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July 2009 Events

July 8 – Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Regional Meeting & Golf Outing, Wed., Jul. 8, 2009, Cantigny Golf, Wheaton, IL.  For more information, contact Charlene Johnson at 314.231.5544 or

July 9-10 – Colorado Hospital Association CEO Forum, Thursday, July 9, 2009 to Friday, July 10, 2009, St. Regis Aspen Resort, Aspen, Colorado.  Ann King, Partner attending.  For more information, contact Christine Felke at 719.471.4290 or .

July 15 – Free Webcast - Doug Hicks, CPA and Dr. Chris Kuehl of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association will present “Economic and Accounting Trends:  How Will They Affect You?”, in a free one-hour webcast on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 10 a.m. CT.  The accounting information generated by a company is designed to accurately present the financial performance of the entire organization to outsiders, but could misinform decision makers and erode the quality of their decisions.  This webcast will provide insight on ways to use accounting information along with current economic trends to effectively support your management decisions during these challenging times. Pre-register now

July 22-23 – Home Care Association of Lousiana "Improving Your Home Health Care Medicare Billing Processes" by Aaron Little; Wed., Jul. 22 2009, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m, Crown Plaza New Orleans Airport, New Orleans, LA.  Thu., Jul. 23 2009, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m, Country Inn & Suites, Alexandria, LA.  For more information contact Marci Bowling, 417.865.8701 or

July 29-31 – National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) 2009 Financial Management Exposition, Wed., July 29 to Fri., July 31, 2009, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA. For more information, contact Marci Bowling at 417.865.8701 or .

July 29-31 – National Association for Home Care & Hospice's Financial Management Conference at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, MA.

THURSDAY, July 30, 2009
Concurrent Educational Sessions (100 series)
11:30 am to 1:15 pm

Track 3: Overall Program Management
Sponsored by:  Cardiocom, Experts In Telehealth

Session 103
Optimizing the Home Care Revenue Cycle

Optimizing the home care revenue cycle requires the ability to critically examine the processes leading up to the point of billing. A successful initiative to enhance the revenue cycle provides substantial returns beyond improved cash flow and working capital. This session will provide attendees with insights on how to examine the revenue cycle to identify opportunities to enhance performance, as well as provide benchmarks by which to compare current revenue cycle performance.

Objectives:

  • Apply benchmarks by which to evaluate revenue cycle performance
  • Establish realistic revenue cycle performance goals
  • Recognize typical revenue cycle challenges
  • Apply successful methods of evaluating revenue cycle operations in such a way to identify opportunities for improved performance.
Faculty: M. Aaron Little, CPA, Senior Managing Consultant, BKD, LLP, Springfield, Mo.

THURSDAY, July, 30, 2009
Concurrent Educational Sessions (200 series)
2:30 to 4:10 pm

Track 2:  Securing Revenues

Session 202
Proven Success Strategies for Hospice Cap Management

More and more hospice agencies are finding themselves hitting the annual payment cap and owing money back to Medicare. All too often, the cap liability comes as a surprise to the agency’s management. This session will provide attendees with insights on how to monitor the hospice cap throughout the cap year. Participants will also walk away with proven strategies to manage around the annual payment cap and avoid cap liabilities.

Objectives:

  • Identify the rules of the annual hospice payment caps
  • Establish a hospice payment cap monitoring tool
  • Apply successful practices for avoiding hospice payment cap liabilities.

Faculty:  Mark Sharp, CPA, Partner, BKD, LLP., Springfield, Mo.

THURSDAY, July 30, 2009
Concurrent Educational Sessions (300 series)
4:20 to 6:00 pm

Track 2:  Securing Revenues

Session 302
Benchmarking for Home Care and Hospice:  Heading in the Right Direction

The world of home care and hospice has been flooded with new information derived from endless inputs of raw data into analytical formats. However, what in the explosion of data is useful information that will help guide your business to success? This program focuses on the essential components to any benchmarking effort in home care and hospice. This program presents what matters and how to use it in the most effective way. Information, not data, is what makes a difference.

Objectives:

  • Identify essential components of the benchmarking process
  • Describe sources of data for development of agency or program-specific benchmarks
  • Identify at least five key benchmarks for both home care and hospice
  • Explain how to turn data into information and action.
Faculty:  Robert J. Simione, Principal, Simione Consultants, LLC., Hamden, Conn.; Mark Sharp, CPA, Partner, BKD, LLP, Springfield, Mo.

For more information contact Marci Bowling at 417.865.8701 or .