Session Details:

This presentation highlights how the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) is leading advocacy efforts to strengthen Ohio’s healthcare system by promoting fair insurance practices, protecting patient access to care, and supporting a physician-led, team-based model of medicine. It showcases OSMA’s work on key legislation to reform prior authorization, improve network adequacy, prevent unfair reimbursement practices, increase transparency, and expand coverage for critical screenings and treatments. The presentation also outlines OSMA’s role in scope-of-practice debates, emphasizing collaboration while ensuring patient safety and quality care. Attendees will also learn more about how state government works and how advocacy at the Statehouse shapes the policies that impact patient care and the medical profession every day—positioning OSMA as a strong voice for physicians and patients working to create a more accessible, transparent, and patient-centered healthcare system in Ohio.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the key legislative and regulatory priorities impacting Ohio’s healthcare system, including prior authorization reform, network adequacy, reimbursement practices, transparency initiatives, and expanded coverage for critical screenings and treatments.
• Describe the role of the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) in advocating for fair insurance practices, protecting patient access to care, and supporting a physician-led, team-based model of medicine.
• Understand how Ohio’s state government and legislative process function, and how advocacy efforts at the Statehouse influence healthcare policy, scope-of-practice decisions, and the daily practice of medicine.

Speaker:

Isaac Rogers, Manager, Government Relations, OSMA

CE Credits Available:

1 ACMPE | 1 ACHE | 1 PDC

Session Description:

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Learning Objectives:

At the end of the presentation attendees will be able to:

• Review 4 stages in the sleep cycle
• Discuss root causes for insomnia
• Review medications, supplements, nutrition, devices, holistic lifestyle interventions for optimal sleep hygiene

Speaker:

Dr. Cathy Rosenbaum, PharmD, MBA

Founder/CEO, Rx Integrative Solutions

CE Credits:

1 ACMPE | 1 PDC

Session Description:

This session provides a practical, end-to-end look at optimizing patient accounts receivable (A/R) management, with a focus on identifying “found money” that can be reallocated back into the practice.

Attendees will gain a big-picture understanding of effective A/R management, including how self-pay balances can be better managed to improve patient payment and overall revenue performance. The session will walk through process improvement opportunities and guide participants through completing an Account Receivable Analysis (ARA) using a real-world aging report. Additional topics include compliant patient communication strategies, credit bureau reporting, and key federal CFPB rulings impacting medical debt and collections.

Session Learning Objectives:

• Define effective patient A/R management and identify common gaps that lead to missed revenue opportunities.
• Conduct an Account Receivable Analysis (ARA) using practice-level aging data to uncover process improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate compliant patient communication and collection strategies, including email, text, written notices, self-service portals, and credit bureau reporting.
• Apply current CFPB medical debt regulations to patient collection practices while improving recovery rates by up to 20%.

Speaker:

Laurie Boisclair, National A/R Management, Transworld Systems

Vice Chair, Ohio MGMA State Chapter

CE Credits Available:

1 ACMPE | 1 ACHE