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August 2019 Vol. 9 No. 6

2019 CorporateSponsors:

Registration Opens for FallConferenceRegistration is now open for Healthcare Council’sannual Fall Conference. Members can register for theConference by responding to the email invitation sentthis week.

The Conference, focused on WorkforceTransformation, will be held on Friday, September 27,2019, at the Pittsburgh Marriott North in CranberryTownship, Pennsylvania.

The event begins with an informalcontinental breakfast andnetworking with sponsors from 8a.m. until 9:15 a.m. The programbegins with opening speakerStefani Pashman, chief executiveofficer of the AlleghenyConference on CommunityDevelopment and its affiliatedorganizations. She will provide anoverview of the current areas of focus of the AlleghenyConference.

Jan Ferri-Reed, Ph.D., presidentof KEYGroup, will provide thekeynote address. She will focuson key areas related to workforcetransformation including strategicthinking, building leaders, culture,and employment branding.Participants will leave withimplementable strategies and aworkforce development checklist.

The event concludes with remarksfrom Earl Buford, chief executiveofficer of Partner4Work. He willshare the vision and the currentwork of the organization.

Healthcare Council ofWestern Pennsylvaniais a strategic partner withhealth care providers andaffiliated organizations,enabling them to realizetheir mission whilemaintaining their status aseconomically viableentities.

Partner4Work is the leader of thepublic workforce system forPittsburgh and Allegheny County.As the CEO, he manages publicand private funds to ensure thatcurrent and future needs ofbusinesses and job seekers aremet.

A.J. Harper, president ofHealthcare Council, will alsoprovide remarks at the event.The event also includes aninvitation-only breakfast andmeeting for members ofHealthcare Council’s Board ofDirectors and member chiefexecutive officers.

All participants are invited to stayfor a networking lunch which isheld immediately following the

Conference.

The western Pennsylvania chapter of the AmericanCollege of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) will hold aprogram following the Fall Conference focused on thetopic Value of Alternative Care Models. Forinformation on the program, visit the ACHE website.

Due to the generous support of Healthcare Councilsponsors, members can attend the event free ofcharge. Conference registration will remain open untilSeptember 19, 2019.

For more information about registration contact ToniBresnahan. For more information about the FallConference contact Pat Raffaele.

Corporate and ConferenceSponsorsEach year, Healthcare Council members can attend theFall Conference at no cost. This is due to thegenerosity of Healthcare Council’s corporate andconference sponsors. Corporate sponsors also supportother Healthcare Council programs and servicesthroughout the year. Each sponsor is an Allied Memberof Healthcare Council.

Healthcare Council recognizes its corporatesponsors for their support.

Platinum corporate sponsors include Arnett CarbisToothman and Cowden. Arnett Carbis Toothman isone of the nation’s top CPA firms and is also regional,with offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Visit: http://www.hcwp.orgCall: 1-800-704-8434

Cowden Associates, Inc.(Cowden) is the leadingindependent actuarial, compensation and employeebenefits consulting firm in the tri-state region.

Gold corporate sponsors include Intalere, StrategySolutions, Inc. and Highmark. Intalere is aprofessional supply chain company offering acomprehensive suite of services to empower healthcareproviders to better manage their non-labor spend andultimately deliver superior care. Healthcare Council is astrategic marketing affiliate of Intalere.

Strategy Solutions, Inc., facilitates creative solutions toensure the sustainability of public, private and nonprofitorganizations and create healthy communities.

Highmark is a health and wellness organization locatedin Pittsburgh and operates health insurance plans inPennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia.

The Silver corporate sponsor is Lockton, a KansasCity based global professional services firm whichrecently opened an office in Pittsburgh. The companyprovides risk management services, among otherservices, to organizations around the world.

In addition, Conference Sponsors include Altius andBaker Tilly at the Director Level; and GraneRx,LeechTishman and Revenue Cycle Solutions at theFriend Level.

For more information on sponsorship, contact PatRaffaele.

Annual Medicare Update -Almost Sold OutThere are just a few seats remaining for HealthcareCouncil’s Annual Medicare Update program. Theprogram will be held at Healthcare Council’s Jack C.Robinette Conference Center on Friday, September20, 2019.

This annual program, planned in partnership with thewestern Pennsylvania chapter of the HealthcareFinancial Management Association (HFMA), providesparticipants with changes and strategies related topayment as well as detailed information on Third Partyreimbursement.

The opening session features partners from the firmBKD LLC. The partners will provide an extensiveupdate on new and proposed rules and regulationsfrom the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS). Following the opening session, Mark Hudak andGeorge Mahoney from Novitas Solutions will provideinformation on the focus of upcoming CMS audits anddirectives. The afternoon features sessions providedfrom partners and senior managers from Arnett CarbisToothman, LLP. Topics of the afternoon sessionsinclude Post Acute Care, Medicare S-10, Payor

Contracting and Physician Practices.

For registration information contact Judy Harrison andfor program information contact Denis Lukes.

Cybersecurity Issues BriefingHealthcare Council will host aCybersecurity Issues Briefingon October 9, 2019, at theJack C. Robinette ConferenceCenter. The briefing coincideswith National CybersecurityMonth, which is held everyOctober by the United States

Department of Homeland Security.

Jason McLean, an attorney with the Pittsburgh-basedlaw firm Cipriani & Werner, will moderate the program,including an interactive table-top exercise. He is amember of the firm’s Cybersecurity, Privacy and DataProtection Team and works with clients to develop dataprotection plans, conduct risk assessments, ensureregulatory compliance and develop data breach riskmitigation strategies.

The program opens with apresentation by Mike McKeown,supervisory special agent withthe Federal Bureau ofInvestigation, PittsburghDivision. He leads the CyberSquad, which investigatescyber national security andcyber criminal matters inwestern Pennsylvania and the state of West Virginia.He and his squad have worked with healthcareorganizations on several cyber issues.

Following the opening presentation, Jason McCleanand Shawn Melito will lead participants in an interactivetabletop cyber security exercise. Shawn Melito is asenior director for Kivu Consulting Inc.

The program concludes with apresentation by Dan Bowden,vice president and chiefinformation security officer atSentara Healthcare, thelargest integrated healthsystem in Virginia. He hasbeen an executive leader incybersecurity and technologyfor healthcare, highereducation, banking, retail andthe military over the past 25years.

The program also includes a panel discussion on “hot”topics in cyber security related to healthcare.

The program is free of charge, however, registration isrequired. The program includes a networking lunch andwill begin with registration at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at2 p.m. Program details and registration information willbe sent to members soon. For more information contactPat Raffaele.

PDGM TrainingHealthcare Council will host a training session on thePatient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) from 9:30a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2019,at the Jack C. Robinette Conference Center.

Representatives from the firm Arnett Carbis Toothmanwill open the program with an overview of PDGM. Thespeakers will then cover the specifics of groupingcategories of PDGM, revenue cycle managementchanges and impact, preparation strategies, andsupport for success.

Speakers include Edward A. Klik, Jr., partner anddirector of Health Care Reimbursement Services forArnett Carbis Toothman; Candy S. Sanchez, managerof Healthcare Care Consulting Services for the firm;and Rick Snyder, a consultant in Billing andReimbursement services.

Registration information will be available soon. Formore information contact Denis Lukes at or JaneMontgomery

Health Literacy Program atCarlow UniversityHealthcare Council of Western Pennsylvania, inconjunction with the Pennsylvania Health LiteracyCoalition, will host a regional health literacy program atCarlow University on October 25, 2019, from 8:30 a.m.until 3 p.m. This event is being held in October inrecognition of Health Literacy Month.

Participants will learn about the basics of literacy,unconscious bias, cultural humility, and how to applyliteracy techniques to their personal and professionallives.

To register, visit their website.

For more information contact Hillary Holes.

HR Survey UpdatePhysician Practice Administrative CompensationReport

Participating members recently received the annualPhysician Practice Administrative CompensationReport. Each participating member also receivedindividual compa-ratio reports. For more informationcontact Steve Forest or Pat Raffaele.

Benchmark Salary SurveyParticipating members will receive the BenchmarkSalary Survey in early September. Each participatingmember will also receive individual compa-ratio reports.For more information contact Steve Forest or PatRaffaele.

IDD Salary SurveyData collection is open for the new salary survey forHealthcare Council’s member Intellectual andDevelopmental Disability organizations. For moreinformation contact Steve Forest or Pat Raffaele.

Long-Term Care Labor Turnover ReportData collection is open for the Long-Term Care LaborTurnover Report. The report is conducted twice a yearfor Healthcare Council’s Long-Term Care members.For more information contact Steve Forest or PatRaffaele.

Upcoming MeetingsAll meetings will be held at Healthcare Council’sJack C. Robinette Conference Center unlessotherwise noted.

Chief Nursing Officer CommitteeDiversity and inclusion will be the primary focus of theSeptember 6, 2019, Chief Nursing Officer Committeemeeting. Speakers include Renee Newberry andStephanie Wincik from Erie Homes for Children andAdults. They will provide a presentation they developedto help acute care facilities improve care for patientswith intellectual and developmental disabilities. CharlieE.A. Borowicz from Allegheny Health Network’s Centerfor Inclusion Health will discuss care implications for thetransgender community. Todd Snovel, executivedirector of the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQAffairs will discuss resources available from his office.For more information contact Jane Montgomery.

Compliance CommitteeMike Comber, former Assistant U.S. Attorney, will be theprimary speaker at the September 13, 2019,Compliance Committee meeting. He will focus hisdiscussion and presentation on Recent Trends andOutcomes in Enforcement Actions. He is now apartner with the firm Farrell Reisinger & Comber LLC. Inaddition, Bill Maruca, partner with the firm FoxRothschild, will provide an overview of the PennsylvaniaSupreme Court’s new, expanded standard forpreserving the protections of the attorney work-productdoctrine. The meeting will conclude with a roundtablediscussion. For more information contact Pat Raffaele.

Fund Development Committee

The Fund Development Committee will meet onSeptember 17, 2019. Details and registrationinformation will be sent to members soon. For moreinformation contact Pat Raffaele.

Human Resource CommitteeKevin Ferra, the president and founding partner ofFerra Executive Search, will be the guest speaker atthe September 18, 2019, Human Resource Committeemeeting. He will share information on how to apply dataanalytics in recruiting for positions. He will also discussthe use of technology in recruiting. Other topics for themeeting include an update and discussion on the HRSurveys; a discussion of the Workforce Initiatives forHealthcare Council for 2019/2020 and a discussion ofthe new Benefits Survey. For more information contactPat Raffaele.

Managed Care CommitteeThe Managed Care Committee will meet on September25, 2019. Details and registration information will besent to members soon. For more information contactDenis Lukes or Jane Montgomery.

Chief Operating Officers Committee and ProgramThe Committee will hold a brief meeting on October 11,2019, and a program on surveys and facilities will beheld immediately following the program. ChiefOperating Officers will be asked to invite vicepresidents, directors and other managers of facilities tothe program. Details about the meeting and programwill be available soon. For more information contact PatRaffaele.

Accounts Receivable CommitteeThe Committee will meet on October 16, 2019. Moreinformation will be sent to members soon. For moreinformation contact Denis Lukes.

Healthcare Council WelcomesNew Corporate SponsorsArnett Carbis Toothman (ACT) LLP is a newPlatinum level corporate sponsor for HealthcareCouncil. The firm of certified public accountants andconsultants, provides audit, tax, reimbursement, andspecialized services tailored to the needs of hospitals,nursing homes, home health agencies, physicians andseveral other types of health care providers. ACT hasnine offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio and WestVirginia. For more information contact K. James Hunt,partner, or visit their website.

Highmark is a new Gold level corporate sponsorfor Healthcare Council. Highmark is a health andwellness organization located in Pittsburgh andoperates health insurance plans in Pennsylvania,Delaware and West Virginia.

Lockton is a new Silver level corporate sponsorfor Healthcare Council. The global risk management

company recently opened a Pittsburgh office. Thecompany is committed to delivering expert riskmanagement, insurance and consultative advice toclients. The firm has more than 50,000 clients globallyand more than 1,500 healthcare clients. Lockton’sHealthcare Network provides specialty services tohealth care organizations in risk management,healthcare analytics, human resources, technology,employee benefits, talent management and culture. Formore information contact Rosanna Milley, partner, orvisit their website.

For information about sponsorships contact PatRaffaele.

Other Programs of InterestHealthcare Council provides members withinformation about the programs below which maybe of interest.

Upcoming ACHE ProgramThe western Pennsylvania chapter of the AmericanCollege of Healthcare Executives will hold a program onSeptember 12, 2019. The focus of the program is Onthe Executive Track, Leading People Who Are MoreExperienced Than You.

A program will be held on September 20, 2019, at theErie Club, in Erie, Pennsylvania, on the topic ofTechnology Changing the Face of Delivery.

In addition, ACHE will also hold a program immediatelyfollowing Healthcare Council’s Fall Conference at thePittsburgh Marriott North on September 27, 2019. Theprogram is focused on Value of Alternative CareModels.

For more information visit westpa.ache.org.

Transforming Women’s Health SymposiumAdagio Health is hosting the second annualTransforming Women’s Health Symposium onSeptember 24, 2019, from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. at theOmni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The symposium features special guest speaker ValerieJarrett, former senior advisor to President BarackObama and author of Finding My Voice. The programalso includes sessions on the Opioid Epidemic and theMeToo movement, among others.

In addition, the symposium includes a Champions ofWomen’s Health awards luncheon and a Celebration ofWomen networking reception. Special guest speakersinclude Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., the first AfricanAmerican woman to be appointed dean at a UnitedStates medical school; and Patrice Harris, M.D., the firstAfrican American woman to serve as president of theAmerican Medical Association.

The cost to attend the symposium ranges from $25 to

$400. For more information visit www.adagiohealth.org.

2019 Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare ComplianceAssociation ConferenceThe Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare ComplianceAssociation (HCCA) Conference will be held on Friday,October 4 from 7 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. at the RegionalLearning Alliance Conference Center in CranberryTownship, Pennsylvania.

The conference opens with a presentation by AssistantUnited States Attorney Robert Cessar, Esq., on AUSAO Perspective: The Compliance and LegalClimate for Healthcare in 2019. The program alsoincludes presentations on compliant compensationarrangements; pay for performance; conflicts ofinterest; and compliance in the post-acute world.

The program concludes with a legislative update fromTracey Lawless, government affairs adviser for K&LGates and Karishma Shah Page, partner with K&LGates.

The cost to attend the program is $220 for HCCAmembers and $270 for non-members. For moreinformation visit www.hcca-info.org.

Society of Healthcare Human ResourceProfessionals of Pennsylvania's AnnualConferenceThe Society of Healthcare Human ResourceProfessionals of Pennsylvania (SHHRPP) will hold itsannual conference, Solutions to the ChallengesConcerning Health Care Issues, on October 10through October 11, 2019, at Toftrees Golf Resort, inState College, Pennsylvania.

Chip Madera, MS, CSP, will kick off the Conference withthe keynote presentation Intentional Disruption: Howto Move Your HR Department from a Cost Center toa VALUE Creator in Just 90 Days. Other conferencetopics include the MeToo movement; recruitment;compensation; succession planning; and a legalupdate.

The cost to attend the program is $175 for a non-member and $200 for a member. Those who registerprior to September 4 receive a discount. For moreinformation visit https://shhrpp.org.