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Building and Optimizing an Internal Compliance Program
Program Code:
PR3
Date:
Thursday
,
November
5,
2009
Time:
3:30 PM to 4:20 PM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
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about each speaker.
Ralph Wuebker, Vice President, Audit, Compliance and Education,
Executive Health Resources
Dr. Wuebker currently serves as Vice President, Audit, Compliance and Education for Executive Health Resources (EHR). At present, more than 1700 hospital and healthcare organizations across the country are using EHRs solutions. Dr. Wuebker is Board Certified and continues to practice 3-4 days per month. He currently serves as a member of EHRs physician education and audit team. He regularly visits EHRs client hospitals to provide medical executives and staff members with ongoing education on a variety of topics including Medicare and Medicaid compliance and regulations, medical necessity, Recovery Audit Contractors, utilization review, denials management and length of stay.
Prior to joining EHR, Dr. Wuebker served as Medical Director for the Midwest Region of Great-West Healthcare (now a part of Cigna) doing medical necessity case reviews. Throughout his career, Dr. Wuebker has served as a practicing pediatrician, a pediatric hospitalist, and an instructor of pediatric medicine for Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Childrens Hospital. Dr. Wuebker earned his master of business administration degree from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., and his medical degree and a bachelors degree in biology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.
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Linda Hintze, Director, Care Management Redesign, Oakwood Healthcare System