Day One
Friday, August 9
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| 1:00 - 1:10 pm |
Welcome and Announcements Course Directors |
| 1:10 - 2:00 pm |
Keynote Presentation Has the Dust Settled? GI Practice in 2014 & Beyond
Joel Shalowitz, MD, MBA, FACP
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| 2:00 - 3:00 pm |
Panel Discussion and Response Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE
Lawrence R. Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG
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Questions and Answers |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Break and Exhibits Playing Nice with the Gorillas I:
Hospitals
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| 3:30 - 4:30 pm |
How to Serve 2 Masters Lawrence R. Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG
What can GI Groups Deliver?
Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE
Playing Nice with the Gorillas II: Payors
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| 4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Playing Nice With The Gorillas II:
What do Payors Want, What do They Know?
Opella Finley Ernest, MD
Becoming the Group of Choice (without losing
your shirt)
James Leavitt, MD
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| 5:00 - 5:30 pm |
Questions and Answers |
| 5:30 - 7:00 pm |
Reception and Exhibits |
Day Two
Saturday, August 10
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| 7:30 - 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast and Exhibits |
| 8:00 - 8:05 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:05 - 8:45 am |
Keynote Presentation Exchanges: 2014 is here; Where will you be?
Michael E. Chernew, PhD
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| 8:45 - 9:00 am |
Questions and Answers
Great Expectations I |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am |
Accreditation for your Center: Minding the Ps & Qs Michon Villanueva, MHA
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| 9:30 - 9:50 am |
ASC Operations Survey: How are we doing? Frank J. Chapman, MBA
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| 9:50 - 10:00 am |
Questions and Answers |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am |
Break and Exhibits |
| 10:30 - 11:15 am |
IT: When will Use get Meaningful? Rebecca Armato
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| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm |
Social Media: Doing it Right (so it does it for you, not to you) Lee A. Aase
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| 12:00 - 12: 30 pm |
Questions and Answers |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch in Exhibit Hall Coming Storms & Golden Opportunities
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| 1:30 - 2:00 pm |
Reimbursement Storm Clouds Joel V. Brill, MD, FASGE, AGAF, CHCQM
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| 2:00 - 2:15 pm |
Evaluation and Management (E&M) Opportunities Glenn D. Littenberg, MD
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| 2:15 - 2:30 pm |
GI Code Changes Pending
Joel V. Brill, MD, FASGE, AGAF, CHCQM |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm |
Perspective on Path Economics / Q&A Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE
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| 3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Break and Exhibits (Last day for Exhibits) |
| 3:30 - 4:15 pm |
Web Resources your Practice will Love Serena Keshishi
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| 4:15 - 4:30 pm |
Questions and Answers |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm |
ICD10: It's Nearly Here!
Kathleen A. Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P, CMSCS, PCS |
| 5:00 - 5:30 pm |
So what are we doing? - Response, Q&A Alejandro Fernandez, MBA, CMPE and
Randy Farber, MSHA
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Day Three
Sunday, August 11
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| 6:30 - 7:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 - 7:35 am |
Announcements and Introductions
Accountable Care "R" Us |
| 7:35 - 8:00 am |
Update on CMS initiatives (carrots or sticks)?
Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH, FASGE, AGAF |
| 8:00 - 8:30 am |
Developing a Practice Dashboard Rajeev Jain, MD, FASGE, AGAF
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
The High Performing Practice David N. Gans, MSHA, FACMPE
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| 9:00 - 9:15 am |
Questions and Answers Great Expectations II
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| 9:15 - 10:15 am |
Compliance: who expects what, who's out to get you? Robert W. Liles, MBA, MS, JD
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| 10:15 - 10:30 am |
Questions and Answers |
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Breakout Sessions (choose one to attend) |
| 10:45 - 11:30 am |
1) Practical Solutions for solo/small groups Randy Farber, MSHA and Robert W. Liles, MBA, MSHA, JD
2) What are larger groups doing?
James Leavitt, MD, and Klaus Mergener, MD,
PhD, MBA, FASGE
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Final Session & Wrap Up |
| 11:45 am - 12: 30 pm |
Motivating the Right Stuff Daniel O'Connell, PhD
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