Hospital/Physician Engagement: Complying With Stark Law and AKS, Protecting Tax Status, Avoiding Deal Breakers

Due to the complexity of the disease biology, rapidly increasing treatment options, patient mobility, multi-disciplinary care teams, and high costs of treatment - informatics can play a more substantial role in improving outcomes and reducing the cost of cancer care. In this webinar, we will review how tumor board solutions, precision medicine frameworks, and oncology pathways are being used within clinical quality programs as well as understanding their role in driving operational improvements and increasing patient retention. We will demonstrate the requirements around both interoperability and the clinical depth needed to ensure adoption and effective capture and use of information to accomplish these goals.

As facilities work to return to pre-pandemic levels of efficiency and income in the face of the latest COVID surge, surgical procedures are a critical source of revenue—but common complications post-surgery can increase costs and negatively impact patient care. This webinar, featuring a panel of experts, will explore the scope of this problem and what facilities can do to combat it. Topics addressed will include historic areas for cost savings and how a proven respiratory therapy cuts post-op costs by helping prevent common post-op pulmonary complications.

You're aware that engaging in improper conduct can result in not only losses to the practice, but also in personal liabilities. What to do? The stakes are even higher now because regulatory agencies are targeting billers and coders as well as providers in fraud and Stark law cases. Want to make sure your billing and coding practices are in the clear? We will discuss ethical conduct principles that billers and coders must follow. You'll hear common ethical scenarios and learn possible approaches for addressing each.

In order to stay competitive, improve efficiencies, drive down costs, and improve patient care, hospitals increasingly turn to technology.The result is a rapid expansion in the number and use of medical devices and clinical assets. As the threat of cyber attacks loom large, those assets are quickly becoming liabilities.