Medicare 101: An Overview of Medicare Payment Systems (Three-part series)

Format: Audio/video files (.wmv)
Estimated Duration: 270 minutes (Three, 1.5 hour sessions)
Price: $525


OVERVIEW

This series provides the fundamentals needed to understand the various Medicare hospital payment systems, including cost-based prospective and fee schedule systems, with an emphasis on prospective payment systems. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from leading expert, Kathy Reep, as she shares examples of reimbursement.

The Medicare 101 webinar series will be advantageous to participants who are:

• New to the world of Medicare reimbursement;
• New to any of Medicare's prospective payment systems;
• Needing help making the link between clinical and financial information; or
• Having difficulty explaining the importance of Medicare to the media and your community.

Note: The reference manual that is associated with this program is not included in the cost of the recording. If you would like to order the reference manual for Medicare 101, you may order it separately via fax or mail.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Medicare 101 is designed for chief executive, operating and financial officers; hospital staff in the areas of finance, public relations and communications, government relations, health information management; and hospital trustees.

FACULTY

Kathy Reep is vice president/financial services with the Florida Hospital Association. Her responsibilities include monitoring regulatory issues related to Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, workers’ compensation, and CHAMPUS, determining their impact on Florida hospitals, and educating the providers in the state about their implications. She also is responsible for compliance issues related to billing and reimbursement, as well as HIPAA implementation. Reep has more than 25 years’ experience in health care. Prior to joining FHA, Reep worked with Florida Hospital in Orlando for 18 years. She has held positions in patients business, internal audit, systems management, DRG management, associate director of budget, and reimbursement director.

Currently, Reep co-chairs the Outpatient Workgroup of the Medicare Technical Advisory Group with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She is a member of American Health Lawyers Association, Healthcare Financial Management Association and American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management  as well as chairman of the State Uniform Billing Committee and a voting member of the National Uniform Billing Committee. She holds an MBA degree from Rollins College.