Monday, June 8, 2009
Pre-Conference: Enrollment Rules for Facilities
Designed especially for those who complete the CMS-855A, used for hospitals, SNFs, home health agencies, rural health clinics, federally qualified health clinics and hospices
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
2009 Facilities Medicare enrollment update
Medicare’s enrollment rules are in a state of change, and this impacts your ability to enroll in a timely manner. Acclaimed speaker and enrollment expert Dennis Grindle, CPA, a partner at Partner Seim, Johnson Sestak &
Quist, Omaha, Neb., shares the latest changes he’s seeing and how they’ll affect you. He’ll share the latest on
PECOS and revalidation and how it impacts enrollment.
9:00 a.m. – Noon
Clear provider-based hurdles for freestanding hospital-owned providers
Access to hospital-quality services at multiple locations is the goal. The reward is hospital-based reimbursement. Get straight talk on Medicare’s rules for the relationship between the main hospital location and other locations that must exist to achieve the goal. Learn how to properly comply with provider-based regulations and how to enroll each location as a hospital location on the 855A so that cash flow doesn’t suffer.
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Networking Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
A CMS-855A how-to for hospitals/SNFs/HHAs/RHAs/FQHCs and hospice facilities
Dennis takes you through each of the 17 sections of the form step by step, so you’ll know exactly how to fill it in completely, accurately and efficiently. You’ll leave knowing what to do when your hospital experiences a change
of ownership or leases office space to physicians and how to avoid enrollment delays.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Form 855A, Sections 1-4
- Reactivation
- Change of Ownership
- Acquisition/Merger & Consolidation
- Provider Type & NPI, Tax ID and other Business Identifiers
- Practice Location Information
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Question and answer session
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Form 855A, Sections 5-7
- Ownership Interest/Managing Control – Organizations
- Ownership Interest/Managing Control – Individuals
- Chain Office Information
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Question and answer session
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Form 855A, Sections 8-17
- Billing Agency Information
- Special Requirements Sections
- Statements, Attestations & Supporting Document Requirements
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Question and answer session
Pre-Conference Adjourns
- Donna Hankins, Surgical Care Affiliates UC
