Administrative Memos

200202

FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer
DATE: Mar 22, 2002
SUBJECT: IPRO'S 3rd Annual Payment Monitoring and Corporate Compliance Conference
IPRO CONTACTS:

Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, Extension 364 and Glenn Hirsch, Senior Director, Medicare/Federal Program Compliance, Extension 432

IPRO is pleased to invite you to its 3rd Annual Payment Monitoring & Corporate Compliance Conference "Working Together" on Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel, East Elmhurst, Queens with teleconferencing at four satellite locations (Via Health/Rochester General; Upstate Medical University, Syracuse; Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS), Albany; and Western New York Health Care Association, Tonawanda). The daylong program (9:30 AM - 4:00 PM) will feature a keynote "Attorney General Update" by Joe Baker, Esq., Bureau Chief, Office of the New York State Attorney General, and a luncheon keynote on "Coding Beyond DRGs" by Gloryanne Bryant, Systemwide Director, Coding/HIM Compliance, Catholic Healthcare West. Other sessions will address Corporate Integrity Agreements, implementation of preventive auditing strategies and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

The locations for Satellite Broadcast Sites are as follows:

Rochester, Via Health/Rochester General, Sengupta Room, 1425 Portland Avenue, Rochester, NY

Syracuse, Upstate Medical University, 5303 - Weiskotten Addition, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY

Albany, HANYS, 1 Empire Drive, George Allen Room, Rensselaer, NY

Buffalo, Western NY Healthcare Association, 1876 Niagara Falls Blvd., Tonawanda, NY

Pre-registration is strongly suggested. Please note, there is a $50 conference fee ($35 for satellite sites) to cover the cost of food. Call Lori DeRise at 516-326-7767, Extension 364, or register online.