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Date
Sep. 13, 2022
Time
10:00am - 11:30am
Location
Online
Virtual
Each session will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
medical service staff professionals, credentialing specialists, medical directors, vice president of medical affairs, quality improvement professionals, medical staff leaders, credentials committee members, and anyone involved with the credentialing and privileging functions
There are many strategies available to manage your never-ending list of provider enrollment tasks. During this event, participants will explore the advantages of using the CAQH Practice Manager; how to utilize state and federal payer electronic access for purposes of enrollment; and revalidation, including Managed Medicaid/Medicare requirements. Discussions will include options for dealing with providers who are denied network participation, and participants will review steps in the post-enrollment phase and methods to keep providers and organizations compliant between payer credentialing life cycles. Methods to enhance communication with payers to accelerate the overall provider enrollment process also will be highlighted.
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
Merella Schandl is the President of G&G Schandl Consulting and has 29 years of health care experience having worked with all facets of the industry. She also is the senior operations and leadership advisor with Anders CPAs + Advisors in St. Louis.
Schandl advises hospitals, managed care organizations and physicians on regulatory compliance, credentialing and provider enrollment. Schandl designs and implements plans for integrating hospital medical staff offices and provider enrollment to enhance revenue cycles. She provides practice assessments to independent/group physicians/hospitals, identifying areas of deficiency or duplication related to process improvement, design flow, staffing and other processes. She helps facilitate new practice start-ups and/or closures. Schandl recently retired as a National Association of Medical Staff Services Instructor, where she developed educational material and provided industry education to those seeking certification in credentialing and leadership. A frequent presenter, she shares her depth of health care knowledge through local and national speaking opportunities. Schandl holds a master's in health care administration, a bachelor's in workforce development and education, dual certification in Medical Staff Services Management and Credentialing, and is a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt.
Medical Staff — This course has been approved for National Association Medical Staff Services 1.5 continuing education credits for each session. Accreditation of this educational program in no way implies endorsement or sponsorship by NAMSS.
Participants must attend the live program in its entirety and complete an evaluation to receive NAMMS continuing education contact hours. (CE is not available for the recordings.)
Please note that your registration request will be submitted to the organizer for approval. Upon approval, virtual instructional materials and access information will be sent to the email address indicated on the registration form. The registration fee is for one individual attendee and one connection. Each additional connection will be charged a separate registration fee.
If you have special needs addressed by the Americans With Disabilities Act, please contact the Missouri Hospital Association.
MHA Health Institute
P.O. Box 60
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-893-3700
Fax: 573-893-2809
For cancellations received in writing before the established deadline date, the registrant will receive a full refund — minus a $50* processing fee per registrant. After the deadline date, no refunds will be granted. Registrants not in attendance will be responsible for the full registration fee. Substitutions are encouraged. We reserve the right to cancel this program because of insufficient registration.
*Unless otherwise specified in the program details.
This educational activity is provided by MHA Health Institute.
General Information
Register
Register for this virtual series on or before Monday, Sept. 12, to ensure delivery of instructional materials.
A recording will be available for 60 days after each session to registered participants.
Cost
This virtual series is eligible for use of the MHA Health Institute coupon. Note: Coupons were mailed to MHA-member hospital CEOs in December 2021.
This virtual series also is being offered at a reduced rate to MHA-member hospitals and nonmembers thanks to a generous contribution from the MHA Management Services Corporation.
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