The Georgia Scroll
October 1998
Notes from National
Nation’s Experts to Debate Managed Care Issues
Chicago—Managed care experts throughout the county will gather in Chicago this Fall to share the latest information on healthcare network models, information systems, compliance and quality issues. The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) will host this important event—1998 Managed Care Institute: Winning Strategies for Improving Financial Outcomes Under Managed Care, October 11-13, 1998 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers.
"This conference has been the touchstone of managed care education since the early ‘90s", says HFMA President and CEO Richard L. Clarke, FHFMA. "Attendees will learn how to build their own best practices on managing Medicare risk, network models, as well as ascertain the complex issues of population-based health." Clarke continues, "In addition, participants will examine the status of the current managed care market and develop strategies for success. They will also gain an in-depth understanding of managed care compliance issues and apply ‘lessons learned’ from colleagues across the country."
Some topics offered during the three-day conference include:
Positioning Yourself Strategically in Managed Care
Barry S. Scheur, President, Scheur Management Group, Newton, MA
Lessons Learned in the Trenches
Panelists: Bonnie L. Phipps, FHFMA, CPA, President and CEO Promina Managed Care Organization, Atlanta, GA; Stephen Rosenthal, Vice President & COO, Contract Management Organization, LLC, Bronx, NY; Donald E. Costa, Vice President & CFO, NW Region PacifiCare, Mercer Island, WA; Neil A. Godbey, Executive Vice President, Dallas/East Texas Regions, Harris Methodist Health System, Arlington, TX; and Richard S. Blair, FHFMA, CPA, System Vice President, Finance & Administration, Allina Health System, Minneapolis, MN
Moderator: Lori J. Mitchell, FHFMA, CPA, CFO Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA and HFMA’s 1998-99 National Chairman.
Embracing the Challenges of Managing an IPA
Panelists: Joe D. Havens, Jr., CPA, Director of Physician
Services, Horne CPA Group, Hattiesburg, MS; and Reed J. Tinsley,
CPA, Home CPA Group, Houston TX
Moderator: Jim Karling, President, Karling & Associates, San Ramon, CA
Medicare + Choice & PSOs: An Untapped
Opportunity?
Keith M. Korenchuk, JD, MPH, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP, Charlotte, NC
Investing in Population-Based Health
Robert D. Jansen, MD, Vice President of Medical Operations,
Promina Managed Care Organization, Atlanta, GA
Transitioning from Corporate Compliance to
Managed Care Compliance—Building the Firewall, Staying Away
from the Fire
Joseph Steakley, Vice President, Internal Audit, Columbia
HCA, Nashville, TN; Frank Nitto, Principal, LN & Associates
LLC, Lafayette CA; Bryan Daly, Esq., Partner, Beck, DeCordo,
Daly, Barrera & Oh, Los Angeles, CA; Kimberly A. Dunne, Esq.,
Assistant US Attorney, Central District of California, Los
Angeles, CA
Experimenting with New Managed Care
Models—Will They Meet Your Needs?
Walter Kopp, President & CEO, Medical Management
Services, Inc., San Anselmo, CA
Using Claims Data for Medical Management
Paul Hermann, Data Standards Administrator, Sutter Health,
Sacramento, CA
Managing the Unique Attributes of Medicare
Risk
Jerry Coil, Regional Vice President, North American Medical
Management, Emeryville, CA
What Hospitals Need To Do—Thriving
Under Medicare
H. Michael Flasch, Vice President, Managed Care and Business
Development, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
A Model for Career Development
Curtis Ruptash, Senior Consultant, Hay Group, Chicago, IL
The 1998 Managed Care Institute is designed to help healthcare financial professionals keep a strategic focus while adapting their organizations’ operational components during the turmoil of industry change. To receive a registration form, call HFMA’s Fax-It! Service at 800-839-HFMA (4362) and request document number 220024.
Last modified: June 22, 2001