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Radiology Summit — Preliminary Schedule

 
 

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Sunday, May 4, 2008

7:30 am Shotgun (bus will depart the hotel at 6:45 am)
Networking on the Green: RBMA Golf Tournament – sponsored by Data Media
Las Vegas National Golf Club

8:00 am – 4:00 pm
PRE-CONFERENCE

  • Sizzlin’ Sales Training
    Carolyn Merriman, FRSA & Jill Stratton
  • Six Sigma for Dummies:  Using Process Improvement Techniques to Improve Denial Rates
    Joshua S. Pollatsek, MBA

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
New Member Reception
(By invitation only-RSVP required)

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening: Treasures, Trinkets, and Treats

 

Monday, May 5, 2008

7:00 am – 8:00 am
RBMA Morning Café

8:00 am – 8:15 am
PRESIDENT'S WELCOME
Gregory M. Kusiak, MBA
RBMA President

8:15 am – 9:45 am
GENERAL SESSION
Is National Health Reform Possible?
Senator David Durenberger, JD 

9:45 am – 10:30 am
Break in the Exhibit Hall    

10:30 am – 11:30 am
GENERAL SESSION
The (Sad) State of Healthcare in the US: A Perspective from MGMA
William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE

11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Luncheon

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS

  • Large Practice
  • Small Practice
  • Billing Service
  • Imaging Center
  • Hospital Based

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Break in the Exhibit Hall    

3:15 pm – 4:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • Radiology Assistants – New Developments in a Growing Profession
    Christine Lung, CAE & Cindy Daniels, MS, ARRT, RT (R)
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Debt Collection and More
    David B. Feldstein, JD & Elizabeth Miller
  • Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits
    Andrew B. Wachler, Esq.
  • Payor-Provider Challenges: A View from the Insurance Commissioner's Office
    Carol Clark
  • Marketing Your Business – Selling Your Services: What’s the Difference?
    Brian Baker

4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall

 

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

8:00 am – 9:30 am (Continental Breakfast 7:30 am-8:00 am)
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS

  • HIPAA/Compliance
  • CAC/Managed Care
  • New Managers
  • Marketing
  • Financial

9:30 am – 10:15 am
Break  in the Exhibit Hall
 
10:15 am – 11:15 am
GENERAL SESSION
ACR Update
Maurine Spillman-Dennis, MPH, MBA & Ted Burnes, MPA

11:15 am – 11:45 am
GENERAL SESSION
RBMA Business Meeting
Gregory M. Kusiak, MBA
RBMA President

11:45 am – 12:45 pm
GENERAL SESSION
Benchmark Jobs-Not People
BethAnn Neynaber, CPBA, CPVA, TriMetrix

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch with the Exhibitors

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • Conducting a Revenue Cycle Audit
    JoAnn M. Berk
  • How to Prevent Personal & Professional Liability
    Eartha Jean Johnson, JD, SPHR
  • The Missing Link – Are you Asking all the Right Questions When Evaluating a Billing Service? (Sponsored by MMP)
    Mary T. Fedele, MS
  • Medicare Compliance Issues for IDTF’s
    L. Scott Garrett
  • Change in Power Structure: Evolution or Revolution – Part I
    Patricia Kroken, FACMPE, CRA

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Break in the Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • To Merge or Not to Merge:  The Business and Legal Issues when Radiology Groups Combine with NON-Radiology Groups
    W. Kenneth Davis, Jr., JD
  • So, A Radiologist Applied to Your Job Posting…Now What?
    Lauren Krebs
  • A/B Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Reform – What do the Changes Mean for Providers
    Karen Damon, BS RT(R), RCC
  • The Disconnect in Healthcare
    John Boyes, MD, MBA
  • Change in Power Structure: Evolution or Revolution – Part II
    Wendy Lomers, CPA, MBA

 

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

7:30 am – 8:30 am
RBMA Morning Café

8:30 am – 10:00 am
GENERAL SESSION
Seven Steps to Market Leadership
Robert Maier, CPA

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
GENERAL SESSION
DRA and Beyond: A 2008 Outlook
Timothy P. Trysla, Esq.