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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
8:30 am - Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 am - Increased Ambulance Reimbursements
Through Medicaid Bridge Funding Programs
Asbel Montes, Managing Partner, Solutions Group
This presentation will provide attendees with information on the different Medicaid funding programs available for ambulance service agencies to increase ambulance Medicaid reimbursement.
10:15 - 10:45 am - Break (visit the vendors)
10:45 am - Noon - Money of the Future: Generating Revenue Through EMS Alternative Delivery Models
Doug Wolfberg, Esq., Page, Wolfberg & Wirth
Treatment without transport. Telemedicine. Strategic partnerships. Integrated care delivery. Alternative destinations. If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that EMS is not sustainable on a purely transport-driven revenue model. This forward-looking session will explain how EMS agencies can make the future happen now – and generate revenue through a new approach to delivery of care. PWW attorney Doug Wolfberg will lead us through this impactful look at where revenue models are headed in EMS, and how to capitalize.
Noon - 1:30 pm - Lunch (visit the vendors)
1:30 - 2:45 pm - Rethinking “Zero Day Billing”: Managing Patient Deductibles in the New Era of Healthcare
Doug Wolfberg, Esq., Page, Wolfberg & Wirth
With patient deductibles taking a larger-than-ever share of ambulance reimbursement, mastering patient deductible management is more critical than ever. This session will cover the importance of insurance discovery, the decision on timing or holding your charges, and maximizing payer reimbursement instead of patient balances. The days of “zero day billing” are long gone – and now, “right day billing” must be your guiding principle.
2:45 - 3:15 pm Break (visit the vendors)
3:15 - 4:45 pm Defeat the Villians of EMS Billing
Maggie Adams, EMS Financial Services, Inc.
Ambulance billing in 2022 is like managing the treachery of “Ozark.” Just when you think you understand the twists required by payers, you get gob-smacked by another surprise. Attend this lively session to learn to defeat the top problems of today’s ambulance billing. We will discuss solutions to the thorniest third-party payer, facility, and self-pay account problems. Let’s help get your cash flow to a more blissful “Bridgerton” state.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2022
8:30 am - Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am - Novitas Solutions/Medicare Carrier Update
Gail Atnip, IHS/VA Outreach & Education Specialist
Annual Medicare Update
10:15 - 10:30 am - Break (visit the vendors)
10:30 - 11:30 am - Ambulance Association of PA and PA EMS Provider Foundation Annual Meeting
Annual association and foundation update. We have expanded the time for the annual meeting this year. Join us for the priorities and plans for 2022 and beyond. Items to be covered: legislation, elections, members questions, and ways to get involved!
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