10:00 am

Pre-Conference Registration Opens

10:30 am

Payment for Non-contracted Hospital Emergency Services
(S1)

Capital Markets Update
(S2)

Legal Update
(S3)

HFMA Certification Exam Coaching: CORE Exam
(E1)

Noon

Box Lunch

1:00 pm

Case Management: Patient Advocate and Hospital Steward
(S4)

Physician Alignment: New Strategies for Changing Times
(S5)

MS-DRGs and Their Impact on the Case Mix Index
(S6)

HFMA Certification Exam Coaching: PFS Specialty Exam
(E2)

HFMA Certification Exam Coaching: Finance Specialty Exam
(E3)

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Pre-Registration: Best Practices and Future State
(S7)

Working with a Third Party Billing Company - Challenges and Opportunities
(S8)

Pay for Performance
(S9)

HFMA Certification Exam Coaching: Managed Care Specialty Exam
(E4)

4:00 pm

Conference Registration Opens

5:00 pm

Reception

7:00 pm

California Fall Conference Committee Dinner

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast and Conference Registration

8:15 am

Conference Welcome - Conference Chairs

8:30 am

Inside the White House and Hollywood: Getting to the Top with Character

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Impact of MS DRGs: Role of MD Documentation
(M2)

Ways to Improve Medicare Profitability
(M3)

Medicare Performance Tracking and Incentive Programs
(M4)

Noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

RAC Audits: When, not if
(M5)

Supply Chain Effectiveness Measurement and Improvement
(M6)

Issues and Solutions in Health Plan Contracting
(M7)

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Meet the MAC
(M8)

Protect Your Organization from Fraud & Embezzlement: Stories from the Trenches
(38)

Effective Strategies for Maximizing Contract Performance: Tackling Recent Payer Initiatives
(M10)

5:00 pm

Reception

7:30 am

Continental Breakfast (open to all)

8:00 am

It's Healthcare, Stupid! ... No Wait, It's Iraq! ... No, It's the Economy ... But Healthcare is Driving the Economy

9:30 am

Health Plan Regulation and Enforcement: DMHC and DOI Perspectives

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

PFS Roundtable
(T3)

Technology Driven Strategies for Patient Finance
(T4)

Medi-Cal Contracting Issues from Three Regional Perspectives
(T5)

12:15 pm

Lunch: Create Your Desired Work-Life Balance

1:15 pm

Universal Access for Health Care: Where do we go from here?

2:45 pm

Conference Closing - Door Prizes