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Joseph Zebrowitz, MD

Medicare Advantage and the 2-Midnight Rule

Joseph R. Zebrowitz, MD, is founder/president of Versalus Health, a company providing hospitals with next-generation analytic and operational solutions focused on the intersection of utilization management, revenue cycle, and compliance. Previously, Zebrowitz served as executive vice president for Executive Health Resources, where he was a trusted advisor to thousands of hospitals and established the standard for medical necessity reviews. He has focused his career on helping hospitals gain an accurate picture of their compliance and revenue integrity. He is a NAHRI Advisory Board member.

Kimberly A. Hoy, JD

Breaking Down Prior Authorization Requirements for OPPS Departments & Practical Solutions for Inpatient-Only Compliance 

Kimberly A. Hoy, JD, s the director of Medicare and compliance for HCPro. She is a lead regulatory specialist and lead instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp®—Hospital Version and Medicare Boot Camp—Utilization Review Version. She is also an instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp—Critical Access Hospital Version. Hoy is a former hospital compliance officer and in-house legal counsel, and has 10 years of experience teaching, speaking, and writing about Medicare coverage, payment, and coding regulations and requirements.

Bonnie Geld, MSW

Managing Capacity and Reimbursement at the Access Point During and After COVID-19

Bonnie Geld, MSW, is president and CEO of The Center for Case Management and has more than 20 years’ experience in case management with a focus on design of longitudinal case management programs, strategic design and development of transition programs, process improvement, team building, and integration of social work and RN roles. She has been the system director for case management services for a five-hospital system in western Massachusetts, has served as director of care management in Minneapolis and Houston, and has developed and implemented successful care management programs in other states. She has launched a variety of educational programs and workshops on promoting Lean actions, team interventions, rapid-cycle assessments, and integrated care planning.