Healthcare Council and the western Pennsylvania chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) are partnering to present this year’s Annual Medicare Update. The in-person program will be held on Friday, September 17, 2021, at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, Cranberry Township, beginning with registration at 8 a.m.
Brad Brotherton and Sue Brammer, partners in the firm BKD LLC, will kick off the program with a presentation on the new rule changes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Two speakers from Novitas Solutions, Bruce Snyder, director, Provider Audit and Reimbursement, and Greg Mahoney, lead auditor, Provider Reimbursement, will share information on changes in the Medicare Cost Report and audit plans for the coming audit season.
Speakers from the firm Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP will provide presentations on “hot topics” in both long-term care and acute care. Speakers include partners Edward Klik and James Raley as well as senior managers Kristopher Pattison, Christopher Luckett, Dionna Slagle, and Healthcare Consultant, Richard Snyder.
HFMA will award 6 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) credits for the program. The fee to attend the program is $149 and registrations must be received by September 3, 2021. For more information about the program, contact Denis Lukes at denis.lukes@hcwp.org. and to register contact Toni Bresnahan at toni.bresnahan@hcwp.org.
