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Keynote Speakers and Pre-Conference Programs Announced for the 2010 Annual HBMA Conference
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Keynote Speakers and Pre-Conference Programs Announced for the
2010 Annual HBMA Conference
Presentations will educate
medical billing professionals on how to improve their business within a climate
of increased market scrutiny and ongoing economic challenges
LAGUNA
BEACH, Calif. — August 18, 2010 — The Healthcare
Billing & Management Association (HBMA),
a non-profit educational resource and advocacy group representing third-party
medical billers and billing professionals, announced today that Tim Wright, founder
of Wright Results, Inc., and William Jessee, MD, FACMPE, FACPM, president and
CEO of MGMA, will serve as the opening and closing keynote speakers for the association’s
2010 Annual Conference. The conference, which is being held at the Hilton St.
Louis at the Ballpark from September 12-14, 2010, will kick off on Sunday,
September 12 with a series of pre-conference programs focused on compliance and
technology topics and will be followed by two-and-a-half days of educational
sessions, legislative insights and networking opportunities for the medical
billing community.
Tim Wright’s opening
keynote address, Creating Higher Levels
of Engagement, will focus on how to apply leadership talents to create
greater employee engagement. Scheduled for Sunday, September 12 from 1:30–3pm,
the session will outline how improved employee engagement can lead to a
stronger business identity, increased client loyalty and reduced business
expenses as well as more committed employees and better talent management.
The closing keynote
address, Paying for Health Services:
What’s Likely to Happen by William Jessee, MD, will explore the profound
billing system changes likely to occur in the near future, why change is
inevitable, when those changes may occur and how best to prepare for them.
Topics to be reviewed include:
- Driving changes in how insurers pay for health services;
- Impact of ICD-10-CM, PQRI and other quality reporting programs; and
- Potential impact of delivery system reform on healthcare billing.
“The HBMA annual
conference embodies the mantra that ‘Change isn’t coming, it’s already here.’
Each year, HBMA designs its conferences so that attendees can walk away with
actionable knowledge and tactics that they can immediately apply within their
organizations to improve medical billing and management processes,” says HBMA
President Scott Everson, CHBME. “This year’s keynote addresses and
pre-conference sessions will highlight the overarching theme of change by offering
solutions to more effectively engage employees, anticipate healthcare billing challenges
and proactively address today’s most pressing compliance and technology issues.”
Beginning Sunday,
September 12 from 8am—12pm, Holly Louie, RN, CHBME, PCS, and Robert Burleigh,
CHBME, will host a pre-conference program entitled, Hot Topics in Compliance, which will explore real-life compliance
scenarios from billing companies across the nation.
In the second
pre-conference program, Technology Update
2010, presented by Robert Spencer, PhD, attendees will learn about the most
significant challenges for technology in 2010/2011, explore ways to extend the
longevity of existing XP systems and identify measures to encrypt and protect
sensitive information.
“Beyond working to ensure
that this year’s speakers and conference content are as compelling and
informative as possible, we’ve engaged with leaders from HBMA membership to ensure
that we were able to meet their fiscal requirements,” adds Everson. “Registration
fees at HBMA’s national conferences provide significant value when compared to
similar professional conferences and educational meetings. Not only is the cost
of airfare, hotels and dining in St. Louis very reasonable, but we have also
decided to kick off this year’s conference on a Sunday and wrap up on Tuesday.
For many attendees, this means they only have to be away from the office for two
days instead of the typical three or four days, enabling them to maximize their
productivity.”
HBMA’s host hotel, the Hilton St.
Louis at the Ballpark, is ideally located downtown and within walking distance
to some of the Gateway City's most acclaimed attractions, historic landmarks,
entertainment, restaurants and shopping.
HBMA educational
conferences are open to anyone interested in learning more about the healthcare
revenue cycle process. Conference sessions have been specifically designed to
confront the challenges facing third-party billers, as well as addressing the
unique needs of healthcare providers who manage their own billing. To learn
more or register for the HBMA 2010 Annual Conference, visit the event
page at www.hbma.org.
About HBMA
A non-profit,
member-led trade association, the Healthcare Billing & Management
Association (HBMA) represents more than 30,000 employees at well over 650
third-party medical billing firms. Annually, HBMA companies submit more than
350 million initial claims on behalf of hospital-based physicians, office-based
physicians and other allied healthcare providers. Founded in 1993, HBMA and its
members foster personal development, advocate on the behalf of the profession,
and promote cooperation through a wide range of business resources, educational
events, networking opportunities, certification programs and adherence to the
Medical Biller’s Code of Ethics. As the only trade association representing the
interests of medical billers in Washington D.C., HBMA works with legislative
stakeholders and federal agencies to improve the business of medical billing
and the practice of healthcare. Learn more about how HBMA is elevating the
medical billing profession at www.hbma.org.
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Press contact
information:
Dave Anderson, Dodge
Communications, (770) 576-2547
danderson@dodgecommunications.com
Brad Lund,
Executive Director, HBMA, (877) 640-4262