On October 14, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule implementing the Quality Payment Program (QPP), part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Significant focus was placed on the protection of small, independent practices and in 2017 some may be excluded from the requirements due to low volume thresholds.
Join us for our complimentary webinar — MACRA: Coming to Terms with the New World of Medicare. This webinar will help you decode the complexities of the final regulation, discuss the most important things your practice needs to know right away, and help your organization prepare for the transition to the Quality Payment Program beginning January 1, 2017.
Date: Friday, December 9, 2016
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. PST
Cost: Complimentary to physicians and their office staff
About Our Presenters
Robert H. Bradner is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Holland & Knight. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Bradner spent 13 years in government service, including seven as chief of staff and counsel to Congressman John Edward Porter of Illinois, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies, and Senior Member of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs. He also practiced in intergovernmental and environmental law in the firm's Chicago office.
Mr. Bradner possesses over a decade of experience successfully impacting the development of policy by the Department of Health and Human Services in such areas as Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, the regulation of healthcare providers, and biomedical research and development. He has a similar record of involvement in the development of employment and labor policies. His work with the education community has included assisting academic medical centers and research universities to address research resource issues and to obtain regulatory relief, helping institutions of higher education to address workforce, liability and funding needs and advocating on elementary and secondary education issues.
Miranda Franco is a senior public affairs advisor in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Group. She has more than a decade of collective experience in health policy and government relations, representing advocacy positions to policymakers, national physician specialty societies, state medical societies, hospitals and other healthcare organizations.
Ms. Franco has extensive knowledge of Medicare's physician and hospital reimbursement process, Medicare's quality improvement initiatives, advancements in health information technology, Accountable Care Organizations and other innovative payment models, health system reform, public health preparedness programs, implementation of MACRA, and other healthcare industry-related issues. She routinely advises on coding, coverage and reimbursement for both providers and life science companies, and builds coalitions that advance the healthcare priorities of her clients.