U.S. Healthcare Expert to Speak at Opal Revenue Cycle Conference in San Diego

Jan. 9, 2012 - PRLog -- Maria Todd, CEO of Mercury Healthcare International and the author of 9 healthcare industry best selling books has accepted an invitation to speak at Hospital Revenue Cycle Management in the Era of "Affordable Care": Practical Strategies for Embracing ACOs, ICD-10, EHRs & More. The conference will be held on February 6 & 7 at the Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego, California

The Hospital Revenue Cycle Management in the era of Affordable Care Conference will be the first to encompass the entire revenue cycle and prepare hospital decision makers for the future of the cycle, from Registration to Payment as it applies to future health care reform.

Dr Todd will participate on two panel discussions with fellow Mercury Healthcare Advisory Group colleague, William J. DeMarco, MA, CMC, who's most recent title, "Performance-based Medicine: Creating the High-Performance Network to Optimize Managed Care Relationships" (ISBN: 978-1-4398-1288-4) was also just released by Productivity Press in December, 2011.

The two will be joined by other panelists and session moderators on:
"Healthcare Reform and Its Coming Effects on the Healthcare Revenue Cycle" at 5pm on February 6th. Todd's presentation, "Mind Your Dollars: Innovative Revenue Strategies for Success Under Reform" will send attendees home with a list of options to maximize opportunities under PPACA, CDHC programs, and group health benefit redesign to create innovative alternate revenue strategies and reduce dependence on government reimbursement sources.

A second panel will discuss "Practitioner / Executive Panel Discussion How to Deal with the Next Generation of Healthcare: ACOs" at 11:45 am  on February 7th. Todd will present  "Physician Alignment and Integration Challenges for Healthcare Provider Networks" where she will cover quality assurance, case management, customer expectations and continuity of care coordination to help attendees understand needed infrastructure when designing networks and building innovative contracting and reimbursement strategies that include bundled payments and/or capitation.

Todd is the author of:
- The Managed Care Contracting Handbook, 2nd Edition: Planning & Negotiating the Managed Care Relationship  (ISBN: 978-1563273698, released March 2009)

- The Physician Employment Contract Handbook, Second Edition: A Guide to Structuring Equitable Arrangements (ISBN: 978-1439813164, released Feb 2011)

- IPA, PHO, and MSO Development Strategies: Building Successful Provider Alliances (HFMA Healthcare Financial Management Series) (ISBN: 978-0786311194, released January 1997)

-  Physician Integration and Alignment: IPAs, PHOs, MSOs, ACOs and Beyond (ISBN: 978-1439813089, to be released in 2012).  

Her two medical tourism titles,
- Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook (ISBN:978-1439812839, released November 2011)

- Handbook of Medical Tourism Program Development: Developing Globally Integrated Health Systems (ISBN: 978-1439813140 release December 2011)

have been enjoying record sales and have been difficult to keep in stock at Amazon.com.
Review copies and interviews are available.

More information about the conference is available at http://www.opalevents.org

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Dr Maria Todd is the CEO of The Mercury Healthcare Companies, and the Founder and Acting Executive Director of the Managed Care Institute in Denver, Colorado. She is the well-known author of the Managed Care Contracting Handbook, 2nd Edition, The Handbook of Medical Tourism Program Development: Developing Globally Integrated Health Systems, and Physician Alignment and Integration: IPAs, PHOs, MSOs, ACOs, and Beyond.

An award winning international speaker and key opinion leader on healthcare revenue cycle, physician integration and alignment, and medical tourism, Dr Todd is also the author or over 500 articles, presentations, and eight other industry best-selling trade books. Her audiences always find practical take home tips, tools and techniques which she generously shares in her presentations sourced from her combined work experiences as a former HMO provider contracting coordinator, surgical nurse, hospital executive and medical group practice administrator.