Mede Leadership Summit Fall 2005 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Amongst the stunning mountain scenery of Jackson Hole, WY, Mede hosted its clients, associates and business partners at Spring Creek Ranch to discuss the latest trends in self pay population and payer relations.

Mede clients discussed new and proven strategies and best practices in managing the self-pay population and new revolutionary solutions to improve payer relationships. Mede also collaborated with client attendees to plan upcoming service and solution enhancements.

Highlights of Client Discussions

Jeff Nieman, Senior Director, Self Pay Collections at Tenet Healthcare shared advanced, but practical segmentation and collections strategies he established to improve collections performance. He provided valuable insight into analytics, collections workflows and resource management that increase cash flow and reduced costs to collect.

Mary Brooks-Welsch, Division Business Office Director at Triad Hospitals presented front-end revenue cycle practices her organization uses to collect at point of service. She presented how her organization changed and educated clients and uses Mede daily to manage the front-end collections performance.

Client Round Table, led by Bob Raddemann, SVP and Walt Ellenberger, General Manager Payer Division of Mede, attendees discussed how their organizations currently manage payer relations and discussed new emerging collaborative solutions that link providers and payers through common analytics.

Client Summit attendees greatly appreciated the information each provided and the preparation required to deliver these engaging topics.

We at Mede have the great fortune to work with some of the most innovative healthcare organizations in the industry. We appreciate their willingness to share their experiences with other clients.

See other Leadership Summits:

Mede Leadership Summit Fall 2007 in Montréal, Quebec

Mede Leadership Summit Spring 2006 in Sedona, Arizona

Mede Leadership Summit Spring 2005 in Napa, California