Day 3 Track 1

Cancer Service Line Efficiency and Revenue Optimization

Nina Chavez, MBA, FACMPE, Head of VBC Solutions and Transformation, Flatiron Health

Optimizing Revenues and Outcomes

Kathy Oubre, MS, Chief Operations Officer, Pontchartrain Cancer Center
Jaclyn Truelove, CRCE-I, Director of Payer Relations and Contracting, Cancer Care Associates of York
Nina Chavez MBA, FACMPE, Head of VBC Solutions and Transformation, Flatiron Health (Moderator)

A Dedicated Oncology Revenue Integrity Analyst Improves Revenue Collection and Mitigates Losses

This session is sponsored by Ciox.

Catherine L. Lowe, MBA, CPC-A, Oncology Revenue Integrity Analyst, Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute

With the devastating economic impact that COVID-19 has had on our healthcare system, cancer programs cannot afford to leave money on the table. Learn how to ensure accuracy in pre-registration, registration, prior authorizations, benefits investigations, coding, and claim data. Improve the accuracy of the charge master, with special attention given to new, non-formulary medications. Hear how to communicate effectively with all team members to ensure quick and agile responses to potential issues that can cause financial loss, including off-label medicine use, and to educate patients about all available financial assistance resources.

Oncology Capture of Emergency Department Patients with Incidental Radiologic Findings

This session is sponsored by LeanTaaS.

Nicholas Garland, MS, Administrative Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Katharine Klar, RN, BSN, Assistant Nurse Manager, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Cancer programs that struggle to ramp up screening and prevention efforts in a COVID-19 world will benefit from hearing about the development and implementation of a structured process for ED incidental radiologic imaging. Hear how this process ensures follow-up and referral to the appropriate subspecialties, improves patient care and provides a financial incentive through additional visits, procedures, surgeries, radiology, labs, and pathology.