2012 Sessions

• Update on industry trends, including profitability and loss trends
• The 411 on reinsurance
• M&A: Consolidation is "in the air"

• Understanding the risk environment including recent legislation and litigation; HIPPA-HITECH and digitization of healthcare information
• Identifying, quantifying and managing the risks associated with the handling of personal information, especially PHI.
• Inherent risks in the medical arena due to increased reliance upon technology
• Ways to mitigate, lessen and transfer the risks discussed above

• The role of Federal Patient Safety Organizations and the privileges and confidentiality associated with incident investigation materials
• The erosion of peer review privileges in several states including exceptions and waivers to peer review and incident investigation materials
• Using the Federal PSO privilege to protect documents created in the past, present and future for members of Patient Safety Organizations

• The basic construction of a price index and common errors to avoid
• How insurers, reinsurers and brokers differ in their price measurement needs and the differences in the construction of their indices
• How to tell if a price index is appropriate for your needs

• Impact of MMSEA Section 111 Amendments To The Medicare Secondary Payer Law On Claim Handling From Start To Finish
• The Shifting CMS Picture: Memos, Alerts, Unpublished Cases
• Implementing and Maintaining MMSEA Reporting Compliance—What Does It Cost?
• How is CMS like the EPA- and does a U.S. Supreme Court opinion provide any relief?

• Disclosure of unanticipated outcomes
• Unprofessional and disruptive behavior
• Physician acquiescence

• Through survey of past Crittenden attendees, identification of the health care professions in attendance at the conference most affected by and expected to be most affected by the Healthcare Reform legislation
• Identification of the major ways in which Reform is impacting the most affected professionals
• Identification of current response strategies by those professionals
• Panel experts to provide greater detail on recommended response plans to the most frequent/most dramatic effects of the legislation

• Demonstrate how health information systems contribute to medical liability exposure, either positively or negatively
• Identify specific risks to patient safety that arise from electronic health records. Review the available reporting systems for EHR safety and identify strategies to reduce adverse events related to EHRs
• Illustrate how EHRs may complicate medical malpractice defense
• Review the Federal incentives for EHR adoption

• Key business considerations for hospitals and physician groups to address prior to a possible merger/acquisition
• Important liability insurance considerations, pre and post-merger/acquisition
• Case study and review of acquisitions and mergers that provided best practices and practices to avoid
• The acquisition is complete, now what?

#602 - Issues in Health Care That Do Not Go Away

• Medicare changes regarding reimbursement and the impact on SNF with the proposed payment changes.
• How will the proposed 11.1% Medicare payment cut affect the long-term care community? How will services be affected and will it cause increases in claims?
• Will the decrease reimbursements increase Never events?
• What is a preventable event?
• How these changes will affect hospitals and physicians

• Highlights of the changing MPL environment
• Reinsurance solutions
• Possible additional changes within a 2-4 year timeframe

• Examination of industry analysts' reviews of HPL profitability while also examining shifts in the providing healthcare services
• Discussion of the findings in the most recent ASHRM HPL Benchmarking Study and compare these to state-specific loss studies
• Carrier underwriting trends and trying to predict the ultimate cause of unprofitable results

• Risk management techniques and the benefits of maintaining the record of events for litigation
• Useful points to raise with your insureds and dealing with discovery requests including the deposition
• Plaintiff and Defense strategies for success re: discovery/motion practice/trial practice
• How to advise insureds regarding post litigation issues relating to fallout from the litigation

• The strategic thinking process
• The strategic planning methodology
• The principles of strategic planning applied to risk management and patient safety goals

• Analysis of jury trial verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements in multiple states
• Update on legislative trends and tort reform
• Takeaways and lessons learned from trials and arbitrations