OVERVIEW

Learn how to maximize the strengths of your practice at this full-day workshop. This workshop teaches you everything you need to know about EMR, staff training and office systems, how to properly comply with audit procedures, and much more! Featuring interactive discussion and Q&A sessions with the experts; bring your difficult office problems to the table and leave with practical solutions that will improve your daily operations and boost profitability.

FACULTY

Session Leader

Joseph S. Eastern, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology
Belleville Dermatology Center
Belleville, NJ

Brett Coldiron, MD, FACP

Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati
The Skin Cancer Center
Cincinnati, OH

Cliff Lober, MD, JD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Private Practice
Kissimmee, FL

Daniel Siegel, MD

Clinical Professor of Dermatology, SUNY Downstate
Director, Procedural Dermatology Fellowship
AAD Representative to AMA RUC

James A. Zalla, MD, FAAD

Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Dermatology Associates of Northern Kentucky
Florence, KY

AGENDA

• Introduction with session leader Joseph S. Eastern, MD
• Top Ten Timely Practice Issues
  What are the most important factors to consider in your practice? Understand the top issues that effect the success of your practice and learn practical pearls that you can implement now!
• Utilization Issues and the Future of Dermatology
  A discussion of increasing RVU utilization and consequences for the specialty, including the skin cancer epidemic and relative value update committee review triggers. Consider the future of a small specialty with increasing government and MedPac hostility towards specialty care and high volume procedure specialties.
• R.A.C. Audits: What you don't know can hurt you
  An in depth review of how to anticipate and deal with RAC audits, including what they are looking for, how to be prepared, compliance procedures, and avoiding audit complications.
• Office Efficiency: From financial management to hiring & firing
  The importance of office efficiency, new human resources compliance issues, guidelines for hiring and firing, financial management and more!
• Electronic Medical Records: Regulations & practical applications
  Electronic health records are finally ready for prime time. A guided tour of decision-making on this important timely topic will be front and center. Do it now as the Federal dollars start rolling in 2011.
• Red Flag Rules
  Learn about current SEC requirements for creditors. Understand creative ways to prevent identity theft and more.
• Collections, Claims, Contracts, & Carriers Cautions in Coding
  This presentation will review key elements relating to monitoring your money in the office, cover cash controls, billing practices, collections, account receivable management, and managed care contracts; all of which impact how well practice income reflects the work we do. Tips will be offered to assure good financial controls as well as for dealing with insurance carriers. Office procedure, recent coding changes and their correct applications will be reviewed.
• Panel: Q&A
  Ask the experts directly! Bring your difficult office problems to the table and leave with practical solutions.