Symposium Agenda

Monday, November 17
Morning Sessions

8:00-8:30 am	Registration \| Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 am	Opening Remarks
	Cindy Price, FHFMA - Texas Gulf Coast Chapter President Chief Operating Officer HCA Shared Services - Houston
8:45-9:45 am	Current Accounting Update: Can It Get More Complicated? A variety of accounting topics to prepare you for the end of the year, including: Real Estate Transactions; Joint Ventures; and other New Accounting Pronouncements. This session will benefit anyone with financial reporting and accounting analysis responsibilities.
	Carole Faig - Partner Ernst & Young - Houston Carole Faig has more than 25 years of audit experience, including more than 18 years devoted to serving health care and biotech clients including SEC registrants, venture-backed companies, and not-for-profit organizations. Additionally she serves as the leader of the Healthcare and BioPharma Industry Sector in Ernst & Young’s Southwest area.
9:45-10:00 am	Refreshment Break
10:00-11:30 am	The Color Code: How to Make Sense Out of Life's Relationship Puzzles Life can be puzzling. People can be puzzling. But above all, your relationships can be most puzzling. Let's face it: All life is about relationships-personally, professionally, and socially. Do you wonder why some people are so easy to love, work for, and befriend, while others require constant effort in which to build and maintain a healthy relationship? What part do you play in making the relationships in your life work? Every relationship begins with you. Do you really understand why you think and behave as you do? Imagine the power of truly knowing yourself, what motivates you, and how you impact the relationships in your life. During the presentation, you will identify your driving core motive. The Color Code helps you to understand why you and others do what you do versus simply what you do. You can't possibly begin to understand yourself, if you don't know what motivates you, your clients and family.
	Bill Beerman - Executive Vice President Cardon Healthcare Network - Herriman, UT In addition to being CHN’s Compliance Officer, Bill oversees operations in various areas of the country, the Out of State Medicaid Billing and Enrollment department, and is accountable to identify and implement corporate-wide operations and administrative initiatives. Upon receiving a Bachelors Degree in Business at Texas State University in 1986, he went on to hold several operational leadership positions with Southwest Airlines and then Primary Children's Medical Center - part of the Intermountain Healthcare system based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has over 22 years experience in operations, 12 of which are directly within the healthcare setting. Bill joined Cardon Healthcare in early 2005 as Director of Organizational Development, where he assisted in the development of Cardon's leadership teams.
11:30-12:15 pm	Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) and Present on Admission (POA) Reporting: Human/Financial Factors Learn about the regulatory requirements for HAC and POA indicators which went into effect on October 1, 2008. The session will look at the significance of the HAC to Medicare’s Value Based program and explore nuances of the selected HAC s and the implementation of the POA indicators. Lastly, the presentation will frame a healthcare system approach and strategies for responding to these regulatory changes.
	Reggie Allen, BSN, RN System Director - Quality/Clinical Operations CHRISTUS Health Reggie Allen has an extensive background and training in strategic quality planning, performance improvement, leadership development, clinical/resource management, and revenue cycle management. He was recognized by the 1998 Medical Quality Management Sourcebook for the approach to patient care management and the quality monitoring process, and Who's Who in Nursing.

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Up to 8 hours CPE Credit Available
Sponsored by the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of HFMA
Sponsor# 00713. There are no pre-requisites
for these sessions.

Symposium Location:
Marriott Westchase Hotel
(formerly the Adam's Mark)
2300 Briarpark Dr.
Houston, Texas
Complimentary self-parking

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Afternoon Sessions

12:15-1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm	Health Care Fraud: FBI Perspectives and Case Analysis An overview of the FBI's Health Care Fraud crime operations. Why a significant crime problem exists; the different types of health care fraud schemes; where the cases come from; the FBI's investigative approach; outpatient surgery & fraud case study.
	David Neider - Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation A 19 year veteran of the FBI, Agent Neider has served in three field offices and worked in many different program areas. He is one of a small cadre of agents who serve as Advanced Instructors within the Bureau. Special Agent Neider exclusively investigated Health Care Fraud Crimes during the last four years and has developed expertise in outpatient surgery frauds as well as HIPAA vioations. He has a BS in accounting and a J.D. degree from the Loyola University School of Law.
2:00-3:00 pm	Professional Ethics: Preventive Maintenance Ethics and fun aren’t words you normally hear in the same sentence. However, Dr. Christopher Bauer has been making professional ethics both straightforward and fun for international audiences for more than 25 years. He will present ethics differently than you have probably ever heard them presented before. The tone will be conversational and the ideas immediately applicable. You will leave with easy, practical ideas and tools to reduce your risk for ethics difficulties while simultaneously reducing the risk of your colleagues, coworkers and entire organizations. Note: does not satisfy the TSBPA professional ethics requirement. Only for technical or non-technical hours.
	Dr. Christopher Bauer Christopher Bauer is a licensed psychologist with over 25 years of experience as a trainer, speaker, author, and consultant on professional ethics and values. Clients of Dr. Bauer have run the gamut from small and medium sized businesses to every level of staff and management at Fortune 500 corporations.
3:00-3:15 pm	Refreshment Break \| Exhibits Open
3:15-4:45 pm	Houston's Working Uninsured: The Three Share Program Key initiatives and legislative priorities related to health care issues for the Greater Houston Partnership, and specific update on the status of the 3-Share pilot program for the working uninsured in Harris County, supported by the Partnership and sponsored by the Harris County Healthcare Alliance. Topics include: The five key healthcare initiatives of GHP in the next Texas legislative session, and details of the 3-Share Pilot, including proposed start dates, eligibility, administrators, plan designs, and other operational plans
	Kenneth W. Janda - Executive V.P. Community Health Choice Ken oversees a team of approximately 225 employees serving over 135,000 members in all facets of managed care: from member services to claims to network and clinical management, systems, marketing and regulatory affairs. In addition to serving those in governmental programs, CHC is committed to improving outcomes for its members and reducing the number of uninsured through new subsidized programs for the working uninsured.
4:45-5:00 pm	Wrap-Up / Questions