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preliminary Schedule and TopicS
Sunday, February 26, 2012
7:00am – 8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast* Managing a Sleep center
8:00am – 9:00am
9:00am – 10:15am
10:15am – 10:30am 10:30am – 11:30am
11:30am – 12:30pm
12:30pm – 1:30pm 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Office Models: Physician Office, IDTF, Outpatient Department, Corporate Structure Steven Hull, MD Employee Issues: Contracts, Training and
Legal Issues
Thomas Mandler, JD; and Ted Thurn
Break Contracts: Managed Care, Personnel, Hospital, Practice Purchase/Merger/Buy-out Kevin Ryan, JD Financials: Making a Business Plan, Securing Financing and Understanding Cash Flow Russell Wilson, CPA Lunch* Professional Liability Insurance/Loss Prevention: Protect Your Practice Now Kevin Ryan, JD
coding and reimbursement in 2012: planning for Today
2:30pm – 3:30pm 3:30pm – 4:30pm
4:30pm – 4:45pm 4:45pm – 5:45pm
Medicare: Issues Related to a Sleep Practice
Arthur Lurvey, MD
Insurance/Managed Care: Current Trends and Impact on Practice Paul Valentine Break
Fraud and Abuse/Compliance Plan
Jason Caron, JD
Monday, February 27, 2012
7:00am – 8:00am Continental Breakfast* future of Sleep Medicine practice
8:00am – 10:00am
10:00am – 10:15am 10:15am – 11:15am
11:15am – 12:15pm
12:15pm – 1:15pm 1:15pm – 2:15pm
2:15pm – 3:15pm
3:15pm – 3:30pm 3:30pm – 4:30pm
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Pro/Con Debate: Should You Be a DME Provider?
Amy Aronsky, DO; and Tilak K. Verma, MD, MBA
Break Quality Control: Inter-scorer Reliability, PQRS and Other Mechanisms Sairam Parthasarathy, MD Out of Center Sleep Testing: Equipment, Reimbursement and Strategy Douglas Kirsch, MD Lunch* Accreditation: Sleep Center, OCST and DME Sam Fleishman, MD Integrated Sleep Management Model: Testing, Treatment and Follow-up in One Place Patrick Strollo Jr., MD Break A Look Into the Future: A Legal Perspective Jason Caron, JD Final Discussion
