Exploring the Process of Healthcare Financial Management – Spring Session
“Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial Management”
Friday, March 22, 2013
MarylandHospital Association
Who Should Attend?
Non-Financial healthcare professionals with responsibilities that impact the Financial Management function, as well as Financial Analysts & other Finance Team members that would benefit from a detailed understanding of the Financial Management process in a hospital
/ 8:15 – 8:45 / Registration & Continental Breakfast
/ 8:45 – 9:30 / “A CFO’s perspective on Financial & Operating Functions”
Kevin Kelbly
CFO & Sr. VP, Corporate & Fiscal Affairs
CarrollHospitalCenter / You will learn…
  • The various components and goals of a hospital’s Finance department
  • How responsibilities support both clinical and business decisions

9:30 – 10:45 / Financial Reporting
Kathy Talbot
VP Rates & Reimbursement / You will learn…
  • The key elements involved in the operation of a typical hospital finance department
  • The process for preparing a hospital’s routine financial statements and reporting to internal and external stakeholders
  • How to decipher and read a typical financial statement

/ 10:45 – 11:00 / BREAK
/ 11:00 – 12:00 / Generating Quality – LEAN in Healthcare
John Beakes, Jr.
President & CEO
Operational Performance Solutions / You will learn…
  • LEAN results review in healthcare operations
  • Introduction to systematic approach for implementing a LEAN process

/ 12:00 – 1:00 / LUNCH
Exploring the Process of Healthcare Financial Management – Spring Session
“Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial Management”
Friday, March 22, 2013
MarylandHospital Association
Who Should Attend?
Non-Financial healthcare professionals with responsibilities that impact the Financial Management function, as well as Financial Analysts & other Finance Team members that would benefit from a detailed understanding of the Financial Management process in a hospital
/ 1:00 – 2:15 / Budgeting
Camille Bash
VP of Finance
Doctor’s CommunityHospital / You will learn…
  • Typical budget cycle and process for a hospital
  • Components of an operating and capital budget
  • Role of monthly variance analysis in the budget process

/ 2:15 – 3:15 / Teamwork by the Numbers
Katrina Coleman
Program Consultant
Maryland Healthcare Education Institute / You will learn…
  • 2 reasons to why you care about teamwork
  • 4 barriers to collaboration
  • 5 dysfunctions of teams and strategies to overcome them

/ 3:15 – 3:30 / BREAK
/ 3:30 – 4:30 / A Rate Regulation Overview Including Potential Impacts of Healthcare Reform
James Case
Manager
Marco Priolo
Senior Consultant
KPMG, LLP / You will learn…
  • Overview of the HSCRC methodology
  • Uniqueness of Maryland’s rate setting system
  • Potential impacts that healthcare reform may have on reimbursements in the State of Maryland as well as nationally

/ 4:30 / ADJOURNMENT