One-Day PreConference Programs and
New 2-Day Comprehensive Clinic Startup Course
One-Day PreConference Programs - Tuesday, April 29
8:00am - 4:30pm
Pre-Conference Courses run concurrently, please choose only one.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits will be available for these programs.
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Click here for tuition information. Call 877-698-2262 to register or click here.
Additional Faculty details are available here.
Procedure Clinic - THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT
Faculty: Mark Hastings, MD and Terry Buzzard, MD
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Combines lecture and hands-on technique development resulting in an interactive day that’s bound to improve your treatment skills. For all clinical practitioners.
- Casting and fracture care
- Splinting
- Extensor tendon repairs
- Slit Lamp exam
- Suturing Lab
- Joint Sheathing
- Joint Injections
Urgent Care Billing
Faculty: Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC
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Back by popular demand, this course is a must-attend session for newer urgent care billers, and anyone who wants a refresher. Packed with examples, references and sample forms.
- The Basics of Billing – practice management systems, staffing, charge tickets, internal controls
- Benchmarking – key performance indicators and understanding when there are problems
- Insurance Collections – submitting claims, handling rejections, denials and underpayments
- Patient Collections – the collections cycle, agencies and strategies
Integrating Occupational Medicine
Faculty: Frank Leone, MBA, MPH; Roy Gerber, MBA and Donna Lee Gardner, RN, MS, MBA
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Adding occupational medicine to your existing urgent care practice can improve your patient flow and your center revenues – if done well. Learn how from the experts.
- Understanding the occupational health opportunity
- Marketing and customer service – keys to success
- Integrating staffing plans and adding efficiency
- Occupational standards of care and quality monitoring
- Understanding occupational health financial management
New! 2-Day Comprehensive Clinic Startup Program
Tuesday – Wednesday, April 29-30
8:00am-4:30pm and 8:00am-2:00pm
Program runs concurrently with PreConference Courses above, and through day 1 of the Main Convention.
Clinic Startup Program participants may add the remainder of the Main Convention (Thurs/Fri) for a reduced fee. Call 877-698-2262 for details.
Faculty: Mike Anderson, MD; Lynne Bernard,RN; Alan Ayers, MBA, MAcc; Steve Sellars, John Shufeldt, MD, JD; Patrice Pash, RN; David Stern, MD, CPC; Stacy Calvaruso, CPAM
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This course will immerse you in the realities, opportunities and challenges of opening a new urgent care center – learn from the mistakes of those who have gone before you.
- Obtaining Financing – bank loans and other options
- Hospital-based centers attend a hospital-focused session during this module
- Budgeting Revenues and Expenses realistically
- Selecting the Perfect Site
- Legal Issues and Pitfalls to Avoid
- Setting up Your Clinic (2-part session)
- Marketing Strategies
- Obtaining Managed Care Contracts
- Understanding Urgent Care Billing
- Faculty Roundtable – Answering the Unanswered Questions
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