The 6th Annual Meeting of RISE
Effective, Actionable Strategies for Integrating Risk, Revenue and Quality Management*


March 19-21, 2012 • The Hilton Nashville Downtown • Nashville, TN

*Formerly the HCC Management Summit


Join us for our 6th Annual RISE (Risk Adjustment Initiative and Society for Education) Summit*
March 19, 2012 – Optional First Day Tutorial: RISK ADJUSTMENT 101
March 20-21, 2012 – The 6th Annual RISE Summit – THE Must-Attend Event for Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare Providers!


Located just one block from the RISE conference hotel, the Renaissance Nashville is a distinctive property perfectly positioned in the hard of the business district. To view the hotel’s website, Click: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bnash?groupCode=frafraa&app=resvlink&fromDate=3/18/12&toDate=3/21/12
*This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 17 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.

The 6th Annual RISE Summit: Strategies for Integrating Risk, Revenue and Quality Management for MA Plans and Providers has been approved for 17 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).


A few subjects to be discussed in this year’s program:

  • Real-life tales about the parallel submission of RAPS and encounter data
  • The latest on the RADV extrapolation and its effects
  • Star ratings: What are plans doing to monitor them year-round?
  • How is the industry handling the EMR transition and automation of the HCC system?
  • The very latest innovations in prospective assessments
  • NEW! A one-day Risk Adjustment Boot Camp tutorial
  • Strategic perspectives: where should your plan allocate its resources?
  • Best practices in linking prospective assessments and clinical management
  • Optimizing your provider interactions
  • How much of your chart review and prospective assessments should you do in-house?
  • Nuances of the ICD-10 transition
  • ...and so much more!

People are Talkin’ ‘bout the 2011 RISE Nashville Event

"Great topics, friendly vendors, lots of networking. I met a lot of new people whom I will keep in contact with for a long time. I met vendors that I can utilize their services in my current health plan.” Deborah Attvater, Healthspring

“Overall, I think it was very helpful and informative. I learned a lot during the two days here. I enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends. I’m looking forward to returning next year.”

“Great networking and sharing of success stories.”

Who Was There?

Head Of Medicare Revenue Aetna
VP Outreach And Development APS Healthcare Medical Director-federal Business Division BCBS MI
CMS Operations Mgr 1 Blue Cross Blue Shield Alabama
Manager, Operational Reporting BlueCross BlueShield of TN
Director Of Peformance Improvement Brown & Towland Group
Chief Operating Officer Cardiovascular Consultants
Medical Director Chinese Community Health Plan
Business Intelligence Analyst Community Health Plan of Washington
CIO Easy Choice Health Plan
Vp, Medicare Finance Excellus BC/BS
Manager, Budgeting And Analysis Gateway Health Plan
Coding & Compliance Supervisor Graybill Medical Group
RN, CCM, Dir. Of Network Operations Access Health Providers
Medicare Risk Adjustment Specialist Health New England
Director of Curriculum American Academy of Professional Coders
VP-Medicare Data Quality Operations Healthspring, Inc
Manager, Patient Business Services Arch Health Partners
Medical Director Hometown Health
Director BCBS of Massachusetts
Director Of Healthcare Analysis Inland Empire Health Plan
ICD-10 Program Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachussetts
Senior Medicare Operations Specialist L.A. Care Health Plan
President BlueGreen Healthcare
Principal Mohawk Health Group
VP Medicare Programs Capital Blue Cross
Risk Adjustment Manager MVP/Preferred Care
HCC Risk and Education Manager CareMore Health Plan
Executive Director-health Management Network Health Plan
CFO Citzens Choice Health Plan
Project Consultant/ President Northwest Physicians Network/ BCH, LLC
Director Information Systems Complexcare Solutions
RN Presbyterian Healthcare Services
VP Enterprise Consulting Solutions
Sr. Auditor Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
Chief Operating Officer Family Choice of New York
MD, MS, Chief Medical Director Scott & White Health Plan
Director Geisinger Health Plan
Medical Records Coordinator Group Health Plan/Coventry
Director of coding and healthcare management Health Texas Medical Group
CEO AE & Associates
Team Lead Healthspring/Bravo
Director Risk Adjustment Amerigroup Corp.
Data AnalystHorizon BCBS
Qa/um Director Atrio Health Plans
Executive Assistant Inter Valley Health Plan
Medicare Risk Operations Manager Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
Director Medicare Risk Adjustment Revenue Lovelace Health Plan
Director, Medicare Revenue Blue Shield of California
Manager, Quality & Performance Improvement Monarch HealthCare
Director of Medical Informatics Bristol Park Medical Group
Manager Of Risk Adjustment Programs NAMM
Director, Analytics & Actuarial Services Capital Health Plan, Inc
Director Of Medicare Risk Adjustment NHP
Director Central Florida Inpatient Medicine
Vice President Of Operations Physicians DataTrust
Director of Finance Community Health Group
CFO Prime Care Medical Network Inc
Associate Medical Director DOHC
Rn Clinical Leader Riverside Physician Network
CEO Essence Healthcare
Sr. Provider Relations/Contract Specialist Scripps
President Fana Medical Group
Vice President GHG
VP, Medicare Operations, Government Programs Health Net
Director HCC Programs HealthCare Partners Medical Group
CFO Access Managed Care
VP, Medicare Programs HMSA/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii
CIO American Health Medicare
Project Coordinator, Government Audits INDEPENDENT HEALTH
Chief Medical Officer Arizona Integrated Physicians
Sr Financial Analyst Kelsey-Seybold
Manager Blue Care Network
MRA Liaison Metcare of FLorida
Senior Healthcare Analyst BCBS of Michigan
Revenue Data Management Analyst MVP Health Plan
Director Bravo Health
Supervisor, Medicare Risk Adjustment Network Health Insurance Corporation
Vice President, Medicare Products Capital District Physicians' Health Plan
Director North Texas Specialty Physicians
Healthcare Analyst Supervisor CareOregon
Director of Medicare Revenue Management Presbyterian Health Plan
Sr. Director Of Quality Common Wealth Care Alliance
Sr. Consultant Regence
Director Of Medicare Quality Coventry Health Care
VP Network Medical Management SCAN Health Plan
President Episource
Chief Financial Officer Security Health Plan of Wisconsin
Administrative Services Manager FamilyCare, Inc
Senior Medical Director GEMCare Health Plan
Medical Quality Coordinator Health First Health Plans, Inc.
HCC Lead Physician Healthcare Partners
Director, Government Programs Hill Physicians Medical Group
Corporate Director, Medicare Risk Adjustment Humana
Senior Manager Medicare Risk And Business Strategy Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Manager Revenue Management Martins Point Healthcare
Director Provider Relations Montefiore
QI Executive Director NAMM California
VP, Health Services North American Medical Management
CEO Precision Healthcare Systems
VP, Performance Programs Prospect
Manager Hcc Programs SCAN
Auditor, Educator Scripps Coastal Medical Center
Data Analyst Triple S Salud
CFO University Physicians Health Plans
Risk VIVA Medicare Plus
Assistant VP, Quality & Clinical Compliance Windsor/Sterling
Director Tufts Health Plan
Supervisor Of MRA Universal Health Care
Director of Risk Adjustment Viva Health, Inc
Director Of Clinical Data Operations WellMed Medical Group
Manager, Risk Adjustment Program The Regence Group
CEO Southern California Physicians Managed Care Services
Director Of Medicare Risk Vista Health Plan
Sr. Vice President, Health Delivery Operations WellMed Medical Management, Inc
AVP, Medicare Revenue Enhancement Windsor Health Plans, Inc.
Director, Physician Education & Support Services St. John's Health System
Senior Manager UPMC Health Plan
VP Healthcare Analytics Wellcare Health Plans, Inc
Director Sutter Medical Network



Team Discounts Are Available!

Contact Therese Powers at 704-341-2437 or tpowers@frallc.com