Healthcare Reform and its Impact on the Revenue Cycle AND Compliance 101: Back to the Basics Presented by: Steve Kohler, CEO, Deerfield Solutions

Healthcare Reform and its Impact on the Revenue Cycle
Presented by: Steve Kohler, CEO, Deerfield Solutions

All healthcare providers will feel the impact of healthcare reform. Beginning to prepare now is essential. Understanding the basics of reform and its potential impact on your organization is imperative to future success. Managing key areas of the revenue cycle that have the most direct impact on your organization’s financial success will be essential. Utilizing available information, developing a comprehensive plan and implementing it throughout your organization will help ease the burden of reform.

Healthcare reform presents significant challenges in the following areas, all of which have ties and an impact on the revenue cycle:
• Reimbursement reductions
• Technological efficiencies
• Compliance program effectiveness
• Quality of care
• New and expanded payment methodologies
• Insurance expansion and availability
The presentation will focus on each of these key areas and present ideas and methodologies to effectively prepare and manage these functions.

Compliance 101: Back to the Basics
Presented by: Steve Kohler, CEO, Deerfield Solutions

Healthcare Reform, Managed Care, payer audits and many other factors will have a significant impact on how human service providers do business in the future.  As reimbursement remains stagnant and regulations tighten having a pro-active and effective compliance program will become more essential than ever in the marketplace.

This session will focus on the impact of the rapidly changing face of healthcare and its impact on your agencies compliance program. While reviewing the basics of a healthy compliance program this presentation will also explore:

• Methods to effectively manage your compliance program on a reduced budget
• Issues impacting an effective compliance program today
• Compliance related payer trends, and
• The future of healthcare and compliance