Location:
Radisson Hotel Milwaukee West
2303 North Mayfair Road
Milwaukee, WI  53226

 

Event Contact:
Sylvia Weise
(715) 858-6631
sweise@wipfli.com

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The Annual Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Conference will be held this spring in Milwaukee. This event is designed to help educate RHC professionals, provide a forum to interact with other RHC professional like you, and communicate directly with experts in RHCs.

Our learning sessions are structured for the following RHC professionals: clinic operators, administrators, CFOs and other financial staff (e.g, billers and financial report preparers).

Conference Highlights:

• Cost Reporting
• Billing 
• RHC Program Evaluation
• Legislative Update

 Agenda

Day One - Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Noon - 1:00 p.m. Registration 
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Concurrent sessions (choose one)

• Rural Health Clinic 101
• Understanding and Solving People Problems

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break 
3:15 - 5:00 p.m Concurrent sessions (choose one)

• Medicare Cost Reporting Basics
• Meaningful Use – How to Get There

5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Join us at a networking event at Miller Park! Enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, bar, and a tour of the park. Registration required.

Day Two - Wednesday, April 4, 2012
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and breakfast (provided)
8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Medicare Cost Reporting, Advanced
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. - Noon Medicare Cost Reporting, Advanced continued
Noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (provided)
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About RHC Billing and Reimbursement
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 - 5:00 p.m. Washington Update

 Registration Fee

All prices are per person. Contact Sylvia Weise for group discount (3 or more from one facility) information at 715.858.6631. 

• $195 - Day Two Only
• $225 - Full conference (Day one and two)

Registration fees include training materials, lunch and refreshment breaks, and up to 12.5 hours of training in accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. CPE credits are granted based on a 50-minute hour.

To register, download and complete the registration form:

• E-mail to sweise@wipfli.com
• Fax to 715.832.2345 (attn: Sylvia Weise)
• Mail to:
  Wipfli LLP 
  Attn: Sylvia Weise
  P.O. Box 690
  Eau Claire, WI 54702-0690

Credit card payments accepted by e-mail, fax and mail. Check payment accepted by mail. ALL registrations must be accompanied by payment.

 Session Descriptions: 

Rural Health Clinic 101
This session includes an overview of the rural health clinic (RHC) program, including the history of the RHC program, qualifying for RHC status, initial survey and certification, requirements for maintaining RHC status, Medicare billing and reimbursement basics, and differences between independent and provider-based RHCs. This session will familiarize participants with basic information about the RHC program as a foundation for learning more detailed aspects of operating an RHC. Presenter: Jeff Bramschreiber, CPA, Partner – Wipfli

Understanding and Solving People Problems
As an administrator, you are often asked to solve any number of people problems—usually without the benefit of having all the facts or an effective methodology for approaching these difficult situations. In addition, with the frenetic pace at which most of us work today, it’s easy to get caught up in "premature solution syndrome.” This happens when you feel pressured to take action based on partial knowledge, or just because it needs to get done, even if you don’t really ”own” the situation. In this highly interactive session, you will learn an empowering methodology to assist you when solving people problems. We’ll review tried and true principles and processes, conduct a roll-up-the-sleeves exercise to experience and apply them, and then witness the results. You will leave with a new set of skills to help you make an immediate impact in your clinic. Presenter: Deb Marshall, Manager, Human Resource Consulting – Wipfli

Medicare Cost Report Basics
This session will cover the basic concepts of the rural health clinic cost report, as well as specific information on topics such as accounting for non-RHC services, reporting on flu and pneumococcal vaccines, and compiling visit statistic reporting. Other topics to be discussed include an overview of the additional information to be submitted along with the cost report and the differences in costs reported for Medicare, tax, and internal financial statement purposes. Presenters: Jeff Bramschreiber, CPA, Partner and Jeff Johnson, CPA, Partner – Wipfli

Meaningful Use – How to Get There
Organizations pursuing meaningful use must first select and implement an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Then you’ll need to ask yourself, “What should we do when implementing EHR to help us meet meaningful use?” This session will explore practical things you can do to help your organization meet meaningful use. So much of meeting these requirements is about process, people and how you do your work with technology acting as a support mechanism. Presenter: Janice Ahlstrom, BSN, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, RN, Partner – Wipfli

Medicare Cost Reporting – Advanced
Prerequisites: Attendance at an RHC cost reporting basic training and/or other cost reporting experience is recommended. This session is designed for anyone involved in the data gathering and/or preparation of the Medicare RHC cost report. In addition, this session will include identification of the most common cost reporting errors, as well as key opportunities to improve RHC reimbursement. Specific topics such as visit statistic reporting, provider productivity standards, commingling, carve-outs, and Medicare bad debts will be examined. Substantial time will be allotted for audience questions and answers. Presenters: Jeff Bramschreiber, CPA, Partner and Jeff Johnson, CPA, Partner – Wipfli

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About RHC Billing and Reimbursement
Both freestanding and provider-based RHCs are challenged to bill for their services correctly and complete annual Medicare cost reports. We will review all aspects of RHC and non-RHC billing requirements and the proper method for reporting visits, FTEs, and other information on the cost report in an effort to maximize RHC reimbursement. During this session, we will discuss strategies and options that are available to avoid reimbursement pitfalls. In addition, we will discuss Medicare Advantage contracts and payment requirements. Medicaid managed care supplemental payments from the state will also be addressed from a federally mandated minimum standpoint. If CMS releases new RHC rules or Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) issues new Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) rules in final or in draft, we will review those rules in detail. At this time, we do not know when such rules will be issued. Presenters: Jeff Bramschreiber, CPA, Partner and Jeff Johnson, CPA, Partner – Wipfli

Washington Update
Bill Finerfrock of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) will discuss recent national developments affecting RHCs. He will also provide an overview of recent initiatives supported by NARHC. Presenter: Bill Finerfrock, Executive Director – NARHC

 Hotel Information

Radisson Hotel Milwaukee West
2303 North Mayfair Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: 414.257.3400 or 800.333.3333

Special group rate: $119, if reserved by March 3, 2012
Mention group name “Wipfli”  

Day Two only: 8 hours; Days One & Two: 12.5 hours. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, CPE credits are based on a 50-minute hour.

For more information regarding administrative policies, such as program cancellation or complaint policies, please contact Sylvia Weise at 715.858.6631 or sweise@wipfli.com.

Wipfli LLP 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 addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417 or through its website: www.nasba.org.

Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Instructional Delivery: Group - Live
Course Level: Basic
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge and Applications