sector payers as well as self-funded employers. In addition, focus will also include consumers and how to best engage them in bundled payment initiatives. Other topics include, bundles and MACRA, implementation case studies, data & analytics, risk arrangements, employer perspectives, transparency and how to synchronize ACOs and bundled payments.

2018 Aprima User Conference
When: August 17 – 19, 2018
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Twitter: @AprimaMedEHR

2018 Aprima User Conference – Join Aprima for three jam-packed days where you’ll learn how to leverage your investment and achieve new heights with your Aprima system. Aprima will bring you completely up-to-date on advances in their products for 2018 and beyond. The Conference will also provide attendees the opportunity to meet other practices in your specialty or region.

Customer registration is open for Aprima User Conference 2018! Get details at the link below.https://t.co/0TafY5x8UM pic.twitter.com/9J15DnCfs4

— Aprima Medical EHR (@AprimaMedEHR) March 12, 2018

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.

InstaMed User Conference 2018
When: April 9 – 11, 2018
Register for this event.
Twitter: @InstaMed
Event Hashtag: #InstaMedUC18

InstaMed User Conference 2018 – This one-of-a-kind conference gives providers, payers and partners the opportunity to discuss the latest healthcare payments trends, learn from forward-thinking experts, network with key industry stakeholders, get a first-look at payment innovations and much more! Plus, attendees enjoy a VIP experience that delivers high-end fun at an incredible value.

HIMSS18
When: March 5-9, 2018
Register for this event
Twitter: @HIMSS
Event Hashtag: #himss18

The 2018 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition brings together 45,000+ professionals from around the world for five days of education, innovation and collaboration to help uncover the promise of health IT. No other conference brings you the world-class education, cutting-edge products and solutions, and unique networking opportunities you need to solve your biggest health IT challenges – all at one time, all in one place.

National Health Policy Conference
When: March 7 – 8, 2018
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Twitter: @AHIPCoverage
Event Hashtag: #AHIPPolicy

Where will we be in 2018? What health policy issues will be in the spotlight? On what priorities should your organization focus? AHIP’s National Health Policy Conference will deliver expert insights, top-level dialogue, and innovative solutions as we work together to advance a health care system focused on quality and sustainability.

National Conference on the Individual and Small-Group Markets
When: March 8 – 9, 2018
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Twitter: @AHIPCoverage
Event Hashtag: #AHIPMarkets

What will be the key policy and operational issues for those serving the Individual and Small-Group markets? Join us in March as thought leaders from throughout the health care industry share where we are and what’s needed next to succeed in these important markets. You’ll leave with innovative ideas from states, what’s next for small groups, how to best tackle affordability and access, and more. Located immediately following AHIP’s National Health Policy Conference (March 7-8), combine both conferences with one trip.

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