Western
Section AUA & CUA
Health Policy Forum
& Practice Management Courses
JW
Marriott Las Vegas at Summerlin
11:00-2:30pm / Sunday, October 25, 2009
Program
Directors:
Jeffrey E. Kaufman, M.D., Chairman, WSAUA Health
Policy Committee,
Past-President AACU & CUA
Joe Kuntze, M.D., President, California Urological Association
Learn
About:
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Medicare
updates |
• |
Participating
in P4P |
| • |
How
to negotiate with insurance companies |
• |
Learn
about the AMA initiative to increase efficiency of
billing and collections |
| • |
Knowing
how the urology workforce will impact your practice |
• |
How
to enhance revenue with ancillary services |
Lunch
Service Begins / Poster Session Breaks for Lunch
11:30AM |
| Course
Description
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AUA
State and National Update
Jeffrey E. Kaufman, M.D. |
| • |
Urology Workforce Update
Christopher Saigal, M.D., AUA Gallagher Health
Policy Scholar, 2009 |
| • |
Cure
the Claim
J. James Rohack, MD, FACC, FACP
President, American Medical Association
|
| • |
A
Blueprint for Success: How an AUA Physician
Practice can Effectively Negotiate HMO and PPO
Agreements
Susan E. Charkin, MPH, President Healthcents,
Inc. |
|
Morning
Practice Management Courses:
Moderated by Amani Abou-Zamzam, MBA, Urology
Practice Consultant |
| • |
Adapting
to the Changes in Healthcare Reimbursement:
Prepare for Medicare and CPT changes for 2010
and prepare your practice for quality measurement
and contracting for the years to come.
Mark Painter, PRS |
| • |
Ancillary
Services & Enhanced Revenue Update
Greg Smith, Attorney
|
| • |
Pay
for Performance Update
David Penson, M.D., AUA Gallagher Health Policy
Scholar, 2008 |
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(Times
and Events Subject to Change)
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WSAUA 2009 HEALTH POLICY FORUM
As if the challenges of practicing cost effective quality
medicine and remaining profitable over the past few years
have not been enough, everyone now knows that major health
care reform is coming. But what will it look like, how
will it impact your day to day practice, what new regulations
must you comply with to stay legal, how can you improve
your private contracts in this new environment and what
will the urology practice of tomorrow look like? The answers
to these questions are only part of the 2009 Western section
Health Policy Forum scheduled for Sunday, October 25th
at the beautiful Marriott Resort in Summerlin, Nevada.
A
review of Medicare changes and updates to coding for 2010
starts the day, followed by a do-not-miss summary of new
laws and major changes in regulations that govern ancillary
services. In view of shifting payments toward quality
of care, not quantity, an update on Pay for Performance
will open your eyes on how fee schedules are changing
and how urology manpower issues, related to America’s
costs for urologic disease, will impact impending supply
and demand for our services. For all those who plan to
continue to treat private patients, a national expert
in contracting, negotiating and analyzing PPO and HMO
contracts will provide a Blueprint for Success. And as
usual, we will present a comprehensive summary of the
politics of state and national health care reform and
where new legislation will take us in the future.
Capping
this, as a featured speaker, we are delighted this year
to have the President of the AMA, J. James Rohack MD,
present on private contracting and the transformation
of how urologists will deliver care in coming years.
If
the challenges of health care reform seem overwhelming,
this year’s Health Policy Forum has solutions. I
hope to see you there.
Jeffrey Kaufman MD, FACS
Chair,
Western Section AUA Health Policy Committee
