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EDUCATION/NETWORKING
Practice
Management
See also sessions under information technologies
and quality improvement.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
C0006 $$ Pediatric Practice Manager
Program: Transforming Your Practice
Topics for the Pediatric Practice Manager Program
include coding updates, implementing oral health
activities into the practice, vaccine administration
and management, and identifying non-traditional revenue
sources in the practice.
Faculty: TBD
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010
SECTION/COUNCIL PROGRAM
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
H1021 Joint Program: Section for Senior
Members and Section on Administration
and Practice Management
Planning for Retirement In an Uncertain
Economy
The Section for Senior Members (SFSM) and
the Section on Administration and Practice
Management (SOAPM) are joining forces to
address a number of critical issues affecting practicing
pediatricians. The first half of the session
will address the issue of preparing for retirement
or reduction of time in practice. Speakers will
address this from both a macro- and microeconomic
perspective, highlighting the need for
practices to balance the interests of senior and
junior partners. Speakers will address issues
of physician wellness, specifically how practices
have responded to personal crises (health and
otherwise) to ensure the optimal health of the
individual while also maintaining a stable and
financially healthy practice. The Charles “Buzzy”
Vanchiere Award will be presented during the
ticketed luncheon. The second half of the session
will address more traditional practice management
issues. Coding experts will tackle the issue
of coding and payment for activities related to the
medical home model. Speakers will also address
the increasing role of technology and the impact
on the private health care system overall. SOAPM
is pleased to welcome back the members of the
Board of Directors for ongoing dialogue on important
practice management topics.
Faculty: Margie Andreae, MD, FAAP; Joel Bradley,
MD, FAAP; Mary Brown, MD, FAAP; Ellen Buerk, MD,
FAAP; William Feaster, MD, FAAP; Herschel Lessin,
MD, FAAP; Hanna Sherman, MD, FAAP; Jill Stoller,
MD, FAAP
Sponsored by the Section for Senior Members and Section on
Administration & Practice Management
Child Advocacy Award Sponsored by Mead Johnson Nutrition
Charles “Buzzy” Vanchiere Award Sponsored by Physician’s
Computer Company
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
S1034 Protect Your Practice From Medical
Liability
How can you protect your practice from medical liability
before it happens By learning pediatric-specific
risk management techniques to increase patient
safety and decrease medicolegal risks. This session
will present specific actions pediatricians can take
to avoid adverse outcomes, miscommunication, and
cognitive and procedural errors. By drawing lessons
from real malpractice cases and interactive dialogue
to emphasize the important issues, participants will
learn how to apply these techniques to their practice.
Questions will be encouraged from the attendees.
Faculty: Robert Mendelson, MD, FAAP
Sponsored by the Committee Medical Liability and Risk Management
and Section on Administration & Practice Management
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
S1085 Rules and Techniques for Voluntary
Disclosure and Apology of Medical Errors
Most pediatricians are unaware of the more than
30 state laws now in effect to reduce barriers to
disclosure and apology for adverse events and medical
errors and their effects on patient satisfaction,
litigation costs, and quality of care. This session will
discuss these issues and effects of disclosure and
apology initiatives. Several role-playing scenarios will
be presented involving participants in both appropriate
and inappropriate disclosure and apology
techniques.
Faculty: William McDonnell, MD, JD, FAAP; Robert
Mendelson, MD, FAAP
Sponsored by the Committee on State Government Affairs, Committee
on Medical Liability and Risk Management, Section on Administration
& Practice Management, and Steering Committee on Quality
Improvement and Management
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
F1097 Quailty Driven Health Care—Pay for
Performance
Even though pay for performance has been around
for a long time, it now is being used in directing
patients to certain doctors. This may reward or penalize
each physician
Faculty: Thomas McInerny, MD, FAAP
Sponsored by the Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and
Management
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
S1116 Managin g Time-Consuming
Problems in Your Office: How to Do
a Good Job AND Get Paid
➤ Repeats as S2121
Providing effective care for chronic pediatric complaints
like obesity, abdominal pain, attention-deficit/
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), asthma, smoking
cessation, and headache is time consuming and difficult
to integrate into pediatric practice. A system for
efficient, economically viable guideline adherence will
be presented. Actual visit templates will be provided.
Detailed coding instruction will be emphasized.
Faculty: Donelle Holle, RN; Herschel Lessin, MD, FAAP
Sponsored by the Section on Administration & Practice Management
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
A2027 Coding 101: Teaching New Dogs
Old Tricks
This session will be geared toward pediatricians
who have not yet had exposure to coding and
billing or pediatricians who are new to practice.
Attendees will learn to code for common situations
using both Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®)
and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). Faculty will
also present new coding information for the coming
year and begin to help practitioners make the transition
to ICD-10-CM. The session will incorporate case
studies to further demonstrate how to use the concepts
covered in everyday practice situations.
Faculty: Margie Andreae, MD, FAAP; Julia Pillsbury, DO,
FACOP, FAAP
Sponsored by the Committee on Coding and Nomenclature and
Section on Administration & Practice Management
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
F2047 How ICD-9 Can Help Your Bottom Line
The session will cover the most common International
Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM) reporting mistakes and
how to avoid them, contrasting ICD-9-CM reporting
guidelines in the inpatient and outpatient settings,
documentation guidelines for supporting reported
diagnoses, reporting follow-up services for resolved
conditions and other “gray” areas in diagnosis coding,
and assessing the impact that diagnosis codes
can have on a practice’s bottom line.
Faculty: Jeffrey Linzer, MD, FACEP, FAAP
Sponsored by the Committee on Coding and Nomenclature and
Section on Administration & Practice Management
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
S2037 Extreme Practice Makeover:
Correcting Pediatric Business Errors
Many pediatric practices are in need of an extreme
practice makeover. This session will show you how to
analyze and change your business practices so that
you might thrive economically and thus continue to
provide a medical home for children. Real-world practice
examples will be highlighted.
Faculty: Herschel Lessin, MD, FAAP
Sponsored by the Section on Administration & Practice Management
S2043 Starting in Practice: Part I of II
(See S2082)
This interactive session is designed for the pediatrician
entering practice, the pediatrician early in
practice, or the pediatrician contemplating changing
practices. Finding and evaluating a practice, work/
life balance, practice finances, and relationships with
insurers will be explored.
Faculty: Mark Reuben, MD, FAAP
Sponsored by the Section on Administration & Practice Management
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