Conference Schedule

An educational program for owners, surgeons, administrators, medical directors, nurses, anesthesiologists, materials managers and billing personnel of ambulatory surgery centers.

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Wednesday, May 14

9:00am – 12:00pm, 3:00pm – 6:00pm

• ASC Association Charity Event

Premeeting Workshops

• CASC Review Course
• What an ASC Manager Needs to Know about Human Resources
• How to Develop an ASC
• Preparing for AAAHC Accreditation
• Preparing for The Joint Commission Accreditation

6:00pm – 8:00pm

• Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Thursday, May 15

7:00am – 2:00pm

• Exhibit Hall Open

8:00am – 10:10am

• Kathy Bryant — Medicare & ASCs: Confronting the 2008 Challenges

10:40am – 12:00pm

Breakout Sessions — 7 Options

• A Tale of Two ASC/Hospital Joint Ventures
• Anesthesia Coverage: Keys to Success
• Assuring Success for the Mature ASC
• GI Survival in a New Reimbursement Era: Managing Materials & Improving Efficiencies
• Insurance Contracts: You Gotta Know When to Sign, When to Pass and How to Approach Renewals (Advanced)
• Pay Now or Pay Later: How State Advocacy Efforts Protect Your Bottom Line
• What ASCs Need to Know about MRSA

2:10pm – 3:30pm

Breakout Sessions — 6 Options

• Coding Complex Orthopedic Surgeries
• Making the Most of the New Medicare Payment System: Procedures You Should Consider Adding
• Medicare's Conditions for Coverage: What Changes Will Your ASC Have to Make?
• National Center for Health Statistics Survey on Ambulatory Surgery: What Does it Mean for ASCs?
• The Patient's Vitals Appear to be Weak: The Anatomy of an ASC Turnaround
• Two Physicians' Views on Spine Surgery in ASCs

3:50pm – 5:15pm

• Breakout Sessions — 6 Options
• Collecting & Reporting Quality Data
• How to Establish and Meet Your Collections Goals
• How to Keep Pain Management Cases in Your ASC
• Options for Expanding Your ASC — Developing a Successful Lap Band Program at Your ASC
• Peer Review & Credentialing Challenges
• Update on Legal Issues Affecting ASCs

Optional Tours

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Friday, May 16

7:00am – 11:00am

• Exhibit Hall Open

8:00am – 10:00am

• Earvin "Magic" Johnson — The Magic of Succeeding in Times of Change
• Tony Brigmon — Making Customer Service Fun

11:00am – 12:10pm

Breakout Sessions — 6 Options

• A Physician's Perspective of CMS
  Kenneth Simon, MD
• Creating & Operating a Pediatric ASC
• Current Issues for Ophthalmic ASCs
• Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Professionals
• Optimizing Insurance Reimbursement & Overturning Clinical Denials
• What to Consider When Choosing an EMR

12:30pm – 2:15pm

• ASC Celebration Luncheon
• Greg Schwem — Comedy with a Bite
• CASC Recipients Recognized
• Poster Presentation Winners Announced

2:30pm – 5:30pm

Networking Tracks — 7 Options

These sessions offer you an exclusive opportunity to network with your colleagues who are responsible for the same tasks and services you provide at your ASC. You do not need to hold these titles to participate in these sessions. All of the sub-sessions begin and end at the same, so you can move easily from track to track to participate in the discussions that interest you most.

Administrators

• Now that I Have My Benchmarking Scores — How Do I Report the Information to the Board of Directors?
• A Medicare Surveyor Shares Tips to Avoid Common ASC Citations

Business Office Managers

• Negotiating Contracts Based Upon the New Medicare System
• Business Office Operations — Proven Formulas for Success

Coders & Billers

• Collection Strategies — Keeping Collections in the Forefront
• Billing for Ancillary Services under the New Medicare Payment System

Materials Managers

• Controlling Supply Costs: Can You Meet the Challenge?
• Critical Skills for Material Managers

Medical Directors

• Conscious Sedation: What to Give, Who Should Give It
• Being the Best You Can Be — What a Medical Director Needs to Know

Nurses

• Sleep Apnea
• Providing a Tranquil Pediatric Environment in the PACU

Physician Owners

• Thriving After You Sell Your ASC to a National Partner
• Legal Responsibilities of Governing Board Members

6:15pm

Red Hot Fiesta

Saturday, May 17

7:30am – 8:30am

Specialty Networking Breakfasts — 7 Options

Special Networking Sessions are an outstanding opportunity to meet your peers. These networking sessions bring attendees with a similar ASC specialty interest together. Key trends concerns/problems/issues impacting their specialty will be discussed, attendees will share experiences and brainstorm possible solutions. Attendees will identify others in their specialty that are a networking resource and provide an opportunity to meet and work with leaders in small networking groups as part of this session. Bring lots of business cards!

• ENT/Plastic
• Gastroenterology
• Multi-Specialty
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic
• Pain
• Urology

8:45am – 10:45am

• Perspective from Capitol Hill
• Understanding The Changing Climate of Insurer Contracting

11:00am – 12:15pm

Break Out Sessions — 5 Options

• Contract Negotiation Strategies (Advanced)
• Getting the Most Out of Your Employees; Getting Rid of Them When You Can't
• Making Sure You're Getting the Best Prices On Supplies, Devices & Equipment
• Oops — Top 10 Accreditation Violations & How to Avoid Them
• What You Need to Know about ASC Ownership: Obtaining, Keeping & Letting Go

Optional Tours

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