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Session : ASC920
Human Resources: Legal Developments & Trends (Advanced)
Conference : ASCs 2009 Hit A High Note
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- Lisa Cooper, El Camino Surgery Center
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- Having a top-performing staff while
complying with all of the laws that govern
the human resources policies that affect
your ASC is always a challenge. A lawyer
and an ASC administrator will help you
ensure that you are informed about the
legal environment in which you operate.
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Session : ASC921
Infection Control: Reducing Clinical Risks Through Self-Audits
Conference : ASCs 2009 Hit A High Note
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- Bruce Bardell, National Surgical Care
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- Today’s workplace requires health care
professionals to be keenly aware of HIV,
HBV and other infection control risks. This
presentation will demonstrate safety-engineered
devices and workplace practices
that can reduce injuries and risks to your
health care workers. New government
standards and the existing best practices
protocols for hand washing and scrubbing
techniques for the OR will also be
discussed.
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Session : ASC922
Selling Standardization to Physicians
Conference : ASCs 2009 Hit A High Note
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- Karen Carraher, Carillon Surgery Center
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- This session will guide you through the
strategic steps that are essential to making
effective long-term changes in your supply
and equipment purchases. It will also give
you a proven methodology you can use to
educate your staff and physicians about
the cost of supplies and the alternatives
that exist in our marketplace today, help
you benchmark your expenditures and help
you identify areas for improvement.
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Session : ASC923
What ASCs Can Expect from State Governments
Conference : ASCs 2009 Hit A High Note
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- Bobby Hillert, Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society
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- Kelly Kenney, JD, American Medical Association
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- With almost every state in the nation in the
throes of a budget crisis, state policy makers
are slashing budgets and looking for
new sources of revenue. Learn what key
actions are being considered at the state
level, what their impact could be on your
ASC and how to develop proactive strategies
that work and ensure your ASC is at
the table when these important decisions
are being made.
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Session : ASC924
The Art of Management
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- Michael Guarino, North Shore Surgery Center
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- Being an effective manager depends on
your ability to get things done through
other people. In this session you will
learn essential leadership skills that
will enable you to delegate, evaluate
and hold people accountable for their
actions. You will learn effective tips for
coaching and creating an environment
in which people can achieve their maximum
potential.
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Session : ASC925
Using Outcomes Monitoring & Financial Benchmarking to Improve Performance
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- Rulers help you measure distance.
Benchmarks allow you to measure
yourselves against others—and yourself.
ASCs have been around a long time,
and we now have good data to use
as measures. This presentation will tell
you how to use outcomes monitoring
and benchmarking to improve your
processes.
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Session : ASC926
Analyzing & Turning Around Your ASC's Aging AR & Mastering the Appeals Process
Conference : ASCs 2009 Hit A High Note
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- Lisa Rock, National Medical Billing Services
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- This session will help attendees formulate
a plan to bring the coding and billing
functions together to manage the revenue
cycle more efficiently. Key issues in coding,
billing, follow up, denials management
and the appeals process will be
the focus. Detailed instructions on filing a
Medicare appeal will be included.
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Session : ASC927
Implementing an Effective Peer Review Program
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- Feel totally alone when it comes to credentialing
and privileging? This session
will provide tools to help administrators
create a meaningful peer review program
that meets regulatory requirements
and promotes buy in from your reviewing
physicians.
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Session : ASC928
Managing Business Office Operations & Avoiding Pitfalls— Using Internal Controls
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- Gregory Cunniff, National Surgical Care
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- How can you maximize the efficiency
of your business office? How many accounts
should your collector be working?
What specialties require the most time to
work, and what are some of the pitfalls
to avoid? How much staff do you need
and where do you want to put most of
your energies? This session will provide
tools to use to track your employees’
efficiency and productivity in order to
maximize your reimbursement.
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Session : ASC929
What Coders Need to Know about Changes in Medicare
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- Stephanie Ellis, Ellis Medical Consulting, Inc.
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- This session will focus on sequencing,
bundling and using modifiers to help your
ASC capture all the revenue to which it
is entitled. New codes and coding challenges
for 2009 will be highlighted.
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