Strategies for Coping With Changes to Medicare Payment Policies

In the second session, Foley attorneys Jeffrey R. Bates, Chris E. Rossman, and Lawrence W. Vernaglia discussed the most significant changes to Medicare payment methodologies contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as well as strategies for adapting to these changes.

Topics included:

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  An overview of PPACA’s changes to Medicare payment methodologies
  
  
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  Implementation dates for these changes
  
  
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  What providers can do to manage these changes
  
  
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  Future Medicare trends resulting from health care reform and strategies to respond proactively