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2010
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The conference will be held at the Red Lion Hotel Denver Central in Denver, CO
located at 4040 Quebec Street Denver, CO 80216.
Room Reservations:
For hotel reservations call 1-800-Red Lion or 303-321-6666 and mention you are with the CMGMA 2010 Fall Conference to obtain a $109 single or double rate.
The cut-off date for reservations at the above rate is August 25, 2010.
Session Times: 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
SESSION ONE: Washington Update, Leah Cohen, MA, Government Affairs Representative, MGMA
Discover how the policy and procedural changes from the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect your reimbursement and practice operations. This presentation will provide an overview of the Medicare payment formula, including a discussion of the 2011 conversion factor and the reimbursement calculation, including changes to the formula inputs.
SESSION TWO: Using Hospital Quality Techniques to Improve your Office Safety, Efficiency, and Patient Satisfaction, Dianne McCallister, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Porter Adventist Hospital/Centura Health
Hospital quality disciplines can be applied can be applied to your office to improve patient care, decrease your risk and improve patient, physician and staff satisfaction.
Learning Objectives:
1. Communication techniques using SBAR can improve safety and satisfaction
2. Handoffs using checklists assure that the right things happen every time
3. Process Improvement can come from staff to change quality.
SESSION THREE: Round Table Discussions:
1. PECOS - Provider Enrollment, Deadline January 2011, How to Prepare
2. Financial Benchmarking – Utilizing Customized Reports to Become a Better Performing Practice
3. Tax Law – Changes and Opportunities
4. Healthcare Benefits – HSA, HRA, Self Funded, Utilizing a Benefits Broker
5. Medical Records – What are the Laws?
6. Managed Care – What’s Next?
7. Coding – E & M Basics and Modifiers
Session Times: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
SESSION FOUR: The Economic Tsunami: Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times, Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC
The nation’s economic crisis, healthcare reform, consumer-directed healthcare, and the uninsured are all making an impact on your medical practice. Meet these challenging times head-on with a high-energy, high-impact general session designed to give you the knowledge you need to actually thrive in these turbulent economic times. Get practical solutions you can put into action to contain costs, improve patient flow, prevent payment denials, and find overlooked coding opportunities.
SESSION FIVE: The Stimulus Package: Get Paid to Implement an EMR, Elizabeth
Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC
This spring, the government delivered the final rule governing the “meaningful use” definition. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed the required elements for a physician to qualify for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus funding. Are you prepared to access the federal stimulus funds designed to modernize healthcare technology? With the program only months away, you need to understand the criteria to be a
“meaningful user.”
Session Times: 1:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
SESSION SIX:
Speaker A-Why Bother with Teambuilding?, Coy Theobalt, MA,
Owner, Coy Theobalt and Associates
This presentation will address the “elephant in the room” about how people tend to gag on the idea of teambuilding. It is a phrase that has lost its impact over the years.
The Learning Objectives:
1. The qualities of a healthy team
2. How a strong team can reduce ongoing personnel problems
3. Picking a place to start developing a strong team in your practice
concurrent with
Speaker B- How to Hire Great Staff, Deanne Macdonald, Managing Partner, ExecTech Management and Consulting
This seminar will help you to identify staff who will help build a practice. You will learn what types of staff to hire and which to avoid.
Learning Objectives:
1. How to identify potential great staff
2. How to interview potential staff
3. How to avoid toxic staff who will damage your practice
SESSION SEVEN:
Speaker C-Health Information Exchange: Connecting Colorado Providers, Janice Whittleton, MBA, Director of Business Development and Outreach at CORHIO
CORHIO is designated by the State of Colorado to facilitate a health information exchange (HIE) to improve health care quality for all Coloradans. CORHIO collaborates with healthcare stakeholders including physicians, hospitals, clinics, public health, long-term care, laboratories, health plans and patients to develop secure systems and processes for sharing clinical information. In this session, you will learn what health information exchange (HIE) is, how HIE can benefit your practice and how CORHIO is rolling out HIE in communities across Colorado.
concurrent with
Speaker D-Twitter and Facebook Marketing, Dan Mullen, President & CEO, Stonetree Network Solutions, Inc.
Have you ever wondered “Which of the many different “social mediums” available is best used as a marketing tool for my practice?” This presentation will summarize the use of Twitter and Facebook marketing and how to leverage those technologies to increase your exposure on the web.
SESSION EIGHT:
Speaker E-The Patient Centered Medical Home, Mark Albert, D.C., President & CEO, CLINIX Health Services
Learning Objectives:
1. The Patient Centered Medical Home
2. The Patient Centered Medical Neighborhood
3. Accountable Care Organizations and you
concurrent with
Speaker F- HIPAA: The Third Wave, Janet McIntyre, JEM Healthcare Consultants
Health information is vital to the delivery of care in physician practices. The importance of protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of personal health information is a top priority and responsibility for physicians and practice managers. This workshop will present a very brief overview of HIPAA from its enactment in 1996, and focus on the significant updates of 2009 (the third wave). |
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2010 Fall Conference