Grantors & Exhibitors
We thank the following Grantors and Exhibitors for their support in helping to make this conference possible.
CO-PRODUCER
AR Systems, Inc
AR Systems, Inc. is a company dedicated to a life time of learning… through audit and education to ensure the facility and provider community have the tools to be successful after the project. AR Systems offers a wide range of services lines- from audit to education — customized to the unique needs of each project. As ‘old hospital and provider’ subject experts, AR Systems’ commitment is beyond the project — it extends to the long term success in all areas of service. We are committed to assisting all health care providers in their ongoing commitment to excellence! Contact us @ www.arsystemsdayegusquiza.com.
CO-SPONSOR
American College of Physician Advisors
The American College of Physician Advisors is the only non-profit physician led national organization dedicated to promoting and expanding the prominent role of the Physician Advisor through education, certification, mentorship and collaboration. Our vision is to provide the necessary resources to enable the Physician Advisor to assume a leadership role in assisting organizations to successfully navigate the healthcare system now and in the future. has an alliance with the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP) to offer the first Physician Advisor sub-specialty certification as part of the Health Care Quality Management (HCQM) board certification endorsed by the NBME. For more information and to become a member, log on to www.ACPAdvisors.org.
GRANTORS
BRONZE
Health Law Partners
The Health Law Partners, P.C. is a law firm dedicated to the practice of health care law. With offices in Detroit and New York, the firm represents hospitals, health systems, physicians, hospice agencies, home health agencies, billing companies and other health care providers and suppliers nationwide.
Attorneys with The Health Law Partners provide services in all aspects of health care law, with the particular focus areas of recovery audit and other Medicare and Medicaid audit appeals, compliance and reimbursement, Stark and Anti-Kickback, health care business transactions, HIPAA compliance, licensing matters, physician and staff privileging matters and third party payor participation. For more information visit www.thehlp.com.
Appeal Academy
Appeal Academy is the home of the popular online talk show, “Finally Friday!” After producing over 200 free webinars since 2013, we now focus on process and solutions to compliance and reimbursement that can be used as preventive, proactive measures, rather than clean-up or reactive measures to protect appropriate reimbursement, with conservative, sensible approaches to the numerous regulations and rules that plague providers today. Visit www.myfinallyfriday.com today to register for all our free bi-weekly webinars.
ADDITIONAL
Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM
Dr. Hirsch is Vice President of Regulations and Education for R1 Physician Advisory Services. Visit R1 at www.R1RCM.com and visit his web site at www.RonaldHirsch.com for useful resources and videos, including new information on total knee replacement status determinations and shared decision-making. Dr. Hirsch encourages all physician advisors to join the American College of Physician Advisors www.acpadvisors.org.
EXHIBITORS
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP)
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians is a community of physicians and other health care professionals demonstrating excellence in their field through Health Care Quality and Management (HCQM) Certification. HCQM Certification is the gold standard in professional certification. ABQAURP offers CME & CE-accredited conferences, online, and home study courses.
- Certification in Health Care Quality and Management
- Sub-Specialty Certification in Physician Advisor, Patient Safety/Risk Management, Case Management, Transitions of Care, Managed Care and Workers’ Compensation
- Professional Membership & Fellowship with ABQAURP
- CME & CE-accredited conferences, online and home study courses
ABQAURP formed a strategic alliance and collaboration with the American College of Physician Advisors in April 2015. This collaboration has enriched both organizations in supporting the role of the Physician Advisor. We invite you to stop by the ABQAURP booth or visit www.abqaurp.org!
Change Healthcare
Change Healthcare is inspiring a better healthcare system. And InterQual — the leading evidence-based clinical criteria and utilization management technology— supports providers devoted to appropriate care in a value-based world. Providers rely on InterQual, from Change Healthcare, for defensible decision-making support and help proactively managing patient care to reduce length of stay, inappropriate admissions and readmissions, unneeded interventions and, in turn, denials. With rigorously developed and objective content, and innovative technology and automation solutions, InterQual is the one you can trust.
For more information visit www.changehealthcare.com.
Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. (HQSI)
Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. (HQSI) is a utilization management and healthcare quality improvement company composed of experienced clinical personnel providing data-driven, outcomes oriented services in an efficient and effective manner.
HQSI is a URAC-accredited Independent Review Organization offering:
- A national panel of active, practicing Board-Certified specialists experienced in conducting medical peer review
- Experienced utilization review nurses and coding professionals
- Timely, efficient and accurate medical review determinations
- Manage dispute resolution between healthcare systems and payers
- Augment your medical peer review panel to offer hard-to-find experienced and objective physician reviewer specialists
- Serve as an extension of your utilization review team to address volume fluctuations
- Provide denials/appeals preparation and management assistance
Sound Advisory Services
Do you have big ideas and even bigger ambitions? Sound Physicians is seeking a physician leader who is passionate about embracing innovation. Physician Advisors who choose to lead at Sound thrive because they are willing to take risks, focus on their teams while doing whatever they can to make their team successful. Sound Physicians offers both onsite and remote physician advisor roles. Are you ready to reach your greatest human potential? Apply today!
For more information visit www.careers.soundphysicians.com.
XSOLIS
XSOLIS provides a data-driven approach to the challenges hospitals face from compliance and regulatory issues. XSOLIS combines Utilization Review Technology, Denials Management consulting, and Physician Advisor Services in a comprehensive and customizable suite of products that helps hospitals ensure compliance, enhance patient outcomes, and safeguard revenue. Our predictive analytics and cognitive computing platform automatically and continuously analyze medical necessity and level of care for your patients in real-time and provide customized alerts when situations that could result in the loss of appropriate revenue are identified.
Leveraging insights gleaned from partnering with over 70 clients and a breadth of data that includes twenty five million clinical predictions generated by proprietary machine learning, XSOLIS pioneers solutions and services that protect revenue in a compliant, consistent and efficient manner. Learn more at www.xsolis.com.
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