POHMS ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 14-15, 2024
Check-In:
Wednesday, 11/13 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in The Garden Terrace Lounge
Thursday, 11/14 Starting at 7:00 am in the Garden Terrace Lounge
Welcome Reception Wednesday 11/13 6:30-7:30
Exhibit Set-up:
Wednesday, 11/13 Starting after 4 PM
Thursday, 11/14 6:00 am to 7:30 am
Exhibit Hours *Please note events and breaks noted in the program in relation to exhibit hours
Thursday, November 14, 2024 7:30 am to 4:30 pm * (see agenda)
Friday, November 15, 2024 8:00 am to 11:50 am * (see agenda)
Exhibit Tear-down Friday:
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 AM
What Would You Do?
Reasons to attend the Annual Fall Conference:
- Relevant topics, what your practice needs to know about and prepare for today!
- Receive the most up-to-date information related to your specialty
- Expand your knowledge
- Live Q&A
- Walk away with needed tools and strategies
- Positive and Comfortable environment
- Time to visit with our sponsors
- AAPC CEU Credits!
- Networking! Networking! Networking!
- Fabulous prizes and cash!!!
Who should attend
- Practice Managers/Administrators
- Providers, Nurses, Pharm Tech and other clinical employees
- Billing managers and other billing employees
- Patient navigators
- Financial counselors
- Other employees within your practice for updated and current education
Register
VENDOR INFORMATION
No registrations accepted after October 30, 2023
Corporate Registration: To Register as an exhibitor, please click here.
Please note registrations for an "additional exhibit table" under one company, will be open at the end of August. There are a limited number of exhibits available and this will be on a first come, first served basis. Thank you for your understanding.
Check-In:
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in The Garden Terrace Lounge
Thursday, November 16, 2023 Starting at 7:00 am in the Garden Terrace Lounge
Exhibit Set-up:
Thursday, November 16, 2023 6:00 am to 7:30 am
*Additional set-up times may become available as we get closer to the event
Exhibit Hours *Please note events and breaks noted in the program in relation to exhibit hours
Thursday, November 16, 2023 7:30 am to 4:30 pm * (see agenda)
Friday, November 17, 2023 8:00 am to 11:50 am * (see agenda)
Exhibit Tear-down Friday:
November 17, 2023 at 11:50 AM
KEY DATES/DEADLINES:
• Last date for exhibitor registration is October 30, 2023
(exhibitors who are confirmed as of October 30, 2023 will be included in conference printed materials)
• Late fee after this date is: $500; NO EXCEPTIONS
• No exhibitor registrations can be accepted after October 30, 2023
• If using a third-party vendor to complete your exhibit registration, a notice must be sent to Fran Spine
at fran@pohms.com indicating you are using a third-party vendor, including the vendor’s name.
• Payment for all exhibits is due no later than October 30, 2023. If payments are not received by this
date, exhibits will be cancelled.
SHIPPING INFORMATION for Exhibitors:
When shipping materials to the hotel prior to the conference, please see important shipping information below. Ship to address: The Hotel Hershey Attn: Convention Services (Melvin Morales) RE: POHMS 2022 Fall Conference 100 Hotel Road Hershey, PA 17033 Please do not have any items shipped to arrive any earlier than three (3) days prior to the conference, not before, Monday, November 13, 2023 POHMS is not responsible for items shipped to the hotel. Please be sure ALL packages are labeled correctly for your company.
Forms needed for Vendors:
POHMS Exhibitor and Corporate Annual Fall Conference Letter
Fall Conference Agenda
2023 Signed W9
MEMBER INFORMATION
Member Registration: Members of POHMS, please register here. This link is only for those who work in a medical office.
Register Now for our Murder Mystery Dinner Event on Thursday, November 16
Agenda
POHMS ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE / NOVEMBER 16-17, 2023 / THE HOTEL HERSHEY |
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4:00 to 6:00 PM |
Registration | Garden Terrace Lounge |
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM |
Welcome Reception | Fountain Lobby |
Thursday November 16, 2023 |
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7:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast | Garden Terrace Ballroom |
8:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks Lisa Smith Cliff Goodman |
Starlight Terrace Ballroom |
8:45 AM |
Cybersecurity Awareness For Healthcare Organizations Rich O'Keefe |
This session will cover the following:
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9:45 AM |
Biomarker Legislation Cori Chandler, MPA |
Join the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to learn what biomarker testing is and why it’s important to patients. We’ll also provide information on our legislative efforts in PA and around the country to improve access to this innovative testing, which can open the door to precision medicine, resulting in improved patient quality of life and survival outcomes. |
10:45 AM | Break with Exhibitors | Garden Terrace Ballroom |
11:15 AM |
Practice Benchmarking and Cost Accounting Ricky Newton |
This session will review the most dynamic benchmarking and cost accounting software in the industry that is free for everyone. After 7 years of development and listening to practice users, you will learn how to utilize import tools that make it much quicker and easier to put data into software and then to be able to see up to over 2,000 benchmarked reports. You will also be able to automatically have your income statement broken down into cost per CPT code with full costs and breakeven cost which excludes provider salaries and benefits. There is no other real time benchmarking software anywhere and cost accounting software that allows you to know your exact costs for performing all services in your practice. |
12:30 PM | Lunch Break |
Fountain Lobby
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1:30 PM |
Keynote Speaker Shawn Reilly Simmons |
Shawn Reilly Simmons is the author of seven novels in the Red Carpet Catering mystery series featuring Penelope Sutherland, chef-owner of a movie set catering company. She’s also written several short stories which have been published in various anthologies, including “Burnt Orange” in Passport to Murder: the 2017 Bouchercon Anthology; “The Prodigy” in Mystery Tour, the Crime Writers’ Association Anthology; and “Now is the Hour” in Writers Crushing Covid-19.Shawn will focus on: Staying Positive During a Health Crisis |
2:30 PM | Break with Exhibitors | Garden Terrace Ballroom |
3:00 PM |
Capitol Hill & Beyond: Update on Oncology Policy
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This will be a complete update on key issues impacting oncology providers, including pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Medicare physician payments, cancer drug shortages, the 340B drug discount program, and more late breaking updates. |
4:00 PM | CHOC Member Business Meeting (CHOC members only please) |
Tea House |
6:00 PM | Reception and Dinner Event for registered guests |
All are invited but registration is required. |
Friday November 17, 2023 |
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8:00 AM | Breakfast | Fountain Lobby |
8:45 AM |
The Role of Financial Navigation Services Within Your Practice and the Multifaceted Benefits Dan Sherman |
After a cancer diagnosis, patients and families face many stressors, including the possibility of significant short-term and long-term financial harm. Rising premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and co-payments for oncology treatments, expose patients and families to significant out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare spending. These direct medical costs, in combination with the indirect costs such as a reduction in household income, increased household expenses such as travel, nutrition and health insurance premiums, create a perfect storm for financial devastation. However, unlike clinical toxicities, financial toxicity is a potentially devastating consequence of cancer that patients have often been left to manage on their own.Improving cost communication between patients and the provider is essential to truly address patients’ and families’ financial issues. To do so practices must either collaborate with outside organizations that have expertise in financial counseling or invest in internal financial navigation resources to provide consistent and proactive financial support to all patients at the beginning of their diagnosis. However, in practice, the work of financial navigation frequently falls on poorly trained staff who do not have the knowledge to be able to offer the expertise needed in dealing with the complexities of financial toxicity.The benefits of a Financial Navigation Program are substantial. Not only can it reduce patients' financial burden and increase profit margins, but it can also alleviate patient distress, improve access to care, and improve patient satisfaction scores. As the stressors of Financial Toxicity in the oncology setting continues to grow, cancer programs should explore the current health of their financial advocacy program and evaluate if improvements are needed. |
9:30 AM |
Oncology Reimbursement - Getting Ready for 2024! Michelle Weiss |
Overview of the latest regulations, policies and reimbursement changes specific to oncology services that occur in 2024. This includes changes in coding, billing, documentation requirements and reimbursement. |
10:30 AM |
Solve the Audit and Recoupment Mystery Karlene Dittrich |
Over the past 10+ years recoupments and offsets have become the #1 denial tactic by various insurance companies. We are seeing an increase in medical record or audit requests. Are they valid??? In a “Rapidly Changing and Unstable Healthcare Reimbursement Environment,” protecting insurance revenue and your organization has never been more vital or challenging! It is not uncommon for Payors and their 3rd party vendors to use non-compliant and misleading requests to gain access to medical records and insurance revenue attached to the associated claim payments. Stop leaving money on the table. When protecting earned revenue, the best defense is a good offense utilizing a compliant and strategic approach to circumvent problems and gain leverage against payer financial challenges. |
11:45 AM | Break with Exhibitors | Garden Terrace Ballroom |
12:05 PM |
Vendor Breakdown |
Garden Terrace Ballroom |
12:05 PM |
Conclusion and Closing Remarks Cliff Goodman |
Starlight Terrace Ballroom |
12:10 PM |
POHMS Member Business Meeting and Raffles (POHMS members only please) |
Starlight Terrace Ballroom |
Speakers
John Quinones
Combining a moving life story, an exceptional career, incomparable insights and a
powerful presence, John Quiñones has emerged as one of the most popular inspirational
speakers in the world today. His moving presentations focus on his odds-defying journey,
celebrate the life-changing power of education, champion the Latino American Dream and
provide thought-provoking insights into human nature and ethical behavior.
A lifetime of “never taking no for an answer” took Quiñones from migrant farm work and
poverty to more than 30 years at ABC News, the anchor desk at 20/20 and Primetime and seven
national Emmy awards for his reporting over the years. Along the way, he broke through barriers,
won the highest accolades and became a role model for many.
As host and creator of What Would You Do?, the highly-rated, hidden camera ethical
dilemma news magazine now on its 17th season, Quiñones has literally become “the face of
doing the right thing” to millions of fans.
Cliff Goodman, PhD
Moderator
Clifford Goodman, PhD, has 35 years of experience in such areas as health technology assessment, evidence-based health care, comparative effectiveness research, clinical practice guidelines, health economics, and studies pertaining to health care innovation, regulation, and payment. He directs studies and projects for an international range of government agencies; pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies; health care provider institutions; and professional, industry, and patient advocacy groups. His recent work has involved such areas as chronic disease, infectious disease, cancer, rare diseases, diagnostic testing, gene therapy, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine, biosimilars, value frameworks, value-based contracting, social determinants of health, and applications of real-world data and real-world evidence. Dr. Goodman is an internationally recognized health policy issues moderator and facilitator of expert panels, advisory boards, workshops, and focus groups.
Dr. Goodman served as Chair of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC, 2009-12) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He served as President of the professional society, Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi, 2011-13), and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2022, he received the David Banta Distinguished Career Award in Health Technology Assessment from HTAi. He earned a PhD from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science from The Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University.
After 27 years at The Lewin Group, including as Senior Vice President, Dr. Goodman recently retired and is an independent consultant, including on behalf of Lewin for selected projects.
Event Sponsors
2023 Corporate Sponsors
DIAMOND
Conference Fall Exhibitors Diamond
BeiGene, LtdDiamond Corporate Sponsor | Bristol Myers SquibbDiamond Corporate Sponsor | CHOCDiamond Corporate Sponsor |
Incyte CorporationDiamond Corporate Sponsor | McKessonDiamond Corporate Sponsor | MerckDiamond Corporate Sponsor |
RegeneronDiamond Corporate Sponsor | Sanofi-Genzyme OncologyDiamond Corporate Sponsor |
GOLD
Conference Fall Exhibitors Gold
GileadGold Corporate Sponsor | Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Gold Corporate Sponsor | LillyGold Corporate Sponsor |
PharmacyclicsGold Corporate Sponsor | Taiho Oncology IncGold Corporate Sponsor | Takeda OncologyGold Corporate Sponsor |
SILVER
Conference Fall Exhibitors Silver
Astellas Pharma US INCSilver Corporate Sponsor | Cardinal HealthSilver Corporate Sponsor | ExelixisSilver Corporate Sponsor |
GenentechSilver Corporate Sponsor | MorphosysSilver Corporate Sponsor | Oncology SupplySilver Corporate Sponsor |
EXHIBITORS
Conference Fall Exhibitors
Directions & Accommodations
Hotel Hershey
100 Hotel Road
Hershey, PA 17033
POHMS has negotiated a group guest room rate of $252.00/night/plus taxes.
Reservations can be made by calling the hotel at 1-855-729-3108 or by booking though the dedicated reservation link below.
The cut-off date for the group rate is October 16, 2023. The room block fills up quickly, reserve today.
Several attendees waited too long last year, and could not get into the Hotel Hershey. Rooms sell out quickly!
https://reservations.hersheypa.com/HRSApp/HRSHome?groupCode=POHMS2023H&venue=hotelHershey