News, Analysis, Trends, Management Innovations for
Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups

Hosted by Robert Michel

News, Analysis, Trends, Management Innovations for
Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups

Hosted by Robert Michel
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What lab leaders need to know to prepare for evolving payer behavior, audits, programs and policies

Webinar Recorded November 7, 2018

 

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Payer actions can have a significant negative financial impact on your lab. You need to prepare now to mitigate your risk!

Commercial and government payers continue to advance programs and policies that impact laboratory operations and financials. If your lab is to adjust to new payer approaches, it is important that you stay informed of the latest trends.

This 1-hour program, including an interactive Q&A session, will help you successfully prepare for audits and protect your reimbursement!

Learn about current payer audit, precertification and other trends financially impacting labs, the principal legal theories being pursued by payers, how to implement an effective response to these trends, and much more.

Our speakers will guide you through the following specific strategies:

 • How to assess the top areas for audit investigation and audit by payers, including medical necessity, fee forgiving/billing policy, and improper coding
• How to respond to payer investigations and audits, including details on identification, protocols, infrastructure to capture, identify, route and respond in a timely manner (i.e., enterprise content management)
• How to navigate a pre-certification program, including DOS considerations, and service models for insourcing and outsourcing

Who should attend?

• Lab leadership responsible for legal, compliance, billing/revenue cycle and finance
• CEOs, COOs, and CFOs
• General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, VP/Director-Revenue Cycle
• Lab owners and the administrator in charge of billing

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Our expert speakers:

Richard S. Cooper
Attorney and Partner
McDonald Hopkins
Cleveland, OH

Walt Williams
Director, Revenue Cycle Optimization & Strategy
Quadax, Inc.
Cleveland, OH

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Speakers:

Richard S. Cooper
Attorney and Partner
McDonald Hopkins
Cleveland, OH

Rick Cooper is the co-chair of McDonald Hopkins’ National Healthcare Practice Group and is co-chair of its Healthcare Restructuring Practice Group. He focuses his national practice in healthcare law.

Rick has a national practice in the representation of laboratories and pathology groups. McDonald Hopkins represents in excess of 500 pathology groups and several hundred laboratories including anatomic, clinical, molecular/genetic, toxicology, and specialty laboratories. Rick is a frequent speaker on laboratory and pathology issues at state and national conferences and is a frequent contributor to laboratory and pathology publications.

Walt Williams
Director, Revenue Cycle Optimization & Strategy
Quadax, Inc.
Cleveland, OH

Before joining Quadax, Inc., Williams served as the VP of Revenue Cycle at Genoptix, Inc. for over 12 years. His experience in the clinical, anatomic pathology and specialty laboratory industry spans over two decades and includes revenue cycle and payer strategy positions at Unilab Corporation, Impath Inc. and Genzyme Genetics.

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