Partnerships Conference
Annually, the Indian Health Service, Tribal and Urban partners meet to discuss and learn about changes related to coding and third party billing, including Medicare, Medicaid and Private Insurance. Topics are focused on: Health Information Management, Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) and Business Office functions.
On August 13 to 15, 2013, the 14th Annual Indian Health Partnerships Conference was held in Denver, Colorado with 500 people attending in person and several hundred participating via webinar. The theme of the conference, "Partnerships 2013: Accessing Health Care through the Affordable Care Act" provided key health operations and system staff information on Affordable Care Act implementation requirements, including the new Health Insurance Marketplace, and the impact on the provision of health care services to American Indian and Alaska Native people. The conference agenda and available presentations are posted below.
2013 Partnerships Agenda [PDF - 145 KB]
Read the Indian Health Service Update [PDF - 148 KB]
2013 Presentations
Affordable Care Act/Business Office:
- ACA and the AIAN Provisions 101 [PDF - 1.71 MB]
- ACA Enrollment and the Patient Experience on October 1, 2013 [PDF - 1.19 MB]
- ACA IHS Business Plan Template and Best Practices [PDF - 1.64 MB]
- ACA Major Changes – Preparing the National, Area and SUs [PDF - 568 KB]
- Benefits Coordination – ACA Medicaid Expansion and Enrollment [PDF - 577 KB]
- IPC-Medical Home Model Initiative ACA and Medicaid Expansion [PDF - 2.24 MB]
- Network Provider Contracts Pricing Negotiation QHP Addendum Decision Making [PDF - 1.35 MB]
- Third Party Billing Updates [PDF - 625 KB]
Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) (previously Contract Health Services (CHS)):
- CHEF Processing Guide [PDF - 345 KB]
- CHS Regulation Review and Interpretation [PDF - 883 KB]
- Integrating CHS with IPC Program [PDF - 979 KB]
- Referred Care Information System (RCIS) [PDF - 252 KB]
- Web Based Financial Reporting System (WebFRS) [PDF - 6.67 MB]
Health Information Management:
- Coding Billing EM Codes Audit Requirements [PDF - 240 KB]
- EHR Best Practice for HIM [PDF - 251 KB]
- Freedom of Information Act [PDF - 286 KB]
- HIM Update [PDF - 366 KB]
- HIPAA HITECH final rule [PDF - 9.38 MB]
- HIPAA Privacy Act [PDF - 1.04 MB]
- HIPAA Privacy and Security: An Office of Civil Rights Perspective [PDF - 505 KB]
- ICD-10 CM- Disease of the Circulatory System [PDF - 1.04 MB]
- ICD-10 Disease of the Respiratory System [PDF - 663 KB]
- ICD-10 Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders [PDF - 1.20 MB]
- ICD-10 Neoplasms [PDF - 320 KB]
- ICD-10 Overview [PDF - 186 KB]
Tribal/Urban Specific:
- Best Practices Coding Billing AR and Data Analysis for Urban Indian Organizations [PDF - 98 KB]
- Credentialing and Privileging from the Urban Tribal Perspective [PDF - 521 KB]
- Effective Compliance Programs [PDF - 3.06 MB]
- RPMS Finance Monthly Reconciliation Tribal and Urban [PDF - 501 KB]
- Security Risk Analysis and Meaningful Use [PDF - 263 KB]
- Tribal Best Practices for Implementing the ACA [PDF - 395 KB]
