2026 Essentials and Fundamentals - Sessions & Speakers

	Medicare’s Two-Midnight Rule and Medicare Basics Juliet Ugarte Hopkins, MD, ACPA-C (Pronouns: She/Her) Payor Peer-to-Peer Physician Advisor with R1 RCM, Inc. Founder/CEO of Velvet Hammer Physician Advising LLC
	Medicare Notifications Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM CEO, Phoenix Medical Management
	Condition Code 44 and Self-Denials Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHRI, ACPA-C Vice President / Regulation & Education Group, R1 Physician Advisory Solutions
	Medicare Severity DRGs Ahmed Abuabdou, MBBS, MBA, ACPA-C Chief Clinical Officer, University of Arkansas Medical Center
	The Physician Advisor Role in Clinical Documentation Integrity Adriane Martin, DO, FACOS, ACPA-C Vice President of Physician Services, Enjoin
	Determining Status for Non-Medicare Payors Erin Boyd, MD, MBA, CHCQM-PHYADV, ACPA-C Associate Chief Medical Officer, Sound Advisory Services
	Peer-to-Peers and Denials Bartho Caponi, MD, FACP, FHM, ACPA-C Clinical Professor Of Medicine, Medical Director, Utilization Management/Physician Advisor Program, UW Health – Madison, Wisconsin
	Physician Advisors and Pediatrics Alyssa Riley, MD, MEd, FAAP, ACPA-C Director, PA for CDI & Financial Integrity, Nationwide Children's Hospital-Toledo
	Chairing the Utilization Management Committee Bartho Caponi, MD, FACP, FHM, ACPA-C Clinical Professor Of Medicine, Medical Director, Utilization Management/Physician Advisor Program, UW Health – Madison, Wisconsin