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This year a special Resident Track has been added all day Saturday that concentrates on basic practice management information relevant to Residents.
This is a meeting that you won’t want to miss. Educational offerings include:
CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM (Additional registration fee applies.)
• Friday morning and/or afternoon sessions with luncheon
• Exposure to topics relating to the business side of your practice to make you more knowledgeable, especially in the important financial area
• 6 CME Credits for attendance at morning and afternoon sessions
CONFERENCE ON PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
• Sessions begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday
• Saturday sessions include the popular Discussion Tables where you can ask questions of
the speakers in small groups
• Sunday morning sessions that conclude at 11:30 a.m.
• Friday and Saturday night Receptions in Exhibit Hall
• Saturday buffet lunch in Exhibit Hall
• More exhibitors showing more products and services for your practice
• Continental breakfasts and breaks
• Networking time
• 15 CME Credits for attendance at all sessions
NEW RESIDENT TRACK
• Residents are encouraged to take advantage of this track focusing on the basics of
practice management
• Specific resident sessions all day Saturday
• Saturday buffet lunch in Exhibit Hall
• All other Conference on Practice Management sessions and activities included
• 7.25 CME Credits for attendance at all Saturday Resident sessions
- Friday, January 23
- Saturday, January 24
- Saturday, January 24, 2009 - Resident Practice Management Track
- Sunday, January 25
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Friday, January 23
8:00 a.m.
Registration Opens
Certificate in Business Administration Program
(Requires Separate Registration at Additional Fee)
Certificate in Business Administration Program Objectives
Morning Session:
• Understand key financial ratios to track medical practice performance
• Learn how to benchmark key financial ratios
• Understand the inter-relationships between these ratios
• Learn how to improve the financial health of the practice using these ratios
• Understand flexible budgeting and variance analysis
• Examine financial impact analysis
• Look at what’s on the horizon in managed care
• To identify one’s own interpersonal communications style through pencil and paper assessment instruments
• To examine and understand the basic elements of interpersonal communication, listening skills, assertiveness, and personal influence tactics
• To understand and develop skills involving style modification to influence “difficult others” (i.e., managers, customers, etc.) both verbally and non-verbally
• To understand the issues of broken trust and the steps of rebuilding trust and relationship improvement
• To be able to understand an apply specific negotiation tactics and communication techniques aimed at diffusing anger and non-productive behavior
Afternoon Session:
• Understand Balanced Score Cards and Dashboards
• Learn how Balanced Score Cards and Dashboards are used in healthcare
• Evaluate activity based accounting and how to use it in healthcare
• Study hospital financial ratios and how to use them
• Learn how to write a business plan
• To be able to diagnose one’s own team’s effectiveness and culture
• To understand the role of norms, roles, goals, and team procedures, and to apply techniques to develop such
• To be able to use specific team building techniques to facilitate communication, trust, and greater cohesion and respect
• To be able to plan and facilitate both traditional and virtual meetings in a highly professional manner
• To be able to apply facilitation tools and techniques to develop and leading teams
• To be able to apply group decision-making techniques for a variety of institutional and practice related problems and opportunities
9:00 – Noon
The Business Side of Your Practice: Therapeutic Analysis for Your Practice
Dianne B. Love, Ph.D. Asa C. Lockhart, M.D., M.B.A.
Dealing With Difficult Others: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Kevin C. Wooten, Ph.D.
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
The Business Side of Your Practice: Are Your Practice Dashboards Showing Red, Full, or Empty?
Dianne B. Love, Ph.D. Asa C. Lockhart, M.D., M.B.A.
Team Building and Meeting Management: Oops, it Group’s
Kevin C. Wooten, Ph.D.
Practice Management Program
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Preview of Exhibits: Exhibit Hall Open
5:00 – 5:15 p.m.
Welcome to the Conference
Amr E. Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A.
Legal M&M Conference
Moderator: TBA
5:15 – 5:55 p.m.
Do You Know Where Your Compliance Plan Is?
Vicki Myckowiak, Esq.
5:55 – 6:35 p.m.
Contracting M&M Cases
Judith Jurin Semo, J.D.
6:35 – 7:15 p.m.
An Auditor’s Cases
Devona Slater
7:15 – 7:30 p.m.
Questions & Answers
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception With Exhibitors
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Saturday, January 24
6:30 – 7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast/Registration
7:00 – 7:15 a.m.
Announcements
Amr E. Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A.
7:15 – 8:00 a.m.
ASA President’s Update
Roger A. Moore, M.D.
Practice Management M&M Conference
Moderator: Amr E. Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A.
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Lessons From Taking on New Hospitals
Timothy J. Dowd, M.D.
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Lessons From an Administrator Consultant
Pat Everett
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Lessons From Bad Situations
Asa C. Lockhart, M.D., M.B.A.
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Dealing With a Difficult Partner
Nancy L. Glass, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.P.
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Anesthesia Information Management Systems (AIMS): 2009 and Beyond
Michael M. Vigoda M.D., M.B.A.
11:15 – 12:00 p.m.
Results of the Rand Survey of ASA Members
Krishna B. Kumar, Ph.D.
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch in Exhibit Hall Perioperative Outcomes Registry
Moderator: David C. Mackey, M.D.
1:30 – 1:55 p.m.
The Role of Clinical Data Registries in the National Quality Process: A Surgical Quality Alliance Perspective
Frank G. Opelka, M.D.
1:55 – 2:20 p.m.
Perioperative Outcomes Databases: A Clinical and Business Imperative
Frank A. Rosinia, M.D.
2:20 – 2:45 p.m.
Perioperative Patient Registries: What Is the Role of the ASA?
Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D.
2:45 – 3:10 p.m.
ASA Registry: Nuts and Bolts
Jason Byrd, J.D.
3:10 – 3:30 p.m.
Questions and Answers
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
Added-Value Services
Michael W. Champeau, M.D.
4:00 – 4:25 p.m.
Making Your Group Indispensable
John F. DiCapua, M.D.
4:25 – 4:50 p.m.
Putting a Dollar Figure on What You Do
Stanley W. Stead, M.D., M.B.A
4:50 – 5:15 p.m.
But Can You Get Paid for It?
Judith Jurin Semo, J.D.
5:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Questions and Answers
5:45 – 7:00 p.m.
Discussion Tables: Talk With Speakers
6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Reception in Exhibit Hall With Door Prizes
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Saturday, January 24, 2009 - Resident Practice Management Track
Objectives - Broaden the knowledge of senior residents on:
• Contracts
• Evaluating prospective practices
• Preparing for the first job
• Basic billing and collecting
• Hospital/medical staff organization
• Peer review and medical staff rights
• Participation in organized medicine
• HIPAA, JCAHO and P4P compliances
• Working with non-physician anesthetists
• QA
8:00 – 8:15 a.m.
ASA President’s Welcome
Roger A. Moore, M.D.
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
Rules of Engagement: Getting Paid for What You Do
Stanley W. Stead, M.D.
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Evaluating a Billing Company
Howard M. Schapiro, M.D.
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Hospital/Medical Staff Relations
Asa C. Lockhart, M.D., M.B.A.
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Compliances
Lars E. Helgeson, M.D.
11:30 – 12:15 p.m.
“Pearls” in Negotiating With Your Hospital or Group
Judith Jurin Semo, J.D.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Panel and Breakout Session: CV Formatting
Practice Management Committee Members
Creating the Best “First Impression”
Drs. Helgeson, Panzica, Stead, Merrill, Councilman, Otto
2:15 -3:15 p.m.
Evaluating a Prospective Practice
David A. Cross, M.D.
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Panel: Providing Value-Added Services to Your Hospital: Making Your Anesthesiology Department Indispensable
Acute/Chronic Pain Service
Douglas G. Merrill, M.D.
Airway/Code Teams/ICU
Charles W. Otto, M.D.
OB/GI/EP Lab/Off Site
Lisa M. Councilman, M.D.
Pre-Anesthesia Assessment/ PACU/OR Management
Linda B. Hertzberg, M.D.
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
General Q & A
All speakers
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Sunday, January 25
6:30 – 7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast/Registration
7:00 – 7:15 a.m.
Announcements
Amr E. Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A.
Payers’ Perspective
Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D.
7:15 – 7:45 a.m.
CMS and You: Physician Issues
William D. Rogers, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
7:45 – 8:15 a.m.
Arizona Perspective: Medicaid Value-Based Purchasing
Marc L. Leib, M.D., J.D.
8:15 – 8:45 a.m.
UnitedHealthcare and Anesthesia Services
Richard A. Justman, M.D.
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
Washington, New Presidents, and the ASA
Moderator: Robert E. Johnstone, M.D., M.B.A.
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Washington Office: Update
Ron Szabat, J.D.
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Regulatory Issues
Jason Byrd, J.D.
Sharon Merrick, CCS-P
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
ASA Pundits Roundtable
Robert E. Johnstone, M.D., M.B.A.
Norman A. Cohen, M.D.
Stanley W. Stead M.D.
Ron Szabat, J.D.
Jason Byrd, J.D.
11:30 a.m.
Adjournment and Final Announcements
Amr E. Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A.
Conference Chair
Amr E. Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A.*
Chair, ASA Committee on Practice Management
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Texas Medical Branch -
Galveston, Texas
Certificate in Business Administration Program Chair
Asa C. Lockhart, M.D., M.B.A.*
Principal, Golden Caduceus Consultants
Partner, East Texas Anesthesiology Associates -
Tyler, Texas
Resident Track Chair
David A. Cross, M.D.*
Associate Professor,
Texas A&M Health Sciences Center -
Temple, Texas
Department of Anesthesiology,
Scott and White Hospital -
Temple, Texas
Faculty
Jason Byrd, J.D.
Associate Director of Practice Management and Quality Initiatives
American Society of Anesthesiologists,
Office of Governmental and Legal Affairs -
Washington, D.C.
Michael W. Champeau, M.D.
President, Associated Anesthesiologists - Palo Alto, California
Norman A. Cohen, M.D.
2009 Section Chair for Professional Practice,
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine
Oregon Health & Sciences University - Portland, Oregon
Lisa M. Councilman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,
Texas A&M Health Sciences Center - Temple, Texas
Co-Director, OB Anesthesiology,
Scott and White Memorial Hospital - Temple, Texas
John F. DiCapua, M.D.
Chair, Department of Anesthesia
North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Manhasset, New York
Timothy J. Dowd, M.D.
Chairman, Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Managing Partner, North American Partners in Anesthesia - Poughkeepsie, New York
Pat Everett
ProSTAT Anesthesia Advisors
Alpharetta, Georgia
Nancy L. Glass, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.P.
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Anesthesia Education, Faculty Development, and Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Pain Service Texas Children’s Hospital - Houston, Texas
Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D.
President-Elect, American Society of Anesthesiologists
Anesthesia Department, Newton-Wellesley Hospital - Newton, Massachusetts
Lars E. Helgeson, M.D.
Department of Anesthesia Compliance Officer, Yale University School of Medicine
Madison, Connecticutt
Linda B. Hertzberg, M.D.*
Anesthesia Consultants of Fresno - Fresno, California
Robert E. Johnstone, M.D.*
Vice President for Professional Affairs, American Society of Anesthesiologists
Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University - Morgantown, West Virginia
Richard A. Justman, M.D.
National Medical Director, UnitedHealthcare - Edina, Minnesota
Krishna B. Kumar, Ph.D.
Senior Economist, RAND & Lead
Rosenfeld Program on Asian Development ,
Pardee RAND Graduate School - Santa Monica, California
Marc Leib, M.D., J.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System - Phoenix, Arizona
Dianne B. Love, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Healthcare Administration, University of Houston – Clear Lake - Houston, Texas
David C. Mackey, M.D.*
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, Texas
Sharon Merrick, CCS-P
Coding and Reimbursement Manager, American Society of Anesthesiologists - Washington, D.C.
Douglas G. Merrill, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics - Iowa City, Iowa
Roger A. Moore, M.D.
President, American Society of Anesthesiologists
Anesthesiology Department, Deborah Heart & Lung Center - Brown Mills, New Jersey
Vicki Myckowiak, Esq.
Myckowiak Associates, P.C. - Detroit, Michigan
Frank Opelka, M.D.
Chairman, Surgical Quality Alliance
Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine - New Orleans, Louisiana
Charles W. Otto, M.D.
Vice President for Scientific Affairs, American Society of Anesthesiologists
Professor of Anesthesiology and Associate Professor of Medicin,e University of Arizona Health & Science Center - Tucson, Arizona
Peter J. Panzica, M.D.*
Department of Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Boston, Massachusetts
William D. Rogers, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Medical Officer, Office of the Administrator Director, Physicians Regulatory Issues Team
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Alexandria, Virginia
Frank A. Rosinia, M.D.*
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic - New Orleans, Louisiana
Howard M. Schapiro, M.D.*
Associate Professor and Chair,
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Vermont College of Medicine - Burlington, Vermont
Judith Jurin Semo, J.D.
Judith Jurin Semo, PLLC - Washington, D.C.
Devona Slater
Auditing For Compliance and Education, Inc. - Leawood, Kansas
Stanley W. Stead, M.D., M.B.A.
Chair, ASA Committee on Economics
President, Stead Health Group, Inc. - Encino, California
Ronald P. Szabat, J.D., LL.M.
Executive Vice President — External Affairs & General Counsel
American Society of Anesthesiologists, Office of Governmental and Legal Affairs - Washington, DC
Joseph W. Szokol, M.D., J.D., M.B.A.
Vice Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Northshore University HealthSystem - Evanston, Illinois
Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine - Chicago, Illinois
Michael M. Vigoda, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor Director, Center for Perioperative Informatics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Miami, Florida
*Member, ASA Committee on Practice Management
Registration Information
The Conference on Practice Management registration is limited to 600 persons. Registration for the separate Certificate in Business Administration Program is limited to 150.
Priority will be given to members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and members of the Anesthesia Administration Assembly (AAA).
Registration Fees Conference on Practice Management The Conference on Practice Management registration fee includes a continental breakfast each morning, lunch on Saturday, refreshment breaks each day and two receptions. Registration fee must accompany the registration form to guarantee enrollment. |
Special Accommodations
If you require special accommodations, please include a letter describing your needs and submit with your registration.
Hotel Rooms
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Arizona Grand Resort located at 8000 S. Arizona Grand Parkway in Phoenix, Arizona. For reservations, please call the Resort at 877-800-4888. The Resort has a $10 per day resort fee that is optional for ASA attendees. The resort fee includes admittance to the on-site Oasis Water Park (seasonal) and Fitness Center, shuttle service to Arizona Mills Mall, high-speed Internet access and other amenities. Reservations will be accepted until December 30, 2008, or until the block is filled, whichever occurs first. The Resort is 7 miles from the airport.
Further Information
For additional information, contact the ASA Executive Office at (847) 825-5586 or m.teister@asahq.org.
