Catalog Number : agn1502
Title : Six Month Plan for Reducing Denials
Speaker : Dan Marino

Webplay Recording Date : 7-24-2008
Webplay Price : $ 195 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Presenter: Daniel J. Marino

Webinar Title: Six Month Plan for Reducing Denials

Webinar Purpose:

High payer denial rates are a major reason for poor financial performance in hospitals and medical practices. This session provides a step-by-step plan for implementing an effective denial management program in just six months. The key components include denial tracking mechanisms, fast-response processes, and correcting the root-cause problems that lead to chronic denials. Participants will learn the operational metrics that are key to understanding and managing denials and discover techniques for using data tracking to pinpoint and solve the root causes of high denials. Understand how to organize business office staff and configure information systems for optimal denial management.

Webinar Objectives:

• A detailed plan to implementing an effective denial management program
• The key operational metrics to manage denials
• The optional staffing and IT configuration to maximize denial management

Target Audience:  CFOs, COOs, patient accounting staff, VPs of physician services, directors of physician services, and physician practice management staff.

Contact Hours:  This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.