Managing Legal Exposure in Radiology — Schedule
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Pre-Conference Registration
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Pre-Conference Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION
The ABCs of MCOs
Michael Lowe, Esq.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
7:30 am – 4:45 pm
Registration Open
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 8:45 am
General Welcome
8:45 am – 9:45 am
GENERAL SESSION
Introduction to Health Law: A Practical Guide to the Basic Concepts and Principles
C. Mitchell Goldman, JD
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Break with Sponsors
10:00 am – 11:30 am
GENERAL SESSION
Mock Deposition
Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR and Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FACR
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Employment Law 101
Eartha Jean Johnson, JD, SPHR
The Laws Keep Changing: Ask the Speaker How to Market in a Compliant Fashion
W. Kenneth Davis, Jr., JD
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Break with Sponsors
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
GENERAL SESSION
Legalities of Radiology as a Business
Mitchell Gerstein, CPA, MST
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
GENERAL SESSION
What Radiology Practices Should Know About the Antitrust Laws
John J. Miles, MS, JD
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Reception
Friday, October 17, 2008
7:00 am – 4:30 pm
Registration Open
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:15 am
GENERAL SESSION
Roles and Responsibilities of a Radiologist When Serving as Medical Director
Thomas W. Greeson, JD
9:15 am – 10:15 am
GENERAL SESSION
Pensions, Investments and Taxation – Legal Ways to Defer Income
Mitchell Gerstein, CPA, MST and Lawrence R. Fiorini, CFP®
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break with Sponsors
10:30 am – 11:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
How to stay out of Court, Negative Headlines and Jail
Eartha Jean Johnson, JD, SPHR
Hazards of Government Healthcare Programs: Compliance, Whistleblowers, and the False Claims Act
Robert Vogel, JD
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Tax-Exempt Laws and Radiology Groups: Myth versus Reality
W. Kenneth Davis, Jr., JD
Practice Corporate Documents Tune-up: Employment and Buy-Sell Agreements and Bylaws
Jeremy N. Miller, JD
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Break with Sponsors
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
GENERAL SESSION
ACR Hot Legal Issues
Thomas R. Hoffman, JD, CAE
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
GENERAL SESSION
Keys to Managing Risk in the Radiology Setting
Brenda Gilbert Wynkoop, CPHQ
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks