2008 Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors Southeast Regional Event
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Purpose:
The AHIA Regional Seminars provide a forum for Healthcare internal auditors to network and interact with their peers, to share internal audit best practices, and to strengthen the profession of Healthcare internal auditing.
Who Should Attend:
Internal Auditors, Senior Internal Auditors, IT Auditors, Audit Supervisors, Internal Audit Managers, Internal Audit Directors, and Chief Audit Executives
Education Objectives:
These sessions are designed to be highly interactive to promote attendee participation and sharing of internal audit best practices. Attendees will learn about current healthcare internal audit topics, audit approaches and techniques, and best practices.
Conference Location:
The Methodist Hospital System
1130 John Freeman Avenue
Mary Gibbs Jones Building MGJ1-002
(Second Floor)
Houston, TX 77030
Hotel Location:
For those arriving the night before:
HOUSTON MARRIOTT MEDICAL CENTER
6580 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas 77030
713-796-0080
Make your reservations directly with the Houston Marriott Medical Center 713-796-0080. Refer to the Methodist business rate of $167 (plus tax).
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be given for "no shows" or cancellations.
You may send a substitute; please call AHIA at 888-275-2442.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
8:00am - 8:15am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15am - 8:30am Welcome
Regional Seminar Chair
Daniel W. Pantera
Vice President, Business Practices Officer & Chief Audit Officer
The Methodist Hospital System, Houston Texas
The Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors
Barbara Winburn
Internal Audit Manager
The University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston Texas
8:30am - 9:45am Charge Capture Auditing - How to Uncover Revenue Leakage
Bridget L. Johnson, CIA, CCSA Audit Supervisor
The Methodist Hospital System, Houston Texas
Joanne Ouellet, CIA, CPA, Senior Auditor
The Methodist Hospital System, Houston Texas
According to an HFMA report issued last year, 3M studied data on 100 hospitals and noted that Òon average organizations were losing 1 percent of revenue to errors in the chargemaster or charge capture.Ó This presentation will guide you through the steps you can take using ACL to identify and quantify revenue leakage. The objectives of this session will be as follows:
- Identify Charge Capture Risks in Selected Clinical Areas
- Design Tests for Lost Reimbursement Opportunities
- Quantify Potential Reimbursement Impact
9:45am - 10:00am Break
10:00am - 11:40am Construction Risk & Audit: Challenges & Opportunities
Rich Townsend, President
R.L. Townsend Associates, LLC, Dallas Texas
Debbie Townsend, Vice President
R.L. Townsend Associates, LLC, Dallas Texas
This session will provide insight into some practical approaches that can be used by auditors to effectively assess and address the significant risks related to construction activity. Specific construction project examples of what went wrong will be discussed along with recommendations for what auditors could have done to prevent and/or minimize the risk on a more timely basis.
11:40am - 12:30 pm Lunch (Provided)
12:30pm - 1:45pm Information Security Software Tools and Monitoring Processes that Help Reduce the Risk of Confidential Data Leakage and Disclosure
Glen C. Mueller, CPA, CIA, CISA, CISM, Vice President - Chief Audit, Compliance, & Information Security Executive
Scripps Health, San Diego California
This session will discuss enterprise level information security software tools and related monitoring processes to address the significant challenges of identifying where your organizationÕs structured and unstructured confidential information resides and how to better safeguard such data when at rest and in motion. Minimizing the opportunities for unauthorized disclosures of confidential information is an important objective for Privacy and Security Programs and this session will describe tools and techniques currently in use at Scripps Health and other healthcare providers.
1:45pm - 3:05pm Perspectives on Implementing, Securing, and Using EMR
Lois Pierson, CPA, CIA, Asst. Vice President, Auditing & Advisory Services
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Panel members will discuss electronic medical records from the implementation, audit, compliance, information technology, and end-user perspectives. Key topics to be covered include usability, patient safety, portability, security, integration with other systems, and issues shaping the future direction of electronic medical records.
3:05pm - 3:20pm Break
3:20pm - 4:10pm IIA Standards Update
Mike Peppers, CIA, CPA Assistant Vice President and Chief Audit Officer
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
A member of the IIA's Internal Audit Standards Board, our speaker will share unique insights on ways to make the Standards applicable in your everyday internal audit practice. He will also share a timely update on the revisions to the International Professional Practices Framework (Red Book), scheduled to be released in January 2009.
4:10pm - 5:00pm Research Auditing - A Checkup for your IRB
Cecelia Bishop, Assistant Vice President Audit & Compliance
St. Luke's Episcopal Health System
This presentation will discuss various steps to include when auditing your Institutional Review Board (IRB). A well-functioning IRB needs to ensure that proper scientific, ethical, and regulatory requirements are followed. The objectives of this session will be to gain an understanding of some evaluative criteria when auditing including:
- IRB Authority, Relationships , Membership, and Management
- IRB Functions and Operations
- IRB Records and Exemptions
Continuing Professional Education Credits:
AHIA is registered with the National Association
of State Boards of Accountancy
as a sponsor
of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards
of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credits. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors,
150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville TN, 37219-2417; 615.880.4200; www.nasba.org. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, CPOE credits have been granted based on a 50-minute hour. National Registry of CPE Sponsors ID Number 103386
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Details
October 13, 2008 through October 13, 2008
Houston, TXUSA
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Hotel Information
Houston Marriott Medical Center
6580 Fannin Street
Houston, TX77030
Phone:
713-796-0080
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Conference Packages
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The registration cost includes training materials, presentations, breakfast, lunch, and breaks. |
