Preliminary Program registration - Renal Physicians Association

preliminary agendafriday, march 187:00 am• RegistrationContinental Breakfast served in Exhibit Hall8:00 amGeneral Session IInfluencing the Continuum of Care in Renal Disease• WelcomeFranklin Maddux, MD, RPA Program Chair• RPA Year in ReviewEdward Jones, MD, RPA President• RPA Advocacy AgendaRobert Blaser, RPA Director of Public Policy• Optimizing Care of the Incident Dialysis PatientUnderstand the unique nature of the incident dialysis patientand the impact on mortality, hospitalization, co-morbiddisease that occurs with poor preparation and/or poor accessto care in CKD, and the resultant outcomes for patients.Raymond Hakim, MDConcurrent General Session IIPractice Managers• Employee RetentionLane Floyd• Best Practices for 3rd Party Contracting withCommercial PayorsSpeaker to be confirmed• Electronic Health Record ConversionJulie Harper and Shawana Davis• Presentation of Exemplary Practice Award12:30 pmFellows Workshopsfor fellows only, lunch servedPractice Types and DynamicsReview types of clinical practice optionsMitch Rosner, MDMedical Director Responsibilities under theConditions for CoverageDiscuss the responsibilities of an attending physician andmedical director within a dialysis facilityRobert Gutman, MD• Timely Referral and Co-management ofCKD PatientsUnderstand the best way to integrate structured CKDcare and its impact on late stage CKD management andpathophysiologic change as well as the relationship betweenthe nephrologist and the primary care physician.Speaker to be confirmed• Presentation of Distinguished NephrologyService Award10:00 amRefreshment Break in Exhibit Hall10:45 amGeneral Session II• Louis Diamond Lecture: Health Care Reformand the Quality AgendaAnalyze how healthcare reform and CMS policy affectpractitioners’ ability to move towards higher quality at lower cost.Speaker to be confirmed• Nephrology Care at the End of LifeDiscuss the unique issues of stratifying the patient populationand developing appropriate goals, strategies and decisionmaking that is most beneficial to patients that are unable toproceed with rehabilitative renal replacement therapy. Thenew RPA Clinical Practice Guideline will be introduced.Alvin Moss, MDContracting for a JobLearn the tools for negotiating and contracting for the firstpost fellowship job.Robert Provenzano, MD• Lunch on your own• Satellite Symposia hosted by Industry• New Members Lunch (invitation only)2:30 pmConcurrent Workshops• How Do you Measure Quality in DialysisLook at the means by which quality accounts for mortalityand morbidity changes in the dialysis population and thedegree to which clinical measures contribute to the overallvariation between the best and the worst provision of care.Frederick Finkelstein, MD• How to Deal with Disruptive PatientsAssess strategies in dealing with patients that arecounterproductive to the smooth workflow and deliveryof care to the larger population in both the outpatientpractice and the dialysis facility.Richard Goldman, MD• Interventional NephrologyUnderstand the environment in which a vascular accesscenter can operate effectively and assist in the vascular accessmanagement for a practice.Donald Schon, MDwww.renalmd.org 2011 preliminary program & registration7