Region 4, 5, 6 HFMA Certification Candidate Practicum
Webinar Agenda
Participating HFMA chapters:
Region 4: Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia-DC, Maryland, North Carolina
Region 5: Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia
Region 6: Great Lakes, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, NW Ohio, SW Ohio, Central Ohio, NE Ohio
Plus: McMahon-Illini, Indiana-Pressler Memorial
Date
Time
Tues, Sept. 16
11:30 am–1:30
pm Eastern
Financial
reporting
Tues, Sept. 23
11:30 am–1:30
pm Eastern
Budgeting &
forecasting
Tues, Sept. 30
11:30 am–1:30
pm Eastern
Revenue cycle
Topics
covered
Financial
statements,
ratio analysis
Outline of
webinar
Financial
reporting
overview;
ratio case
studies;
sharing and
discussion of
findings
Variance
analysis,
breakeven/CVP,
capital
budgeting
Budgeting &
forecasting
overview;
variance, CVP &
capital
budgeting case
studies;
sharing and
discussion of
findings
3
18-22%
Pages 40-55
Revenue cycle
process, IPPS,
OPPS, MPFS,
Medicare billing
fundamentals
Revenue cycle
overview;
revenue cycle
process case
studies;
sharing and
discussion of
findings
Knowledge
domain
Case studies
% of exam
Pre-reading
2
16-20%
Pages 7-39
1-2
21-25%
Pages 56-125
Tues, Oct. 7
11:30 am–1:30
pm Eastern
Internal controls,
managed care,
contracts and
disbursements
Various, incl. cost
reporting and
990 reporting
IC and
compliance;
contract mgmt;
disbursements;
case studies;
wrap-up
Tues, Nov. 4
11:30 am–1:30
pm Eastern
Review all six
domains
Special emphasis
on the
quantitative
aspects of the
curriculum
Ratio and
operating
indicator practice
assignment;
variances; other
topics as selected
by the attendees
2-3
33-45%
Pages 126-201
We will spend the first three webinars on the “Big Three” topics: financial reporting (ratios and financial
analysis), budgeting and forecasting (variance analysis, cost-volume-profit and ROI), and revenue cycle (process
fundamentals and Medicare payment systems). In the fourth webinar we will cover the remaining three topics:
internal control and compliance, managed care contracting, and disbursements.
The webinars are intended for all members of the participating HFMA chapters interested in deepening,
broadening and updating their knowledge of healthcare financial management.
The webinars have two sets of objectives:
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Inspire you to master the field of healthcare financial management.
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Give you a practical framework for studying for the Certified Healthcare Finance Professional (CHFP)
exam.
Make you comfortable with some of the more challenging quantitative and cognitive problems tested.
Second set of objectives (“when you’ve completed this class, you will be able to…”):
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Calculate variances, operating indicators, financial ratios and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Calculate Medicare reimbursement under IPPS, OPPS and MPFS.
Analyze clinical quality indicators.
Draft a compliance plan.
Analyze a managed care contract.
Calculate Medicare margins from a cost report.
Design a fee schedule.
Rank capital projects.
Design a best-practice revenue cycle.
The pre-readings refer to the 450-page Companion Guide sent to registrants before Webinar 1.