NACHC Live Learning CenterFinancial/Operations Management for Health Center Providers
What: A four-hour curriculum for Medical Directors, physicians and other health center providers to focus on the business side of the health center and help providers understand the importance of serving more patients by maximizing revenues and controlling the expense side. Focus on RVUs, importance of proper coding, reading and understanding financial and statistical reports, and the role of the CFO in the organization are planned topics for the curriculum.
Where: R/PCA’s annual meetings.
Audience: Medical Directors, Physicians, and other providers
Provided by: NACHC and consultant/contractor (TBD)
When: Summer of 2002
Contact: Gervean Williams, Director of Finance & Operations Management
(301)347-0400 (voice)
(301)347-0459 (fax)
Gervean Williams
Using Relative Value Units to Improve Health Center Practice Operations
What: Two hour training session available to R/PCAs to present importance of incorporating Relative Value Unit (RVU) Analysis into routine management information and how to use them against internal and external benchmarks for improving productivity and operational efficiencies.
Where: R/PCA annual meetings.
Audience: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Medical Directors and other providers
Provided by: Gervean Williams, Director of Finance & Operations Management
Contact: Gervean Williams
(301)347-0400 (voice)
(301)347-0459 (fax)
Gervean Williams
Role of the CFO in a Health Center
What: A 1.5 to 2.0 hour training available at PCA conferences and meetings to assist management and CFOs understand the responsibilities of the CFO position in a health center, including identification of the priority functions, external and internal reporting requirements, and the need for a well functioning and efficient Finance department.
Where: Primary Care Association statewide meetings.
Audience: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Board members, and other Administrative staff
Provided by: Gervean Williams, Director of Finance & Operations Management
Contact: Gervean Williams
(301)347-0400 (voice)
(301)347-0459 (fax)
Gervean Williams
Telephone and Email Technical Assistance
What: Assistance by telephone or e-mail in the following areas:
- Accounting & Financial Department Management
- Operational & Practice Management Issues
- Billing, Collections, and A/R Management
- Regulatory Requirements (FSR, PMS-272, UDS, etc.)
- Relative Value Unit Capacity Enhancement
- Cost Report Preparation and Analysis
- Medicare & Medicaid Programmatic Assistance
- Budgeting and Planning Assistance
- Prospective Payment System
Audience: Health Center Management & Board
Provided by: Gervean Williams, NACHC
When: Ongoing
Contact: Gervean Williams
(301)347-0400 (voice)
(301)347-0459 (fax)
Gervean Williams
The Medicaid Prospective Payment System
What: This 2 hour training assists PCAs and health centers in understanding and interpreting the PPS legislation and any directives from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on how this legislation might apply to their State’s current and future environment, strategies for working with their States to implement PPS, suggestions for maximizing the health centers’ PPS baseline rate, and identifying pros and cons of any alternative payment reimbursement system.
Where: Primary Care Association statewide meetings.
Audience: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Board members, and other Administrative staff
Provided by: Gervean Williams, Director of Finance & Operations Management
Contact: Gervean Williams
(301)347-0400 (voice)
(301)347-0459 (fax)
Gervean Williams
