EDPMA Solutions Summit XII
Navigating the Perfect Storm
June 8-10, 2009, The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, Miami

 

Conference Agenda
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Updated June 5, 2009

Sunday, June 7, 2009

4:00pm

A Meeting With A View: Health Care Reform Task Force Meeting                                           Beth Cesta, CPC, CHCC, Chair Special Guests TBA

Monday, June 8, 2009

9:00am	Visibility and Communication Committee Meeting  Lynne Kottman, Chair
10:00am	Managed Care Task Force Meeting Iva Thibodeaux, Chair Balance Billing Roundtable Special Guests: Dickie Patterson, Michael Gerardi, MD, Cheryl Conner, RN, David McKenzie, CAE Moderator: Ed Gaines, JD
11:00am	Medicare Payment Task Force Meeting Jeff Bettinger, MD, FACEP and Jay Packer, JD, Co-Chairs
12:00pm	Provider Enrollment Task Force Meeting  Karen Collier, JD and Jackie Davis-Willett, Co-Chairs Special Guest: Joyce Cowan, JD, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1:00pm	Opening Ceremonies  Welcome: Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP, Chair, EDPMA Board of Directors
1:15pm	Navigating the Perfect Storm: The Future of Emergency Medicine Panel Discussion Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP, Chair, EDPMA Angela F. Gardner, MD, FACEP, President-Elect, American College of Emergency Physicians (Invited) William T. Briggs, RN, MSN, CEN, FAEN, 2009 President, Emergency Nurses Association (Invited) Moderator: Ricardo Martinez, MD, FACEP, Chair, EDPMA Conference Planning Committee
2:00pm	Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Dr. Gregg Pane, MD, MPA, FACPE, DNHPP Director, US Department of Health and Human Services
2:50pm	Networking Break
3:15pm	Concurrent Sessions
	The Windward View From CMS William D. Rogers, MD, FACEP Medical Officer, Director Physicians Regulatory Issues Team, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
	Strengthen Your Ship: The Effective Use of Midlevel Providers Russ Harris, MD EmCare, Inc.
4:15pm	Concurrent Sessions
	Rowing through Uncharted Waters: Sharing Emergency Care Systems of Measurement that Drive Quality and Efficiency Jerry Frank, MD National Medical Director, UnitedHealthcare Erik Hokenson Director, Clinical Innovation, UnitedHealthcare
	Full Speed Ahead: Moving Beyond the Basics of Intake and Performance Shari Welch, MD, FACEP QI Consultant, Intermountain Health Care
6:00pm	Pirates Cove Opening Reception

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

8:00am	Documentation Guidelines Task Force Meeting John Turner, MD, PhD, FACEP, Chair
8:00am	Networking Continental Breakfast
9:00am	Concurrent Sessions
	All Hands on Deck: Collaboration for Performance Suzanne Stone-Griffith, RN, MSN, RNAA Assistant Vice President of Quality, HCA
	Bearing Down: 21st Century Plan for Patient Flow Kirk Jensen, MD, FACEP, MBA Best Practices
10:00am	Concurrent Sessions
	Outward Bound: How Will ICD-10 Impact Your Practice? Kenny Engel, CPC, CHC, ACS-EM, CCP Vice President, Martin Gottlieb and Associates
	Who is Your First Mate: ED Provider Staffing Optimization Tools Ronald Hellstern, MD Vice President of Physician Development, PSR, Inc.
10:50am	Networking Break
11:15am	Navigating Cape Horn: The Medical Home Model and Emergency Medicine Terry McGeeney, MD CEO, TransforMed
12:30pm	EDPMA Awards Luncheon
	Doctor Wal-Mart Will See You Now: Marketplace Transformation John Agwunobi, MD Senior VP & President for Professional Services Division, Wal-Mart
2:15pm	In Extremis Leadership Colonel Thomas A. Kolditz Professor & Department Head fo Behavioral Sciences & Leadership, United States Military Academy
3:00pm	Networking Break
3:15pm	Concurrent Sessions
	Prevailing Winds and Changing Tides (Part 1): Reimbursement Issues that Impact Your Practice: RACs, MACs, and Class Action "Sacks" Ed Gaines, JD Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Medical Management Professionals David McKenzie, CAE Reimbursement Director, ACEP
	Trimming the Sails: Lean Healthcare Applications in Emergency Department Operations Jody Crane, MD, MBA Emergency Physician, Mary Washington Hospital
4:15pm	Concurrent Sessions
	Prevailing Winds and Changing Tides (Part 2): Reimbursement Issues Continued: Legislative, Regulatory and Litigation Initiatives Ed Gaines, JD Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Medical Management Professionals David McKenzie, CAE Reimbursement Director, ACEP
	Get the Right People in Place: Recruiting Trends Kurt Mosley Vice President, Business Development, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates

    
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

8:00am	Quality Initiatives Task Force Meeting Suzette Thorby, RN, Chair Special Guest: Suzanne Stone-Griffith, RN, MSN, RNAA Assistant Vice President of Quality, HCA
8:00am	Networking Continental Breakfast
9:00am	EDPMA Annual Business Meeting Election of Board of Directors All EDPMA Members Encouraged to Attend and VOTE!
9:30am	Winds Blowing from DC: Policy and Politics that Will Affect You Joyce Cowan, JD Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
10:30am	The Eye of the Hurricane: Providing Care and Getting Your Business Through a Disaster Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP President, Schumacher Group (Louisiana) Paul Hudson, MBA Chief Operating Officer, ACUTE CARE, Inc. (Iowa) Nancy Dumas Executive Director, Executive Director, Enfina Healthcare Solutions (Texas)
11:45am	Master at Arms: Debating the Odds of Balance Billing Moderator: Victor Hipsley, Senior Vice President, Governmental Policy Group, Inc. Invited Guests: Kenneth White, JD Senior Trial Counsel, Law Offices of Steven M. Ziegler Bruce Moskow, MD, FACEP President, Emergency Service Partners
12:45pm	Adjourn

All Agenda Topics, Speakers, and Schedules are Subject to Change. 

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