2008 Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues 

April 9-11, 2008
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
Baltimore, MD
KPMG LLP provided sponsorship in support of this program.

Program Description

For the most comprehensive program available on legal issues related to reimbursement, attend AHLA's Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues. This year's program features Representative Pete Stark, whose anti self-referral legislation has had an enormous impact on the practice of healthcare law and the structure of relationships between hospitals and physicians. He will be followed by Jim Sheehan, the Medicaid Inspector General in New York, who is energizing state officials in anti-fraud enforcement.

Preceding the keynote address will be Fundamentals of Medicare Parts A-D, CMS Outreach Session on Hospital and Physician Issues and a panel discussion on Quality. As in the past, there will be breakout sessions on more than 50 topics presented by leading experts, including many CMS officials. Some of the topics include:

• Stark Phase III
• Recovery Audit Contractors and Compliance Strategies
• Short Stays
• Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues for Nursing Facilities
• Medicare Bad Debt
• Medicare Ambulatory Surgery Center Payment and Regulatory Update
• Medicare Clinical Research Policy: Coverage and Payment Issues and Arguments
• Medicare Physician Reimbursement Issues
• Separate Updates on Medicare Litigation, Medicare Secondary Payor Issues and Hospitals Inpatient PPS
• Introductory sessions on Quality, Fraud and Abuse, Medicaid, Coding, and Researching Medicare and Medicaid Issues for those new to the area of Medicare and Medicaid

Regulation, Accreditation, and Payment Practice Group luncheon will be held on April 9, In-House Counsel Practice Group luncheon, sponsored by Meditract, Inc., will be held on April 10 and the HMOs and Health Plans Practice Group luncheon, sponsored by First Chesapeake Group, will be held on April 11.

The following companies will be exhibiting at the program:

• BNA, Inc.
• Coding Compliance Solutions - sponsor of the totebags
• Dixon Hughes PLLC
• HCPro, Inc.
• Huron Consulting Group
• Hooper Cornell PLLC
• KPMG LLP
• Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

CLE Information

The Medicare/Medicaid program will be worth approximately 20.1 credits (including 1.0 ethics credit) for 60-minute states and approximately 24.1 credits (including 1.2 ethics credit) for 50-minute states. Participants will be given CLE Request forms at the program. Forms must be completed and returned to AHLA staff to receive credit. The sessions, unless otherwise designated, are intermediate to advanced in level. There are no prerequisites required to register for this program.

This seminar will be worth approximately 24.0 CPE credits. AHLA 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. NASBA's web site is located at www.nasba.org.

Download the Continuing Legal Education Request Form.

Hotel Information

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
700 Aliceanna Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Reservations Phone: (800) 228-9290
Reservations Fax: (410) 895-1900