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GREAT LAKES GAZETTE

HFMA

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A Publication of the Great Lakes Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association

Fall 2014 September, 2014

HFMA Fall Programs By Nicole Sulak Program Chair

Our goal is to provide quality education opportunities to our members! To that end, we’re working on several great live events along with numerous online education events. LIVE EVENTS In collaboration with MAHAP and MPAA, the MI Revenue Cycle Conference is occurring September 17-19, at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, in Mt. Pleasant. This year’s theme is ‘Delivering Permanent Change’ and has a robust agenda including Joe Fifer, current President of HFMA, a CFO panel to discuss the changing revenue cycle, and other great topics. Registration is open now at www.greatlakeshfma.org. This year we’ve enhanced the Annual Reimbursement Update by teaming it with a networking event. The event has moved locations, and will be held in Traverse City, on September 26. Sessions will include an update on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, insights to maximize reimbursement and reduce risk, suggestions for improving BCBS logging, best practices on patient financial counseling, and optimizing revenue recovery. After a great day of education, you’ll have a chance to unwind and get to know your fellow HFMA members during a wine tour on Leelanau Peninsula. Registration is open now at www.greatlakeshfma.org. The annual MI Fall Conference will take place October 21-22, again at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth. Infor-mation and registration will be available soon. The Great Lakes chapter covers a large geography, so we like to move around for our members. For our Upper Peninsula members (and certainly anyone else that wants to join), the UP Fall Conference will be in Marquette, on November 11. There have been reports that colors are starting to appear already due to this cool summer, so we may be late for the color tour, but it certainly is gorgeous country year round. WEBINARS All Region 6 chapters (which includes Great Lakes) are collaborating to offer ongoing webinars throughout the year. You will therefore see webinars offered by Region 6, rather than just the Great Lakes Chapter. Upcoming Region 6 webinars include the following: September 17 – Pricing Transparency October 16 – Ambulatory Payment Update November 19 – Revenue Cycle Leakage We are also providing a webinar series to assist members through the Certification process. This is a great op-portunity to receive the study materials and training for only $30! The webinars are September 16, 23, 30, Octo-ber 7, and a review session on November 4, 2014. If you missed the emails to register, please email Pam Allen at costrpt@therybargroup.com.

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NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE’S MESSAGE

We are always looking for articles, job openings or local Great Lakes content for the newsletter. Please feel free to call, fax or email your materials to myself , Cheryl or Liz. Sincerely,  Mark Kato            Cheryl Kotenko        Liz Miller 989‐839‐1834                           989‐839‐3184        989‐839‐3599 Mark.Kato@midmichigan.org    Cheryl.Kotenko@midmichigan.org     Liz.Miller@midmichigan.org 

National HFMA also provides webinars that are available to our members. Upcoming National Webinars include: September 9 – Harnessing the Power of Process Analytics and Automated Workflow to Improve

Revenue Cycle Outcomes September 10 – Ecommerce Reshapes Patient Financial Services September 17 – Adapting to the Affordable Care Act with Proven Financial Planning Techniques September 23 – You Signed a Risk Contract. Now What? September 25 – Maximizing Financial Outcomes and Quality While Preparing for New-Era Reim-

bursement Models September 30 – Achieving Population Health Transformation Through an 1115 DSRIP Waiver October 8 – Understanding Medicare’s FY2015 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Rule October 9 – Six Strategies to Keep your Hospital out of the Pricing Headlines October 15 – CAQH Core Operating Rules: Helping You Streamline Payments and Reconciliation October 16 – Controlling Costly Physician Preference Items

Register at www.hfma.org

DOWN THE ROAD Keep your eyes open for emails from Pam regarding additional webinars that will occur year-round. Additionally, we are planning more live events that will include: Technical Update – accounting, auditing, and tax Strategic Improvements – strategic planning, operational or cost efficiencies, business planning,

labor productivity, etc. Young Careerists – a day for those new to the professional world Annual Compliance Update in collaboration with Dykema As always, we want to meet your education needs. If there is a topic you want to see that isn’t list above, or you have other suggestions, don’t hesitate to email them to Pam, cos-trpt@therybargroup.com, or me Nicole.Sulak@plantemoran.com. We are always looking to improve our service to you!

Nicole Sulak Program Chair Great Lakes HFMA

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Great Lakes Chapter Officers

President Josh Wiggins

President Elect Brent Smith

Secretary Melissa McAfee

Treasurer Jeramie Soderberg

Past President Amy Bilyea

Board Members

Regina Bergh Anthony Doud Chad Gutzman Gerald Artman

Directors Northern Michigan

Tabitha Rudolph

Upper Peninsula

Mary Lalonde

COMMITTEES

2014 —2015 Great Lakes Chapter Leadership

Membership Directory Chair:

Elizabeth Hooper-Linn

Vice Chair: Pam Allen

Mentoring

Chair: Ashley Ward

Members:

Melissa McAfee

Program Chair:

Nicole Sulak

Members: Gerald Artman

Amy Bilyea Donald Dingman

Kim Frye Erich Koch

Sponsorship

Chair: Patty Davis

Members:

Nicole Sulak

Audit & Finance Ashley Ward

Certification

Chair: Mark Thompson

Vice Chair:

Elizabeth Hooper-Linn

Members: Brian Buckingham

Gina Butcher Marilyn Skrocki

Link Chapter Repre-

sentative: Sam P Niemi

Membership

Chair: Tom Matonican

Members:

Regina Bergh Josh Wiggins

Josh Richards Jeramie Soderberg

Networking Chair:

John Rynearson

Vice Chair: Andrew Moessner

Members:

Gerald Artman Nick Maeder

Mike Cwik

Newsletter Chair:

Mark Kato

Vice Chair: Cheryl Kotenko

Members:

Liz Miller

Web Site Chair:

Jeff Werner

Vice Chair: Pam Allen

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REGIONAL EXECUTIVE MESSAGE

Hello fellow HFMA members from Michigan and Ohio! My name is Mary Whitbread and I have the dis-tinct pleasure of filling the role of the Regional Executive for our chapter during the 2014 – 2015 year. As a Regional Executive, I serve as the liaison to National HFMA for our seven HFMA chapters in Michi-gan and Ohio. First, I would like to thank our outgoing Regional Executive, Chris Milligan from the Northeast Ohio chap-ter, for his work over the past several years. Chris was instrumental in improving the collaboration amongst the chapters in the region. I would also like to introduce our incoming Regional Executive Elect, Barb Shelley from the Western Michigan chapter. Barb is currently leading the regional webinar program and she will be the Regional Executive during the 2015 – 2016 HFMA year. Barb, Chris and I all had the pleasure of attending the recent chapter awards dinner at ANI and we are proud to say that the region was very successful this year with over 20 individual chapter awards and three multi-chapter awards, which included the Regional Yerger Award for our Regional Webinar Series. This past year the region provided sixteen webinars at no cost to our members, providing more the 1800 hours of education. Once again, ANI provided an excellent opportunity to learn from industry experts and it also provided the opportunity to network, meeting new people and connecting with friends. The days flew too quickly, but the experience was very rich. I encourage everyone to consider attending ANI in the future. The HFMA theme presented at ANI by chair Kari Cornicelli is “Leading the Change”. She encourages healthcare finance professionals at all levels to take a lead role in making a difference, to keep their or-ganizations strong by leading the strategic initiatives that will position their organization to deal with the rapid changes taking place in the healthcare industry today. This theme correlates with a recent book I read by Roger Connors and Tom Smith called Change the Culture, Change the Game. Culture is the way people think and act to achieve results. Culture can make the difference between the success and failure of an organization. The book instills the concepts that leaders must create the needed culture of an organization and that an effective culture is a culture of accountability. We as finance leaders can demonstrate a culture of accountability by acknowledging and working with others in the organization to own an issue, find solutions to the issue and drive the strategic initiatives to deal with the changes occurring in healthcare today. Knowledge is a key element to enable us as finance leaders to lead the needed change in healthcare today. HFMA is committed to providing the needed resources to expand our knowledge through educa-tional opportunities available through chapter, regional and national venues. Take advantage of these opportunities as often as possible.

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Michael Lutz Revenue Cycle Manager

Baraga County Memorial Hospital

Keith Sherwood Chief Finance Officer

Michigan Community Dental Clinics

Ben Smyth Senior Accountant

Hurley Medical Center

Andrea Barnes Auditor

Plante Moran PLLC

Stephen Bosh Patient Accounts Manager

Munson Medical Center

Sara Eggleston iNDIGO Health Partners

Traverse City, MI

Becky Snider iNDIGO Health Partners

Traverse City, MI

Michael Niles President

Executive Financial Company

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REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: ARE THEY OF VALUE TO THE STUDENTS WHO JOIN?

By:

Danielle M. Marsrow

B.S.H.S. Saginaw Valley State University April 2014

Abstract

Employers are not just looking for students who excel academically. Where are students able

to learn these work related skills and abilities that employers are searching for? There are multiple

student organizations and professional organizations available for students to join that offer re-

sources, access to lectures, networking experiences and much more. The issue addressed in this

study is that joining Registered Student Organization (RSO) and professional organizations costs

money and takes time to be involved, yet colleges continually promote student involvement in these

organizations. Two questions are addressed in this study. First, does college student involvement in

RSOs and/or in professional organizations benefit the student by improving the likelihood of success

in their future career endeavors? Second, what are the benefits of professional associations and reg-

istered student organizations for college students who become members? For the purposes of this

study, the primary method of data collection is from secondary data. The data received to answer the

research questions came from research previously conducted. Based on the literature identified and

reviewed, students who joined registered student organizations and professional organizations while

in college were benefited by their involvement and had a better overall college experience and suc-

cess in their future careers. Benefits of RSO and professional organization involvement included net-

working opportunities, scholarship opportunities, resources, and access to conferences and lectures

that can provide further educational and career opportunities.

http://www.greatlakeshfma.org/site/files/262/4366/338007/712895/Research_Project-Capstone.docx

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PUBLICATION POLICIES

The Great Lakes Gazette is the official publication of the Great Lakes Chapter Healthcare Financial Management Association. Our objective is to provide members with information regarding Chapter and national activities, with current and useful news of both national and local significance to healthcare financial professionals, and serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and information.

Opinions expressed in articles or features are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Great Lakes Chapter, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, or the Editor. The Editor reserves the right to edit material and accept or reject contributions whether solicited or not. All correspondence is assumed to be released for publication unless otherwise indicated.

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Accountant Memorial Healthcare Hospital

 

Great Lakes HFMA Career Page http://www.greatlakeshfma.org/site/epage/4370_262.htm

HFMA National Career Page http://jobbank.hfma.org/c/search.cfm?site_id=7251 If you want any job postings listed on the web site please email the information to Mark Kato at mark.kato@midmichigan.org This is a free service for Healthcare members with at least one member in the Great Lakes Chapter. If a Hospital does not have any member in the Great Lakes Chapter the cost is $125.00 per posting.

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