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Event Agenda
Registration
8:00 AM
Session 1
A Look at
Federal Funding Sources in Behavioral Health & Social
Services
A Snapshot of Trends in Funding in the Field
- U.S. health care spending
- U.S. human service spending
- Mental health treatment
- Addiction treatment
- Child welfare services
- Juvenile justice system
- Corrections health care
- Disability support services
- Nursing homes
Session 2
CMS Policy
Changes Bring New Challenges for Medicare & Medicaid
- Limitations on the use of case
management
- CMS rules redefining rehab
services
- Implications of the pending
financial integrity rules
- Preventing audit penalties by
meeting documentation requirements
- Key Deficit Reduction Act
provisions
- The status of the
implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act
Session 3
Beyond CMS
Changes in Other Federal Funding Sources & the Bottom Line
- Title IV funding
- Welfare Reform Act
- IDEA
- No Child Left Behind
- Community Development Block
Grants
- Substance Abuse Block Grants
Session 4
The Challenges
of State & County Strategies to Enhance Funding
- Consolidating programs or
funding sources
- Amending Medicaid plans
- Seeking Medicaid waivers
- Privatizing programs or
services
- Re-prioritizing state general
revenue or federal block grant funds
- Requiring or rewarding local
matching funds
- Developing a blended and/or
braided funding approach
Session 5
Understanding
the Implications of These Changes for Your Organization
- Assessing the Financial Impact
of the Proposed Changes on Your Organization
- Assessing the cost of new
requirements and capabilities
- Estimating the likely
decrease in revenue and reimbursement
- Developing revised financial
projections
- Identifying the areas where
decreased program costs or decreased unit costs are
required
- Using Target Costing,
Activity-Based Costing, & Process Reengineering to
Adjust to New Market Factors
- Understanding the concept of
target costing
- Example of target costing
problem created by changes to Medicaid
- Using activity-based costing
to solve market pricing problems
- Example of use of
activity-based costing in addressing changes created
by new Medicaid rules
- Process reengineering as tool
to address environmental changes
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