Course Description:
What does value-based payment mean and why would an organization want to develop a program to reduce the overall utilization and cost of healthcare? This discussion will focus on the various types of value-based payment methodologies as well as strategies, risks and opportunities to consider when exploring these potential reimbursement programs.

Presenter:
Ralph Llewellyn, CPA, CHFP, Partner-in-Charge of Critical Access Hospitals | Eide Bailly
Ralph conducts operational assessments to assist providers in enhancing financial and operational performance, including financial strategies for financial turnaround of healthcare facilities. He provides chargemaster/cost report audits and redesign projects, and he conducts reimbursement enhancement studies for healthcare providers. He assists providers in developing physician compensation agreements.

Clients can expect creative solutions to the challenges they encounter in the healthcare environment. Ralph has a passion for rural healthcare and its providers and is not afraid to pull up his sleeves and get in the trenches with clients.