Spring Conference
March 7, 2008
Kellogg Conference Center
55 South Harrison Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-432-4000
For directions and other information click:
Kellogg Center
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.
6.0 Nursing
Contact hours
6.0
AAMAS Contact hours
Fall Conference
Friday October 12, 2007
Kellogg
Conference Center
55 South Harrison Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-432-4000
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
Offered:
__ 6.0_Nursing
Contact hours
__ 6.0___AAMAS
Contact hours
6.0
CCM Contact hours
Spring
Friday
March 23, 2007
Kellogg Conference Center
55 South Harrison Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-432-4000
For directions and other information click:
Kellogg Center
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 Offered: 6.0 Nursing Contact hours
6.0 AAMAS Contact hours

Fall
October 13, 2006
Kellogg Conference Center
55 South Harrison Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-432-4000
For directions and other information click:
Kellogg Center
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 Offered:
__ 7.2__Nursing
Contact hours __ 6____AAMAS
Contact hours

Spring
March 3, 2006
For all people interested in the most up-to-date information on health care
reimbursement issues –
Patient Accounts Managers, Nurse Auditors, Utilization Review Dept,
Insurance Representatives, Case Managers
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 Offered:
Registration Fee:
__ 7.2__Nursing Contact hours
Member $ 95
__ 6____AAMAS Contact
hours Non-Member $ 150
__ 7.2__ CCM Contact
hours 1st Time Attendee $ 50

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