Past  MAHA  Conferences


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


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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
                     

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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

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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
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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

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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

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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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