www.acmaweb.org/kytn 6th Annual Kentucky / Tennessee Chapter Case Management Conference Thursday, September 6, 2012 Embassy Suites Nashville-South/Cool Springs Franklin, TN Facilitating Care Transitions Hospital Case Management Education
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: New Opportunities for Care Management Leadership in Our Changing Environment Parts I & II June Simmons, MSW President & CEO Partners in Care Foundation San Fernando, CA Transformational change Health care is re-shaping under impact of the recession through potential benefits from health care reform and new insights from new technology. A vision for growing care management opportunities is emerging let s seize the day. During this session the speaker will provide information on health care reform and the modern technology available to care management today. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand opportunities from recession and health care reform 2. Recognize new approaches from managed care and technology 3. Embrace new care management opportunities and strategies for change SESSIONS 2 & 3: Medicare Audit Update & Observation (Sponsored by AccretivePAS ) Steven Meyerson, M.D. Vice President Physician Advisory Services Accretive Health, Inc. Chicago, IL The national RAC program that started in 2010 triggered an avalanche of audits that has been picking up speed ever since. The number of auditing agencies has multiplied and their methods have become more sophisticated and intrusive. This presentation will start with lessons learned from the RAC demonstration project that started it all, show how the themes developed, then continue to plague hospitals and how they can defend themselves against repayment demands. The speaker will review the methods of the various auditing agencies and how they cooperate and use data to identify audit targets. This session will cover a discussion of relative costs and benefits for inpatient admission from observation for the patient, physician, and hospital. The speaker will demonstrate the effect of documenting medical necessity for inpatient admission to include Medicare compliance, provide examples of key words for physician documentation, clinical factors of InterQual criteria, and RAC review.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand why Medicare auditors have been so successful at recovering payments from hospitals 2. Improve documentation to reduce denials. Accurately determine admission status for medical and surgical patients. 3. Discuss relative costs and benefits for inpatient admission from observation and assess the effectiveness of documenting medical necessity for inpatient admissions SESSION 4: It s All Ethics in Health Care Kate Payne, JD, RN, Ethics & Palliative Care Clinical Ethics Saint Thomas Hospital Every decision in health care is about ethics. For individual patients and their families, as well as caregivers, it s about helping them to flourish and to achieve goals, to achieve health through means consistent with their values and needs. For health care and other organizations, ethics is about integrity, making decisions consistent with the values and moral identity of the organization; thereby enabling the employees and the communities they serve to truly flourish. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Identify key principles in health care ethics 2. Describe specific ethical concerns common to all patients 3. Describe unique ethical issues at the end-of-life SESSION 5: 2012 UPDATE The Coding System & Its Current Impact on Case Management Joyce Mosier, MBA, RN, CPHQ, ACM Senior Inpatient Consultant 3M HIS Consulting Services Franklin, TN The United States adopted the ICD-10-CM/PCS coding system and it has had an impact on financial and clinical systems, as well as operational points throughout any health care organization. This session will provide an update with regards to the changes required by this system. The speaker will discuss how ICD-10-CM/PCS has, and continues to, impact case management, utilization review and social work in the current health care environment. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Explain the premise of ICD-10-CM/PCS 2. Understand ways ICD-10-CM/PCS will impact case management, utilization review and social work 3. Assess ways case management, utilization review and social work can benefit from this system
WE MAKE REGISTERING EASY! Simply decide which method is best for you. For a hard copy registration form, complete online registration and print to mail. There will be no refunds for cancellations, however, fees may be transferred to another participant for the same event. Online: www.acmaweb.org/kytn Mail: 11701 West 36th Street Little Rock, AR 72211 Fax: 501-227-4247 IMPORTANT DATES HOTEL DISCOUNT DEADLINE August 6, 2012 EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE August 9, 2012 LATE REGISTRATION BEGINS August 10, 2012 CONFERENCE DATE September 6, 2012 REGISTRATION PRICING EARLY REGISTRATION ACMA must receive payment and registration by August 9, 2012 ACMA MEMBER:...$70 NON-MEMBER:...$90 MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE*:.............. $205 STUDENT (ID Required).................... $45 *Includes 1-year ACMA & Chapter Membership Membership Application required LATE REGISTRATION ACMA MEMBER:...$85 NON-MEMBER:...$105 MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE*:.............. $220 STUDENT (ID Required).................... $45 *Includes 1-year ACMA & Chapter Membership Membership Application required CONTINUING EDUCATION Participants at this event may earn up to the following continuing education (CE) hours: 8.4 Nursing (based on 50-min hour) 7.0 Nursing (based on 60-min hour) 7.0 Social Work (based on 60-min hour, including 1.0 Ethic hours) 7.0 ACM TM
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 7:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am 8:45 am 8:45 am 9:45 am 9:45 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 11:15 am Registration & Continental Breakfast Networking with Sponsors & Exhibitors Welcome Announcements Keynote Address: New Opportunities for Care Management Leadership in Our Changing Environment Part I Networking Break with Sponsors & Exhibitors Keynote Address: New Opportunities for Care Management Leadership in Our Changing Environment Part II 11:15 am 11:30 am Chapter Business Meeting 11:30 am 12:30 pm Session 2: Medicare Audit Update Part I 12:30 pm 1:15 pm Lunch (Sponsored by AccretivePAS ) 1:15 pm 1:45 pm Networking Break with Sponsors & Exhibitors 1:45 pm 2:45 pm Session 3: Medicare Audit Update & Observation Part II 2:45 pm 2:55 pm Transition Break 2:55 pm 3:55 pm Session 4: It s All Ethics in Health Care 3:55 pm 4:05 pm Transition Break 4:05 pm 5:05 pm Session 5: 2012 UPDATE The Coding System & Its Current Impact on Case Management 5:05 pm Closing Remarks CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PLANNING COMMITTEE President Carolyn Wade, RN, BS, CCM, ACM Case Management, Social Services, CDI Program Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare South Memphis, TN President-elect Dana Moran, CSW, LISW-S Account Manager Physicians Advisory Services Accretive Health Chicago, IL Treasurer Debbie Blevins, RN, MSN, ACM Care Management LeBonheur Children s Medical Center Memphis, TN Secretary Rebecca Conley, RN, BSN Team Leader Care Coordination St Elizabeth Healthcare Fort Thomas, KY April Collins, RN, BSN Case Management, Utilization Review Highlands Regional Medical Center Prestonsburg, KY Ron Fortenberry, RN, RRT Case Management, Utilization Management Vanderbilt University Medical Center Tina Grider, RN, BSM, CCM Manager Case Management Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington, KY Tish Hart, MSN, RN Care Coordination, UR, Clinical Effectiveness Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington, KY Dorothy L. Terrell, RN, MSN, Ed Case Manager II Case Management Vanderbilt University Hospital Doug Williams, MSSW, ACSW, CSW, LISW Social Services St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood, KY Randi Lee Young, MBA, RN Care Management Baptist Hospital
6th Annual Kentucky / Tennessee Chapter Case Management Conference Thursday, September 6, 2012 Embassy Suites Nashville-South/Cool Springs Franklin, TN CONFERENCE LOCATION Embassy Suites Nashville-South/Cool Springs 820 Crescent Centre Drive Franklin, TN 37067 (615) 515-5151 www.nashvillesouth.embassysuites.com The Embassy Suites Nashville-South/Cool Springs Hotel is offering a standard suite single room rate of $149.00. To receive this rate, you must make your reservation by August 6, 2012. To make reservations, contact the hotel directly at (615) 515-5151 and reference the American Case Management Association Conference group rate. PARKING INFORMATION Parking is complimentary. 11701 West 36th Street Little Rock, AR 72211 FIRST-CLASS U.S. POSTAGE PAID LITTLE ROCK, AR PERMIT #1105