Healthcare financial executives will gather at the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s annual ANI conference in Las Vegas on June 24 to 27 to discuss the biggest issues currently facing the industry.
Healthcare reform will be a major topic of discussion, said Chad Mulvany, HFMA’s technical director, reimbursement and regulatory issues.
“Healthcare reform and what happens depending on the Supreme Court decision is going to be top of mind for everyone,” he said.
Mulvaney said speakers such as keynoter David Walker will give an “overarching perspective on what happens if it’s upheld or overturned. But, you know as well as I do that regardless of the decision, there will still need to be changes in healthcare.”
“There will be a number of sessions with a political focus,” said Mulvany.
Another big focus will be the transition to managed care, which Mulvany describes as an “overriding urgency driver.” Under this umbrella, HFMA will offer many sessions focused on value and “the key levers organizations can pull to provide more efficient care and increased quality,” said Mulvaney.
There will be presentations from pioneer ACO organizations and “a lot of profiling of organizations that are working actively to improve themselves as they move forward,” he added.
A third focus area will be on improving margins, said Mulvany. The conference will provide food for thought around ways to manage operating costs and rethink cost structures to reduce margin pressure.
“One of my favorite sessions is with Adventist Healthcare who built a medical home to address the needs of their high-cost employees, to make them healthier, more productive and to drive down premium costs for this population,” he said.
Several sessions will address the revenue cycle, automation and RAC compliance, said Mulvany.
“We’ll be looking at the revenue cycle, at how we can collect as many dollars as possible in as many ways as possible,” he said.