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Healthcare Audit and Compliance Professionals:
The 2005 Conference Committee has put together an outstanding program to meet the educational needs of AHIA’s diverse healthcare audience. As you have come to expect, the conference offers opportunities for professional growth in healthcare internal, medical and compliance auditing through the sharing of best practices and the tools used by experienced practitioners.

This year’s conference emphasizes the revenue cycle and adds sessions on information technology topics. These were your suggestions in last year’s conference evaluations - We heard you! Look for a track devoted to the revenue cycle, as well as the Revenue Cycle 101 optional session. Information technology sessions include Internal Audit’s Role in Information System Implementations as an optional session and conference workshops on Integrating IT into the Audit Shop, CAAT’s, and continuous monitoring; several sessions also cover CobIT. Also, checkout the sessions on control frameworks for information you wanted on Sarbanes Oxley Section 404.

If you’re new to healthcare or auditing, the Healthcare Auditor’s Toolkit track is for you, as is the Revenue Cycle 101 optional session and other basic level conference workshops. Several of the optional sessions and workshops in the Emerging Issues and Compliance tracks will appeal to experienced audit and compliance professionals.

Whatever your current responsibilities and experience, you will fi nd sessions to add knowledge and improve your skills. Choose sessions in the track for your area of expertise or switch between tracks to learn about something new. For example, if you’re not a medical auditor, attend a workshop in the Clinical track; if you’ve never done an IT audit, checkout what others are doing in the IT-related sessions.

AHIA’s 2005 Conference also will be the place for developing new ideas, personal skills and resources. The two general sessions will give us insight into the future of healthcare, and into increasing our productivity and job satisfaction. Several events will facilitate building your network of peers and investigating the products and services that support our success.

The 2005 Conference Committee has delivered the educational opportunities; these are your notes. Compose your music (i.e., register and select your sessions) and
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And, very importantly, we want you to have fun and enjoy Nashville.

Joyce L. Lang, CPA, CIA,
2005 Conference Chair and
Debi Weatherford, CIA,
2005 Chairman of the Board

AHIA 2005 Annual Conference Committee

Evelyn Gross, CPC, CMM, Compliance Auditor,

Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ

Joyce L. Lang, CPA, CIA, Legacy Health System, Portland, OR; 2005 Conference Chair

Bradley N. King, CPA, Principal, Larson, Allen, Weishair, & Co., Charlotte, NC

Debbie Radke, CPA, Director, Medicine Operational Audits, John Hopkins Institutions, Baltimore, MD

J. Todd Randolph, Senior Auditor, Ardent Health, Nashville, TN

Margie Treadman-Ackermann, RN, Manager, Revenue Integrity, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO