ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference 2010
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Reducing Denials Through Collaboration
Program Code:
E08
Date:
Wednesday
,
June
23,
2010
Time:
10:00 AM to 11:15 AM
EST
CO-PRESENTER
(S):
Claudia Birkenshaw Garabelli has over eighteen years of managerial hospital revenue cycle experience and has worked over twenty-five years in healthcare finance. She is the author of two books: The UB-92 Handbook for Hospital Billing, and The UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing, both published by the American Hospital Association. She holds a Master's of Science of Administration degree from Central Michigan State University. On an international scale, Ms Birkenshaw Garabelli teaches hospitals to conform to billing and US regulatory and compliance standards that are necessary for foreign hospitals to correctly bill for services to US regulated health plans and insurance companies. Ms. Birkenshaw Garabelli is a founding principal of Bridgefront and is a key speaker for Healthcare Financial Management Association's Revenue Cycle Boot Camp, which has been offered nationally since 1986.
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Karen Popa, RN, Director, Patient Financial Services, Munson Medical Center
SPEAKER
:
Claudia Birkenshaw Garabelli has over eighteen years of managerial hospital revenue cycle experience and has worked over twenty-five years in healthcare finance. She is the author of two books: The UB-92 Handbook for Hospital Billing, and The UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing, both published by the American Hospital Association. She holds a Master's of Science of Administration degree from Central Michigan State University. On an international scale, Ms Birkenshaw Garabelli teaches hospitals to conform to billing and US regulatory and compliance standards that are necessary for foreign hospitals to correctly bill for services to US regulated health plans and insurance companies. Ms. Birkenshaw Garabelli is a founding principal of Bridgefront and is a key speaker for Healthcare Financial Management Association's Revenue Cycle Boot Camp, which has been offered nationally since 1986.
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SUBMITTER
:
Claudia Birkenshaw Garabelli has over eighteen years of managerial hospital revenue cycle experience and has worked over twenty-five years in healthcare finance. She is the author of two books: The UB-92 Handbook for Hospital Billing, and The UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing, both published by the American Hospital Association. She holds a Master's of Science of Administration degree from Central Michigan State University. On an international scale, Ms Birkenshaw Garabelli teaches hospitals to conform to billing and US regulatory and compliance standards that are necessary for foreign hospitals to correctly bill for services to US regulated health plans and insurance companies. Ms. Birkenshaw Garabelli is a founding principal of Bridgefront and is a key speaker for Healthcare Financial Management Association's Revenue Cycle Boot Camp, which has been offered nationally since 1986.
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Learning Objectives:
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Appeal denials successfully to increase cash flow
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Define and identify your denials
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Reduce denials and use data in payer contract negotiations
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Track and report on denials to assist process improvements