Oct. 13-18: Multiple national gatherings among key upcoming healthcare events

National healthcare finance leaders will gather next week in various cities across the country to discuss the latest developments in physician practice, post-acute care and emergency medical services. HFMA also will sponsor a webinar on building better networks.

Information on those events is below, along with our complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of Oct. 13.

Sunday, Oct. 13

MGMA19 annual conference, New Orleans (through Oct. 16).

Home Care & Hospice Conference & Expo 2019, Seattle (through Oct. 15).

70th AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo, Orlando (through Oct. 16).

Monday, Oct. 14

Webinar sponsored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) titled “What It Takes to Lead in the Converging Healthcare Ecosystem: Leadership Lessons from the Field.” Learn more.

Deadline for nominations to participate on a CMS technical expert panel to re-evaluate inpatient claims-based outcome measures. Learn more.

EMS World Expo 2019, New Orleans (through Oct. 18). Learn more.

Tuesday, Oct. 15

Webinar sponsored by HFMA titled “Building a better network for patients, providers and the bottom line.”

Start of Medicare’s annual open enrollment for Medicare Advantage and Part D. Learn more.

Webinar sponsored by AHA titled “Financing Community Health: Unlocking Investments to Address SDOH.”

Webinar sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans titled “The 4 Cs of Value-Based Care.”

National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity symposium on revenue integrity, Orlando (through Oct. 16). Learn more.

Webcast of workshop by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine titled “Key Policy Challenges to Improve Care for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders” (through Oct. 16). Learn more.

Wednesday, Oct. 16

Webinar by a CMS contractor in the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program titled “Crunching the Numbers: Reviewing Your Hospital’s Data.” Learn more.

American Bar Association’s ERISA Basics National Institute, Chicago (through Oct. 18).

2019 Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit, New York City (through Oct. 18).

Hearing by a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee titled “E-cigarettes: An Emerging Threat to Public Health.”

Hearing by the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee titled “Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic.”

Hearing by the Senate Aging Committee titled “Falls Prevention: National, State and Local Solutions to Better Support Seniors.” Learn more.

Webinar sponsored by AHA titled “How to reduce third-party supply chain security risks.”

Thursday, Oct. 17

Hearing by the House Ways and Means Committee titled “Investing in the U.S. Health System by Lowering Drug Prices, Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs and Improving Medicare Benefits.”

2nd Annual Employee Health, Benefits and Well-Being Congress, Dallas (through Oct. 18).

Public meeting sponsored by The Atlantic magazine in Washington, D.C. titled “The State of Care: The Health Ecosystem.”