Agenda
Monday, April 17
7:30am | Breakfast / Networking / Exhibit Hall Visits
8:30am | Welcome
8:40am | Beyond Denials: Seeing the Bigger Picture with Medicare Advantage Organizations
Dr. Jerilyn Morrissey
9:35am | Making Medical Decision-Making Work for Us
Dr. Erica Remer
10:30am | Break / Exhibit Hall Visits
11:00am | Medicare Hospital Payment for Short Stay Inpatient vs. Outpatient Hospitalization
Dr. Charles Locke and Dr. Andrew Hughes
12:00pm | Systems Based Practice Elective
Dr. Ahmed Abuabdou
12:30pm | Lunch / Exhibit Hall Visits
Pediatrics Track
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Evolving Roles Track
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Regulatory Track
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1:30pm | Bridging Two Worlds: Applying Quality Improvement Methodology to Physician Advisor Objectives
Dr. Sang Hee Kim, Dr. Denise Goodman, Dr. Kiran Kulkarni, Dr. Nawal Momani, Dr. Victoria Rodriguez |
1:30pm | Physician Advisors Role in Preventing Readmissions in Complex Patient Populations
Dr. Kathryn Kasicky and Dr. Karen Clark |
1:30pm | Transitioning Observation to Admission Care, Managing Length of Stay Hours, Discharge Decisions
Dr. Robert Leviton |
2:30pm | Physician Advising in Pediatrics, Medically Necessary for CMOs
Dr. Alyssa Riley and Dr. Meena Iyer |
2:30pm | The Physician Advisor's Role in Supporting Medical Necessity for Post-Acute Care
Dr. Benjamin Kartchner |
2:30pm | The Importance of Visit Class Concordance: Optimizing Surgical Compliance and Revenue Capture
Dr. Emily Boss |
3:00pm | Self Pay Neonate in the ICU: This is No Joke!
Dr. Sumana Narasimhan |
3:00pm | Management of Behavioral Health Patients: Increase Value of Care and Prevent Denials
Dr. Erin Boyd |
3:00pm | Innovation & Observation: Improved Outcomes, Decreased Readmissions, Increased Capacity/Throughput, Financial Viability
Dr. Sharon Mace |
3:30pm | Break / Exhibit Hall Visits
4:00pm | Commonly Denied Pediatric Peer to Peers: How We Get to Yes!
Dr. Lucinda Lo and Dr. Sara Hasan |
4:00pm | Outlier Hospitalizations: A Medical Necessity and Capacity Conundrum
Dr. Andrew Hughes and Dr. Charles Locke |
4:00pm | Fight Like A Lawyer, Part 2: Appeal Letters
Dr. Barbara Abrams |
4:30pm | Engaging Learners in Physician Advisor Activities
Dr. Katharine Clouser and Dr. Jennifer Goodrich |
4:30pm | Implementation of Utilization Management Reviews in the Emergency Departmente
Dr. Anuja Mohla and Ms. Kristen Ann McKee |
4:30pm | Moving Beyond Medical Necessity. Developing a Clinical-Legal Partnership to Manage Complex Denials
Ms. Denise Wilson and Mr. Bill Haynes |
6:30pm | Dine with Docs (Separate Optional Registration - Opens in March)
Tuesday, April 18
7:30am | Breakfast / Networking / Exhibit Hall Visits
8:30am | Welcome and ACPA President's Address
Dr. Juliet Ugarte Hopkins
8:40am | ACPA Award Presentation
Dr. Charles Locke
8:50am | Leadership Lessons from TOPGUN: How to be an Effective Maverick of Change
Mr. David Robinson
9:45am | Dismissals: A New Path to MA Accountability
Dr. Edward Hu
10:30am | Break / Exhibit Hall Visits
11:00am | 2023 Regulatory Update
Dr. Ronald Hirsch
12:00pm | Flying Outside the Court of the Payor's Opinion
Ms. Denise Wilson
12:30pm | Lunch / New Member Committee Interest Groups and Regional Networking / Exhibit Hall Visits
CDI Track
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Professional Leadership Track
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Financial Strategy Track
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1:30pm | Promoting Clinical Documentation Excellence amongst Medical Trainees
Dr. Joseph Cristiano |
1:30pm | Evolution of the Physician Advisor as a Leader and Valued Thought Partner
Dr. Minnie Bhupathi, Dr. Erin Boyd, Dr. amber Isley, Dr. Elizabeth Quinn, Dr. Chris Boyle, Dr. Juliet Ugarte Hopkins |
1:30pm | Advanced Analytics for the Physician Advisor
Dr. David Zirh and Ms. Stephanie Slankard |
2:30pm | Getting Some Skin in the Game: A High-Impact CDI Gem (Skin Failure)
Dr. Kristen Berlin |
2:30pm | Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare: Physician Advisors Role with Case Managemente
Dr. Colleen Morley |
2:30pm | Creating a Centralized Appeals/Denials Unit
Dr. Ryan McKennon |
3:00pm | Where's the MEAT? Physician Advisors and a Comprehensive ambulatory CDI Program
Dr. Purvi Shah |
3:00pm | Leadership and Reporting Structure of Utilization and Physician Advisorse
Dr. Justin Krawitt |
3:00pm | It’s Not the Plane, It’s the Pilot-Harnessing Relationships Transform Peer-to-Peer
Dr. Beau Bailey and Dr. Kyle Clark |
3:30pm | Break / Exhibit Hall Visits
4:00pm | Objection, that Question is Leading! Understanding Query Compliance and Industry Best Practices
Dr. Adriane Martin |
4:00pm | Weaving a Physician Advisor “Web” to Becoming an Indispensable Enterprise Asset
Dr. Larry Field |
4:00pm | Could Scheduled “Peer To Peer” Discussions Decrease Commercial Readmission Denials?
Dr. Tamara Doehner |
4:30pm | "Talk to me Goose" Strategies Every Wingman Should Deploy When Targeting PSIs"?
Ms. Laurie Prescott |
4:30pm | No Business Degree? No Problem. Business Skills for the Physician Advisore
Dr. Jeny McNair |
4:30pm | Get to Say “YES”
Dr. Alka Farmer |
Wednesday, April 19
7:30am | Breakfast / Networking / Exhibit Hall Visits
8:40am | Convincing Your Hospital that They Need a Recuperative Care Facility
Dr. Christopher Wellins and Dr. Renee Fay-Leblanc
9:35am | UM for the Tik Tok Generation: Scenarios in Pediatrics for the Non-Pediatricians
Dr. Cheryl Reid
10:30am | Break / Exhibit Hall Visits
11:00am | Demonstrating the Value of a Physician Advisor Program
Dr. Timothy Brundage
11:30am | Quiz Bowl / Expert Panel
Moderator: Ms. Tiffany Ferguson
Panelists: Dr. Bartho Caponi, Dr. Ahmad Kilani, Dr. Anuja Mohla, Dr. Bernie Ravitz
12:30pm | Conference Wrap Up
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