Medicaid 2007

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
9:00am – 4:30pm

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Southern New York Association is a Certified Sponsor of professional continuing education with the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and certifies that this program meets NAB/NCERS guidelines and is approved for six (6) continuing education clock hours. State licensure boards, however, have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses.

APPROVAL NUMBER: 662007-25140-6

About the Program

LaGuardia Marriott Hotel
102-05 Ditmars Blvd.
East Elmhurst, New York 11369

To provide long term care administrators and other health care personnel the most up to date information regarding Medicaid Eligibility. At the end of the conference, attendees will have received relevant information about the following topics:

• Processing Medicaid cases

• Automation and Long Term Care

• Medicaid/LTC Concerns and Findings

• Medicaid Managed Care

• Spousal/Expedited Discharge Issues

This seminar entitled: Medicaid 2007: Skilled Nursing Facilities, is an annual seminar sponsored by the Southern New York Association, in cooperation with the Human Resources Administration/Medical Insurance & Community Services Administration (MICSA), Nursing Home Eligibility Division.

Speakers: 

Ralph Torres, Director

Sharron Haynes, Section Manager-Spousal Provider Relations

Juana Paredes-Cabral, Section Manager-Spousal Applications

Peter Glase, Esq., Senior Deputy General Counsel – HRA/OLA

Pamela Graham, Section Manager – Expedited Discharge/ EASy Units

Renee Stout, Executive Director of Medicaid Managed Care/FHP/CHP

Jeanette Colon, Director, Managed Long Term Care Program

Gail Gordon, Bureau of NYC Compliance and Customer Service

Sam Morcos – Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Information Technology and Client Services

Catherine Ray – Director, Administrative and Operational Technology Solutions, MIS

Steve Riordan, Senior Program Analyst, NYS Long Term Care Restructuring Project

Teresa Civello, Principal, Medicaid Management Solutions

Agenda

8:30-9:00am
Registration and Breakfast

9:00am
Welcome and Introduction

Neil Heyman, President
Southern New York Association

9:00-9:30am
NHED Updates

Speaker: 
Ralph Torres, Director 
Nursing Home Eligibility Division - HRA/MAP 

9:30-10:15am 
Long Term Care: Concerns and Findings

Speaker: 
Peter Glase, Esq.
Senior Deputy General Counsel - HRA/MAP 

10:15-11:00am
Citizenship and Identity Documentation

Speaker:
Gail Gordon
Bureau of NYC Compliance and Customer Service, NYSDOH-OHIP

11:00-11:15am
Break

11:15-12:00pm
Introduction to the Eligibility Data and Image Transfer System

Speaker:
Sam Morcos
Assistant Deputy Commissioner of IT and Client Services

Catherine Ray
Director of Administrative and Operational Technology Solutions - MIS

12:00-12:30pm
Long Term Care Restructuring Update

Speaker:
Steve Riordan, Senior Program Analyst, NYS LTC Restructuring Project Center for Development of Human Services, Research Foundation of SUNY, Buffalo State College

12:30-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30-2:15pm
Medicaid Managed Care and Managed Long Term Care Updates

Speakers:
Renee Stout
Executive Director of Medicaid Managed Care/ FHP/CHP

Jeanette Colon
Director, Managed Care Long Term Care Program

2:15-2:45pm
The Effect of Transfer of Assets as it relates to Spousal Review

Speakers:
Sharron Haynes
Section Manager, Provider Relations Case Imaging Issues

Juana Paredes-Cabral
Section Manager, Applications Nursing Home Eligibility Division - HRA/MAP

2:45-3:00pm
Break

3:00-3:30pm
New Forms, Case Submissions and Expedited Discharge issues

Speaker:
Pamela Graham
Section Manager, Expedited Discharge/Control & EASy Nursing Home Eligibility Division - HRA/MAP

3:30-4:30pm
Managing Medicaid Revenue: A Delicate Balance between SNF and Medicaid

Speaker:
Teresa Civello
Principal, Civello and Associates - Medicaid Management Solutions