Healthcare Finance & Revenue Cycle Management Forum – Midwest
September 21, 2023 | Chicago, IL
Crowne Plaza Chicago West Loop
LaToya McGhee
Former Senior VP, Revenue Cycle
Duly Heath and Care
Shawn Armbruster
Executive Director, Coding
WellStar Health System
Lori Peck
Vice President, Revenue Cycle
Aspirus Health
Mark Steinkirchner
Program Director
Geisinger Health System
Matt Seefeld
Executive Vice President and Head of Effective Intelligence
MedEvolve
Mary Branick
Director, Coding Audit and Physician Billing
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Pamela Ott
CFO, NW Indiana Region
Franciscan Health Alliance
Armando Silva
Director, Revenue Coding & Reimbursement
South Shore Hospital
Lee Herschberger
Director of Patient Care Services
Beacon Health System
Shannon Cameron
Executive Director, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Jordan Taggert
Senior VP, Payer, & Provider Growth
Vida Health
Curtis Haley
Chief Revenue Officer
Cook County Health
Sal Lo
CEO and Co-Founder
Jorie Healthcare Partners
Rhonda Kamenick
Director, Revenue Recovery
Advocate Aurora Health
Sandra Contreras
Director, Revenue Cycle
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
Hashaam Hamid
Director of Revenue Cycle
North Shore Pediatric Therapy
Nicole Harper
Vice President of Revenue Cycle Services & Chief Financial Officer
Eskenazi Health
7:30 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
8:20 OPENING REMARKS & PROGRAM WELCOME
8:30 EXECUTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: CURRENT STATE OF THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
• Innovative Improvements to Operations and Care
• Understanding Shifting Needs for Employees and Providers
• Overcoming Obstacles to Providing Accessible and Equitable Healthcare
LaToya McGhee, Fmr. Senior VP, Revenue Cycle
Duly Health and Care
Pamela Ott, CFO – NW Indiana Region
Fransican Health Alliance
Nicole Harper, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Services and CFO
Eskenazi Health
9:20 GAMIFY YOUR REVENUE CYCLE: STRATEGIES TO MOTIVATE YOUR MOST EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEES TO RECOUP LOST MARGIN
Shannon C. Cameron, Executive Director, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Matt Seefeld, Executive Vice President and Head of Effective Intelligence
MedEvolve
10:05 NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK
10:35 PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE AND MANAGE DENIALS
Rhonda Kamenick, Director, Revenue Recovery
Advocate Aurora Health
11:15 IMPROVING FINANCIAL AND QUALITY OPERATIONS BY EVOLVING THE ROLE OF CODING
Shawn Armbruster, Executive Director, Coding
WellStar Health System
11:55 NETWORKING & LUNCHEON
12:55 TRACK ONE:
CMS UNWINDING IN THE POST COVID-19 WORLD
Armando Silva, Director, Revenue, Coding & Reimbursement
South Shore Hospital
12:55 TRACK TWO:
EMPHASIS ON PATIENT ACCESS IN DENIAL REDUCTION AND REVENUE COLLECTION
Hashaam Hamid, Director of Revenue Cycle
North Shore Pediatric Therapy
1:35 TRACK ONE:
IMPROVING PATIENT THROUGHPUT TO INCREASE REVENUE YIELD
Lee Herschberger, Director of Patient Care Services
Beacon Health System
1:35 TRACK TWO:
REMOTE WORKFORCE: PROMOTING A COLLABORATIVE & ENGAGING TEAM CULTURE
Mary Branick, Director, Coding Audit and Physician Billing
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
2:15 NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK
2:45 EDUCATING FRONT-END STAFF WITH DATA PROCESSES TO REDUCE DENIALS
Sandra Contreras, Director, Revenue Cycle
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
3:25 TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN REVENUE CYCLE
Sal Lo, CEO and Co-Founder
Jorie Healthcare Partners
4:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPLORATION OF INDUSTRY DISRUPTORS AND INNOVATIONS
• Strategies to Improve Staff Recruitment and Retention
• Impact of Technology and other Innovations on the Future of the Industry
• Collaboration Between Health Systems and the Community to Improve Population Health
Jordan Taggert, Senior VP, Payer & Provider Growth
Vida Health
Curtis Haley, Chief Revenue Officer
Cook County Health
Mark Steinkirchner, Program Director
Geisinger Health System
Lori Peck, Vice President, Revenue Cycle
Aspirus
5:00 CONCLUSION & CLOSING REMARKS
Previous attendee information:
CFO, Aspire Hospital
VP International Finance, CHRISTUS Health
VP Revenue Cycle Operations, Cooper University Health Care
AVP Revenue Cycle & HIM, Duke University Health System
Director, Physician Billing, Einstein Healthcare Network
AVP Clinical Integration & Contracting, Frederick Health
CFO, GBMC Healthcare
AVP Revenue Management, RCM Operations, Geisinger Health System
VP RCM, Grady Health System
Director, Finance, Houston Methodist
Patient Access Director, Inova Health System
Senior Director, Physician Reimbursement, Luminis Health
Executive Director, Managed Care Contracting, Mercy
AVP Revenue Cycle Operations, NorthShore University HealthSystem
System Director of Population Health, Ochsner Health System
Senior Director, RCM, Palomar Health
VP Finance, Parkland Health & Hospital System
VP & Corporate Controller, Prospect Medical Holdings
Senior Director, Corporate Access Management, Scripps Health
Director, Revenue Cycle, Sentara Healthcare
Director, Transplant COding, Stanford Hospital & Clinics
VP Payer Strategy, Temple University Health System
SVP RCM, Tufts Medical Center
VP Supply Chain & Financial Operations, Weill Cornell Medicine
VP Operations, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale New Haven Health System
HFMA Credits:
This program qualifies for contact hours/education points towards the HFMA Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP) and Fellow of HFMA (FHFMA) designations maintenance. HFMA requires self-reporting of education for CHFP and Fellowship certification maintenance and recognizes a contact hour as 50 minutes of continuous programming, excluding meals, breaks, or social activities. For more information about HFMA certification maintenance, click here.
Who should attend:
Executives that will find this program of greatest relevance are those currently working to discover new and innovative methods to advance the healthcare finance industry through active discussion and an open mind to new or different ideas. Job titles of those executives that will find this program to be most applicable to the job function include:
- Vice President of Revenue Cycle Operations
- Vice President of Finance
- Director of Health Information Management
- Director of Patient Access
- CFO, COO, CRO
- Director of Finance or Financial Operations
- Director of Revenue Cycle
- Revenue Cycle Manager/Senior Lead
