MedeFinance Leadership Summit 2006 in Sedona, AZ
With the back drop of the spectacular Red Rocks of Sedona, AZ, MedeFinance hosted select clients, business partners and thought leaders in healthcare during April 25 - 27 to
collaborate on new ways to
maximize reimbursements, serve
the uninsured and self pay
population, and to learn about
emerging industry trends.
The Summit drew the participation
of leading executives and
managers who are driving
financial performance
improvement in healthcare with
discussion topics led by:
- David Lubinski – Microsoft, Senior Strategist
- David Strickler – The Advisory Board Company, Managing Director
- Tom Yoesle – Orlando Regional Healthcare, Corporate Director, Patient Accounting
- Janice Ridling – Baptist Health System, VP of Revenue
- Benjamin Isgur – PricewaterhouseCoopers Assistant Director, Health Research Institute
- Claire Manning – Kaiser Permanente, MFAP Community Benefits Manager
- Nancy Cody – St. Peter’s Health Care, Patient Accounts Supervisor
Summit Highlights
David Lubinski from Microsoft shared valuable insight into new technologies and software as a service (SaaS) that can empower their organizations to bridge the information gaps.
David Strickler from The Advisory Board Company provided a comprehensive view of emerging trends, including increasing governmental scrutiny and best practices in optimizing patient access, maximizing payer contracts reimbursements and ensuring comprehensive charge capture.
Tom Yoesle from Orlando Regional Healthcare presented an energetic overview of how he uses MedeFinance to lead financial improvements across the revenue cycle and through the operations of his 600 staff members.
Janice Ridling and Dena Moye from Baptist Health System, Birmingham walked attendees through how they are bridging information gaps between financial management and business operations with tailored analytics that pinpoint receivables, bad debt sources and charity care administration.
Benjamin Isgur from PriceWaterhouseCoopers provided a comprehensive perspective into the challenges of charity care and strategies to better administer programs. He also shared with the group the latest policies and legislation that could affect charity care.
Claire Manning from Kaiser Permanente presented her experiences of re-engineering the Kaiser Medical Financial Assistance Programs to better manage the charity care performance while implementing SOX compliance policies.
As follow-up to the Fall 2005 Leadership Summit Nancy Cody from St. Peter’s Albany, shared how she has led immediate and measurable results within 90 days in self pay collections using MedeFinance Self Pay Analytics.
Attendees also enjoyed the MedeFinance informative performances of, “Mede Jeopardy” and “MedeIdol” that showcased innovative uses of MedeFinance.
The three days offered attendees a balance of networking opportunities through educational sessions and local activities. We at MedeFinance appreciate all attendees participation and collaboration which made this a very valuable event.
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