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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD

Sponsored by Managing Observation Status:
A Team Approach to Compliance and Revenue Integrity

presented on November 14, 2006

Is everyone in your facility on the same page when it comes to observation status?

Short stays have become a major regulatory and financial challenge. On the national level, quality improvement organizations (QIOs, independent review groups) are initiating short-stay projects to evaluate the appropriateness of hospital one-day stays. On the other side, hospitals are overusing observation dramatically and often inappropriately.

Stay in compliance by eliminating confusion

Listen to this 90-minute audioconference, Observation status v. short stays: Build a compliant, cost-effective program, where our experts will teach you how to put a short-stay compliance program in place that will be revenue positive and help keep the OIG out of your facility.

It’s up to you to develop a program that will create agreement across the board. Our experts will help you get your staff properly trained so that both the physicians and the clinical staff are on the same page. By eliminating all the confusion, your facility will stay on the same track on the road to compliance.

Note: This is an intermediate-level program. Participants should be familiar with the topic of observation.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA

1. Review the State of the Union
   1. Interpretation of regulations
      
      
2. Three Solutions
   
   
3. Case Studies
   1. Departmental structure overview
   2. Four key steps
   3. Outcomes
      
      
4. Calculating Return on Investment

A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this audioconference, you will be able to:

• Become familiar with CMS regulations surrounding observation and inpatient care
• Understand challenges that hospitals face in putting together a compliant program
• Create a general plan for your institution
• Understand how to monitor performance improvement
• Understand how to calculate outcome

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Joseph Zebrowitz, MD, is executive vice president of Executive Health Resources (EHR). In this role, he has developed EHR's suite of Clinical Revenue Cycle Management services-endorsed by the AHA as "Best in Class." EHR's programs focus on clinical denial reduction, length of stay management, and physician education through daily physician-to-physician interaction and education. EHR's physicians currently work with over 55 hospitals nationally on an ongoing basis.

Jill Frye, RN, BSN, MSA, is the director of patient access and case management services for Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina. She currently oversees patient access and case management operations; to include, preadmissions processing, outpatient registration and admissions, insurance verification, upfront collections, utilization review, discharge planning, and social work services. Ms. Frye is a Registered Nurse with extensive clinical and administrative nursing and healthcare experience and a Masters in Administration.

BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET!

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Case management leaders, patient access leaders, patient financial services leaders, patient accounting leaders, CFO, VPMA, medical directors, compliance officers, discharge planners, medical social workers, and utilization managers.

Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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