SPECIAL GUEST
Chief Administrative Law Judge Nancy J. Griswold
ALSO FEATURING
Janelle Ali-Dinar, PhD; Nancy Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC; Amanda Axeen; David Glaser, Esq.;
Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM; Edward Roche, PhD, JD; and Andrew Wachler, Esq.
Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Nancy J. Griswold will make her fourth appearance on Monitor Mondays during an exclusive broadcast coming your way at 10 a.m. ET next Monday, July 10.
Judge Griswold will describe new changes to the appeal process at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeal (OMHA). Joining her will be Amanda Axeen, director of program evaluation and policy for OMHA, who will answer questions about the recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) open door forum.
Healthcare attorney Andrew Wachler, managing partner of Wachler & Associates (and no stranger to the ALJ world himself), will discuss the new statistical sampling initiative: a hot topic of great concern to many.
The broadcast rundown also includes:
Register now for this important and timely broadcast, featuring an exclusive interview with Chief Administrative Law Judge Nancy Griswold, this coming Monday, July 10, 2017 at 10 a.m. ET.
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