2011 RAC Summit prepares physicians for new audit landscape

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Obama this past March greatly expands the audit operations for Medicare and Medicaid programs. At the hub of these efforts are the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), which are fully operational for the Medicare program, and will expand to include services reimbursed by state Medicaid programs in April of 2011.

To prepare physicians for this new audit landscape, Fi-Med Management, Inc. announced today The 2011 Physicians RAC Summit, taking place in Orlando, Florida on January 9-12, 2011 at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. This conference will assist physician practices as well as health care consultants to successfully navigate the choppy waters created by RAC audits.

"We created the Physicians RAC Summit to help hospitals and their physicians navigate the tangle of regulatory issues brought about by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' third party auditing entities — the RACs, MICs, MACs and ZPICs," states Christine Krause, Co-Founder of Fi-Med Management, Inc. "If you're a physician — in private practice, affiliated with a hospital or a member of a group — this is the breakout event that will give you the tools, strategies and techniques to avoid being boxed in by a lack of understanding of new regulations such as The False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statutes and Voluntary Disclosures."

GEORGE LOIS SPEAKS TO PHYSICIANS

New York magazine called him "Pioneer ... Innovator ... Advertising Genius ... Superman of Madison Avenue ... America's Master Communicator." Adman and image-maker George Lois was a leader of the Creative Revolution of the 1960s and is the mind behind an astonishing array of famous branding campaigns. The man that is the inspiration behind Mad Men's Dan Draper, joins the Summit for a provocative discussion on what creates change and shares next "Big Idea" for health care.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER FRANK COHEN, MPA

Frank Cohen, MPA senior Analyst for MIT Solutions and creator of the CMPA software will be a keynote speaker at the conference. Other industry experts include Patrick Marion, CFE-former Audit Manager in Region 3 of the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The AMA's Catherine I. Hanson, JD, Dennis P.H. Mihale, MD, MBA, Donna D. Wilson, RHIA, CCS, Tammy Banks, MBA, Fi-Med's  Analyst Jared Krawczyk and Compliance Officer, Paul Spencer, CPC, CPC-H.

12 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

As an added benefit to attendees, the 2011 Physician RAC Summit has been approved by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) for 12 CEUs. This is a welcome bonus to many professionals needing to stay on top of required continuing education credits for license and certification renewal.