The educational summit on Revamping the Revenue Cycle via Patient Financial Services is designed for hospital and health system executives striving to streamline collections from patients and focuses on billing, coding, documentation and compliance. Despite all of the efforts underway to reduce bad debt and maximize reimbursement, hospitals are struggling to "avoid the red."  What strides can you take to ensure that patients are complying with payment terms and dollars continue to flow into your organization?

The World Health Care Congress 4th Annual Hospital and Health System Financial Management Congress is the perfect opportunity to bring your executive and financial team together to learn the steps your organization must take in 2009-2010 to ensure its financial health and viability in the future. Our executive-level Congress cultivates the shared knowledge and skills your team needs to implement best practices and drive forward change within your organization. Register your executive team today to leverage new ideas and build implementation plans that will ensure your profitability and competitive edge.

Critical Issues Addressed at the Revamping the Revenue Cycle via Patient Financial Services Leadership Summit

• Starting at the Point of Service to Reduce Bad Debt: Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital's Story of Success
  Case Study: How Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital increased its upfront collections to $4 million in 2008
• Driving Financial Returns with e-Invoicing: The Experience of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
  Learn how significant hard dollar benefits can be achieved by implementing e-Invoicing to improve your A/P and Supply Chain operations
• Utilizing Financial Counseling, Financial Clearance and Charity Care: Strategies for Managing Bad Debt Opportunities to Reduce Doubtful Accounts
  Economic impact on the availability of funds: What steps can your team take to ensure that the economic downturn does not increase accounts written off as bad debt?
• Best Practices in Documentation and Coding Process Improvement
  Case Studies: Results from both inpatient and outpatient documentation projects
• Managing Patient Financial Responsibility in the Changing Health Care Environment
  A networking luncheon and keynote address from: NaviNet, Inc
• Examining Successful Collections Techniques to Maximize Reimbursement: Collections Strategies for the Rising Self-Pay Population
  Identifying patient friendly collection techniques to assist your internal collection team: Key points to successful internal and external collection efforts to increase your bottom line
• Maximizing Staff Effectiveness and Business Process Efficiency through Exception-Based Payer Management
  Decrease errors, maximize staff effectiveness and achieve cost savings: How exception-based payer management will dramatically increase staff efficiency and business office effectiveness