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We invite you to share your time, talent and expertise, and do your part to better the healthcare internal audit community.

The deadline for FIRST ROUND CONSIDERATION for the 2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE is December 10, 2019. Please feel empowered to submit at any point - we collect presentation ideas year round.

We are seeking topics in the following subject matter areas:

Operations and auditing of primary and secondary care settings (i.e., physician practices, acute care hospitals, ancillary departments, secondary care settings)

Revenue cycle processes and A/R management

Health plan administration and operations

Compliance regulations, monitoring and auditing

Healthcare internal audit leadership and skills, including risk management, ERM, strategic planning

Core audit skills, including risk assessment, audit planning and execution and reporting

Emerging issues

Information Systems/Security

Fraud prevention and detection

Data analytics

If your presentation concept does not fit into the stated topics, we still want to hear from you! We are always looking for new topics that will benefit our membership. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Program Types

Annual Conference: The AHIA 39th Annual Conference will be held September 20-23, 2020, at the Seattle Sheraton in Seattle, Washington. Conference presentation options include 2 to 4-hour and full day pre-conference workshops and 50-minute and 100-minute breakout sessions. Each session should include an interactive discussion of the topic, practical applications and 10-15 minutes of Q&A. Proposals should focus on internal audit or compliance subjects specific to healthcare.

Regional Seminars: AHIA Regional Seminars provide a more intimate forum for healthcare internal auditors to network and interact with their peers while sharing internal audit best practices. These live, in-person sessions are designed to be highly interactive to promote attendee participation and sharing of best practices, audit approaches and techniques. 50-minute and 100-minute presentations are sought. Regional events take place at a variety of locations through the US.

Webinars: AHIA provides a variety of remote learning opportunities through its webinar programs. Present to an eager audience without leaving your home or office. AHIA offers a broad range of programming to keep members and stakeholders up to speed with the ever-changing landscape. Webinar presentations are 50-minute to 100-minute depending on the subject matter area.

Tech Talk: These quarterly, free-to-members, 50-minute webinars are focused solely on information systems/security topics. Participants are encouraged to submit questions before the session to promote presenter-facilitated discussion.

AHIA EHR Auditor User Group - Epic: Established to connect Epic users to one another through online and in-person educational events and discussion forums. It is our goal to enhance EHR auditing skills throughout the profession by sharing best practices and lessons learned, identifying audit risks and developing references. Presentation opportunities include live and remote options.

New Perspectives on Healthcare Risk Management, Control and Governance and Digital Insights: Our quarterly printed journal and bi-annual digital-only publications address up-to-date information, current trends and issues in the areas of financial auditing, operational auditing, medical auditing, management and consulting, and information systems auditing, as well as the healthcare industry and the auditing profession. Please contact our editor, Michael Fabrizius to propose an article directly. Visit https://www.ahia.org/news/new-perspectives/writers-guidelines/ to view writer guidelines.

White Papers: AHIA is seeking white papers on topics concerning the art and science of healthcare internal auditing. A white paper is an authoritative report or guidance that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem or make a decision. We welcome papers aimed at beginner to expert level practitioners. This includes original content clearly related to healthcare internal auditing that does not promote commercial products or services. Visit https://www.ahia.org/news/white-papers/ for complete details.