JATA is proud to be a thought leader in the healthcare industry. Our speakers are available to share their insights with your organization. We will be happy to work with you to create a program to address the needs of your organization. To find out more information or to request a speaker, please contact us at info@jathomas.com.

Paul Weygandt, MD, JD, MPH, MBA
Vice President Physician Services, Partner

Paul Weygandt is a certified physician executive (CPE) who brings 20+ combined years across medical management, legal counsel, and orthopedic surgery and has served as a hospital VPMA, improving documentation across all DRG payers.

TOPICS

• Physician and Hospital Alignment Strategies under Value Based Purchasing
• Physician Education – Key to Hospital & Physician Success under MS-DRGs
• Impact of Clinical Documentation on Evolving Hospital & Physician Profiles
• Quality-Based Reimbursement – Involving Physicians in the Accuracy of Measured and Reported Data
• Facilitating CFO-CMO/VPMA/Physician Relationships to drive performance improvement; providing a roadmap for physician collaboration
• Medicare Payments to Hospitals Depend Directly on the Accuracy and Completeness of Physician Documentation: Does your Hospital Have a Plan to Work With Your Physicians?

Melinda Tully, MSN, CCDS
Senior VP Clinical Services and Education

Melinda Tully has 25+ years in Acute Care as a Clinical Specialist and Nurse Practitioner. Her experience at JATA spans 12 years. She excels at customized profile analysis and clinical documentation education focused on continuous quality improvement.

TOPICS

• Developing a proven, compliant method for physician clarification
• The DRG shift and Case Mix Index – What to Watch Out For and How to Keep Reimbursement Strong
• Building a Successful Coder/Clinical Documentation Specialist Team
• How to build an effective, compliant and concurrent clinical documentation program
• Analyzing clinical service line CMI under MS-DRGs: hospital peer group comparisons with case studies – what can you expect with clinical documentation improvement
• Create a Compliant Clinical Documentation Program that corrects Case Mix Index, severity adjusted reports, patient safety outcomes and core measure results