2026 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, the transition from MI Health Link to MI Coordinated Health, 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

2026 Agenda

Thursday, June 11, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AMRegistration & Continental Breakfast 
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMWelcome & IntroductionsPlease feel free to submit questions in advance of the program to MichaelBatts@hcam.org for inclusion in the program.
9:15 AM - 11:00 AMManaged Care

Tammy Davis from Citrin Cooperman, will provide some insights on dealing with Managed Care reimbursements.

  • Current Challenges
  • New Medicare ABN
  • Medicare Payment Models
  • Current Payer Issues & Updates
  • ICD-10 Coding Issues
  • Clues That you May Have a Billing Issues
11:00 AM - 11:15 AMNetworking Break 
11:15 AM - 12:15 PMMDHHS Updates

MDHHS staff will join us to discuss top issues including:

  • Provider Enrollment Updates
  • LOCD and Redeterminations
  • Eligibility
  • Bed Options – Medicare only, Licensed, NABP
  • Third Party Liability Update
12:15 PM - 1:00 PMNetworking Luncheon 
1:00 PM - 1:45 PMAuto Insurance BillingTitus Donnell from Donnell Law group will discuss auto insurance billing for skilled nursing facilities, including best practices and how recent legislation has changed auto insurance reimbursement.
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMMI Coordinated Health

Matt Seager and team from the MDHHS Integrated Care Division will discuss the recent transition from MHL to MI Coordinated Health.

  • MHL Background
  • Transition to MI Coordinated Health
  • Additional new payor requirements for MICH
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMQuestions and Closing Comments 

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.

Crowne Plaza Lansing West

925 South Creyts Rd
Lansing, MI 48917
United States

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