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"Weathering the Storm"
Jane Holeman, Vice President of Risk Management for Texas Medical Liability Trust(TMLT), will speak on risk management in the physician practice. At the completion of this seminar, the participant should be able to: (1) identify issues contributing to the current medical liability crisis; (2) discuss current legislative actions regarding professional liability; and (3) describe effective techniques to minimize exposure to claims and improve defensibility in the event of a lawsuit.
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First Annual Practice Management Symposium
Featured speakers (45-minute presentations):
Jorge
Font, MPH, Vice President
AON Consulting
"Current Trends in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Industry:
Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask"
Ken
Janda, Houston Market President
Humana, Inc.
"What's driving health care costs, who is to blame, and what
we can and can't do to solve the problem"
Dan Finch
Harris County Medical Society
"Unfinished Business -
Liability Reform and Prop 12"
Georgette
Gustin, CPC, CCS-P, CHC
PricewaterhouseCoopers
"Improving Cash and Compliance
through Encounter Forms, Charge Tickets,
and Documentation"
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"Texas Department of Insurance Updates"
Audrey Selden is the Senior Associate Commissioner for Consumer Protection and the Provider Ombudsman at the Texas Department of Insurance. [more content to be provided later]
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"Medicare Updates"
Liz Henry, Provider Education Specialist with Trailblazer Health Enterprises, provided GCMGMA attendees with information on the Medicare fee schedule, ICD-9 coding changes, new place of service codes, use of the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form, availability of new modifiers, and resource training.
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"Down to the Wire: the HIPAA Privacy Regulations"
Lee Spangler, JD, Assistant General Counsel with the Texas Medical Association, spoke on the myths and facts associated with the upcoming privacy regulations in HIPAA.
Mr. Spangler's
presentation documents are available
by clicking here
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The January meeting of Gulf Coast MGMA convened in a new location, Trevisio Restaurant in the Texas Medical Center. New President Jim Keil introduced the current board of directors, and took a moment to honor outgoing President John Watson with a plaque and a gift from the board. He thanked John for his help in building on what had been done before by founding President Tim Thomas and Past President Brenda LeLay, and taking the organization to its present level. Jim introduced the sponsor and then the evening's speaker:
"Confessions and Observations of a Healthcare Consultant"
Reed Tinsley, a Houston-based CPA and healthcare consultant, addressed the January meeting. With Medicare and managed care fees continuing to drop, impacting total revenues, the number one complaint from physicians, according to Mr. Tinsley, is compensation. He recommends that doctors need to run their practices as a business, paying attention to the bottom line. He also advises practices to invest in their staff, through compensation and training. To secure the revenue stream, Mr. Tinsley advised doctors to properly code for their services. Making hard decisions about expenses will be the challenge for physicians and administrators. Mr. Tinsley expects to see doctors continue to consolidate their practices in order to share and reduce expenses.
For a copy of his presentation in PowerPoint format, click here
The January meeting
was sponsored by
Contact Rick Fuelling at speccons@swbell.net