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March Meeting 2018
March 15, 2018
8:30 AM - 2:15 PM
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Courtyard Marriott
342 Speen Street
Natick, MA 01760
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Notice of Meeting
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Date: |
Thursday, March 15 ,2018
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Place: |
Courtyard Marriott 342 Speen Street Natick, MA 01760 508-655-6100 |
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Coordinators: |
Becky Hilbig, Director of PBS, Harrington Hospital Sandi Magaw, Director of Business Development, ROI/Bolder |
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Topic: |
March Medicare Madness! |
Meeting Agenda
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8:30 – 9:00 am |
Registration and Coffee & Continental Breakfast
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9:00 – 9:15 am
9:15 – 9:30 am |
Updates and Announcements Patrick McDonough, MAPAM President Education Committee Will Coz and Caitlyn Garvan
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9:30 – 10:15 am |
Medicare 340B Drug Changes effective January 1, 2018 Paul Hernandez, Senior Manager of Business Health in Advisory Solutions, nThrive CMS will apply a 22.5% reduction to drugs purchased through the 340B program. This could have a significant impact on your revenue if you are a 340B participant. Objective: · Explain which drugs are impacted by the price reduction · Provide new modifier that identify claims eligible for the price reduction · Identify which facilities are exempt from the reduction |
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10:15 – 11:00 am |
New Medicare Card, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) and CMS Innovation and Health Care Delivery System Reform Rick Hoover, CMS This presentation will be on the New Medicare Card as well as providing updates on the Quality Payment Program (QPP), the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) and finally Patients Over Paperwork.
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11:00 – 12:00 pm |
NGS Topic: Updates including Top Denials and Claims processing James Bavoso, Provider Outreach & Education, NGS Jeanine Gombos, Consultant, Provider Outreach & Education, NGS Reducing Provider Burden: · Top 5 Reasons for Claim Denial, Rejection or Return. How to fix then and how to avoid them. · Targeted Probe and Educate Strategy and the NGS Medical Review Process: New Medical Review Audit & Education Process designed to reduce costs related to improper payments and appeals, therefore reducing provider burden. |
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12:00 – 12:45 pm
12:45 – 1:15 pm |
Lunch Discussion and Networking Discussion Topic: “Working remotely: how is your organization addressing this issue?”
Focus on Certification: Introduction to the CRCP Certification and Quiz The certification program is one of the great perks of MAPAM’s affiliation with AAHAM. In this session, we will focus on the CRCP certification and what it includes. We will then take a group quiz using sample questions from CRCP study guides with a prize going to whomever answers the most questions correctly”
Patrick McDonough, MAPAM President |
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1:15 – 2:15 pm |
Revenue Integrity Audits, Why they are so Important This presentation will show why a complete “chart to charge to claim” review is important to protect your revenue. While a clean Chargemaster is important, there may be other issues not easily seen. We will provide examples of issues found and how you can prevent them at your facility.
Julie Hall, Director Consulting Division, and Jon Menard, Consulting Manager, Bolder Healthcare Solutions |
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Deadline for Submission: March 9, 2018
Member Price: $85.00
Nonmember Price: $125.00
Registrations are required to be submitted on line at WWW.MAPAM.ORG for both members and non-members with an option to pay on line or receive a printable version to submit to your Accounts Payable Department. As you go through the payment screens you will be offered the option of paying by credit card or check. Once you select pay by check, an invoice will be e-mailed to you immediately.
Dress is Business Casual
Tickets
$85.00 MAPAM MEMBER TICKET
$125.00 NON-MEMBER TICKET
