**This is an in-person conference that will meet on-site at the QHR Health Conference Center in Brentwood, TN.
Get the training and information you need to help improve Medicare reimbursements and financial operating results at your Medicare designated Critical Access Hospital.
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) receive cost-based reimbursement for services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. Many state Medicaid programs also reimburse on a cost basis with Medicare Advantage Plans, piggy-backing on traditional Medicare interim payment rates. Sound conceptual understanding of the cost-based reimbursement system, along with knowledge of the Medicare Cost Reporting forms, are essential skills for CAH finance professionals.
The CAH Reimbursement Boot Camp is designed to provide CAH finance leaders with a fundamental understanding of the Medicare program’s cost-based reimbursement system, as well as Medicare cost reporting forms and compilation requirements. After attending this program, participants will better understand cost reporting basics, as well as strategies to employ to ensure an accurate and complete Medicare cost report and Medicare reimbursement.
The Qualifying, Strategy & Reimbursement Session (March 22-23) is designed for CAH Finance staff as well as C-Suite. We’ll discuss cost-based reimbursement principles and learn how the reimbursement varies depending upon volume changes, payor mix, and expanding or contracting service lines. The Medicare fee schedule reimbursement methodology, Medicare Rural Health Clinics, and provider-based clinic designations will be covered in detail due to their importance to health care delivery in rural America. Likewise, the new Rural Emergency Hospital provider model will be discussed and explained as REHs are projected to be a growing health care delivery model in rural America.
Reimbursement issues specific to CAHs that require C-suite attention to effectuate cost reimbursement strategies, such as hospital pricing in the CAH setting, physician compensation reimbursement issues, new capital projects, and other new developing issues in the cost-based environment will also be covered. Due to the complexity of Medicare program reimbursement, we have included a presentation specific to reporting financial information to the CAH Board of Directors and other non-financial personnel. This session concludes with an overview of billing issues specific to the CAH and summary of the cost reporting compilation, filing and Medicare Administrative Contractor audits and Board reporting best practices.
The Cost Reporting Session (March 24-25) is oriented for financial executives, accounting personnel, and others within the revenue cycle function who want to gain comprehensive knowledge on the cost report forms, data reported within the Medicare cost report, and specific cost reporting requirements; as well as reporting tactics and strategies that ensure CAHs receive as much cost-based reimbursement as possible within the guidelines of the Medicare cost reporting instructions and regulations.
We recommend this course for healthcare leaders of a Critical Access Hospital, or a system that owns or operates a CAH, including:
- CFOs
- Revenue cycle and reimbursement professionals
- Controllers or members of the accounting staff (and others involved in the cost report compilation process)
- Financial Analysts
- CEOs, COOs, Hospital Board members for the first day and half
Register below. In order to be awarded the full credit hours, you must be present and participate in discussions, register your daily arrival and departure on the attendance sheets at the registration desk, and complete the evaluation for each day attended.
Presenters
Accreditation – Qualifying, Strategy & Reimbursement Session – March 22 & 23:
Participants will earn up to 13.8 CPE credits
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Prerequisites: Interest in understanding Medicare reimbursement methodology for Critical Access Hospitals
Who Should Attend: CFO, Revenue cycle and reimbursement professional, Controller or member of the accounting staff (and others involved in the cost report compilation process), CEO, COO, Hospital Board members
Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Basic to Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Live
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the principles of cost-based reimbursement methodology
- Understand that the Medicare Cost Report determines Medicare Cost Reimbursement
- Review physician reimbursement systems including Medicare Certified Rural Health Clinics
- Review Rural Emergency Hospitals Medicare participation requirements and reimbursement implications
- Learn how to present financial information to the hospital Board
- Understand how various CAH operations impact reimbursement, including special payment issues specific to CAHs
- Gain knowledge of the cost reporting process and certification process
Accreditation – Cost Reporting Session – March 24 & 25:
Participants will earn up to 13.5 CPE credits
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Prerequisites: CAH Reimbursement & Medicare Cost Reporting Boot Camp Qualifying, Strategy & Reimbursement Sessions
Who Should Attend: CFO, Revenue cycle professional, reimbursement professional, Controller and r member of the accounting and finance staff (and others involved in the cost report compilation process)
Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Basic to Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Live
Learning Objectives:
- Develop and enhance technical knowledge of reimbursement methodologies, cost reporting requirements, underlying reporting of costs, revenues, statistics on the cost report forms, and settlement data
- Learn all major worksheets included in the Medicare Cost Report, CMS Form 2552 required to be compiled by CAHs
- Understand how the Medicare Costs are calculated within the cost report forms and how the various worksheets are completed and flow within the cost report
- Technical understanding of multiple types of allowable versus non-allowable costs
- Technical understanding of the Medicare cost report forms that allocate general service cost-center costs to patient care and non-reimbursable cost centers within the cost report
- Understand how combining and reporting hospital departments into cost centers on the cost report effects Medicare cost reimbursement to the CAH
- Understand reporting of Medicare program revenues, patient statistics, and payment data on the appropriate worksheets and lines within the cost report forms
- Learn appropriate and accepted cost allocation statistics and methodologies within the cost report
- Learn cost reporting tactics to improve Medicare cost-based reimbursement as well as common practices that decrease Medicare cost-based reimbursement
QHR Health Learning Institute (QLI) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
Refunds and Cancellations:
QLI may cancel or reschedule a classroom program at its discretion due to unforeseen circumstances. We will use reasonable efforts to notify registrants of the cancellation or rescheduled date at least thirty (30) days in advance of the original classroom program. If QLI cancels or reschedules a classroom program, the registrant is entitled to:
- a full refund of the registration fee, or
- the right to transfer the registration fee to the rescheduled classroom program date
You must notify customer service immediately should you be unable to attend a classroom program in which you are registered.
Customer service may be reached at (615) 371-7979 or learning_institute@qhr.com from 8:30am – 4:30pm CST, Monday through Friday.
Due to the nature of live events, refunds of registration fees are not covered.
QLI will not be responsible for refunding any travel related expenses in the event of a classroom program cancellation or rescheduling.
We do offer the following:
NON-QHR Health AFFILIATED ATTENDEES
- If your cancellation is received fifteen (15) business days or more prior to the start of the event, we will provide a credit to your account to be used on any future eligible classroom event. This credit will be good for up to one (1) year from the date of cancellation.
- Participant(s) who cancel less than fifteen (15) business days prior to the event start date will be considered “no shows” and will not be eligible for a registration fee credit.
QHR Health AFFILIATED ATTENDEES
- Select QLI classroom programs are included in QHR Health affiliate contracts and may not have up-front registration fees. However, QHR Health affiliates will be assessed a fee of $150.00 for cancellation within fifteen (15) business days of the event. This fee is charged to offset the hard costs incurred by QLI for meals and course materials.
- For classroom programs which incur paid registration fees for affiliated attendees, the same non-affiliated attendee cancellation policy applies.
For more information regarding refunds, program cancellation policies and/or grievances please contact our client support team at (615) 371-4842 or learning_institute@qhr.com.