John Valenta, Senior Manager of Deloitte & Touche LLP to Speak at KC’s Event on Healthcare Finance Update 2009 on 03/26/2009
New York, NY, January 13, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused webinars announced today that John Valenta, Senior Manager, of Deloitte & Touche LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webinar entitled: “Healthcare Finance Update 2009: How to Cope With Bad Debt, Shrinking Charity & Reimbursement Level,and Expense Management”. This 2-hour event is scheduled on March 26th, 2009, Thursday, at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET. (For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://knowledgecongress.org/event_2008_healthcare.html)
Although better positioned than most industries, Healthcare is not immune to the woes which are plaguing the rest of the economy. Healthcare Finance Executives face many challenges in '09 including: bad debt, shrinking charity care, federal reimbursement shortfalls, and expense management issues. Many are hopeful that a new president and administration will make changes to help alleviate these fiscal maladies though all are preparing for the worst.
The Knowledge Congress has assembled a panel of key thought leaders and experts to help Healthcare professionals cope with all of these issues. The speakers will share their expert opinions in a two-hour Healthcare Finance webinar. The panel will present their findings, which include “Best Practices” in a two-hour Live webinar.
About John Valenta, CPA, MBA
Mr. Valenta has 20 years experience in the healthcare and life sciences industries and advises clients on financial, regulatory and compliance issues. He has participated on numerous engagements with healthcare providers, payers and life sciences organizations and has extensive consulting experience on issues related to government program reimbursement, compliance, government regulations, internal controls and other financial issues. Recently, John has been assisting clients with issues related to the reporting of community benefits provided by not-for-profit hospitals and health systems in support of their tax-exempt status. This has included evaluating hospital’s pricing structure, including pricing strategy, financial modeling of the impact of pricing changes, pricing policies and procedures, charity care and comprehensive resource based pricing studies.
John has also been assisting clients with issues related to their compliance programs, including conducting effectiveness assessments as well as assisting with the development of compliance programs and ongoing auditing and monitoring activities. He has also assisted organizations with developing policies and procedures, providing education and evaluating the organizational structure of the compliance and internal audit functions. John also has been serving a number of the firm’s internal and external audit clients in the payer / provider setting as a subject matter expert covering areas related to internal controls and business processes, including cost reporting and government program billing issues.
John previously served as the Director of Reimbursement & Financial Analysis at a large academic medical center and is very familiar with the revenue cycle issues faced by healthcare providers from the front to the back end, including admitting/registration, billing, coding, pricing, chargemaster, cost reporting and other reimbursement issues. John has served clients by providing financial modeling and analysis of the impact of new Medicare prospective payment systems for skilled nursing facilities, outpatient hospital services, home health agencies and rehabilitation hospitals and units. Other examples of projects John has directed include cost report and reimbursement studies with an emphasis on DSH and medical education reimbursement, supporting attorney led investigations of billing, coding, and cost reporting issues, appeals of government program payment and certification determinations and corporate compliance program implementation and training for providers. He also has provided support on M&A engagements in the health care industry, performing diligence activities on reimbursement and compliance operations.
John is also a frequent speaker on Medicare and other governmental program reimbursement and regulatory issues facing providers, payers and life sciences organizations.
About Deloitte & Touche LLP
“Deloitte” is the brand under which 165,000 dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services to selected clients.
In the US, Deloitte has 102 offices in 92 cites, and employs over 44,000 people, including almost 9,000 CPAs. We have earned praise from many organizations for fostering a supportive culture. We have been especially acknowledged for our dedication to women's advancement, diversity and inclusion, professional development and workplace flexibility.
For more information about John Valenta, and Deloitte & Touche, please visit: www.deloitte.com
###
Although better positioned than most industries, Healthcare is not immune to the woes which are plaguing the rest of the economy. Healthcare Finance Executives face many challenges in '09 including: bad debt, shrinking charity care, federal reimbursement shortfalls, and expense management issues. Many are hopeful that a new president and administration will make changes to help alleviate these fiscal maladies though all are preparing for the worst.
The Knowledge Congress has assembled a panel of key thought leaders and experts to help Healthcare professionals cope with all of these issues. The speakers will share their expert opinions in a two-hour Healthcare Finance webinar. The panel will present their findings, which include “Best Practices” in a two-hour Live webinar.
About John Valenta, CPA, MBA
Mr. Valenta has 20 years experience in the healthcare and life sciences industries and advises clients on financial, regulatory and compliance issues. He has participated on numerous engagements with healthcare providers, payers and life sciences organizations and has extensive consulting experience on issues related to government program reimbursement, compliance, government regulations, internal controls and other financial issues. Recently, John has been assisting clients with issues related to the reporting of community benefits provided by not-for-profit hospitals and health systems in support of their tax-exempt status. This has included evaluating hospital’s pricing structure, including pricing strategy, financial modeling of the impact of pricing changes, pricing policies and procedures, charity care and comprehensive resource based pricing studies.
John has also been assisting clients with issues related to their compliance programs, including conducting effectiveness assessments as well as assisting with the development of compliance programs and ongoing auditing and monitoring activities. He has also assisted organizations with developing policies and procedures, providing education and evaluating the organizational structure of the compliance and internal audit functions. John also has been serving a number of the firm’s internal and external audit clients in the payer / provider setting as a subject matter expert covering areas related to internal controls and business processes, including cost reporting and government program billing issues.
John previously served as the Director of Reimbursement & Financial Analysis at a large academic medical center and is very familiar with the revenue cycle issues faced by healthcare providers from the front to the back end, including admitting/registration, billing, coding, pricing, chargemaster, cost reporting and other reimbursement issues. John has served clients by providing financial modeling and analysis of the impact of new Medicare prospective payment systems for skilled nursing facilities, outpatient hospital services, home health agencies and rehabilitation hospitals and units. Other examples of projects John has directed include cost report and reimbursement studies with an emphasis on DSH and medical education reimbursement, supporting attorney led investigations of billing, coding, and cost reporting issues, appeals of government program payment and certification determinations and corporate compliance program implementation and training for providers. He also has provided support on M&A engagements in the health care industry, performing diligence activities on reimbursement and compliance operations.
John is also a frequent speaker on Medicare and other governmental program reimbursement and regulatory issues facing providers, payers and life sciences organizations.
About Deloitte & Touche LLP
“Deloitte” is the brand under which 165,000 dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services to selected clients.
In the US, Deloitte has 102 offices in 92 cites, and employs over 44,000 people, including almost 9,000 CPAs. We have earned praise from many organizations for fostering a supportive culture. We have been especially acknowledged for our dedication to women's advancement, diversity and inclusion, professional development and workplace flexibility.
For more information about John Valenta, and Deloitte & Touche, please visit: www.deloitte.com
###
Contact
The Knowledge Congress
Thomas LaPointe, Jr., Executive Director
1.800.578.4370
www.knowledgecongress.org
Therese Lumbao, Director
Account Management & Member Services
tlumbao@knowledgecongress.org
Thomas LaPointe, Jr., Executive Director
1.800.578.4370
www.knowledgecongress.org
Therese Lumbao, Director
Account Management & Member Services
tlumbao@knowledgecongress.org
Contact
Categories