13th Annual Workshop for Transplant Financial Coordinators September 26th to September 28th, 2017 Sheraton Seattle Hotel Seattle, Washington

TRANSPLANT FINANCIAL COORDINATORS: Ensuring we provide accurate financial information to our patients and their families in a compassionate and tactful manner, while maximizing reimbursement for our transplant centers.

~~ Registration Opens Monday, September 25th – 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm ~~

Day 1: Tuesday, September 26 th 7:00 am-5:00 pm REGISTRATION OPEN

7:00 am-5:00 pm EXHIBIT AREA OPEN 5:30 pm-6:30 pm

7:00 am-8:00 am BREAKFAST

GENERAL SESSIONS

~~ please sit with your transplant specialty - signs on tables ~~

8:00 am-8:30 am WELCOME to Seattle! Debbie Mast, TFCA President, Financial/Data Manager, Solid Organ Transplant/MCS Program, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA

8:30 am-9:30 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS KEYNOTE ADDRESS Keynote: Kidney Sisters Heather Hughes (kidney recipient) & Danae Anderson (kidney donor), Spokane, WA

9:30 am-9:45 am BREAK with EXHIBITORS

9:45 am-10:45 am The Increasing Complexity of Specialty Pharmacy Prescription Drug Kristen Fox-Smith, MPA, Account Implementation Manager, Acentrus, Benefits Salt Lake City, UT 10:45 am-11:00 am Astellas Cares: Patient Support Services Sponsored Session Steven Tahmooressi, MA, MBA, Brand Lead Immunology, Astellas Pharma, Inc., Northbrook, IL

11:00 am-12:00 pm Round Tables: Connect and Learn Round Tables ♦ BMT ♦ Heart ♦ Kidney ♦ Liver ♦ Lung/Thoracic ♦ Multi-visceral ♦ Pediatric ♦ KPD o Communicating and collaborating o Learning together o Round table session Moderators: Lisa McDermott, Transplant Operations Analyst, TFCA Trustee, Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, TN Lisa Donovan, Transplant Financial Coordinator, TFCA Trustee, SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY

12:00 pm-1:00 pm LUNCH – table signs to sit with your transplant specialty

GENERAL SESSIONS 1:00 pm-2:00 pm The Financial Realities of Transplantation- Am I Ready to Reach Fundraising Out For Help Organizations Rick Lofgren, CFRE, President & CEO, Children’s Organ Transplant Association-COTA Indianapolis, IN Shannon Shensky, Director of Communications, HelpHOPELive, Philadelphia, PA Michelle Gilchrist, President/CEO, National Foundation for Transplants (NFT), Memphis, TN

2:00 pm-2:15 pm TBD-Sponsored Session TBD

2:15 pm-3:30 pm Transplant Services and CMS Programs Coverage: Eligibility and CMS Coverage Rules David Santana, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

BREAK with EXHIBITORS 3:30 pm–3:45 pm Generously Sponsored by TBD

~~ TFC attendee drawing at ???3:35 – Must be present to win ~~ 3:45 pm-5:00 pm Medicare in 2017 Current Topics: Comprehensive review of new CMS laws and initiatives affecting Medicare, and Coverage Updates. David Santana, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

~~ TFCA Welcome! ~~ Reception 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Metropolitan B with Exhibitors Generously Sponsored by Astellas Pharma

Day 2: Wednesday, September 27th 7:15 am-4:45 pm REGISTRATION OPEN

7:15 am-2:30 pm EXHIBIT AREA OPEN

BREAKFAST 7:15 am-9:00 am** ** Note** TFCA Business Meeting starts at 8:00 a.m. for all TFCA Members 8:00 am-9:30 am 17th Annual TFCA (Transplant Financial Coordinators TFCA Annual Association) Business Business Meeting [Session Attendance Limited to TFCA MEMBERS] Meeting The TFCA Business Meeting is for active TFCA members only. In this meeting the TFCA governing body is charged with disseminating association business information: Officer Reports, Financial Reports, and Committee Reports: Certification, Fundraising, Elections, Planning, and Resource Guide. Open discussion will follow officer reports and committee updates for members to ask questions and seek clarification on subjects and topics pertinent to our organization.

9:30 am-9:45 am BREAK with EXHIBITORS

General Session 9:45 am-10:45 am TFCA Updates TFCA Updates: Survey & Certification Katie Sloat, Heart Transplant/MCS Financial Coordinator, TFCA Secretary, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA John Waldon, Financial Analyst, TFCA Trustee, St. Vincent, Indianapolis, IN

10:45 am-11:00 am ~~ Transition to Breakout Sessions ~~ CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS I 11:00 am-12:00 pm 3 topics – choose one to attend Medicare Basics Medicare Basics for the New TFC William P. Vaughan, Transplant Solutions LLS, Largo, FL

Strategic Planning Top Ten Things Every Financial Coordinator Should Know About Organ Transplant Andrea Tietjen, CPA, MBA, Director ,Transplant Finances and Data, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ

TFC Social Worker Benefits of the TFC and Social Worker Relationship Relationship Shanda Ross, Director, Digestive Diseases/Kidney, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Megan Maltby, Clinical Social Worker III, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplant, VCU, Richmond, VA

12:00 pm-1:00 pm LUNCH

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS II 2 topics – choose one to attend

1:00 pm-2:00 pm What’s new at UNOS? Yolanda Becker, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery University of Chicago, OPTN/UNOS President

1:00 pm-2:00 pm FACT: Impacting TFCs and Their Facilities - Making a World of Difference Jean E. Sanders, MD, Emeritus Member Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Emeritus Professor Pediatrics, University of Washington, Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy, Bellevue, WA

2:00 pm-2:30 pm BREAK with EXHIBITORS ~~ Exhibitor Bingo Drawing at 2:20 p.m. – Must be present to win ~~ CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS III 2:30 pm-3:30 pm 3 topics – choose one to attend

BMT – NMDP Be the Match: New Resources and Policy Updates Susan Leppke, MPH, Director, Payer Policy & Legislative Relations, National Marrow Donor Program Alicia Silver, MPP, Payer Policy & Legislative Relations, National Marrow Donor Program

Challenges of Challenges of Live Donor Billing: Pre and Post-Transplant Live Donor Billing Laura J. Aguiar, BS, Principal & Managing Partner, Transplant Solutions, LLC, Glendale, AZ

Pediatric Teen Metamorphosis (The transition from teen to adult) Deborah Andersen, RN, BSN, CCTC, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE

3:30 pm-3:45 pm ~~ Transition to Breakout Sessions ~~

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS IV 3:45 pm-4:45 pm 3 topics - choose one to attend Case Management Transplant Case Management-A View from the Payer Side of the Authorization Tim Donovan,RN, Transplant Case Manager, Optum, Pittsburgh, PA

EPIC EPIC: You don’t know what you don’t know. Debbie Mast, TFCA President, Financial/Data Manager, Solid Organ Transplant/MCS Program, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA

VADs Navigating Both Public and Private Payer Coverage for Medical Device Clinical Trials-Lessons Learned From the MOMENTUM 3 HeartMate 3 Category B IDE Study

Tina Ivovic, Global Field Health Economics and Reimbursement, Therapy Leader for Heart Failure, Abbott, Pleasanton, CA

Day 3: Thursday, September 28th 7:30 am-12:30 pm REGISTRATION OPEN

7:30 am-8:30 am BREAKFAST

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS V 8:30 am-9:30 am 3 topics – choose one to attend Breaking Financial Barriers Smashing Financial Barriers to Transplant Lisa Morrison, Waitlist Coordinator, Legacy Transplant Services, Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Portland, OR

Medicare Cost Report Medicare Cost Report Basics Basics Robert Howey, MBA, MHA, CPA, Director, Toyon Associates, Walnut Creek, CA

BMT Cost Report 2017 HCT Update on Coding, Billing, and Cost Reporting Jugna Shah, MPH, President and Founder, Nimitt Consulting Inc., Washington, DC

9:30 am-10:00 am BREAK – use this time for check out; bring luggage to sessions

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS VI 10:00 am -11:00am 3 topics – choose one to attend TFC Basics Learning The Ropes: A Beginners Guide to the TFC Process from Solid Organ Referral to Post Transplant Lisa Donovan, Transplant Financial Coordinator, TFCA Trustee, SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY Deidra Simano, Transplant Operations Analyst, TFCA Trustee, Solid Organ Transplant, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Advanced Topics - Advanced Topics in Medicare Cost Reporting Medicare Cost Report Robert Howey, MBA, MHA, CPA, Director, Toyon Associates, Walnut Creek, CA

BMT Basics A Day in the Life of a BMT TFC Michelle Dodson, Transplant Financial Coordinator, Cell Transplant Program, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Raj Dhami, BMT Financial Coordinator, Sacramento, CA

11:00 am-11:15 am ~~ Transition to General Session ~~ Special prize drawing during 12:15 General Session -- not to be missed -- Must be in attendance to win!

GENERAL SESSION

~~ Special prize drawing at 12:15 – must be in attendance to win ~~ 11:15 am-12:15 pm TFC Role: Achieving, Sustaining, and Nurturing Centers of Contracting/Reimburse Excellence Designations ment Jennifer Milton, BSN, CCTC, MBA, Executive Director, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Transplant Center, San Antonio, TX

12:15 pm-12:30 pm 2016 TFCA Workshop Wrap-Up & Evaluations Debbie Mast, TFCA President, Financial/Data Manager, Solid Organ Transplant/MCS Program, Stanford Health Care, Palo

Alto, CA Lisa McDermott, Transplant Operations Analyst, Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, TN;TFCA Trustee, TFCA Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair Lisa Donovan, Transplant Financial Coordinator, SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY; TFCA Trustee, TFCA Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair