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Healthcare Finance & Revenue Cycle Management Forum – Northeast

July 19, 2023 | Boston, MA

Forum Presenters Include

Kimberly Barry
Vice President/Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, Patient Care Services
Umass Memorial Medical Center

Holly Mattera
Director, Finance, Pharmacy
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Keisha Downes
Senior Director, Middle Revenue Cycle
Tufts Medical Center

Cristie Schumacher
Senior Director, Debt Management
Northwell Health

Kimberly Metcalf
Chief Operating Officer
York Hospital

Mark Steinkirchner
Program Director
Geisinger Health System

Robin Andrews
Senior Director, Health Information Management
Tufts Medical Center

Gerard Brogan
Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
Northwell Health

Ysmael Peguero
Director of Strategy and Business Development
Bristol Hospital and Healthcare Group

Edison Bond Jr.
Director, Patient Relations
Baystate Health System

Adam Mercer
Director, Analysis and Planning
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Terri Savino
Director, Service Excellence and Patient Experience
Middlesex Health

Julie Vigil
Administrative Director, Pediatrics
UConn Health

Dawn Ferrazza
Chief Administrative Officer, Dept. of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Frank Kostek
Vice President, Finance/Chief Financial Officer
Caring Health Center

Agenda
Wednesday, July 19

7:30   REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

8:20   OPENING REMARKS & PROGRAM WELCOME

8:30  EXECUTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: CURRENT STATE OF THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
• Impact of COVID-19
• Innovative Improvements to Operations and Care
• State of Employee and Patient Mental Health
Kimberly Metcalf, Chief Operating Officer
York Hospital

Ysmael Albert Peguero, Director of Strategy and Business Development
Bristol Hospital and Healthcare Group
Kimbery Barry, VP/ACNO, Patient Care Services

Umass Memorial Medical Center

9:20  TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN REVENUE CYCLE
Sal Lo, CEO and Co-Founder
Jorie Healthcare Partners

10:00   NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK

10:30   ADAPTING TO THE SHIFTS IN THE VALUE-BASED CARE LANDSCAPE
Julie Vigil, Administrative Director, Pediatrics
UConn Health

11:10   POST COVID-19 RECOVERY STRATEGIES FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
Robin Andrews, Sr. Director, HIM
Tufts Medical Center

11:50   NETWORKING & LUNCHEON

1:00   TRACK ONE:
UTILIZATION OF STRATEGIC MODELING IN FINANCE DECISION MAKING TO INCREASE PROFITS
Holly Mattera, Director, Finance, Pharmacy
Beth Israel Lahey Health

1:00   TRACK TWO:
EMPOWERING PATIENTS THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND AFFORDABILITY
Edison Bond Jr, Director, Patient Relations
Baystate Health System

 

1:40   TRACK ONE:
DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE POSITIVE HEALTH AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES
Dawn Ferrazza, Chief Administrative Officer, Dept of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Med
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

1:40   TRACK TWO:
IMPROVEMENTS TO POINT OF SERVICE COLLECTIONS AND PRICE TRANSPARENCY WITH PATIENT ESTIMATES
Mark Steinkirchner, Program Director
Geisinger Health System

2:20   NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK

2:50   TRACK ONE:
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE AND MANAGE DENIALS
Keisha Downes, Sr. Director, Middle Revenue Cycle
Tufts Medical Center

2:50   TRACK TWO:
STANDARDS FOR EQUITABLE AND FINANCIALLY STABLE PROVIDER COMPENSATION
Adam Mercer, Director, Analysis and Planning
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

3:30   TRACK ONE:
REVIEW OF UTILIZATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT IN AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL SETTING
Kimberly Barry, VP/ACNO, Patient Care Services
Umass Memorial Medical Center

3:30   TRACK TWO:
PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH SELF-SERVICE AND CONTACTLESS REGISTRATION
Terri Savino, Director, Service Excellence and Patient Experience
Middlesex Health

4:10    PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPLORATION OF INDUSTRY DISRUPTORS AND INNOVATIONS
• Impactful industry disruptors
• Accessible and Equitable Healthcare Changes
• Employee Recruitment and Retention
• Changes to Technology
Frank Kostek,  Vice President of Finance/CFO
Caring Health Center

Cristie Schumacher,  Senior Director of Debt Management
Northwell Health

Gerard Brogan,  Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Northwell Health

5:00   CONCLUSION & CLOSING REMARKS

A Special Thanks to our Forum Partners: 

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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

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