2024 Billers Forum

Getting paid by Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans for the services provided is essential to nursing facilities’ operation. Various billing and eligibility issues create challenges to getting paid at all, let alone timely and accurately. This education program will pay for itself as it reviews the program and plan requirements and provides invaluable tips and tricks to getting paid. Topics that will be discussed this year include Medicaid/Medicare billing issues, MI Health Link, LOCD, PDPM, Medicare Advantage, collections, and more!

Program Highlights:

  • Staying up to date with beneficiary notices
  • Managing Medicare as a secondary payer
  • Compliant billing with Medicare informational claims
  • Where we are with the Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) Audit
  • Managed care tips - new CMS mandates for managed care plans
  • Updates from MDHHS
  • Updates from Aetna Better Health

2024 Agenda

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
 
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Please feel free to submit questions in advance of the program to MichaelBatts@hcam.org for inclusion in the program.
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Tammy Davis and Tina Simmons from ECS Solutions, a division of HW&Co., will provide some insights on dealing with Managed Care reimbursements.

  • Staying up to date with Beneficiary Notices
  • Managing Medicare as a Secondary Payer
  • Compliant Billing with Medicare Informational Claims
  • Where we are with the Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) Audit and other audit news.
  • Managed Care Tips – New CMS Mandates for managed care plans & Other managed care news
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

HCAM VP Reimbursement Mike Batts will provide updates on the following:

  • Occupancy – National and State
  • Enrollment – MHL, PACE, MI Choice, Medicare Advantage
  • Budget FY 2024 Process and Status
  • Pending Legislation – Med Tech, Agency Staffing, and more
  • CMS PDPM Rule
  • MHL Transition to HIDE
  • New Reimbursement System for Medicaid
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

MDHHS staff will join us to discuss top Medicaid and MI Health Link issues including:

  • Billing Issues/Top Billing Errors
  • LOCD and Redeterminations
  • Eligibility
  • Bed Options – Medicare only, Licensed, NABP
  • MHL – QAS ICO
  • Special Needs Plans - Michigan
  • Third Party Liability Update
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Sharon Hamilton Griffin from Aetna Better Health will provide a health plan overview.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Alli Leas from Meridian/Centene will provide a health plan overview.

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Speakers

Tammy Davis
Healthcare Consultant
ECS Solutions, a division of HW&Co
tammy.davis@hwco.com
Tina Simmons
Healthcare Consultant
ECS Solutions, a division of HW&Co
tina.simmons@hwco.com
Michael Batts
VP Reimbursement Services
Health Care Association of Michigan
michaelbatts@hcam.org
Lynn Hicks
Provider Support
MDHHS
hicksl1@michigan.gov
Alli Leas
Director, Contracting & Network Development
Michigan Meridian
alexandra.leas@mimeridian.com

This program is intended for business office managers, accounts payable, billers, financial staff, owners/operators, CEO/CFOs, administrators, clinical nurses and consultants.

Due to the free-form nature of this program, and to allow the greatest flexibility to bring you timely, relevant and critical information, continuing education contact hours will not be provided.

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925 South Creyts Rd
Lansing, MI 48917
United States