Past MAHA Conference Agendas
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Spring Conference Mach 19, 2010
7:30-8:00 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30 A.M. Business Meeting
8:30-10:30 A.M. “Surefire Methods for Defensible Coding”
Rhonda Buckholtz, C.P.C.
Vice President of Business and Member Development,
American Academy of Professional Coders
10:30-10:45 A.M. Break
10:45-12:15 P.M. “Bariatric Surgery Updates”
Panduranga Yenumula, M.D. Assistant
Professor/Director Sparrow Bariatric Surgery
Kathryn Kacynski, RN, BSN, MSN
Manager, Sparrow Weight Management Center
12:15-1:00 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P. “Challenging the Insurance Medical Audit”
Stephen Ryan, Attorney, Miller Johnson
2:30-2:45 P.M. Break
2:45-4:15 P.M. “Recent Developments
in Breast Cancer Treatment"
James Herman, M.D.
Medical Director, Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
4:15-4:30 P.M. Evaluations
Anticipated Contact Hours Offered:
(Applied For) 6.75 Nursing Contact hours
(Applied For) 7.0 AAMAS Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.75 CCM Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.75 AAPC Contact hours
_________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 20, 2009
_8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Hospital Regulatory Compliance”
Sandra Hagen, RN, BSN, Policy Compliance Coordinator
Detroit Medical Center, Audit and Compliance Department
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Intra-Operative EMG Monitoring”
Gene Balzer, PhD; President and CEO of Biotronic
NeuroNetwork
Daniel Robison; Electroneurodiagnostic Clinician,
Biotronic
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “X-Stop Spinal Decompression and Kyphoplasty”
J. Todd Brown, DO; Orthopedic Associates of Michigan
Maria Loren Thompson; Healthcare Policy and Reimbursement Manager,
Medtronic-Kyphon, Inc.
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Pattern Analysis to Help Identify Fraud”
Donna Bauby, RN, CMAS; Senior Managed Care
Specialist. ASU Group
Anticipated Contact Hours Offered:
(Applied For) 6.0 Nursing Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.5 AAMAS Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.0 CCM Contact hours
____________________________________________________________
Fall Conference October 10, 2008
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Recovery Focused Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injuries”
Paula Denison, PT, OMPT, Administrative Director of
Specialty Services,
Kathy Clawson, RN, Catastrophic Program Coordinator
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Program Based Residential Brain Injury Care”
Daniel Duffy, DO, President of Medical Staff and
Medical Director, HealthSource
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. No-Fault Insurance and Its Application To Medical Bill
Review
Laura Canfield, JD, CPCU, Secura Insurance
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Recovery Audit Contractors – Initial Results and Rollout
Schedule”
Belle A. Bell, Director of Health Information Services,
Hurley Medical Center
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units:
6.0 MNA (Applied for)
6.5 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
____________________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 7, 2008
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Pain and Addiction: Common Threads and Risk
Management”
Herbert L. Malinoff, MD, FACP
Private Practice, Internal Medicine / Addiction Medicine / Pain
Medicine
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Understanding Alternative Medicine and Integrated
Therapy”
Margaret Kammerer, LMT
Jim Kammerer
Nicole Settle, L. Ac
12:00-12:50 P.M. . . . Lunch . . .
1:00-2:30 P.M. “CyberKnife Radiosurgery”
Dr. Walter Sahijdak
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Back Pain: Algorithms of Treatment”
Dr. Carol L. van der Harst, MD
Michigan Rehabilitation Solutions
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Michigan
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
6.0 MNA
6.5 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
_____________________________________________________________
Fall Conference October 12, 2007
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 P.M. “Identification of Fraudulent Physical Therapy
Services “
Mark Beissel, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Clinical Director, Orthopaedic Therapy,
Inc
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Anti-Aging and Bio-Identical Hormones”
Keri Topouzian, DO, FACEP, FACOEP, Center for Healthy Living
Karen Raehtz, MS, RPh, Physicians Compounding Pharmacy
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “Upper Extremity Prosthetics”
Ken Woodward, CPO, Wright & Filippis
2:30-4:00 P.M. “DaVinci System Robotic Surgery of the Prostate”
Rafid Yousif, MD, MPH, FACS, Lansing Institute of Urology
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
6.0 MNA
6.5 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
_____________________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 23, 2007
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Movement System Balance Theory” Laura Ramus, P.T.,
A.T.C., Clinical
Director, Michigan Hand & Sports Rehabilitation Centers
10:30-12:00 P.M. “C-Leg: Microprocessor Leg Prosthesis” Bradley
Shebib, P.T., Wright & Filippis
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “Case Studies in Forensic Medicine: Analysis of Causal
Relationship” Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., C.I.H., Occupational &
Environmental Health Expert
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Defending Payor Audits: What to Expect and Strategies
for Success”
Deborah J. Williamson, J.D., Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.
C.
4:00-4:30 P.M. Networking
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
6.0 MNA
6.0 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
____________________________________________________________
Fall Conference October 13, 2006
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 P.M. “The Use of Electrical Stimulation in Bone Healing” Amy
Vasch, Manager, Reimbursement Affairs, EBI, L.P.
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Music Therapy” Laura J. Avers, MT-BC, Children’s
Hospital of Michigan at Detroit Medical Center
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “Chronic Pain: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation and
Intrathecal Pain Pumps" Janet Baker, BSN, RN, Patient Services Consultant,
Medtronic Neurological, Inc. & Edward Washbaugh III, M.D., Michigan Pain
Specialists, L.L.C.
2:30-4:00 P.M. "Intraspinal Opioids for Management of Cancer Pain"
Edward Washbaugh III, M.D., Michigan Pain Specialists, L.L.C.
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
7.2 MNA
6.0 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
_____________________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 13, 2006
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-12:00 P.M. “Medicare Series #3: 2006 OPPS Updates for Medicare
Part A” Patricia Iroegbu, BSN, RN, Medical Management Liaison, United
Government Services, Patricia Zachmann, Provider Training Specialist, United
Government Services
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1::00-2:30 P.M. “Healthcare Fraud & Abuse” Alan G. Gilchrist, Esq.
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C., Debra Spicer, Esq. Spicer Law P.C.
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Virtual ICU-An Update” Brad B. Gordon, MPA, RN,
Director Critical Care/Inpatient Cardiology/Nursing Resource Team / Borgess
Medical Center
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
7.2 MNA
6.0 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
7:30-8:00 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30 A.M. Business Meeting
8:30-10:30 A.M. “Surefire Methods for Defensible Coding”
Rhonda Buckholtz, C.P.C.
Vice President of Business and Member Development,
American Academy of Professional Coders
10:30-10:45 A.M. Break
10:45-12:15 P.M. “Bariatric Surgery Updates”
Panduranga Yenumula, M.D. Assistant
Professor/Director Sparrow Bariatric Surgery
Kathryn Kacynski, RN, BSN, MSN
Manager, Sparrow Weight Management Center
12:15-1:00 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P. “Challenging the Insurance Medical Audit”
Stephen Ryan, Attorney, Miller Johnson
2:30-2:45 P.M. Break
2:45-4:15 P.M. “Recent Developments
in Breast Cancer Treatment"
James Herman, M.D.
Medical Director, Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
4:15-4:30 P.M. Evaluations
Anticipated Contact Hours Offered:
(Applied For) 6.75 Nursing Contact hours
(Applied For) 7.0 AAMAS Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.75 CCM Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.75 AAPC Contact hours
_________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 20, 2009
_8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Hospital Regulatory Compliance”
Sandra Hagen, RN, BSN, Policy Compliance Coordinator
Detroit Medical Center, Audit and Compliance Department
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Intra-Operative EMG Monitoring”
Gene Balzer, PhD; President and CEO of Biotronic
NeuroNetwork
Daniel Robison; Electroneurodiagnostic Clinician,
Biotronic
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “X-Stop Spinal Decompression and Kyphoplasty”
J. Todd Brown, DO; Orthopedic Associates of Michigan
Maria Loren Thompson; Healthcare Policy and Reimbursement Manager,
Medtronic-Kyphon, Inc.
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Pattern Analysis to Help Identify Fraud”
Donna Bauby, RN, CMAS; Senior Managed Care
Specialist. ASU Group
Anticipated Contact Hours Offered:
(Applied For) 6.0 Nursing Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.5 AAMAS Contact hours
(Applied For) 6.0 CCM Contact hours
____________________________________________________________
Fall Conference October 10, 2008
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Recovery Focused Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injuries”
Paula Denison, PT, OMPT, Administrative Director of
Specialty Services,
Kathy Clawson, RN, Catastrophic Program Coordinator
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Program Based Residential Brain Injury Care”
Daniel Duffy, DO, President of Medical Staff and
Medical Director, HealthSource
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. No-Fault Insurance and Its Application To Medical Bill
Review
Laura Canfield, JD, CPCU, Secura Insurance
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Recovery Audit Contractors – Initial Results and Rollout
Schedule”
Belle A. Bell, Director of Health Information Services,
Hurley Medical Center
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units:
6.0 MNA (Applied for)
6.5 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
____________________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 7, 2008
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Pain and Addiction: Common Threads and Risk
Management”
Herbert L. Malinoff, MD, FACP
Private Practice, Internal Medicine / Addiction Medicine / Pain
Medicine
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Understanding Alternative Medicine and Integrated
Therapy”
Margaret Kammerer, LMT
Jim Kammerer
Nicole Settle, L. Ac
12:00-12:50 P.M. . . . Lunch . . .
1:00-2:30 P.M. “CyberKnife Radiosurgery”
Dr. Walter Sahijdak
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Back Pain: Algorithms of Treatment”
Dr. Carol L. van der Harst, MD
Michigan Rehabilitation Solutions
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Michigan
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
6.0 MNA
6.5 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
_____________________________________________________________
Fall Conference October 12, 2007
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 P.M. “Identification of Fraudulent Physical Therapy
Services “
Mark Beissel, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Clinical Director, Orthopaedic Therapy,
Inc
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Anti-Aging and Bio-Identical Hormones”
Keri Topouzian, DO, FACEP, FACOEP, Center for Healthy Living
Karen Raehtz, MS, RPh, Physicians Compounding Pharmacy
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “Upper Extremity Prosthetics”
Ken Woodward, CPO, Wright & Filippis
2:30-4:00 P.M. “DaVinci System Robotic Surgery of the Prostate”
Rafid Yousif, MD, MPH, FACS, Lansing Institute of Urology
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
6.0 MNA
6.5 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
_____________________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 23, 2007
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 A.M. “Movement System Balance Theory” Laura Ramus, P.T.,
A.T.C., Clinical
Director, Michigan Hand & Sports Rehabilitation Centers
10:30-12:00 P.M. “C-Leg: Microprocessor Leg Prosthesis” Bradley
Shebib, P.T., Wright & Filippis
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “Case Studies in Forensic Medicine: Analysis of Causal
Relationship” Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., C.I.H., Occupational &
Environmental Health Expert
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Defending Payor Audits: What to Expect and Strategies
for Success”
Deborah J. Williamson, J.D., Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.
C.
4:00-4:30 P.M. Networking
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
6.0 MNA
6.0 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
____________________________________________________________
Fall Conference October 13, 2006
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-10:30 P.M. “The Use of Electrical Stimulation in Bone Healing” Amy
Vasch, Manager, Reimbursement Affairs, EBI, L.P.
10:30-12:00 P.M. “Music Therapy” Laura J. Avers, MT-BC, Children’s
Hospital of Michigan at Detroit Medical Center
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1:00-2:30 P.M. “Chronic Pain: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation and
Intrathecal Pain Pumps" Janet Baker, BSN, RN, Patient Services Consultant,
Medtronic Neurological, Inc. & Edward Washbaugh III, M.D., Michigan Pain
Specialists, L.L.C.
2:30-4:00 P.M. "Intraspinal Opioids for Management of Cancer Pain"
Edward Washbaugh III, M.D., Michigan Pain Specialists, L.L.C.
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
7.2 MNA
6.0 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
_____________________________________________________________
Spring Conference March 13, 2006
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 A.M. Business Meeting
9:00-12:00 P.M. “Medicare Series #3: 2006 OPPS Updates for Medicare
Part A” Patricia Iroegbu, BSN, RN, Medical Management Liaison, United
Government Services, Patricia Zachmann, Provider Training Specialist, United
Government Services
12:00-12:50 P.M. Lunch
1::00-2:30 P.M. “Healthcare Fraud & Abuse” Alan G. Gilchrist, Esq.
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C., Debra Spicer, Esq. Spicer Law P.C.
2:30-4:00 P.M. “Virtual ICU-An Update” Brad B. Gordon, MPA, RN,
Director Critical Care/Inpatient Cardiology/Nursing Resource Team / Borgess
Medical Center
Contact Hours / Continuing Education Units
7.2 MNA
6.0 AAMAS
6.0 CCM
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