2024 FOM 3

Maintaining compliance with applicable legal requirements cannot rest on the health center’s Compliance Officer alone. Instead, compliance should be viewed similarly to other organization-wide initiatives that require both leadership and management to be successful. This session will explain the role of accountability for compliance, elements of an effective strategy for maintaining compliance, and tools for managing the implementation of a compliance program.

Recruiting and retaining provider staff is an ever-growing challenge for community health centers. This session will discuss total provider compensation – both salaries and fringe benefits – as well as other drivers of provider satisfaction. The session will also present a basic incentive compensation system for providers.

Vulnerabilities in finance and revenue cycle management can be financially devastating on Centers. A Revenue Cycle Management department vulnerability assessment is an evaluation of the organization's procedures, systems, and controls to identify weaknesses and potential threats that could impact its ability to generate or collect revenue. Creating systems, processes, procedures, and reporting structures designed to identify, analyze, monitor, and mitigate drastic changes in revenue is critical to minimize risk and sustain a healthy revenue cycle. This session will cover evaluating risk and improving internal controls.

Learn about health center industry benchmarks and how to use them in your practice to better manage cost, productivity and revenue by establishing goals and objectives for budgeting and realization of better financial performance.

Fraud can wreak havoc on an organization’s financial performance and undermine business objectives. No business is immune from the risks associated with fraud, and community health centers are no exception. Health care organizations have some unique and rampant risks for fraud and embezzlement. This session will cover evaluating risk and improving internal controls.

In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of healthcare, operational efficiency has become critical for Centers. The intricacies of revenue cycle management are constantly evolving, pushing Centers to seek out advanced technologies that can optimize their financial processes and boost revenue optimization. Excel based reports has been replaced with data-driven, business intelligence platforms. Accurate data analytics can be a game-changer offering invaluable insights and transforming how revenue is managed. This session will discuss key-revenue cycle metrics and the importance of data analytics.

Maintaining compliance with applicable legal requirements cannot rest on the health center’s Compliance Officer alone.
Instead, compliance should be viewed similarly to other organization-wide initiatives that require both leadership and
management to be successful. This session will explain the role of accountability for compliance, elements of an effective
strategy for maintaining compliance, and tools for managing the implementation of a compliance program.