Fall Urgent Care Conference
2008 Fall Conference - September 26-27 - Peabody Hotel - Memphis
Courses Offered:
- Starting a New Urgent Care Center
- Essential Topics in Urgent Care Medicine - NEW
- Strategic Marketing for Urgent Care
- Introduction to Urgent Care Coding - NEW
- Advanced Cases in Urgent Care Coding - NEW
Details will be available in May/June.
If you want to learn about a typical Fall Conference, information on the 2007 Fall Conference is below.
October 26-27, 2007 - Hyatt McCormick Place - Chicago, Illinois
Three Courses Offered (choose one) - Click here for Overall Agenda
Hotel Information
Click here to learn more about the HOTEL INFORMATION and EXHIBITORS.
* All courses are very likely to SELL OUT. Registrations will not be accepted after October 21 - if you would like to register after October 21, you will need to register on-site (as a "walk-in" registration). Openings will be on a space-available basis and subject to an additional $100 late fee.
Are you an EXHIBITOR?
All Booths are Currently Sold Out, but there is an active waiting list.
Click here to register (waitlist only) or to download the exhibit floor plans.
To view the Exhibitors by booth number - click here
Course Descriptions
Starting a New Urgent Care Center (10 CME)
If you are considering opening a new clinic, you know there are countless questions to be answered: What is my ideal location? How do I get a business loan? How many treatment rooms should I have? What do I need to know about coding urgent care visits? What about managed care contracts? Is occupational medicine important? What have I forgotten?
Your faculty will be from successful urgent care clinics across the country – who have been in your situation and emerged successfully on the other side. You’ll hear what they learned along the way and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls of new clinics.
As a special bonus, Clinic Startup participants will visit two urgent care centers to experience the flow of patients and see back office operations:
Friday - Physicians Immediate Care, Chicago Loop
Saturday - Central DuPage Convenient Care, Naperville
Faculty: Renee Lohman, Alan Ayers, Tracy Patterson, Patrice Pash, Cynthia Rilling, David Stern, Stacy Calvaruso, Lynne Bernard (click on faculty name for full bio)
Click here for Course agenda
Specialized Coding for Urgent Care (8 CME)
An advanced course in coding – just for urgent care. If you work in urgent care and already know the basics of coding, this course will help you maximize your compliance as well as your revenues.
Are you getting reimbursed for all that you can be?
- Special situation codes
- Problem based coding – what is a “new” visit?
- Procedure coding
- Physicals, evenings/weekends, emergency services and more
Most urgent care centers miss out on thousands of dollars in revenue because of coding errors or omissions. Use what you learn to capture these codes with confidence.
Continuing Education Units
This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 8.0 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor.
Faculty: David Stern, Kim Ramirez, Joyce Ralstin, Stacy Calvaruso (click faculty name for full bio)
Click here for Course Agenda
Strategic Marketing for Urgent Care (8 CME)
Urgent care practices have many potential “customers” – patients, insurance companies, local physicians, employers, retail clinics, the media – virtually everyone in your community. How do you market your centers most efficiently and effectively? This NEW course, taught by a public relations expert and an experienced urgent care director, will show you how to choose strategies that will get the biggest bang for your buck and help separate you from your competition.
What’s in a name – recognition, signage and branding
Making news and working with the media
Marketing from the inside – customer service issues
Your practice and the world wide web
Direct mail, advertising, speaking in the community – what’s best for you?
Creating and managing a marketing plan for your center
Faculty: Sam Yates and Cynthia Rilling (click faculty name for full bios)
Click here for Course Agenda
Fall Conference Course Tuition Information
Fall Conference Courses |
Early Tuition
by August 26
mbr/non |
Regular Tuition
Aug 27-Sept 30
mbr/non |
Late Tuition
Oct 1-21*
mbr/non |
Starting a New Urgent Care Center
(includes visit to 2 UC clinics!) |
$850/950 |
$950/1050 |
$995/1095 |
Specialized Coding for Urgent Care |
$650/700 |
$750/800 |
$795/845 |
Strategic Marketing for Urgent Care |
$650/700 |
$750/800 |
$795/845 |
* All courses are very likely to SELL OUT. Registrations will not be accepted after October 21 - if you would like to register after October 21, you will need to register on-site (as a "walk-in" registration). Openings will be on a space-available basis and subject to an additional $100 late fee.
2006 Conference Memories - see anyone you know? We'll see YOU next time!
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