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In This Issue

1 Message From Your President

2 Chapter Officers and Directors

3 Save the Dates—local events

6 “ICD-11 is Coming—Take Time

to Adjust”

7 Practice Management Summit

8 Social Awareness Project

9 Two Day Fall Extravaganza

11 “Community Hospitals: How Active Management Mitigates Risk ”

12 Student recruitment

17 New members

20 2018-2019 Sponsors

Greetings my fellow Southern Illinois HFMA members and Business Partners!

February came in with a roar but spring is close! (Regardless of what the

groundhog says)

We still have some exciting events on the calendar for March - May.

Practice Management Summit: Achieving Operational Excellence

Wednesday 03/13/2019 8:00 AM - 03/15/2019 4:30 PM

Location: Regency Meeting Center, O'Fallon, IL

March Education Session 3/28/19, Thursday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois Healthcare Building

Annual Planning Meeting and Golf Outing May 23, 2019- Far Oaks Golf Club

Multi-Chapter meeting with the Greater Heartland Chapter April 23-24, 2019

River City Casino, St Louis MO

You can find more details at http://www.sihfma.org/site/epage/93789_388.htm

We offered a successful event in October to create better engagement with health

plans through payer panels and networking

I hope you were able to join us for the Region 7 conference in South Bend IN for

our 3 state/ 5 chapter region! We had great speakers (including ‘Rudy’ from the

movie) and wonderful networking opportunities. Some of us even stayed to enjoy

a Notre Dame game

We’ve had growth in our student- early careerists networking and membership

through expanded programs presented on campus at Southern Illinois University-

Carbondale

We launched Social Media with our first SI HFMA Facebook page to improve

member communication (Continued on page 4)

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Message From Your President

Shirley Mason

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2018—2019

CHAPTER OFFICERS

President

Shirley D. Mason

Wakefield & Associates

551 Copper Meadows Lane

O'Fallon, MO 63368

Phone: 314-435-3377

[email protected]

President Elect

Gregory L. Wright ,FHFMA

Corporate Director of Finance

Southern Illinois Hospital

1239 E Main P.O. Box 3988

Carbondale, IL 62901-3114

Phone: 618-457-5200, ext. 67200

[email protected]

Secretary

Troy Lindsey

Director

BKD, LLP

211 N. Broadway Ste 600

St. Louis, MO 63102-2733

[email protected]

Treasurer

John Majchrzak

Chief Financial Officer

Southern Orthopaedic Associates

The Orthopaedic Institute of Southern

Illinois and Western Kentucky

510 Lincoln Drive

Herrin, IL 62948

Phone: 618-997-4310 ext. 1633

[email protected]

Vice President/Program Chair

Melissa L. Lucas ,FHFMA

Director of Accounting/Payroll Services

Harrisburg Medical Center

PO Box 428

Harrisburg, IL 62946-0428

Phone: 618-253-0278

[email protected]

Past Chapter President/

Regional Executive 3

Nikki Graves

Revenue Cycle Director

Touchette Regional Hospital

PO Box 185

East Saint Louis, IL 62202-0185

Phone: 618-482-7054

[email protected]

Second Year Directors

Stephan Taylor, CPA - CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP

Julie Aman, CMPE, CRCE-I - NextGen Healthcare

Keith Anderson - Southern Illinois Healthcare

First Year Directors

Terry Swan - Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL

Barbara Johnson, BSN, RN - Illinois SSM Health

Jennifer Grenados - Southern Illinois Healthcare

2018—2019

CHAPTER DIRECTORS

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Our Mission

Statement

Our Chapter’s commitment is

to provide high quality,

economical and accessible

education necessary for

professional growth; to give

participants the opportunity

to network with peers and

excel in their careers within

HFMA. Our Chapter provides

member development through

education, certification, and

leadership training. The

Chapter promotes the highest

standards of professional and

ethical conduct.

SAVE THE DATES FOR

FUTURE EDUCATION

OFFERINGS and SPECIAL

EVENTS

March 13-15, 2019

Practice Management

Summit

March 28, 2019

Education Session

SIH Carbondale, IL

May 2, 2019

Mini LTC

SSM Health

Good Samaritan Hospital

June 23-26

Annual Conference 2019

Orange County Convention

Center in Orlando, FL

Imagine Tomorrow. With so many challenges facing us in the

healthcare industry, and within HFMA, it’s not surprising we

sometimes feel overwhelmed. At such times, however, it’s important

to remember that we are more than capable of addressing these

challenges and achieving our goals.

We already have the necessary knowledge and skills, but success

will also require confidence, optimism, and a belief that we can do so

much more by working together. Most importantly, we need to tap

into our imaginations.

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Please visit us on Facebook at HFMA-Southern Illinois

Chapter and like our pages so you can see our updates!

We have officially completed the implementation and launched

Cvent (Our Event Manager) to bring more consistency to the

registration and check-in process, while providing better member

data to assist leaders with strategic planning for chapter success

and to reduce the administrative burden on volunteers

We’ve had additional focus to increase sponsor participation to

provide quality education at a competitive price and to present

products and services that our provider members need.

We strive to bring value to you and your organizations through

education, networking, and friendships. I thank you for your

continued support. If you have ideas or suggestions, please don’t

hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Shirley Mason, President, Southern Illinois HFMA

President (Continued from page 1) HFMA—SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CHAPTER

HFMA—SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

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Original story posted on February 19, 2018 at

www.icd10monitor.com

The new classification is designed as a database and

has up to 13 dimensions.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will be releasing

the 11th Revision to the International Classification of

Diseases, or ICD-11, this May. The WHO and many of

its 194-member countries have been working on this

since 2007. As with ICD-10, ICD-11 will have an impact

on coding in all specialties.

One of WHO’s goals for ICD-11 is that it will function in

an electronic environment and support electronic health

records (EHRs). The classification is actually designed

as a database, and it has up to 13 dimensions. Many of

our EHRs are already equipped with the SNOMED CT

foundation, upon which ICD-11 will link with the

Nomenclature of Medicine and Clinical Terms. So the

way we think about the code list needs to change; it is

no longer a single flat dimension, but rather 3-D virtual

reality!

ICD-11 will also be multi-purposed, and the structure is

defined in linearizations that incorporate properties and

attributes with a focus on mortality, morbidity, the

degree of primary care, research, and public health. It

is translated in English, French, Spanish, Russian,

Chinese, and Arabic. Finally, ICD-11 accommodates

many specialties, some quite unique.

But the heartache for all the coders reading this article

is the codes. Just like with ICD-9, we have coding

professionals that have memorized many ICD-10

codes. They know that A and B codes tie to infectious

conditions often requiring antibiotics; C is the cancer

chapter; E is the endocrine chapter; and obstetrics-

related conditions are listed in Chapter O. We all know

that the CM diagnosis codes start with a single

alphabetical character. Well, poof! Kiss all that

goodbye.

There are 28 chapters in ICD-10. The first character is

generally the number of the chapter, but when you get

to chapter 10, the first character is alphabetical. There

is always a letter in the second position to distinguish

ICD-11 codes from ICD-10 codes.

Additionally, there are no alpha “I” (sorry, cardiology)

and “O” (sorry, obstetrics) codes. Remember the ICD-

10 meaning of hypertension? Forget it! In ICD-11, it’s

BA00. “Unspecifieds” also will still exist, so our

clinicians will be happy.

Codes will have four (not three) characters before the

decimal point, and from what I have seen, up to three

characters after the decimal point. There are additional

codes to help amplify the base code with specificity,

laterality, and anatomy, and to describe associated

conditions or manifestations (or to further describe an

injury like we do today in ICD-10).

An example of the use of an additional code for a

manifestation was offered by Donna Pickett of NCHS,

who described a patient with type 1 DM and diabetic

retinopathy as follows below:

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ICD-11 is Coming—Take Time to Adjust By: Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHA, CHPS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer

6A10 Type 1 diabetes mellitus MG45

Diabetic retinopathy 6A10/MG45 = type 1

DM with

diabetic retinopathy

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Southern Illinois Chapter is excited to announce we have partnered with ICAHN and MGMA to provide

Practice Management Summit: Achieving Operational Excellence.

This event, being held Wednesday, March 13th – Friday, March 15, 2019, at the Regency Conference Center in O’Fallon, Illinois. With assistance from HIPAATREK, our team has prepared an amazing schedule with national speakers to provide exceptional continuing education to regional physician practices. The full, three-day conference is only $250 with pricing options for those who can only attend part of the conference.

Speakers/Topics include:

HFMA National Update/Crucial Conversations – Tracy Packingham

Strengthen Your Coding Team to Support Organizational Success –Jackie King

Malpractice Panel – Diane Robben, Jeff Hebenstreit, Julie Guethler

HIPAA Hazards: Lessons from the Headlines - Margaret Scovotto

Knowing Yourself to Improve Leadership - Sarah Holt

Dark Web 101: What is it and how the heck do you get off of it? - Derrick Weisbrod

Steps to a Risk Analysis - Sarah Badahman

How the Cloud is Transforming Healthcare - Eric Humes

Social Media and the Internet: The Impact on Claims - Tammera Banasek,, Wasif Khan

Benchmarking Physician Practices – Getting the Most Out of Your Physician Practices - Curt Mayse

Optimizing Your Performance and Dollars by Assessing your Practice - Chastity Werner

MACRA+: Getting Arms Around Cost - Doral Davis-Jacobson

Engaged employees: Are you on the way to a happy marriage or headed to divorce court? - Richelle Renegarbe

Patient Liability Collections: How to Manage the Unmanageable – Doral Jacobsen

We have networking events Wednesday and Thursday evening and you are welcome to bring a friend (ticket required). Discounted

rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn are available using Group code HFMA19

For Sponsorship opportunities, contact Chastity Werner ([email protected])

All details can be found on our Conference website:

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Registration link:

http://www.cvent.com/d/2bqpq6/4W?RefID=register18

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Gear-Up and Career Gear

This year the Southern Illinois Chapter will be assisting Gear-Up by collecting gently used professional clothing at education

seminars. Gear-Up is a free clothing service for men and women operated by the Belleville Council Society of St. Vincent de

Paul. Those who are seeking jobs can receive a complete outfit-a suit or business casual, shoes, and accessories free of

charge. Job candidates must be referred by any public or private agency that assists low income or displaced workers in

finding employment. Important services such as job interviewing tips, resume writing, training in life skills and referrals for

mentoring and literacy are also offered.

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We are very appreciative of the

representatives who attended from

several commercial payors along with

Medicare and Medicaid Managed

Care organizations this year. Phyllis

Braddock did an outstanding job

again as the moderator the Payor

panels.

Terry Swan did a brief lunch presentation as

we met casually with payors.

Thursday evening’s networking event was

hosted at the St Clair Bowl where members

enjoyed food, drinks and a few STRIKES!. It

is quite suspicious that no one took photos.

What happens on the bowling lane stays on

the bowling lane!

Thank you to the following speakers who presented

informative and timely topics which challenge us each day.

Tyler Enslin—Achievement Now!

Jennifer Boese—CMS Rural Health Strategy

Josh Wilks—Accounting Standards Update

Troy Lindsey—Tax Reform Update

Sherri Robbins—Post-acute Care—What the Future Holds

Lee Painter—IT Presentation

Tom Jendro—Federal Medicare update from IHA

Ed Norwood—When Payors Won’t Listen

Two Day Fall Extravaganza October 25 and 26 at the Regency

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ICD-11 also has several new chapters:

Chapter 3: Diseases of the Blood and Blood- forming

Organs

Chapter 4: Disorders of the Immune System

Chapter 6: Conditions related to Sexual Health

Chapter 8: Sleep-Wake Disorders

Chapter 26: Traditional Medicine: This chapter refers to

disorders and patterns that originated in ancient

Chinese Medicine and are still commonly used in

China, Japan, Korea, and elsewhere around the world.

Chapter 27: Supplemental V Codes: There are not like

the ones we know. The V codes will be great

supplemental codes for HCCs, rehabilitation centers,

and skilled nursing care, because these codes describe

a patient’s functional status and disabilities.

Chapter 28: Supplemental Extension codes: These are

the X codes that are used as supplementary or

additional codes to identify more detail, such as

severity, tumor staging, history, injury, and poisonings,

as well as attributes such as differential and provisional

diagnoses, presence on admission, or how a condition

was confirmed. These may be five alphanumeric

codes.

See more information from Donna Pickett online at https://

www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp- content/uploads/2017/06/NCVHS-

June-21-2017-ICD-10-and-ICD-11-Presentation-v-6- 21-

17.pdf

I suspect that many of the U.S. specialty groups that added

a ton of codes to the virgin version of ICD-10 will find that

this new classification allows them to build the codes that

accurately describe the conditions they are treating for

billing purposes, even if they still select an “unspecified”

code. However, more important is the fact that it is her-

compatible, which will make its implementation in the U.S.

easier and maybe shorter than that of ICD-10.

It is worth health information management’s (HIM’s) time to

start exposing its coding and clinical documentation staff to

some of the ICD-11 concepts to establish a comfort level as

we get closer to implementation over the coming years.

Several links to the ICD-11 beta version and training videos

appear below.

Beta draft: https://icd.who.int/dev11/l-m/en

This includes the classification listing by chapter, and

under the “info” tab there are links to training videos.

Coding Tool: To enter a search term

https://icd.who.int/devct11/icd11_mms/en/current#/

Disclaimer: Every reasonable effort was made to ensure

the accuracy of this information at the time it was

published. However, due to the nature of industry changes

over time we cannot guarantee its validity after the year it

was published.

Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS, is a past

president of the American Health Information Management Association

(AHIMA) and recipient of AHIMA’s distinguished member and legacy

awards. She is chief operating officer of First Class Solutions, Inc., a

healthcare consulting firm based in St. Louis, Mo. First Class Solutions,

Inc. assists healthcare organizations with operational challenges in HIM,

physician office documentation and coding, and other revenue cycle

functions.

Permission to reproduce granted by ICD 10monitor

ICD 11 is Coming (Continued from page 6)

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The dramatic increase in health care costs in the U.S. has

created a need for innovation in the industry. Faced with

headwinds, such as the shift from inpatient to outpatient

models and declining average lengths-of-stay (LOS) for

inpatient procedures, insurance companies, the government

and individuals alike are looking for ways to control costs for

the consumer. This is creating pressure on top-line revenue

for many hospitals. At the same time, there has been upward

pressure on wages for a number of years, as the economy

hovers near full employment.

Smaller community hospitals are not immune to these trends.

In fact, in many ways, community hospitals face even greater

challenges as the health care delivery system evolves. In this

turbulent environment, it is imperative that these hospitals

have active and engaged management who strive to

proactively preserve the financial health and operations of

their hospitals.

Revenue Challenges

On the revenue side of the equation, the shift from Medicare

to Medicare Advantage (MA) payors is a key challenge facing

hospitals of all sizes. Enrollment in MA plans has increased

steadily over the past decade. The Kaiser Family Foundation

reports that the number of enrollees in MA plans is nearly

four times that of 2004.

That growth shows no sign of slowing. In fact, late last year

Aetna announced plans to expand its MA program to 7.4

million more beneficiaries across 358 counties and six states.

This is Aetna’s largest MA expansion in company history.

Additionally, Becker’s Hospital Review reports that the

number of MA plans available nationally will increase by 18%

in 2019.

MA plans pay lower reimbursement rates than traditional

Medicare plans, thereby squeezing hospitals’ top-line. For

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), the revenue challenge is

compounded, as those providers do not receive cost-plus

reimbursement on services for MA payors.

Adding to the aforementioned revenue challenges, changes

from commercial payors are adding additional revenue

pressures. Commercial payors have long been a key payor

source and profit-driver for community hospitals. Many of the

smaller hospitals we work with report that commercial payors

have increasingly looked to negotiate lower reimbursement

rates, often on the heels of Medicare rate reduction

announcements. This leaves smaller hospitals in a bind, as

they lack the bargaining power of larger hospital systems.

So what can smaller hospitals do to drive financial success in

the face of these revenue challenges?

How to Respond

One way smaller hospitals can fight back against these

headwinds is to focus on collecting the revenue they are

owed, thereby contracting the revenue cycle. Some smaller

hospitals have succeeded in implementing management-

driven, top-down initiatives aiming to shore up collections. A

robust focus on collections includes incentivizing staff to

ensure that a patient’s insurance data and payment info is

collected prior to service, with no exceptions. Getting every

penny you are owed requires discipline and holding staff

accountable. Furthermore, establishing and enforcing clearly

defined processes and procedures around collections also

helps to tighten the process.

Second, smaller, more rural hospitals should consider

providing as many different services as is feasibly possible in

order to retain local patients. Cutting services to reduce

expenses often seems like low-hanging fruit, but more often

than not, a reduction in services precedes a downward spiral:

local residents seeking a service not offered by their local

community hospital will travel out-of-market to a larger

system, and may continue to visit those larger hospitals, even

for services still offered locally. Time and again, you hear

smaller hospital clients detail real-life examples of the pitfalls

of cutting services in an attempt to save on cost. Expense

management is key, but rather than cutting services, boards

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Community Hospitals; How Active Management Mitigates Risk By: Kyle Hemminger and Grant Blosser

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Southern Illinois chapter of HFMA met with the Student

Health Care Management Association (SHCMA) on the

campus of SIUC, November 6, 2018. The health care

management majors learned about HFMA and the many

benefits of student membership. This is the second year SI

HFMA and SHCMA have held an event. The chapter

welcomes the following new student members: Shantell Neal,

Nellie Garman, and Andrea Gant.

The two organizations enjoyed salad and pizza following the

SHCMA business meeting. Julie Aman, Membership Chair

and Director of SI HFMA, presented HFMA 101. A panel of

six HFMA member leaders told their career path in healthcare

and how HFMA has influenced their career and personal life.

The panel included Shirley Mason, President, Greg Wright,

President Elect/Strategic Planning, Keith Anderson, Director/

Social Media/Website Chair, Director and Membership

Committee member Jennifer Grenados, membership

committee member Jennifer Campbell and Julie Aman,

Director/Membership Chair.

The panel represented career paths in supporting physician

practices and clinics, consulting, vendor support to the

industry, revenue cycle, and finance. A common theme of the

stories was the networking and educational opportunities as

well as close friendships.

The students learned of the resources available to them

exclusively through HFMA such as the articles on the industry

and governmental changes, certification and the job bank.

Twenty-two students and faculty were gathered and asked

questions of the panel members. Networking followed with

students talking with individual HFMA members regarding

their career path and advice to the student.

A big THANKS to our panelist:

Shirley Mason - President

Greg Wright - Past President and President Elect

Julie Aman - Membership Committee Chair / Board Director

Jennifer Granados – Membership Committee Co-Chair / Board Director

Jennifer Campbell – Membership Committee

Keith Anderson – Website Committee / Board Director

Giving Back… Building Connections… Networking… Opportunities…

Submitted by Jennifer Granados

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and management teams should focus on right-sizing

benefits packages and other expenses not directly tied to

service.

Another way to reduce expenses is to lower interest

expense. Unfortunately, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017

eliminated the ability to advance refund existing tax-exempt

debt with new tax-exempt debt. However, organizations

can still complete an advance-refunding of tax-exempt debt

with new taxable debt, through programs such as the U.S.

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development

Community Facilities Direct and Guaranteed Loans

programs, and Section 242 loans through the Department

of Housing and Urban Development/Federal Housing

Administration (HUD/FHA).

Important changes to the recent Farm Bill now allow USDA

loans to complete a 100% refinance. In the past, the use of

USDA loans for refinancing was limited. Further, the Farm

Bill expanded the population limits for Guaranteed Loans to

50,000 people (from 20,000) which widens the net of

eligible applicants.

These programs represent some, but not all, of the financial

options available to organizations looking to optimize their

capital and debt situations. Staying up-to-date on these

programs can help management remain active and

informed of their options, and be able to pivot as

opportunities arise and challenges present themselves.

Forewarned is Forearmed

The need for strong and active management teams is not a

new one, but it is increasingly important in the face of long-

term changes to the industry and the financial challenges

that come with those changes. Administrators should be

incentivized by the bottom line, and good administrators

Community Hospitals (Continued from page 11)

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should be rewarded and persuaded to build long-term

careers at their current hospitals.

Trends in outpatient care and MA plan availability show

no signs of slowing down. Collectively, they create

headwinds that can affect facilities at every level of

health care. Additionally, fluctuating national, regional

and local conditions affecting each facility, including

financial and regulatory environments, contribute to this

pressure. To answer these challenges and create

sustainable stability, management must take the

opportunity to help shape the future of models in

outpatient care and MA plan implementation.

Additionally, they must remain abreast of operational

and financial options that mitigate risk and allow an

organization’s focus to remain on high-quality care for

its patients.

Kyle Hemminger is a vice president with Lancaster Pollard in

Columbus. He may be reached at

[email protected].

Grant Blosser is an associate with Lancaster Pollard in Columbus.

He may be reached at [email protected]

Community Hospitals (Continued from page 14)

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Jillian Hartsoe, Lindenwood University

Susan Shelton, Ohio University

Allison Goldasich, SLU

Vicki Brown, SIU-C

Andrea Gant, SIU-C

Thomas Martinez, SIU-C

Samantha McGrath, SIU-C

Shantell Neal , SIU-C

Rachel Seay, SIU-C

Brooke Trotter, SIU-C

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HFMA - Southern Illinois Chapter HFMA—Southern Illinois

Registration is open for our

Carbondale education event!

Make plans to grab a co-worker

and bring them for FREE!

Simply add them to your

registration as a guest.

Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019

8:15 AM Registration open and

breakfast

9:00 First session

Location: SIH Corporate Office

Address: 1239 East Main

Street, Carbondale, Illinois

62902, USA

Click the link to go to the event

website.

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PO Box 425, Carbondale, IL 62903

618-549-7075

[email protected]

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Through the generosity of these HFMA Southern

Illinois Chapter sponsors we are able to provide

our members with educational seminars and

networking activities. We wish to recognize and

thank them for their support in 2017-2018.

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Credit Control, LLC

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