2023 Fall/Winter Speaker Presentations

2023 Oncology Reimbursement Meetings

Fall 2023 Speaker Presentations

• Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Pay System Rules and and Policy Update
  Presenters: Teri Bedard, BA, RT (R)(T)(ARRT), CPC, Executive Director of Client and Corporate Resources, Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
  Nicole Tapay, JD, Director of Cancer Care Delivery and Health Policy, ACCC
• Coding and Billing for Chronic Care Management Services
  Presenter: Teri Bedard, BA, RT(R)(T)(ARRT), CPC
  Executive Director, Client & Corporate Resources
  Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
• How to Build a Robust Financial Advocacy Program
  Presenter: Rudy Garcia III, MPH
  Business Administration Supervisor
  Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center Ascension
• Open Enrollment: Best Practices for End-of-Year Prep
  Presenter: Jordan Karwedsky
  Financial Counselor II
  Green Bay Oncology
• Coding and Billing for Chronic Care Management Services
  Presenter: Melody Mulaik
  MSHS
  President
  Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
• What’s Going On in DC and My State: Why it Matters
  Presenter: Kathy Oubre
  Pontchartrain Cancer Center
• Navigating Prior Authorizations and Denials in Radiation Oncology
  Presenter: Francinna Scott-Jones, CPAR, ROCC, FACCC
  Financial Coordinator-Radiation Oncology
  Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
  
• Navigating Prior Authorizations and Denials in Radiation Oncology
  Presenter: Gretchen Van Dyck
  Financial Counselor II
  Green Bay Oncology
  

Please note, speakers may update their presentations onsite at the meeting.

Spring 2023 Speaker Presentations

• Top 10 Common Errors & Underutilized Codes
  Presenter: Terry Bedard, BA, R.T.(R)(T), CPC, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
• It Takes A Village: Billing for the Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Team
  Presenter: Terry Bedard, BA, R.T.(R)(T), CPC, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
• How to Improve Your Revenue Cycle Management
  Presenter: Ricky Newton, CPA, Director, Cancer Specialists of Tidewater, Ltd
• Implementing the ACCC Financial Advocacy Guidelines at Your Cancer Program or Practice
  Lori Schneider, Operations Manager, Green Bay Oncology
• Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The What and How?
  Joy Gibson, PharmD, Tennessee Cancer Specialists
• Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The What and How?
  Dean Gruber, RPh, Vice President of Trade Relations, altScripts Specialty Pharmacy
  Jordan Karwedsky, Financial Counselor, Green Bay Oncology
• Strategies for Negotiating with Payers
  Kathy Oubre, MS, Chief Executive Officer, Pontchartrain Cancer Center - Covington
• The Oncology Pharmacy Is Your Prior Authorization Ally
  Sarah Shaw, Oncology Program Manager, St. Luke’s Cancer Institute
  Andre Harvin, PharmD, MS, Executive Director of Pharmacy, Oncology Services, Cone Health Cancer Center

Additional ACCC Resources

• ACCC Financial Advocacy Boot Camp—free for ACCC and Oncology State Society members
  
• ACCC Financial Advocacy Playbook is a tool that can be used by anyone on the cancer care team and especially by those who provide any level of financial advocacy services to oncology patients. It should be used to help train those new to their role in financial advocacy and provide additional training and resources for those financial advocates already on the team.
• ACCC, its members, and partners have collected new and updated resources to help you develop, implement, and continue to deliver effective financial advocacy services in your cancer program or practice. The ACCC Financial Advocacy Network Toolkit includes guides and tools for building financial advocacy programs, communicating with patients, screening for financial distress, optimizing insurance coverage, performing prior authorizations, handling denials and appeals, and so much more.
• See what members are discussing in the Financial Advocacy Network Community, exclusively for ACCC Members. (Requires Login)
• The Digital Patient Assistance Guide has the most up-to-date anti-cancer medication assistance and reimbursement programs that are available to help alleviate the financial burden of cancer treatment. Search for applicable Oncology-Related Products and Companies and apply optional Coverage and Assistance Type filters to streamline your results. Listings include direct links to external websites and company phone numbers and will be updated in real-time.