2024 Fall Institute Building Bridges with Payers

In today's ever-changing healthcare landscape, building strong relationships with payers is essential for healthcare organizations to succeed. This course is designed to provide physician leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively communicate with payers and develop strong partnerships.
Through engaging lectures, case studies, and interactive discussions and activities, learners will explore the importance of understanding payer-specific criteria, how hospitals get paid, and what types of contracts and requirements are present Additionally, learners will learn how to optimize the use of peer-to-peer interactions to build lasting relationships with payers to benefit the patient.

Led by an expert instructor with extensive experience in payer negotiations and relationship building, this course will provide learners with practical strategies and techniques for building bridges with payers. Topics covered in this course include:
• Understanding payer-specific criteria
• Developing effective negotiation strategies
• Utilizing peer-to-peer interactions
• Building and maintaining strong payer relationships
• Strategies for addressing conflicts and disputes with payers

Upon completion of this course, learners will have a comprehensive understanding of how to build bridges with payers and develop strong, lasting relationships with a common goal of best care for each individual patient, providing best care for community, preventing healthcare worker burnout, and doing all of this using a cost-effective strategy. They will be equipped with the tools and strategies needed to effectively communicate with payers and succeed in today's challenging healthcare landscape.