Reimbursement Training with Cindy Pratt at Community Link Consulting

Session 1: Foundations of a Community Health Center

This session covers the following:

• History and development of community health centers (CHC)

  • Including Section 330 of Public Health Services Act

• Medicare and Medicaid Prospective Payment System (PPS) reimbursement

  • The purpose is so federal CHC funds do not get used to support Medicaid.

  • A high-level history

Target Audience

Wyoming’s community health center CEOs, CFOs

Registration

This is an invitation-only event. All Wyoming CHC CEOs have received information to share with their teams. If you are interested and are a team member at one of our CHCs, please contact your leadership.

Instructor

Cindy Pratt, Community Link Consulting

Cindy is a senior-level finance executive with over 20 years of experience in multiple service industries. Over her career, she has found a passion for serving others and truly enjoys working with mission-driven people who care about each other and their patients. She’s had the opportunity to work with the community healthcare movement, where she served as the CFO at two community health centers in Colorado. Cindy has been very active within the Colorado PCA, CCHN (Colorado Community Health Network), working with fellow fiscal directors on improving the CO Medicaid cost reporting process and advocating for changes beneficial to CHCs. In each experience, she focused on developing teams that work together toward the desired outcomes for the benefit of others. Additionally, she has designed and implemented new technologies to improve reporting capabilities and financial planning and analysis activities. She enjoys budgeting and believes when they are used properly, as a tool alongside strategic planning, they are really helpful