Pathway to OAASC Conference 2012 Excellence The Hilton Columbus/Polaris 8700 Lyra Dr. Columbus, Ohio 43240. Wednesday, September 19 (preconference) Thursday, September 20 Friday, September 21 Special thanks to this year s sponsors: Best value $349*
Dear Fellow ASC Colleagues I can think of no time in my career when there has been more change and uncertainty facing those of us who work in health care. Whether it is costs, reimbursements, quality measurement, government and payer reform or regulations the health care industry - ASCs in particular are facing challenges and obstacles that are threatening viability. Now, more than ever before, professionals in the ASC industry need to be on the top of our game! With that being said, I invite you to join us for the OAASC annual multidisciplinary conference as we provide you a Pathway to Excellence. The OAASC Annual Conference provides a distinctive program the only one of its kind in Ohio that is designed exclusively to meet today s challenges for ASC leadership, clinical, billing and finance staff. Take a look at our exciting agenda to see for yourself, I m certain you ll agree the cost of the conference is an investment well spent. On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the OAASC, I look forward to seeing you in September for what promises to be an outstanding conference for ASC professionals. Join us for these exciting pre-conference sessions Wednesday September 19th 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. These exclusive programs are the only ASC-specific accreditation seminars in Ohio in 2012! 2012 Joint Commission Update: Standards and practices knowing, implementing and getting surveyed on them! Our expert, Judy Homa-Lowry, will share with you the latest issues facing Joint Commission accredited facilities and what you need to know to implement Joint Commission s new, old and problematic standards in your center and to be prepared for your next survey. 2012 AAAHC Update: Maintaining / preparing for accreditation and most importantly fully implementing the standards in your center s culture Join Carol Hiatt, RN, LHRM, CASC who will review AAAHC standards and provide compliance tips and additional resources to ensure continuous improvement and operational improvement in your center. This session is not to be missed for AAAHC centers. Wednesday September 19th 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Exclusive Pre-Conference Program Infection Prevention for Ambulatory Surgery Centers Do you have a documented infection control program? Do you have a designated qualified infection control professional directing your IP program? Do they have regular, ongoing training and provide in-services to your staff? Are you storing bio-waste properly, ensuring proper hand washing procedures, dealing appropriately with multi-use supplies and equipment, cleaning rooms and equipment correctly, know your TB risks, utilizing gloves in the right manner These AND MANY MORE are the most common citations by the Ohio Department of Health in their infection prevention surveys. This half day pre-conference program on Infection Prevention for ASC will feature nationally known speaker, Marcia Patrick, who will address all of these and other issues to ensure you have the most effective IP program. This fast paced, informative program will provide excellent, evidence-based information to help you build and enhance your current IP program. Kelly Shirer, CASC Chair, Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Wildwood Surgery Center, Toledo Attendance will meet CMS requirements for infection prevention continuing education. All participants will receive a certificate of participation, electronic version of power points for in-service training and continuing education (nursing and BASC see disclaimer). This conference has been submitted to the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91) for approval for all three days to award contact hours. The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center s Commission on Accreditation. An application has been submitted to the American Association of Professional Coders for CEs for the Friday program. This full program is approved by BASC Provider #6228 for CASC certified professionals. You must attend the entire curriculum and complete an evaluation form to be awarded CE units. No exceptions will be accepted. Please contact Randy Leffler at 614-358-0177 for more information about contact hours.
thursday september 20 8:00 9:00 Registration, Vendor Visits, Continental Breakfast, and Networking 9:00 9:15 Welcome Address: OAASC Chair Kelly Shirer 9:15 10:45 Keynote If Healthcare is About Wellbeing, Then Why Am I So Stressed Out? Jerry Bridge, LifeWorks Education The purpose of healthcare is to alleviate suffering and increase well being right? Then why are a vast numbers of clinicians, administrators, business and medical staff feeling over stressed, overwhelmed, over tired and burned out? Sick, distressed employees are prone to poor diet, lack of exercise, low energy and depression. How can healthcare workers radiate healing, positive energy if they themselves are not feeling it? This lively, energizing, interactive presentation will look at both individual and collective sources of stress and learn best practices for increasing our well-being, at work, at home and in life! Breakout Sessions 1 11:00 12:00 Clinical Emergency! Emergency! How and Why to Build Your Business Continuation Plan for Those Unexpected Times Nancy Sulzberg, CNA Social Media & Professional Boundaries: Legal & Ethical Perspectives (meets nursing legal CE requirements) Janice Lanier Leaders of ASCs understand the risks and loss exposures faced in today s healthcare environment. How can social media opportunities & related technologies result in violation of nursing laws, rules, and professional ethics? Unfortunately, some losses, especially those related to disasters and emergency situations, are unpreventable and unexpected. Business continuity planning is a comprehensive approach to ensuring that businesses continue to function efficiently in the event of a loss. Get the latest update on what you and your staff can and cannot do regarding social media and patient care/interactions. IMPORTANT - This session meets 1 hours of nursing legal CE requirements. Is your center ready to spend time, money and resources to plan for the unexpected and prevent losses? 12:00 2:00 Lunch, Vendor Visits and Networking Breakout Sessions 2 2:00 3:30 Clinical Technology Working for your Surgery Center Robert Brownd, Surgical Notes Health Care Reform What Now?? Don Antrim, Dinsmore Shohl AORN Hot Topics The latest information you need to know as a peri-operative nurse. Jan Davidson, AORN Manager ASC Division For the Ohio ASC industry, proven transcription, revenue cycle, and electronic medical record technologies are crucial to the ongoing success of the industry. The Supreme Court has made their decision on Obama-care and Congress is promising additional action. Recently, AORN added some new Recommended Practices (RPs) for ASCs. In addition, some changes were made to existing RPs. See how to take action to reduce overhead costs, create automation, enhance financial reporting, and take healthy steps into digitizing your own medical records environment. What can you expect as a health care provider and (just as important) an employer regarding health care reform and its impact on your ASC? Review those changes in an effort to develop policies and procedures and provide orientation, education, and in-services to the staff on how to apply the changes to your ASC. Determine the necessary steps to develop quality improvement projects for managing compliance with the changes that were made in the RPs. Breakout Sessions 3 3:45 5:15 Clinical Valuations of Your Center Gina Grote, Blue & Co. QAPI Outcomes and Practices; A Standardized Team Approach Traci Sheipline, Nurse Manager Wooster Ambulatory Surgery Center Administrators, owners and business managers usually think about valuations when they re selling the business or purchasing / merging another company into or with their own. Actually, valuations are a necessary evil when a company wants additional financial resources for expansion, if there s a business divorce, succession planning and much, much more. Hear the finer details of business valuation and how you can use it for your center s advantage. Quality care comes from monitoring patient outcomes and ASC practices. Using a Team approach to data collection and a standardized format simplifies the process. This case study from a fellow ASC will provide insight on how they incorporated their entire team in their QAPI program and ideas on how your center can integrate these and other principles in your center. 5:15 7:00 End of the Day Reception and Exhibitor Visits Polaris Hilton 7:00 An Evening Out!! How often do you get an evening out to just do whatever you want? Well tonight is your night!
Friday september 21 7:00 8:00 Registration, Vendor Visits, Continental Breakfast, and Networking 8:00 8:15 Day 2 Welcome Address: OAASC Vice Chair, Cheryl Cunningham 8:15 9:15 Keynote Medicare payment updates! Quality reporting! Conditions of coverage! Drug shortages! Conversions and closures! National Update There is no doubt that the national ASC industry is facing challenges on numerous fronts. Hear first-hand from national ASC Association CEO Bill Prentice on what is being done nationally to improve the climate for ASCs and how Ohio ASCs, the OAASC and the ASCA are working together to impact national policy. William Prentice, CEO ASCA Breakout Sessions 4 9:30 10:30 When OSHA Comes Knocking Elethia Dean, RN, PhD, ASC Compliance The Value of Coding in ASC s Paul Cadorette CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, COSC, CASCC, mdstrategies OSHA recently increased oversight of many healthcare facilities, including ASCs. What drives revenue in an ASC? Coding does. Find out the most prevalent citations from recent OSHA surveys and what each ASC must do to ensure compliance. This discussion will be about annual CPT updates and how these changes affect revenue, along with upcoming changes like quality reporting and ICD-10. You will also review the relationship between facility and physician coding and what impact implants and new devices have on an ASC s bottom line. Breakout Sessions 5 10:45 11:45 ASC Efficiencies An Advance Perspective Dawn Q McLane, Health Inventures ICD 10 and your setting preparing for the near future! Diane Zucker What contributes to the success of your center? There are a multitude of key management points including anesthesia services, staffing and scheduling, process flow, equipment and technology, just to name a few. ICD-10 coding implementation was delayed but that doesn t mean you should not be prepared. You will discuss the challenges that face ASCs in the area of compliance and reporting. You will receive graphics and tools that will improve the efficiency of your center. Not having a full understanding of ICD-10 could mean significant loss of revenue for your center. Also, once implementation takes place, you will need to ensure you have processes and financials in place to make sure your center is open. You will hear an overview of the basics of ICD-10 changes in format, code detail and process with identification of how the ASC needs to identify how diagnoses coding is identified in ICD-9 and the changes needed for ICD-10. Keynote Speakers Jerry Bridge Jerry Bridge, founder and president of LifeWorks Education, is a trainer, coach and motivational speaker. Over the past twenty years Jerry has worked with over 75,000 executives, practice managers and administrative staff on a variety of issues including; sales and marketing billing and collections, customer service and communication, stress and time management, and productivity. Additionally, Jerry integrates over 25 years of specialized training and development with Landmark Education Corporation; a leader and innovator in the field of transformational education. Jerry lives in San Diego, California. He is a dad, drummer and occasional stand up comic. His passion is to lead inspiring, motivating programs that empower people and have lots of fun in the process. William Prentice Bill Prentice is the chief executive officer of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) and Ambulatory Surgery Foundation (ASF). Before joining ASCA, Bill was the director of the Washington office for the American Dental Association (ADA). Prior to coming to the ADA in 1999 as a senior congressional lobbyist, Bill worked in New Jersey as an association executive and as a vice president in a large contract lobbying and public affairs firm. Bill started his career on Capitol Hill. Bill holds an undergraduate degree in political science from The George Washington University, a master s degree in government administration from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark.
Friday september 21 - continued Lunch 11:45 1:00 Perspectives from Ohio s National Leaders Senator Sherrod Brown (D) -Invited Congressman Steve Stivers (R)-Invited Hear from two of Ohio s national leaders, who have both committed to support Ohio ASCs by co-sponsoring the national ASC Quality and Access Act. What is the state of national health care policy and can you further impact decision making? Breakout Sessions 6 1:15 2:15 CMS Quality Reporting, 2012 Regulations and Beyond for Your ASC Cathy Montgomery, RN Excellentia Advisory Group, LLC Are you ready for quality reporting? Yes, No, Maybe? Make sure you ARE ready with this session that will focus on the finer points of Quality reporting (how and why) and strategies for easily implementing and routinizing it within your center in October and beyond. Get the last minute updates on what to do and how to do it. Your future reimbursements could depend on it!! A Model for a Successful Surgery Center Partnership / The Knightsbridge Story Nap Gary, COO Regent Surgical Health; Chair ASCA Board of Directors Sustainable RCM Strategies to Diminish Chaos, Confusion and Costs Azadeh Farahmand, GHN-Online Herb Riemenschneider, MD, Knightsbridge Surgery Center There are many factors in the current healthcare environment that make surgery center joint ventures among physicians, hospitals and management companies advisable and successful. Find ways other centers have successfully employed strategies in their centers that address enhanced facility reimbursement, physician control of clinical and administrative matters, corporate structure, ownership levels and Board composition. Discover how to apply sustainable revenue cycle management strategies to improve overall revenue cycle results. Develop knowledge on how to gain total control of the revenue cycle and how to maximize cash management flow. Breakout Sessions 7 2:30 3:30 The Revenge of the Medicare Conditions of Coverage!!!! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE SURVEYOR TEAM ARRIVES AT YOUR DOOR Elethia Dean, RN, PhD, ASC Compliance Collecting From Patients in a Difficult Economy Anthony F. Carabello, CEO & President Collector U, LLC - An AR Logix, Inc. Company A follow-up to last year s extremely popular session, this presentation outlines the focus of Medicare surveyors in Ohio. It will include top deficiencies, regulations behind the deficiencies and what each ASC must do to successfully pass a surprise Medicare survey. Patient collections are labor intensive and expensive. This is even more the case in today s tough economy. Gain the tools and techniques that will have your practice better utilizing resources and operating more efficiently. Exhibitor Hall Visit our valued exhibitors that will feature the latest, most innovative products and services for ASCs. Exhibit Hours: Thursday, September 20th 8:00 a.m. 5:15 p.m. Cocktail Reception from 5:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 21st 7:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Our valued exhibitors who have already registered: Adrian Medical AVEC Scientific Design Amkai Solutions Angelica Textile Services Blue & Co. CHP CNA HealthPro Economy Linen Experior Healthcare Hoffman Group Hylant Group ImageFIRST mdstrategies MNET Financials Medical Protective Miraca Life Sciences Mobile Instrument Service & Repair Morrison Kattman Menze Paragon Services Scioto Services Seneca Medica Source Medical Spectrum Surgical Instruments Strategic Healthcare Surgical Notes The Doctors Company Universal Medical Services Many of the exhibitors will be giving away great door prizes. Visit each exhibitor for your chance to win!
Join some of your favorite vendors for an OAASC-exclusive Dine outs at some of Polaris great restaurants (and they pick up the tab), shopping with friends and join your ASC colleagues for games, food and drinks at Dave and Busters and best of all, it is within walking distance from your hotel room. AAAHC Update: Wednesday, September 19th 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Joint Commission Update: Wednesday, September 19th 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Best value $349* An Evening Out Pre-conference Program $249 $249 Infection Prevention for ASCs: Wednesday, September 19th 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. $200 AAAHC Update / Joint Commission Update and Infection Prevention Combo (includes lunch) *Lunch will be provided from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for those registrants who attend a morning and afternoon session. Registration Fees Early Bird deadline is August 24, 2012. OAASC Member Full Conference (received on or before 8/24/2012)......... $349.00 Non-Member Full Conference (received on or before 8/24/2012)........... $479.00 OAASC Member Full Conference (received after 8/24/2012)............. $394.00 Non-Member Full Conference (received after 8/24/2012)............... $534.00 One Day Only: OAASC Member.............................. $239.00 One Day Only: Non-Member................................ $314.00 Each Additional OAASC Member Full Conference................... $269.00 Each Additional Non-Member Full Conference..................... $394.00 Walk-in Registrations are welcome! Accommodations All rooms (1 King/2 Doubles) will be available for the rate of $141.00/night at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris. If you want to make reservations, please call 1.888.864.8055 or 614.885.1600 and use the group code: AMBULS or use your barcode scanner app on your smart phone to register online! Conference Attendance Cancellation Cancellations received in writing at the OAASC office by 5 p.m./eastern on September 4th will be entitled to a refund, less a $25 administrative fee. Cancellations received after September 4th will be subject to a 50% penalty. Conference no-shows forfeit their entire registration fee. Substitutions are welcome with advance notice, in writing at the OAASC office before September 4th. Telephone and email cancellations will not be accepted. Please mail cancellations to OAASC: P.O. Box 340225 Columbus, OH 43234-0225 or fax to 614.467.2071. Directions The Hilton Columbus/Polaris is located at 8700 Lyra Dr. Columbus, Ohio 43240. Traveling I-270 or I-70, proceed to I-71 North to Exit 121 which is Polaris Parkway. Turn left (West) onto Polaris Parkway and proceed to the first traffic light, Lyra Drive. Turn right at Lyra Drive. Parking The Hilton Columbus/Polaris provides 500 complimentary spaces for self-parking at their facility. PO Box 340225 Columbus, OH 43234-0225 PRINTER TO ADD POSTAGE INFO