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Challenges in Vascular Surgery 2008
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Program Overview
This course will help the vascular surgeon understand the business of medicine and expand his/her practice in today’s competitive market.
Learning objectives
Upon completion, participants should be able to:
1. Understand the basics for collection rates and denials as well as how to monitor your practice reimbursement.
2. Define the basic steps to negotiate with hospital administration.
3. Demonstrate an understanding for physician compensation and practice governance.
4. Discuss basic legal issues as they apply to the practicing vascular surgeon.
5. Understand the requirements, feasibility, and steps in starting an outpatient endovascular treatment facility and computed tomography (CT) imaging center.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for vascular surgeons and practice managers.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The SVS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPC Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credit
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) for 6 continuing education units. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
CME in Category 1=7
CEU in Category B=6
*Program Schedule
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm | |
| 12:30 – 1:00 pm | Registration |
| PM Session | Practice Governance and Finances |
| 1:00 -- 1:15 pm | Introductory Remarks |
| 1:15 -- 2:00 pm | Collection Rates, Denials, and Monitoring a Practice -- PART 1 James M. Seeger, MD |
| 2:00 -- 2:45 pm | Collection Rates, Denials, and Monitoring a Practice – PART 2 Blair A. Keagy, MD |
| 2:45 -- 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 3:00 -- 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 -- 4:00 pm | Methods for Determining Physician Salary Sean P. Roddy, MD |
| 4:00 – 4:45 pm | Hospital Administration: How and What to Negotiate Thomas F. O’Donnell, Jr., MD |
| 4:45 -- 5:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
| Friday, April 11, 2008 | 8:00 am – 12:10 pm | |
| AM Session | Outpatient Endeavors and Legal Issues |
| 7:30 -- 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Malpractice and the Vascular Surgeon O. William Brown, MD, JD |
| 8:45 – 9:15 am | New Programs and Legal Issues Blair A. Keagy, MD |
| 9:15 -- 9:30 am | Panel Discussion |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am | Break |
| 9:45 -- 10:15 am | Establishing an Outpatient Vein Center Subodh Arora, MD |
| 10:15 – 11:00 am | Outpatient Office-Based Endovascular Centers: How Do I Set Up a Program? Robert G. Molnar, MD |
| 11:00 -- 11:45 am | Owning an Outpatient CT Scanner: Requirements, Benefits, and How to Get It Started. Samuel S. Ahn, MD |
| 11:45 – 12:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 - 12:10 pm | Closing Remarks |
*Program subject to change
Sean P. Roddy, MD, Course Director
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Samuel S. Ahn, MD
University Vascular Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Subodh Arora, MD
George Washington University, Washington, DC
O. William Brown, MD, JD
Bingham Farms, MI
Blair A. Keagy, MD
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Robert G. Molnar, MD
Michigan Vascular Center, Flint, MI
Thomas F. O’Donnell, Jr., MD
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
James M. Seeger, MD
University of Florida Gainesville-College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Disclosure statements have been requested from the faculty and will be made available at the conference. All faculty presenters are also expected to disclose to participants any discussions of off-label and/or investigational uses of pharmaceutical products and/or medical devices during their presentations.
Hotel Accommodations
Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
999 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Hotel Phone: 202-898-9000
Reservations: 202-962-4471
International Reservations: 801-832-4532
Online Reservation: http://marriott.com/wasrb?groupCode=svssvsa&app=resvlink
Room Rate: $229 single/double
Note: Cutoff has been extended! Please call asap to reserve a room as the room block is almost full!
Please call 800-258-7188 or email education@vascularsociety.org if you have questions
Society for Vascular Surgery - 633 N. St. Clair, 24th Floor; Chicago, IL 60611; Phone: 312-334-2300 or 800-258-7188; Fax: 312-334-2320; Email: vascular@vascularsociety.org
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