Monday, March 6, 2017
10-10:30 a.m. EST; 7-7:30 a.m. PST
SPECIAL GUEST
Stanley Sokolove, CPA, ALJ Emeritus
ALSO FEATURING
Janelle Ali-Dinar, PhD; Nancy Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC; David Glaser, Esq.;
Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM; Angela Phillips, PT; and
J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC
Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official Stanley Sokolove will explain how the CMS final rule, along with the recently passed 21st Century Cures Act, will impact provider-based revenue—a development that has been controversial.
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