Revenue Cycle Track 
May 23-24, 2024

Unravel the Revenue Cycle with insights from Brian McGraw and Kendall Smith, MD. The Revenue Cycle track was designed to help healthcare professionals manage and optimize the financial processes that drive their organizations.

This track offers 6.0 CEs/CMEs for: NAHRI, NEMSD, AHIMA, ACDIS, PACE, AMEDCO

Speakers:

Brian McGraw
Founder & Chief Product Officer, PayerWatch + AppealMasters
Brian is the Founder & Chief Product Officer of PayerWatch, a national leader in their respective categories for Appeal Support services and next-generation Denial/Appeal Management. The denial technology and revenue recovery methods he designed are currently used by over 500 hospitals and health systems nationwide. As a fierce advocate for hospitals and physicians in their right to be fully paid, he consults with and educates revenue cycle and compliance leaders throughout the U.S. on government and commercial claim dispute resolution management. He is a nationally recognized speaker and sought-after expert in the areas of Revenue Risk Management, Regulatory Audit Management and Payer Compliance. Brian pioneered the early design and development of software for revenue compliance and next-generation RCM technology to improve hospital net revenue performance. Over the last twenty years, he has worked with hundreds of hospitals and many of the nation’s largest healthcare systems to improve their managed care reimbursements, denied claim recoveries, billing integrity, RAC audit management and Medicare compliance.

Ryan O'Hara, Division Vice President, Consulting Services, Acclara

Ryan O’Hara is an accomplished healthcare executive with a wealth of experience in revenue cycle operations. Throughout his career, Ryan has demonstrated a deep understanding of the complexities of healthcare financial management and has worked to develop strategies and solutions to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes.

Ryan began his career as the first Revenue Cycle Executive for Cerner Revworks, where he was responsible for leading the company’s revenue cycle management operations. He then served as the Senior Director of Revenue Cycle and Plant Operations at Liberty Hospital, where he led financial operations and helped implement several key initiatives, improving revenue cycle performance.

At Northern Arizona Healthcare, Ryan served as the Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing nearly $2 billion in operations for acute and professional revenue cycle operations, as well as leading the organization’s revenue integrity program. In recent years, Ryan has been working on building a new company and collaborating with Adventist Health on their revenue integrity program. Through it all, he has earned a reputation as a strategic thinker, an innovative problem-solver, and a dynamic leader able to build strong teams and achieve exceptional results.

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