Radiology Summit — Preliminary Schedule
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.
