Welcome to the Medical Cost Containment Series - where healthcare finance meets innovation and impact
Join us for an all-encompassing event tailored to professionals working in healthcare finance. From payment integrity through revenue cycle management all the way to risk adjustment, we cover all aspects of the healthcare business. Our focus is on delivering actionable insights into claims optimization, value-based care, and denial management—with an emphasis on fostering payer-provider collaboration.
You'll connect with peers and vendors who can help you reduce costs, streamline operations, and boost your organization's efficiency. Expect to leave with fresh strategies, valuable contacts, and practical solutions to help your business succeed in today’s evolving healthcare landscape.
Optimizing your revenue impact, risk scores and error rates
Where health insurance professionals converge to enhance risk management, share analytical insights, foster collaboration, and explore cutting-edge solutions to tackle challenges in risk adjustment and leverage analytics for better decision-making and cost control.
This event will bring together:
- Insurers
- Data Vendors
Optimizing Your Accounts Receivable Strategies
Where healthcare leaders gather to maximize revenue, exchange best practices, foster collaboration, and explore innovative solutions.
This event will bring together:
- Hospitals
- Healthcare Systems
- Physician Networks
- Clinical Practices
- Patient Access Vendors
- Accounts Receivable Management Vendors
- Medical Billing Vendors
- Denial Management Vendors
Optimizing Your Claims Management
Where healthcare leaders come to increase savings, share strategies, foster collaboration and discover innovative solutions to tackle challenges along the claims continuum and identify cost containment opportunities.
This event will bring together:
- Insurers
- Healthcare Providers
- PI Vendors
- FWA Vendors
- AI Healthcare Vendors
Speaker Faculty Includes:
Bruce Lim
Deputy Director, Audits and Investigations
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
Bruce Lim serves as the Deputy Director, Audits and Investigations, for the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and is the designated Program Integrity Director for Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. Mr. Lim is a certified public accountant (CPA) with over 32 years of audit and financial management experience in both the private and public sectors. Past employers include Kenneth Leventhal and Company, CPAs (Ernst & Young Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group), Packard Bell NEC, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Christopher Draven
Senior Director of Payment Integrity Analytics & AI
HCSC
Christopher Draven is Senior Director of Payment Integrity Analytics & AI at HCSC where he leads a cross-functional team focused on delivering actionable insights and savings. He has over 25 years experience in healthcare, starting in direct patient care.
Kelly Bennett, JD, CFE, AHFI
Medicaid Program Integrity Chief
Agency for Health Care Administration
Kelly Bennett graduated from the University of Tampa and Florida State University College of Law. She has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1997 and is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator. She has worked at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration since 2001 and has served in several roles, including as a Senior Attorney within the Medicaid Division of the Office of the General Counsel, the Assistant Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Medicaid Program Integrity, the Agency’s Medicaid
Fraud Liaison, and is currently the Chief of Medicaid Program Integrity, where she has served since July of 2014. She is currently the President for the National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity and is an active participant in training and collaboration initiatives with the National Health Care Antifraud Association.
Cynthia Johnson
(former) Senior Director, Referral & Claims Administration
Kaiser Permanente
Andrew Zurick
Medical Director Cardiac CT & MRI, Staff Cardiologist
Ascension, St Thomas Heart
Becky Peters
Executive Director, Patient Access Services
Banner Health
Dr Priscilla Alfaro, MD, FAAP, CPC, CPMA, COC, CIC, CFE
VP Payment Integrity
Blue Cross NC
Dr. Priscilla Alfaro is a seasoned healthcare professional with extensive experience in executive medical management, fraud prevention, and healthcare analytics. A certified medical coder, fraud examiner, and auditor, she has a proven track record of improving healthcare efficiency and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse across various roles and affiliations, including the Texas HHS and Anthem.
Monique Pierce
Payment Solutions & Operations
Cohere Health
Monique started her Payment Integrity career in COB at Oxford HealthPlans. After the merger with UnitedHealthcare, she led multiple teams and was responsible for creating innovative programs. Monique joined SCIO Health Analytics in 2014 and was responsible for system and process improvements before being promoted to VP of client engagement and business optimization In 2020, Monique joined start-up Devoted Health and created a full suite of programs from the ground up. Based on a passion for metrics and measuring performance, she centralized and standardized all programs reducing implementation time and maximizing savings. Today, Monique is driving opportunities to improve claim payment by designing and developing new prior auth and claim reconciliation products at Cohere Health.
Frank Shipp
Executive Director
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Frank E. Shipp currently serves as Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Alliance, the clinically integrated network of Johns Hopkins Medicine. The network includes over 3,000 providers, consisting of both employed and independent practices.
Frank transitioned to value-based care after 25 years of hospital-based operations experience in both community and academic health systems. During the past nine years, Frank has held executive positions in a Payor-Provider Organization in NYC and has built a highly successful CIN over a five-year period in Northern New Jersey. Frank speaks regular at national healthcare conferences regarding value-based care strategies and tactics.
Frank completed his MBA at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a certified Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a trained Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma from Villanova University.
Corella Lumpkins
Manager of Coding, Compliance and Provider Education
Loudoun Medical Group P.C.
Corella Lumpkins is the Manager of Coding, Compliance & Provider Education at Loudoun Medical Group (LMG) - one of the largest and most diverse physician-owned, multi-specialty Accountable Care Organizations in Northern Virginia/DC suburbs. As a subject matter expert, Corella has over 35 years of experience working in every area of the healthcare revenue cycle. Corella holds a bachelor’s degree and eleven certifications with an extensive background in auditing, billing, coding, implementing corporate compliance programs, CDI, education, denial and practice management. Prior to joining LMG, Corella has held leadership roles at Lifebridge, Medstar, Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland health systems.
Corella is an author, adjunct faculty member and national speaker currently serving on both the AAPC National Advisory Board and Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) Leadership Council. Corella works closely with providers in navigating patient-centric value-based care.
Helen Liu, Pharm.D.
Health Plan Leader
Independent
Helen Liu, PharmD, brings 29 years of diverse pharmacy experience, blending clinical expertise, operational efficiency, technological innovation, and management across various healthcare settings.
Over the past four years, Helen has successfully led pharmacy operations at ATRIO Health Plans (Medicare), achieving significant milestones in PA/ST, FWA, MTM programs, resulting in over $4.5M in savings. She’s conducted formulary analyses to support actuary Medicare annual bid submissions, including IRA and M3P programs, collaborated with partners and the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) to identify cost-saving opportunities through formulary alternatives, biosimilars, and rebate strategies, and partnered in the RFP PBM selection process and resolved complex pharmacy-related issues through cross-departmental collaboration.
Before ATRIO, Helen spent seven years at Kaiser Permanente, where she served as Regional Assistant Director to implement hospitals Drug Use Management Program. Her efforts led to over $20 million in savings through inventory management, drug cost-saving initiatives, and the standardization of clinical content/practice guidelines.
Jordan Limperis
Data Scientist
LA Care
Highly motivated Data Scientist with a strong background in healthcare data and systems. Experienced in Inpatient Hospital and Laboratory Epic Systems, where I applied data-driven insights to improve clinical and operational efficiency. Currently, I am pursuing my career at L.A. Care, focusing leveraging advanced machine learning techniques to analyze noisy data, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in healthcare operations, particularly in payment integrity.
Your go-to for everything Healthcare
Bigger, better audience
With now 3 separate curated topics, we aim to unite payers and providers across everything finance. Covering the liked of payment integrity and risk adjustment from the health plan side and revenue cycle management on the provider side, we include all aspects of payer-provider collaboration across healthcare finance.
Facilitated Networking
We’re helping you keep up to date with solutions on the market and curating the conversations you have with vendors so you meet those who can really help your organizations save more. Expect trailblazing solutions in payment integrity, risk adjustment and revenue cycle management.
HEAR FROM OUR AUDIENCE
It's a unique forum that brings together providers, payors, vendors and regulators for collaboration, education and information sharing.
UnitedHealth
It was a seamless process and the intimate meeting space was ideal to allow for more collaboration
Health Care Services Corporation
The quality of the event, sessions, speakers and Health Plan attendees scored high
Performant Corp
Great job putting on your inaugural show. I'm certain that the show will continue to grow and get even better in the future.
MedReview
I think the conference has good potential going forward. It fits a niche in the industry.
Apixio
This conference filled the much needed gap in focusing on Payment Integrity issues and initiatives
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
We finally have a PI conference!
EXL
This PI conference was wonderful. We’d rank it 10/10 with representation from all across the industry
Carelon
This was the most meaningful industry event of the year for Payment Integrity professionals
Advanced Medical Solutions
It was a great opportunity to hear from many subject matter experts over a wide topic of subjects specific to Payment/Revenue Integrity
Devoted Health
OUR COMMUNITY OF PAYERS AND PROVIDERS
Demonstrate your tech and leadership by partnering with us
Partner with us to elevate your brand, and make valuable new connections. Subject to availability, we offer opportunities for thought leadership, branding, and facilitated networking.
Please contact our Partnerships Director, Harry Ludbrook, for more information. [email protected].
Healthcare Payers and Providers attend for free
Step into interactive discussions and engaging presentations on the key challenges and opportunities presented by payment companies.
If you are from a healthcare plan or provider organization, you can join our events for free.
TELL ME MORE
The 2nd Annual Healthcare Payment and Revenue Integrity Congress East, is an opportunity for leaders in PI and RI/RCM to come together and discuss emerging solutions to prominent issues including improving audits, resource prioritization, adjusting to new trends in healthcare demands and policy, and improving payer-provider relationships.
As a health plan, this congress will give you the resources to strengthen, redefine, or establish your own payment integrity strategies by analyzing case studies from industry peers and joining interactive discussions that span the entire claims continuum.
As a revenue cycle management expert, you can evaluate the use of intelligent automation and AI within your organisation to optimize revenue integrity, while also getting to address chargemaster integrity, understand value-based payment models and establishing strong cross functional collaboration on coding, billing, compliance and beyond.
Highlights:
The Payment Integrity Vendor Landscape
Navigating the Payment Integrity Vendor landscape can be daunting for health plans and providers, given the multitude of vendors and their diverse specialties. With so many options available, it's often difficult to identify the best partners. That's why we've created this document, which showcases the top vendors tailored to your specific needs including:
- Fraud Anayltics
- Provider Networking/Contracting
- PI BPO
- Pharmacy Benefit Management
- Coordination of Benefits
- Subrogration
- Risk Adjustment/Analytics
- Data Analytics and Data Mining
- Claims Management
- Patient Experience
- Specialty Audits
- Prior Authorisation
- Payment Management
2
Main Event Days
20+
Industry Leading Speakers
150+
Industry Experts
15+
Dedicated Networking Hours
Welcome to the 2nd Annual HPRI Congress East!
The Healthcare Payment and Revenue Integrity Congress connects leading figures in PI and RI/RCM to encourage information sharing, discuss the latest solutions being leveraged to ensure the integrity of claims, nurture payer-providers relationships and support the transition to value-based payments.
Health plans use this forum to strengthen, redefine, or establish their own payment integrity strategies by analyzing case studies from industry peers and joining interactive discussions that span the entire claims continuum.
It also empowers providers to make revenue cycle decisions with confidence by leveraging intelligent automation, optimizing RCM based on value, and effectively communicating concerns around emerging payment initiatives.
Would you like to present at the upcoming event?
Showcase your work to our audience of 150+ payment integrity leaders.
If you would be interested in learning about the speaking opportunities available, please email [email protected]
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HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Partner With Us
Partner with us to elevate your brand, and make valuable new connections. Subject to availability, we offer opportunities for thought leadership, branding, and facilitated networking.
Please contact our Partnerships Director, Harry Ludbrook, for more info.
Payers And Providers Attend For Free
Step into interactive discussions and engaging presentations on the key challenges and opportunities presented by payment companies.
To deliver maximum value for our community, all payers and providers are eligible for complimentary passes.
OUR COMMUNITY
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Bruce Lim
Deputy Director, Audits and Investigations
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
Bruce Lim serves as the Deputy Director, Audits and Investigations, for the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and is the designated Program Integrity Director for Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. Mr. Lim is a certified public accountant (CPA) with over 32 years of audit and financial management experience in both the private and public sectors. Past employers include Kenneth Leventhal and Company, CPAs (Ernst & Young Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group), Packard Bell NEC, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Christopher Draven
Senior Director of Payment Integrity Analytics & AI
HCSC
Christopher Draven is Senior Director of Payment Integrity Analytics & AI at HCSC where he leads a cross-functional team focused on delivering actionable insights and savings. He has over 25 years experience in healthcare, starting in direct patient care.
Crystal Son
Executive Director of Enterprise Data Analytics Solutions
HCSC
Crystal Son is an Executive Director of Enterprise Data Analytics Solutions at Healthcare Service Corporation (HCSC). She has 19 years of experience in deriving intelligence from data.
At HCSC, she leads the Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships team, a department that focuses on cross-functional, collaborative analytics delivery on key programs such as Payment Integrity and Stakeholder Engagement, enterprise data and analytics strategy and planning, as well as design and execution of HCSC’s Responsible AI program. She is passionate about real-world applications of data-driven insights, storytelling through data, and building high-performance teams.
Helen Liu, Pharm.D.
Health Plan Leader
Independent
Helen Liu, PharmD, brings 29 years of diverse pharmacy experience, blending clinical expertise, operational efficiency, technological innovation, and management across various healthcare settings.
Over the past four years, Helen has successfully led pharmacy operations at ATRIO Health Plans (Medicare), achieving significant milestones in PA/ST, FWA, MTM programs, resulting in over $4.5M in savings. She’s conducted formulary analyses to support actuary Medicare annual bid submissions, including IRA and M3P programs, collaborated with partners and the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) to identify cost-saving opportunities through formulary alternatives, biosimilars, and rebate strategies, and partnered in the RFP PBM selection process and resolved complex pharmacy-related issues through cross-departmental collaboration.
Before ATRIO, Helen spent seven years at Kaiser Permanente, where she served as Regional Assistant Director to implement hospitals Drug Use Management Program. Her efforts led to over $20 million in savings through inventory management, drug cost-saving initiatives, and the standardization of clinical content/practice guidelines.
Kelly Bennett, JD, CFE, AHFI
Medicaid Program Integrity Chief
Agency for Health Care Administration
Kelly Bennett graduated from the University of Tampa and Florida State University College of Law. She has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1997 and is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator. She has worked at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration since 2001 and has served in several roles, including as a Senior Attorney within the Medicaid Division of the Office of the General Counsel, the Assistant Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Medicaid Program Integrity, the Agency’s Medicaid
Fraud Liaison, and is currently the Chief of Medicaid Program Integrity, where she has served since July of 2014. She is currently the President for the National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity and is an active participant in training and collaboration initiatives with the National Health Care Antifraud Association.
Cynthia Johnson
(former) Senior Director, Referral & Claims Administration
Kaiser Permanente
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
CMS Center for Program Integrity (CPI) Updates
- This session will be focused on providing an insider’s view of CPI and CPI’s 2023 priorities
- We will cover the use of the Government Accountability Office Fraud Risk Management Framework to develop anti-fraud strategies and react to emerging threats, updates on our Marketplace fraud work, and opportunities for private-public collaboration.
Jennifer Dupee
Director, Audit & Vulnerabilities Group, Center for Program Integrity
CMS
Jennifer Dupee, Director. Audits & Vulnerabilities Group. Center for Program Integrity
In her role as the Director of the Audits and Vulnerabilities Group, Ms. Dupee identifies and develops comprehensive mitigation strategies addressing program integrity risks for all of CMS' programs, provides oversight of Medicare Part C and Part D plans and the Federally Facilitated Exchanges, and implements CMS’ Comprehensive Medicaid Integrity Plan. Prior to her current role at CPI, Ms. Dupee worked on such initiatives as the improper payment rate measurement for the Medicare fee-for-service program, Open Payments, and the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership. Ms. Dupee also completed a Congressional detail with the House Committee on Ways and Means, responsible for a portfolio of Medicare fee-for-service and program integrity issues. Ms. Dupee has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin, a Master of Science in Nursing and a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University, and a Juris Doctor Degree with a Health Law Certificate from the University of Maryland.
Developing A Payment Integrity Program From The Ground Up
- Developing a Payment Integrity Program from the ground up for a brand new Medicare Advantage Health Plan
- Covering both the opportunities and the challenges of building and effectively managing PI programs that prevent, avoid, or recover billing errors, payment errors and other party liability errors
- Listing of suggestions/ advice from our success, and lessons learned
Monique Pierce
Payment Solutions & Operations
Cohere Health
Monique started her Payment Integrity career in COB at Oxford HealthPlans. After the merger with UnitedHealthcare, she led multiple teams and was responsible for creating innovative programs. Monique joined SCIO Health Analytics in 2014 and was responsible for system and process improvements before being promoted to VP of client engagement and business optimization In 2020, Monique joined start-up Devoted Health and created a full suite of programs from the ground up. Based on a passion for metrics and measuring performance, she centralized and standardized all programs reducing implementation time and maximizing savings. Today, Monique is driving opportunities to improve claim payment by designing and developing new prior auth and claim reconciliation products at Cohere Health.
Claims Audit – The Indiana Jones of Payment Integrity?
- How does Claim Audit fit into the overall savings goals from PI?
- Archaeology amongst savings drivers? High $ treasures?
- Claim Audit Digs & Research – driving process improvement, not just savings.
- Do underpayments matter?
- How to keep finding treasure:
- Partnering with other departments as a true “Partner” not an “Auditor.”
- It will all be in a museum (creating reference materials).
Tom Martin
AVP, Payment Integrity
Molina Healthcare
Step into interactive discussions and engaging presentations on the key challenges and opportunities presented by payment companies today:
OUR PARTNERS
2
Main Event Days
20+
Industry Leading Speakers
150+
Industry Experts
15+
Dedicated Networking Hours
OUR SELECTION COMITTEE
Brannon Morisoli
Director
SWK Holdings
Mr. Morisoli joined SWK Holdings as a Senior Analyst in March 2016. Prior to joining SWK, he was an Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager for a family office that invested in equities, fixed income, real estate, and alternative investments. Prior to that, he was an Investment Analyst for Presidium Group, a real estate private equity firm, where he played an integral role in closing over $100mm in transactions. Mr. Morisoli began his career at Neurografix, a startup medical technology company in Santa Monica, CA that was doing groundbreaking work in the MRI imaging of peripheral nerves. While with Neurografix, he was published in two leading neurology journals. Brannon graduated from UCLA with a B.S., was awarded a fellowship and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with an M.B.A, and was awarded a Samson Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he graduated with a J.D. Mr. Morisoli is an inactive member of the State Bar of Wisconsin
Thomas Busby
Vice President
Outcome Capital
Thomas Busby is a Vice President and has been with Outcome Capital since 2015. He focuses on medical technology, digital health and life science services segments with particular interest in innovative life science companies that deliver patient impact by leveraging novel approaches. Thomas is driven by the desire to identify disruptive technologies and services that require unique strategic thought and assistance to realize their full market potential. Thomas has been published in leading life science journals Life Science Leader and The Pharma Letter, and also serves on the board of HealthTech Build, a Boston-based digital health innovation group.
Prior to his career in life-science investment banking, Thomas pursued his passion for the public service and non-profit sectors working in a variety of leadership and management positions, and at one time held a Massachusetts teaching license.
Thomas completed his MBA at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School on full academic scholarship where he was President of the school’s Graduate Business Association and class speaker at graduation. Prior, he completed a BS in Philosophy with Honors from Suffolk’s College of Arts & Sciences. Committed to giving back, Thomas is currently the President of the College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Board of Directors. Thomas is a FINRA Registered Securities Representative holding his Series 79 and 63.
Robert Crousore
Managing Partner
Health Frontier Ventures
Robert has 28 years of experience in the health care products and
services industry. Crousore is a serial entrepreneur with multiple
successful product and services company exits. His experience spans
the entire business enterprise including Sales, Marketing, Operations,
Product Innovation and, most recently M & A.
Highlights Include:
- Has successfully managed a global commercial organization in the wound care business.
- Has a number of patent credits for products in the wound care industry.
- Sits on multiple boards of healthcare technology companies.
- His passion is creating meaningful changes in patient care by combining great products with great teams that are focused on empowering improved clinical and financial outcomes.
Brannon Morisoli
Director
SWK Holdings
Mr. Morisoli joined SWK Holdings as a Senior Analyst in March 2016. Prior to joining SWK, he was an Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager for a family office that invested in equities, fixed income, real estate, and alternative investments. Prior to that, he was an Investment Analyst for Presidium Group, a real estate private equity firm, where he played an integral role in closing over $100mm in transactions. Mr. Morisoli began his career at Neurografix, a startup medical technology company in Santa Monica, CA that was doing groundbreaking work in the MRI imaging of peripheral nerves. While with Neurografix, he was published in two leading neurology journals. Brannon graduated from UCLA with a B.S., was awarded a fellowship and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with an M.B.A, and was awarded a Samson Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he graduated with a J.D. Mr. Morisoli is an inactive member of the State Bar of Wisconsin
Thomas Busby
Vice President
Outcome Capital
Thomas Busby is a Vice President and has been with Outcome Capital since 2015. He focuses on medical technology, digital health and life science services segments with particular interest in innovative life science companies that deliver patient impact by leveraging novel approaches. Thomas is driven by the desire to identify disruptive technologies and services that require unique strategic thought and assistance to realize their full market potential. Thomas has been published in leading life science journals Life Science Leader and The Pharma Letter, and also serves on the board of HealthTech Build, a Boston-based digital health innovation group.
Prior to his career in life-science investment banking, Thomas pursued his passion for the public service and non-profit sectors working in a variety of leadership and management positions, and at one time held a Massachusetts teaching license.
Thomas completed his MBA at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School on full academic scholarship where he was President of the school’s Graduate Business Association and class speaker at graduation. Prior, he completed a BS in Philosophy with Honors from Suffolk’s College of Arts & Sciences. Committed to giving back, Thomas is currently the President of the College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Board of Directors. Thomas is a FINRA Registered Securities Representative holding his Series 79 and 63.
Robert Crousore
Managing Partner
Health Frontier Ventures
Robert has 28 years of experience in the health care products and
services industry. Crousore is a serial entrepreneur with multiple
successful product and services company exits. His experience spans
the entire business enterprise including Sales, Marketing, Operations,
Product Innovation and, most recently M & A.
Highlights Include:
- Has successfully managed a global commercial organization in the wound care business.
- Has a number of patent credits for products in the wound care industry.
- Sits on multiple boards of healthcare technology companies.
- His passion is creating meaningful changes in patient care by combining great products with great teams that are focused on empowering improved clinical and financial outcomes.
SPEAKERS
Bruce Lim
Deputy Director, Audits and Investigations
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
Bruce Lim serves as the Deputy Director, Audits and Investigations, for the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and is the designated Program Integrity Director for Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. Mr. Lim is a certified public accountant (CPA) with over 32 years of audit and financial management experience in both the private and public sectors. Past employers include Kenneth Leventhal and Company, CPAs (Ernst & Young Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group), Packard Bell NEC, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Christopher Draven
Senior Director of Payment Integrity Analytics & AI
HCSC
Christopher Draven is Senior Director of Payment Integrity Analytics & AI at HCSC where he leads a cross-functional team focused on delivering actionable insights and savings. He has over 25 years experience in healthcare, starting in direct patient care.
Crystal Son
Executive Director of Enterprise Data Analytics Solutions
HCSC
Crystal Son is an Executive Director of Enterprise Data Analytics Solutions at Healthcare Service Corporation (HCSC). She has 19 years of experience in deriving intelligence from data.
At HCSC, she leads the Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships team, a department that focuses on cross-functional, collaborative analytics delivery on key programs such as Payment Integrity and Stakeholder Engagement, enterprise data and analytics strategy and planning, as well as design and execution of HCSC’s Responsible AI program. She is passionate about real-world applications of data-driven insights, storytelling through data, and building high-performance teams.
Helen Liu, Pharm.D.
Health Plan Leader
Independent
Helen Liu, PharmD, brings 29 years of diverse pharmacy experience, blending clinical expertise, operational efficiency, technological innovation, and management across various healthcare settings.
Over the past four years, Helen has successfully led pharmacy operations at ATRIO Health Plans (Medicare), achieving significant milestones in PA/ST, FWA, MTM programs, resulting in over $4.5M in savings. She’s conducted formulary analyses to support actuary Medicare annual bid submissions, including IRA and M3P programs, collaborated with partners and the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) to identify cost-saving opportunities through formulary alternatives, biosimilars, and rebate strategies, and partnered in the RFP PBM selection process and resolved complex pharmacy-related issues through cross-departmental collaboration.
Before ATRIO, Helen spent seven years at Kaiser Permanente, where she served as Regional Assistant Director to implement hospitals Drug Use Management Program. Her efforts led to over $20 million in savings through inventory management, drug cost-saving initiatives, and the standardization of clinical content/practice guidelines.
Kelly Bennett, JD, CFE, AHFI
Medicaid Program Integrity Chief
Agency for Health Care Administration
Kelly Bennett graduated from the University of Tampa and Florida State University College of Law. She has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1997 and is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator. She has worked at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration since 2001 and has served in several roles, including as a Senior Attorney within the Medicaid Division of the Office of the General Counsel, the Assistant Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Medicaid Program Integrity, the Agency’s Medicaid
Fraud Liaison, and is currently the Chief of Medicaid Program Integrity, where she has served since July of 2014. She is currently the President for the National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity and is an active participant in training and collaboration initiatives with the National Health Care Antifraud Association.
Cynthia Johnson
(former) Senior Director, Referral & Claims Administration
Kaiser Permanente
Andrew Zurick
Medical Director Cardiac CT & MRI, Staff Cardiologist
Ascension, St Thomas Heart
Becky Peters
Executive Director, Patient Access Services
Banner Health
Betye Ochoa
Director, Revenue Cycle Redesign
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Ebrahim Barkoudah
System Chief & Regional Chief Medical & Quality Officer
Baystate Health
Jordan Limperis
Data Scientist
LA Care
Highly motivated Data Scientist with a strong background in healthcare data and systems. Experienced in Inpatient Hospital and Laboratory Epic Systems, where I applied data-driven insights to improve clinical and operational efficiency. Currently, I am pursuing my career at L.A. Care, focusing leveraging advanced machine learning techniques to analyze noisy data, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in healthcare operations, particularly in payment integrity.
Monique Pierce
Payment Solutions & Operations
Cohere Health
Monique started her Payment Integrity career in COB at Oxford HealthPlans. After the merger with UnitedHealthcare, she led multiple teams and was responsible for creating innovative programs. Monique joined SCIO Health Analytics in 2014 and was responsible for system and process improvements before being promoted to VP of client engagement and business optimization In 2020, Monique joined start-up Devoted Health and created a full suite of programs from the ground up. Based on a passion for metrics and measuring performance, she centralized and standardized all programs reducing implementation time and maximizing savings. Today, Monique is driving opportunities to improve claim payment by designing and developing new prior auth and claim reconciliation products at Cohere Health.
Dr Priscilla Alfaro, MD, FAAP, CPC, CPMA, COC, CIC, CFE
VP Payment Integrity
Blue Cross NC
Dr. Priscilla Alfaro is a seasoned healthcare professional with extensive experience in executive medical management, fraud prevention, and healthcare analytics. A certified medical coder, fraud examiner, and auditor, she has a proven track record of improving healthcare efficiency and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse across various roles and affiliations, including the Texas HHS and Anthem.
Simi Binning
Responsible AI Lead
HCSC
Simi Binning is an accomplished healthcare professional with over a decade of experience in developing and executing successful strategies that drive business growth. Currently serving as a Responsible AI lead at HCSC, her focus is on AI governance and innovative problem solving.
Edward Thomas
Director, Enterprise Revenue Cycle Training & Deployment
Trinity Health (HQ Michigan)
Frank Shipp
Executive Director
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Frank E. Shipp currently serves as Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Alliance, the clinically integrated network of Johns Hopkins Medicine. The network includes over 3,000 providers, consisting of both employed and independent practices.
Frank transitioned to value-based care after 25 years of hospital-based operations experience in both community and academic health systems. During the past nine years, Frank has held executive positions in a Payor-Provider Organization in NYC and has built a highly successful CIN over a five-year period in Northern New Jersey. Frank speaks regular at national healthcare conferences regarding value-based care strategies and tactics.
Frank completed his MBA at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a certified Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a trained Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma from Villanova University.
Garland Goins Jr
VP, Revenue Cycle Management
Avance Care
Jill Sell-Kruse
Director, Compliance Risk & Oversight Ethics & Compliance
ScionHealth
Corella Lumpkins
Manager of Coding, Compliance and Provider Education
Loudoun Medical Group P.C.
Corella Lumpkins is the Manager of Coding, Compliance & Provider Education at Loudoun Medical Group (LMG) - one of the largest and most diverse physician-owned, multi-specialty Accountable Care Organizations in Northern Virginia/DC suburbs. As a subject matter expert, Corella has over 35 years of experience working in every area of the healthcare revenue cycle. Corella holds a bachelor’s degree and eleven certifications with an extensive background in auditing, billing, coding, implementing corporate compliance programs, CDI, education, denial and practice management. Prior to joining LMG, Corella has held leadership roles at Lifebridge, Medstar, Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland health systems.
Corella is an author, adjunct faculty member and national speaker currently serving on both the AAPC National Advisory Board and Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) Leadership Council. Corella works closely with providers in navigating patient-centric value-based care.
Ankur Verma
Vice President
Everest Group
Ankur Verma is a member of the Business Process Services team and assists clients on topics related to optimizing business process service delivery models, with an emphasis on Healthcare (payers and providers) and Life Sciences. Ankur’s responsibilities include assisting in managing Everest Group’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Outsourcing subscription offerings and providing outsourcing advisory services to clients on an ad hoc basis.
Prior to joining Everest Group, Ankur was a Senior Analyst with The Smartcube. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Lisa Meredith
AVP, Revenue Cycle Management
LifePoint Health
Paul LePage
Executive Director, Revenue Cycle Operations
Banner Health
Paul Schmitz
Executive Director, Patient Access
AdventHealth
Richelle Marting
Director, Managed Care Contracting
North Kansas City Hospital, Meritas Health Corporation
Sandy Giangreco Brown
VP, Revenue Integrity & Education
Spire Orthopedic Partners
Willie Brown
VP, Revenue Cycle
Sentara Healthcare
Rae A. McIntee, DDS, MD, MBA, FACS, CPE
Medical Director Clinical Solutions (Supporting Payment Integrity & SIU)
Louisiana Blue
Eric Branson
Special Agent
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General
Eric Branson is a special agent with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. Eric started investigating healthcare fraud in August 2011, spending time at both a Medicare and Medicaid contractor as well as working for the US Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Tennessee prior to becoming an agent. During that time, he has investigated fraud committed against both government and commercial insurance payors perpetrated by doctors, laboratories, pharmacies, home health agencies, durable medical equipment suppliers, and other healthcare providers. Eric graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Master's degree in Criminal Justice.
Thomas Ricketts
Manager, Reporting and Data Analysis
Elevance Health
Thomas is an accomplished professional with 18 years of experience in the healthcare industry, specializing in the Coordination of Benefits. Currently serving as the Manager of Reporting and Data Analysis at Elevance/Carelon. His career is marked by a commitment to leveraging data-driven insights to enhance efficiencies and drive strategic decision-making.
Dutch Noss
Product & Strategy Officer
Alivia Analytics
Dutch Noss is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of expertise in Payment Integrity and Claims Processing, renowned for his pioneering approach to integrating responsible AI and machine learning into operational strategies. As Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Alivia Analytics, he drives innovations that improve accuracy within claims platforms. Dutch has held key leadership roles at various vendors and healthcare plans. A respected speaker at major healthcare conferences, he is recognized for blending deep industry knowledge with cutting-edge technology to shape the future of payment integrity.
Prasanna Ganesan
CEO
Machinify
Karen Weintraub
Executive Vice President
HEALTHCARE FRAUD SHIELD
With 25 years of data and 20 years of healthcare experience, Ms. Weintraub is currently responsible for the design and development of the company’s healthcare fraud detection software products and services. She provides subject matter expertise on system design and workflow, business rule development, data mining and fraud outlier algorithms as well as SIU policies and procedures. Prior to joining Healthcare Fraud Shield, managed SIUs on various healthcare investigations for all commercial, Medicaid and Medicare business and claims of fraudulent activity. Ms. Weintraub received a BA in Criminal Justice from the University of Delaware and an MA in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University. Ms. Weintraub is a Certified Professional Coder for Payers (CPC-P), a Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA) from the American Academy of Professional Coders, a Certified Dental Coder (CDC) from the American Dental Association, and the founder of the Hamilton, NJ AAPC chapter. She is also an Accredited Healthcare Fraud Investigator (AHFI) from the National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA). Ms. Weintraub Taught CPT Coding, Fraud & Audits, and Medical Billing, Laws and Ethics and the local community college.
Katherine Brant
President
6 Degrees Health
Clay Wilemon
Chief Executive Officer
4L Data Intelligence, Inc.
Clay serves as CEO at 4L Data Intelligence™. He has launched over 500 new healthcare brands and holds patents in artificial intelligence and medical technologies. Clay is on the Board of Directors at Octane, a Southern California non-profit economic development organization that has helped hundreds of technology and med-tech companies get started. He a graduate of Vanderbilt University.
AGENDA
CMS Center for Program Integrity (CPI) Updates
- This session will be focused on providing an insider’s view of CPI and CPI’s 2023 priorities
- We will cover the use of the Government Accountability Office Fraud Risk Management Framework to develop anti-fraud strategies and react to emerging threats, updates on our Marketplace fraud work, and opportunities for private-public collaboration.
Jennifer Dupee
Director, Audit & Vulnerabilities Group, Center for Program Integrity
CMS
Jennifer Dupee, Director. Audits & Vulnerabilities Group. Center for Program Integrity
In her role as the Director of the Audits and Vulnerabilities Group, Ms. Dupee identifies and develops comprehensive mitigation strategies addressing program integrity risks for all of CMS' programs, provides oversight of Medicare Part C and Part D plans and the Federally Facilitated Exchanges, and implements CMS’ Comprehensive Medicaid Integrity Plan. Prior to her current role at CPI, Ms. Dupee worked on such initiatives as the improper payment rate measurement for the Medicare fee-for-service program, Open Payments, and the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership. Ms. Dupee also completed a Congressional detail with the House Committee on Ways and Means, responsible for a portfolio of Medicare fee-for-service and program integrity issues. Ms. Dupee has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin, a Master of Science in Nursing and a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University, and a Juris Doctor Degree with a Health Law Certificate from the University of Maryland.
Developing A Payment Integrity Program From The Ground Up
- Developing a Payment Integrity Program from the ground up for a brand new Medicare Advantage Health Plan
- Covering both the opportunities and the challenges of building and effectively managing PI programs that prevent, avoid, or recover billing errors, payment errors and other party liability errors
- Listing of suggestions/ advice from our success, and lessons learned
Monique Pierce
Payment Solutions & Operations
Cohere Health
Monique started her Payment Integrity career in COB at Oxford HealthPlans. After the merger with UnitedHealthcare, she led multiple teams and was responsible for creating innovative programs. Monique joined SCIO Health Analytics in 2014 and was responsible for system and process improvements before being promoted to VP of client engagement and business optimization In 2020, Monique joined start-up Devoted Health and created a full suite of programs from the ground up. Based on a passion for metrics and measuring performance, she centralized and standardized all programs reducing implementation time and maximizing savings. Today, Monique is driving opportunities to improve claim payment by designing and developing new prior auth and claim reconciliation products at Cohere Health.
Claims Audit – The Indiana Jones of Payment Integrity?
- How does Claim Audit fit into the overall savings goals from PI?
- Archaeology amongst savings drivers? High $ treasures?
- Claim Audit Digs & Research – driving process improvement, not just savings.
- Do underpayments matter?
- How to keep finding treasure:
- Partnering with other departments as a true “Partner” not an “Auditor.”
- It will all be in a museum (creating reference materials).
Tom Martin
AVP, Payment Integrity
Molina Healthcare
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- Monday, October 30, 2023 to Friday, February 7, 2025Healthcare Payers (HPRI)COMPLIMENTARY PASSIncludes Access to all sessionsTailored networking for decision makers from provider and payer organizationsParticipate in 8+ double opt-in meetings with participating sponsors based on your interestsFood & Drink throughout the conference including access to Payer/Provider Party
- Friday, November 8, 2024 to Friday, February 7, 2025Healthcare Providers (RCM)COMPLIMENTARY PASSIncludes Access to all sessionsTailored networking for decision makers from provider and payer organizationsParticipate in 8+ double opt-in meetings with participating sponsors based on your interestsFood & Drink throughout the conference including access to Payer/Provider Party
- Monday, October 30, 2023 to Friday, February 7, 2025Payment Integrity Vendors (HPRI)$5,499Includes Access to all sessionsNetworking App with match making for decision makers from provider and payer organizationsFood & Drink throughout the conference
- Friday, November 8, 2024 to Friday, February 7, 2025Revenue Integrity Vendor - RCM Event$5,499Includes Access to all sessionsNetworking App with match making for decision makers from provider and payer organizationsFood & Drink throughout the conference
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AMS Intelligent Analytics
Website: http://www.amspredict.com/
Advanced Medical Strategies (AMS) is the premier provider of payment integrity, risk management, and business intelligence solutions to identify and address excessive claims, prevent and recoup overpayments, and effectively manage the risks associated with high-cost claimants and group health underwriting.
Platinum Partner
6 Degrees Health
Website: https://www.6degreeshealth.com/
6 Degrees Health is on a mission to reduce the cost of healthcare. We take a service-first approach to our Clean Claim Reviews to ensure accuracy in billing and fair payments. Using our extensive cost containment experience, clinical expertise, and next-generation, purpose-built software, we deliver remarkable savings for health plans. Our proprietary review process leverages CMS and other industry standard guidelines to evaluate every line item and identify billing errors and inconsistencies.
These pre-pay clinical reviews are completed by our team of highly trained and experienced registered nurses to ensure each billed line item is appropriate for reimbursement. This detailed review removes erroneous line items and verifies billing accuracy. Our comprehensive process manages claims during the review stage, as well as through payment and appeals resolution. Our white glove service on appeals allows us to maintain an uphold rate of 97 %, so your savings are secure.
Machinify
Website: https://www.machinify.com/
Machinify is the trusted AI partner for healthcare admin, providing software and services that enable health plans to accurately and efficiently pay claims, leading to a reduction in provider abrasion. With safe, transparent AI and deep clinical expertise, Machinify brings a unique blend of speed, accuracy, and intelligence health plans need to make healthcare admin more efficient.
The company serves partners of all sizes with its two products:
● Machinify Audit - Medical AI system identifying erroneous claims and performing record review.
● Machinify Pay - AI models and SME expertise to process claims at wire speed, ensuring accurate coding and pricing.
GOLD PARTNER
4L Data Intelligence
Website: https://4ldata.com/
4L Data Intelligence™ is leading the way in a new era of healthcare program and payment integrity using the patented power of Integr8 AI Risk Detection™ technology to find, fight and prevent FWA in near real-time. Integr8 AI™, coupled with our continuously credentialed provider database, creates a revolutionary provider-centric capability to dynamically detect FWA you cannot see with stacks of traditional claims data-centric editing and analytics solutions.
The 4L FWA Prevention™ solution rapidly detects and prevents FWA at five points across the claims management workflow including pre pre-payment, pre-payment and post-payment positions. At each point, patented Integr8 AI technology dynamically and continuously detects provider behaviors, relationships and outliers without the limitations of rules-based and claim data-centric solutions. In short, it enables you to see what providers are doing individually, in relationship with all other providers, and in relationship to all other claims on each-and-every claim submitted.
4L FWA Prevention pre-payment and post-payment detection and prevention results are continuously delivered in four complementary modules. These are:
- Provider Integrity Edits
- Adaptive Claims Edits
- Billing Behaviors Analysis
- Provider Schemes Analysis.
For SIU teams, the new 4L SIU Hub™ packages the expanded range of Integr8 AI powered FWA detection behaviors and schemes into easy to use views with comprehensive investigation and lead management tools. This new capability increases FWA detection, reduces complexity and increases speed-to-decision on lead triage and investigation. All so you can Find, Fight and Prevent FWA Fast™.
Alivia Analytics
Website: https://www.aliviaanalytics.com/
Your most expansive Payment Integrity and FWA partner for medical, pharmacy, vision, and dental claims. This features our powerful, configurable Alivia 360™ Platform that provides pre- and post-payment flexibility and considerable cost savings across the healthcare claims management process. It seamlessly transitions between FWA detection and Payment Integrity solutions including clinical and non-clinical audit scenarios, first- and second-pass claims editing, and COB/TPL. Alivia 360™ not only ensures comprehensive financial oversight but full adaptability to operational needs. Alivia integrates AI as an assistant, not a replacement, prioritizing ethical use, human oversight, and compliance with industry standards. Our solutions are offered as SaaS or tech-enabled services that build strong cases against inappropriate billing practices, identify new recoveries missed by legacy vendors, deliver actionable analytics, and offer automated corrections. Alivia enables healthcare payers to streamline vendor management, improving control and strategic decision-making. Schedule a discovery meeting and demo.
Carelon
Website: https://www.carelon.com/
The health of the healthcare system improves when spending is responsible and accurate. Today, platform technology and advanced analytics are paving the way to make that more efficient and more proactive than ever before. Backed by decades of experience, Carelon’s Payment Integrity solutions bring together breakthrough technology and human expertise to help speed your ability to drive cost savings and value for your stakeholders.
CoventBridge
Website: https://coventbridge.com/healthcare-fwa-solutions/
CoventBridge Group has more than 25 years of experience in the identification, prevention and investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse for our customers across the healthcare, insurance, financial and government markets with a proven track record of implementing and managing the largest programs in the industry. CoventBridge is the partner of choice supporting:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services managing the Unified Program Integrity Contractor program investigating Healthcare FWA since 1997
- One of the largest government agencies providing a national network of undercover investigators
- 700 National licensed employee investigators, many of which are former OIG, DOJ, FBI investigators
Program Management
• Audits & Assessments
• Compliance Assessment
• Medicare & Medicaid FWA
• On-site Audits
• Vendor Management
Document Retrieval & Analysis
• Medical Record Retrieval
• Medical Record Review & Coding (RN)
• Investigative Medical Record Review
• Medical & Healthcare Canvassing
Investigative Services
• Healthcare FWA Investigations
• Investigative Reports
• Clinical Surveillance
• Law Enforcement Referrals
• Alive and Well Checks
Staff Augmentation
• Data Analysts
• Investigators
• Nurse Reviewers
• RN Consultants
EXL
Website: https://www.exlservice.com/
EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a leading data analytics and digital operations and solutions company. We partner with clients using a data and AI-led approach to reinvent business models, drive better business outcomes and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, analytics, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform operations for the world’s leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and others. EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect. We are headquartered in New York and have over 57,000 employees spanning six continents. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.
Healthcare Fraud Shield
Website: https://www.hcfraudshield.com/
Healthcare Fraud Shield specializes in fraud, waste, abuse, & error detection and payment integrity for healthcare payers nationally by efficiently stopping claims prior to payment utilizing post-payment advanced analytics and artificial intelligence insights. We save health plans millions annually incremental to existing pre-payment processes using our unique and proven approach. HCFSPlatform™ offers the combination of targeted rules, artificial intelligence, and shared analytics across multiple payers resulting in higher ROI (up to 20:1) compared to other vendors. HCFSPlatform™ software platform was developed by industry leading healthcare subject matter experts and is a component of over 60+ clients including 7 of the 10 largest commercial insurers in the US. Our client satisfaction rating is exceptional with a net promoter score of 94 and client retention rate over 95%.
HCFSPlatform™ is a fully integrated platform consisting of PreShield (prepayment analytics & claim review logic), PostShield (post-payment analytics), AIShield (AI-driven analytic insights), RxShield (pharmacy and pharmaceutical specific analytics), Shared Analytics, CaseShield (SIU/PI case management), QueryShield (ad hoc query and reporting tool), HCFSServices (data mining, investigative, and record reviews), and HCFSAudit (Medical Record Review & SVRS).
MedReview
Website: https://www.medreview.us/
Headquartered in the financial district of New York City and serving all U.S. states and territories, MedReview has been a leading provider of payment integrity, utilization management and quality surveillance services for more than 40 years. A physician-led organization with a passion for ensuring that health care claims fairly represent the care provided, MedReview provides timely independent hospital billing audits and clinical validation reviews on behalf of health plans, government agencies and Taft-Hartley organizations, saving millions of dollars for its clients each year.
Rialtic
Website: https://www.rialtic.io/
Rialtic is a modern healthcare technology platform focused on payment accuracy. Built by a team of seasoned industry veterans, Rialtic addresses the most important areas of the payment process. Payment policies are highly configurable and customizable: insurers can edit or build their own bespoke policies, while providers can analyze potential reimbursement levels. Robust analytics features across claims, lines of business, payments, and policies provides insightful business intelligence to users. By continuously sourcing, ingesting, and structuring healthcare payment policy documents and data, customers can confidently make up-to-date decisions. Keeping security and compliance top of mind, Rialtic empowers healthcare organizations to work off the same platform with rigorous security controls, a standard in enterprise software.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Ceris Health
Website: https://www.ceris.com/
CERIS has 30 years of prepay and post pay claim review and repricing experience with a 97% client retention rate. Our solutions are deep, consistent, and defensible reviews, which make CERIS the partner of choice for health plans, Medicare and Medicaid plans, and third-party administrators. CERIS’ longstanding review services and clinical expertise offer incremental value and are grounded in a sincere dedication to our valued partners. CERIS' mission is to continue to grow and deliver long term Payment Integrity services for our partners and to help them save.
DRG Claims
Website: https://www.drgclaims.com/
DRG Claims Management (DCM) has been offering cost containment solutions to health plans across the United States since 2013. Our services include:
- Hospital Claim Audits (MS/APR DRGs and APC)
- Additional hospital audits
- Cost Outliers
- Readmissions
- Short-Stay/OBS
- Skilled Nursing Facility (PDPM/RUGs) audits
Our models include:
Post-payment Model: Focuses on addressing inaccurate coding and clinical errors retrospectively, maintaining good relationships with providers, and ensuring a smooth refund request process.
Prepayment Model: Preferred by health plans to prevent overpayments, reduce turnaround time, increase provider response, and ensure the audit of out-of-network claims.
Nokomis
Website: https://nokomishealth.com/
Nokomis was founded in 2013 by our current CEO Rich Henriksen to ensure Claim Accountability and make a difference in the healthcare system.
We are still privately owned and therefore only have to answer to our customers - that’s the way we like it.
Through 35 years in healthcare, Rich and his team compiled their deep and broad knowledge to build Nokomis and its proprietary technology, ClaimWise™. This unique technology finds patterns in claim data to identify claims for further review, regardless of dollar amount. Combined, ClaimWise™ and the Nokomis team intelligently select claims for review, finding errors even in claims that look fine at face value.
Performant Healthcare Solutions®
Website: https://www.performantcorp.com/home/default.aspx
Performant Healthcare Solutions® is a leading independent provider of technology-enabled audit, recovery, and analytics services in the United States with a focus in the healthcare payment integrity industry. Performant Healthcare Solutions® works with healthcare payers through claims auditing and eligibility (coordination of benefits)-based services to identify improper payments. The Company’s commercial health plan clients include both national and regional payers that represent more than 100 million covered lives across all lines of business, including commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid coverages. Performant Healthcare Solutions® also supports numerous engagements with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including multiple Recovery Audit Contractor contracts and the Medicare Secondary Payer Commercial Repayment Center contract, as well as a contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General for complex claim review nationwide. The Company also features a call center to serves clients with complex consumer engagement needs.
Powered by a proprietary analytic platform and workflow technology, Performant Healthcare Solutions® also provides professional services related to the recovery effort, including reporting capabilities, support services, customer care, and stakeholder training programs meant to mitigate future instances of improper payments. Founded in 1976, Performant Healthcare Solutions® is headquartered in Livermore, California. Visit www.performanthealthcare.com and follow us on Twitter: @PerformantCorp.
Shift Technology
Website: https://www.shift-technology.com
Shift Technology empowers health plans to strengthen payment integrity with precision, fairness and speed at critical steps of the claim lifecycle. With a continually optimized concept library, enriched data, and advanced, healthcare-trained AI, Shift detects and helps plans prevent errors and improper payments to maximize savings. Our SaaS-based solutions drive accelerated and insightful decision-making, helping health plans reduce costs and enhance operational efficiency.
SILVER PARTNERS
Apixio
Website: https://www.apixio.com/
Apixio, formerly ClaimLogiq, is the Connected Care Platform at the intersection of health plans and providers. Our AI technology and flexible services power risk adjustment, payment integrity, and care delivery programs using centralized patient health profiles, data-driven insights, and seamless workflows. By combining ClaimLogiq and the Apixio technology ecosystem, healthcare organizations can streamline operations, ensure accurate payment, and uncover critical patient insights—building a resilient foundation for success as the industry moves toward value-based reimbursement models. Visit apixio.com to learn more.
ASP-RCM Solutions
Website: https://asprcmsolutions.com/
Welcome to ASP-RCM Solutions – Your Trusted Revenue Cycle Management Partner
At ASP-RCM Solutions, we do more than manage revenue cycles; we forge partnerships that empower healthcare organizations to excel. Our mission is to deliver organization-driven solutions that adapt to your unique needs, ensuring a seamless and efficient revenue cycle process.
We recognize that every healthcare organization is distinct. That’s why we prioritize understanding your workflows, challenges, and objectives. From comprehensive medical coding and accurate billing to effective collections and accounts receivable management, we provide customized solutions designed to improve financial outcomes and operational efficiency.
Why Choose ASP-RCM Solutions?
- Proven Results: Our clients see an average increase of 25% in collections within the first six months of engagement.
- Accelerated Cash Flow: We reduce the average days in accounts receivable (AR) by 30%, helping you access revenue faster.
- Error Reduction: With industry-leading coding and billing accuracy, we reduce claim rejections and denials by up to 40%.
- Tailored Support: We create strategies based on your organization’s unique goals, whether you’re a small practice or a large healthcare system.
What Sets Us Apart?
- Dedicated Expertise: Our team of certified professionals brings decades of experience across all aspects of revenue cycle management.
- Technology Integration: We leverage advanced tools and analytics to provide transparency, real-time reporting, and actionable insights.
- Patient-Centric Focus: By streamlining your revenue processes, we enable you to prioritize exceptional patient care.
As your trusted partner, ASP-RCM Solutions is committed to helping you navigate today’s healthcare challenges and unlock your full potential. Let us help you maximize revenue, minimize inefficiencies, and focus on what truly matters – delivering outstanding care to your patients.
Ready to redefine success? Contact ASP-RCM Solutions today!
Codoxo
Website: www.codoxo.com
Codoxo’s mission is to make healthcare more affordable and effective for everyone and serves as the premier provider of artificial intelligence-driven solutions and services that help healthcare companies and agencies proactively detect and reduce risks from fraud, waste, and abuse and ensure payment integrity. Codoxo’s Unified Cost Containment Platform helps clients manage costs across network management, clinical care, provider coding and billing, payment integrity, and special investigation units. Our software-as-a-service applications are built on our proven Forensic AI Engine, which uses patented AI-based technology to identify problems and suspicious behavior far faster and earlier than traditional techniques. Our solutions are HIPAA- compliant and operate in a HITRUST-certified environment. For additional information, visit www.codoxo.com.
Iodine Software
Website: https://iodinesoftware.com/
Iodine Software builds transformative technologies that make healthcare work. Our proprietary AI engine, CognitiveML, automates clinical and administrative revenue cycle work, thereby improving reimbursement and enabling clinicians to focus on the delivery of high quality, patient-centric care.
Phare Health
Website: https://phare.health
Phare Health is transforming healthcare claims from retrospective to real-time processing. Built by former DeepMind and Google Health leaders, their AI engine has proven capable of automating complex inpatient claims while dramatically reducing revenue leakage. Starting with autonomous coding, Phare is expanding across the entire claims lifecycle - from prior authorization to payment. Their vision addresses the fundamental inefficiencies in healthcare payments: eliminating months-long delays between service and payment, reducing administrative costs, and reducing friction between payers and providers. Early deployments demonstrate a greater than 5x ROI for healthcare providers.
EXHIBITORS
CAQH
Website: https://www.caqh.org/
CAQH is a leading organization focused on aligning the healthcare ecosystem around essential solutions, creating a more connected and less costly experience for all. For more than 20 years, CAQH has partnered with millions of providers, thousands of health plans, state Medicaid agencies, and leading healthcare stakeholders who leverage the organization's solutions, operating rules, and insights to connect and exchange data every day as a part of the business of healthcare. Learn more at CAQH.org.
Collectly
Website: https://www.collectly.co/
Collectly is an AI-powered platform transforming patient billing and revenue cycle management (RCM) for healthcare organizations. Seamlessly integrating with any EHR, Collectly automates billing processes, reduces administrative burdens, and delivers a modern, patient-centric financial experience. By combining intelligent automation, frictionless payment solutions, and actionable data insights, Collectly empowers healthcare organizations to improve cash flow, enhance operational efficiency, and boost patient satisfaction to an average of 95%. Trusted by over 3,000 facilities, Collectly delivers measurable results, including a 75-300% increase in patient payments, an 80% reduction in paper statements, and 90% fewer patient support calls. From pre-service workflows to post-service financial engagement, Collectly provides a comprehensive solution that supports the entire patient financial journey, simplifying financial workflows and building trust at every step.
D4 Solutions
Website: https://www.d-4solutions.com/medical-billing-solutions
D4 Solutions delivers flexible, secure, and timely print and digital document solutions. Our SOC 2 and HIPAA certification underscore our commitment to safeguarding sensitive patient data. We offer a comprehensive suite of services tailored to meet the unique needs of the healthcare payment industry including fully customizable hard copy and web-based document management and hosting services. We offer variable data and custom formatting solutions to personalize communications while managing costs. D4 does the heavy lifting from onboarding through production to facilitate successful delivery of your critical communications.
HealthEdge
Website: https://healthedge.com/
Innovating a world where healthcare can focus on people, HealthEdge® is driving a digital transformation through a single digital ecosystem that delivers advanced automation and clinical engagement among healthcare payers, providers, and patients. The next-generation healthcare SaaS company provides an integrated ecosystem of advanced solutions for core administration (HealthRules® Payer), payment integrity (HealthEdge Source™), care management (GuidingCare®), and member experience (Wellframe™) that empower health plans to accelerate business, reduce costs and improve outcomes. Learn more at HealthEdge.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Intellivo
Website: https://intellivo.com/
Intellivo is a provider of innovative payments technology for health plans, payers, and providers. Intellivo identifies more payment sources for pre-bill complex claims and post-pay subrogation, and secures payment with a transparent, technology-driven process. Intellivo serves 21 of the FORTUNE 100 and more than eight million member lives. For more information about Intellivo, please visit www.Intellivo.com.
Penstock
Website: https://www.penstockgroup.com/
Penstock is a service partner and SaaS builder for forward-thinking health plans, arming recovery, audit and regulatory teams with the tools and insights to enhance payment and regulatory accuracy. Our mission is to create lasting systemic change that removes wasted spend from our healthcare system, returning dollars to payers, lowering the cost of care and improving access for all.
Penstock is powered by industry veterans who are some of the most sought-after payment integrity and regulatory experts in the industry. Our business model is rooted in transparency and the drive to reinstate true integrity in payment integrity—even if it defies traditional business sense.
Our audit workflow SaaS platform, ClearBridge gives health plans the tools and insights they need to identify overpayments, correct them and implement their own edits with ease, ensuring correct payments and mitigating future discrepancies.
When you partner with Penstock, you reclaim time and control with an end-to-end partnership that beautifully and seamlessly connects human and machine intelligence—to prevent recurring issues at the source.
When you partner with Penstock, you reclaim time and control with an end-to-end partnership that beautifully and seamlessly connects human and machine intelligence—to prevent recurring issues at the source.
Vālenz Health
Website: https://www.valenzhealth.com/
Vālenz® Health is the platform to simplify healthcare – the destination for employers, payers, providers and members to reduce costs, improve quality, and elevate the healthcare experience. The Valenz mindset and culture of innovation combine to create a distinctly different approach to an inefficient, uninspired health system. With fully integrated solutions, Valenz engages early and often to execute across the entire patient journey – from care navigation and management to payment integrity, plan performance and provider verification. With a 99% client retention rate, we elevate expectations to a new level of efficiency, effectiveness and transparency where smarter, better, faster healthcare is possible.
Zelis
Website: https://www.zelis.com/
Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience by providing a connected platform that bridges the gaps and aligns interests across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts – driving real, measurable results for clients.
ACCREDITED BY
AAPC
Website: https://www.aapc.com/medical-coding-education/
Health care professionals are obligated to stay current in their profession. This includes continuing education in their respective discipline as well as keeping up with the latest medical coding updates, compliance rules, and government regulations. AAPC supports its members to maintain a distinctive edge in their health care career by providing a wide variety of topics and subject matter delivered live or on demand, in classrooms or over the web.
PARTNER WITH US
Based on your objectives, we can create bespoke packages designed specifically for you – from presenting your expertise on the main stage, to hosting a private dinner. You can partner with us showcase your brand and make valuable new connections. Opportunities predominantly lie in 3 main categories: Thought Leadership, Branding & Networking.
To discuss your objectives and partnership opportunities please contact Harry Ludbrook, Sales Director [email protected]
Interested in a media partnership?
We'd love to hear from you and how we can support one another to connect with the industry. Contact Jodie Purser, Marketing Manager, [email protected]
PARTNER WITH US
Based on your objectives, we can create bespoke packages designed specifically for you. Opportunities predominantly lie in 3 main categories: Thought Leadership, Branding, and Networking.
Interested in a media partnership?
We'd love to hear from you and how we can support one another to connect with the industry. Contact [email protected]
Delivering scalable and flexible solutions which ensure accuracy and integrity of claims
The Healthcare Payments and Revenue Integrity Congress is the only summit focused on addressing healthcare waste and ensuring that claims are paid correctly, reflecting current healthcare needs. You will join key decision-makers, within health insurers and providers, who are responsible for payment and revenue integrity, value-based payment, and networking relations.
At a time when both payers and providers are evaluating and streamlining internal payment and revenue integrity processes, this networking conference has been established to breakdown silos, by promoting discussion between clinical, coding, revenue cycle and payment departments to facilitate the development of efficient, value-based healthcare systems.
Venue
MILLENNIUM MAXWELL HOUSE HOTEL 2025 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37228
We're excited to welcome you face-to-face in Nashville at Millenium Maxwell House Hotel for the Healthcare Payment & Revenue Integrity Summit!
If you're looking for accomodation, you can book at a discount here.
MEDIA KIT
For more information on webinars, roundtables, content marketing packages, interviews and marketing solutions opportunities, download the Media Kit.
If you have any questions, please contact Harry Ludbrook, Sales Director, [email protected].
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