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Welcome from the Chair

I am excited to invite you to PRACTICE MANAGEMENT™ 2018! This year, the conference will highlight today’s most pressing topics to create and enhance your practice. With recent changes in the health care environment, there are a lot of challenges to overcome, such as adopting new models of care, changes in health care legislation and its impact on reimbursement, refinements in health care delivery, the consolidation taking place with practices, and regulatory and quality reporting.

At PRACTICE MANAGEMENT – Navigating for Success, we’ve gathered the top subject-matter experts and industry professionals to share their expertise, insights and strategies for strengthening your organization and overcoming these challenges. Dedicated tracks for practice administrators and executives will help you build leaders at every level of your practice.

With almost 100 educational sessions, eight pre-conferences, a special Residents & Fellows Track, advocacy updates, panel discussions and the keynote address “From Big Data to Small Decisions: Using Data to Collaborate and Improve Care” by Sachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A., this year’s meeting offers something for everyone. In addition to vast educational opportunities, you will have the opportunity to meet and engage with physician anesthesiologists, practice administrators and quality directors—this face-to-face contact is invaluable. We’ve also built in time for you to explore the latest cutting-edge products and technology while meeting with exhibitors. Each of these opportunities will provide information that is relevant to the challenges you’re looking to solve.

I look forward to meeting you and learning with you at PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018.

See you in January!

Joseph W. Szokol, M.D., J.D., M.B.A.Chair, ASA Committee on Practice Management

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NAVIGATING FOR SUCCESS


Why Attend?The most relevant and timely conference of its kind, PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018 – Navigating for Success brings together subject-matter experts and leaders in anesthesia to share knowledge and critical skills needed to stay at the forefront of anesthesia practice management. Discover how to deliver value through physician and practice performance, and engage with a variety of world-renowned specialty leaders.

Maximize your time at the meeting by attending these exciting pre-conferences: • NEW! Thursday AAE Program: Climate Change – Anesthesia Practices are Feeling the Heat Too! • Fundamentals of Practice Management• Building Effective Leadership• Lean: Achieving Operational Excellence• Developing Your Value Proposition: How Quality Creates Value• Billing, Coding and Compliance• The Health Care Hurricane: Safe Flying Lessons • NEW! Bigger is Not Always Better: Tools for the Viability of Small to Medium Group Practices

Attendees will come away fully equipped to make a positive impact on their anesthesia practices.

Who should attend? • Physician anesthesiologists and other anesthesia clinicians• Anesthesiology practice leaders• Practice presidents• Quality Assurance (QA) directors• Department chiefs• AAE members• Hospital and health care organization leaders• Residents and Fellows• Billers and coders

What you’ll learn:Upon completion of this continuing medical education activity, you will be able to: • Identify how big data can improve care delivery across the organization.• Discuss the latest developments of the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH).• Describe how metrics can be used to improve operational efficiencies.

Featured topics and discussions • Update on PSH• Latest news on MACRA and MIPS• Using Data to Collaborate and Improve Care• Implementation of a Quality Program• The Impact of Financial Incentives and Behavioral Economics on Decision-Making by Patients and Providers• Town Hall with ASA Leadership/Executive Committee• Roundtables

Conference Highlights • Keynote: Sachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A., is the Associate Dean for Research Information Technology and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Kheterpal will discuss critical strategies for using data to collaborate and improve care.• Important state and federal advocacy updates.• Intimate group discussions to engage with speakers.• Residents & Fellows track featuring educational lectures, panel discussions and expert one-on-one critiques.

Featured LecturesKeynote Address

Sachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A.Associate Dean for Research Information Technology and Associate Professor of AnesthesiologyUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIFrom Big Data to Small Decisions: Using Data to Collaborate and Improve Care

Business School LecturerDavid A. Lubarsky, M.D., M.B.A.Chief Medical and System Integration Officer University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL The Impact of Financial Incentives and Behavioral Economics on Decision-Making by Patients and Providers


FRIDAY, JANUARY 26

Time Session Speaker

6:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration

6:30 – 7 a.m. Continental Breakfast

3:30 – 5 p.m. Poster Viewing

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Connection Center (Exhibit Hall) Open

5 – 5:15 p.m. Welcome, Introduction and Announcements

Alexander S. Choi, M.D., M.P.H.

5:15 – 6 p.m. Keynote Address: From Big Data to Small Decisions: Using Data to Collaborate and Improve Care

Sachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A.

6 – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception in the Connection Center

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27


6:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration


7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Poster Viewing

7:15 – 7:30 a.m. Welcome, Introduction and Announcements

7:30 – 7:55 a.m. The Perioperative Surgical Home Collaborative: Leading Change in Health Care Delivery Nationally

Stanley W. Stead, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

7:55 – 8:20 a.m. Implementation of a Quality Program in a Hospital – An Institutional Experience

Aman Mahajan, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.

8:20 – 8:45 a.m. It Takes a Village to Redesign Care: Building Teams and Teamwork

Thomas R. Vetter, M.D.

8:45 – 9 a.m. Q&A

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Connection Center (Exhibit Hall) Open

9 – 9:30 a.m. Refreshment Break in the Connection Center

9:30 – 10:05 a.m. Regulatory Update Matthew Popovich, Ph.D.

10:05 – 10:40 a.m. The Latest News on MACRA

Sharon Merrick, M.S., CCS-P

10:40 – 11:15 a.m. Human Factors Related to Quality

Ken Catchpole, Ph.D.

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Q&A

11:30 – 11:45 a.m. FAER Scholarship Award Presentation

11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch in the Connection Center

1 – 2 p.m. Business School Lecture: The Impact of Financial Incentives and Behavioral Economics on Decision-Making by Patients and Providers

David A. Lubarsky, M.D., M.B.A.

2 – 2:30 p.m. D.C. Update Manuel E. Bonilla, M.S.

2:30 – 2:45 p.m. ASA President Address

James D. Grant, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

2:45 – 3:30 p.m. Town Hall Q&A with ASA Leadership and Executive Committee

3:30 – 4 p.m. Refreshment Break in the Connection Center

4 – 6 p.m. Group Discussions

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28



7 – 7:15 a.m. Introduction

7:15 – 7:45 a.m. Operating Room Metrics

Bassam Kadry, M.D.

7:45 – 8:15 a.m. Quality Metrics Brian M. Parker, M.D.

8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Productivity/Work Metrics

Amr Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

8:45 – 9 a.m. Q&A


9:30 – 9:55 a.m. Structuring a Flexible Work Environment

Genie G. Blough, M.B.A., FACMPE

9:55 – 10:20 a.m. Proactively Addressing Disruptive Behavior

Shena Scott, M.B.A., FACMPE

10:20 – 10:45 a.m. Managing Human Resources Nightmares

Brad Wakefield, M.B.A.

10:45 – 11 a.m. Q&A

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Pre-conference agendaTHURSDAY, JANUARY 25 | PRE-CONFERENCE AAE Program: Climate Change – Anesthesia Practices are Feeling the Heat Too!

Time Session Speaker(s)


7 – 7:15 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Announcements


7:15 – 7:50 a.m. Basics and New to Anesthesia: Acclimating to the Tropics

Mike Mihlbauer, Grace T. Cole

7:50 – 8 a.m. Q&A

8 – 8:50 a.m. It’s Getting Hotter: What are the Changing Rules of the Game


8:50 – 9 a.m. Q&A

9 – 9:50 a.m. Going from Coal to Solar Panels: Eco-Friendly Changes

John Friedel, M.B.A., CMPE, Mike Mihlbauer

9:50 – 10 a.m. Q&A

10 – 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break

10:30 – 11:20 a.m. The Tide is Rising: How to Keep from Drowning in HR Regulations

Margaret A. McCausland

11:20 – 11:30 a.m. Q&A

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lunch

12:30 – 1:20 p.m. Don’t Be a Polar Bear: Strategies to Stay in the Game

Will Latham

1:20 – 1:30 p.m. Q&A

1:30 – 2:20 p.m. MIPS/MACRA: Monitoring Your Carbon Footprint

Stephen E. Comess, B.S.N., Kristen Delin, M.S., Amanda Dennis, M.S., CMPE

2:20 – 2:30 p.m. Q&A

2:30 – 3 p.m. Refreshment Break

3 – 3:50 p.m. Your Glacier is Calving: Organizing Key Facts

Joseph P. Hymes, M.P.H., Genie G. Blough, M.B.A., FACMPE

3:50 – 4 p.m. Q&A


FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 PRE-CONFERENCE 1: Fundamentals of Practice Management



6:55 – 7 a.m. Introduction Brian M. Parker, M.D.

7 – 7:40 a.m. Professional Citizenship

Jeffrey Plagenhoef, M.D., FASA

7:40 – 8:15 a.m. Risk Management & Compliance

Jeffery S. Vender, M.D., FCCM, FCCP, M.B.A.

8:15 – 8:50 a.m. Navigating Medical Staff Issues

Randall M. Clark, M.D.

8:50 – 9 a.m. Q&A


9:30 – 10:05 a.m. The Anesthesia Clinical Director – Critical Leadership Role in the O.R.

Aaron J. West, M.D.

10:05 – 10:40 a.m. O.R. Capacity – Allocating a Valuable Resource – Basics of Block Scheduling and Utilization Monitoring

John P. Lawrence, M.D.

10:40 – 11:15 a.m. O.R. Metrics – Tracking the Right Data – Provider and Hospital Perspectives

Michael Simon, M.D.

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Q&A

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lunch in the Connection Center

12:30 – 1:05 p.m. Accreditation & Regulatory Surveys

Donald Arnold, M.D.

1:05 – 1:40 p.m. The Nuts & Bolts of Coding and Payment

Sharon K. Merrick, M.S., CCS-P

1:40 – 2:15 p.m. Contracting With Your Hospital: Negotiating Your Employment Contract

Judith Jurin Semo, J.D., Esq.

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Q&A


3 – 3:35 p.m. Measuring Quality: Data Collection & Reporting

Matthew Popovich, Ph.D.

3:35 – 4:10 p.m. Setting Up a Quality Program in Your Department

Spiro Spanakis, D.O.

4:10 – 4:45 p.m. Using Information Technology to Improve Group Quality

Mark Deshur, M.D.

4:45 – 5 p.m. Q&A

5 p.m. Adjourn

“This meeting is essential in understanding some of the business challenges we are facing and will continue to face for many years to come. ”

– 2017 attendee


FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 | PRE-CONFERENCE 2: Building Effective Leadership



7:25 – 7:30 a.m. Introduction Samuel Wald, M.D., M.B.A.

7:30 – 8:15 a.m. Hallmarks of Effective Leadership

Brianna Caza, Ph.D.

8:15 – 9 a.m. Emotional Intelligence

Torin Shear, M.D.


9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Creating a Culture of Change


10:15 – 11 a.m. Organizational Psychology for Leaders

Brianna Caza, Ph.D.

11 – 11:45 a.m. Incentives (Financial and Otherwise)

David A. Lubarsky, M.D., M.B.A.

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.


12:45 – 1:30 p.m. Negotiation Strategies


1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Case-based Negotiations Exercise

Brianna Caza, Ph.D., Samuel Wald, M.D., M.B.A.


3 – 3:45 p.m. Qualities of Inspirational Leaders

Samuel Wald, M.D., M.B.A.

3:45 – 4:30 p.m. Reflections on Leadership: Lessons Learned

Jeffrey Plagenhoef, M.D., FASA

Pre-conference agendaFRIDAY, JANUARY 26 | PRE-CONFERENCE 3: Lean: Achieving Operational Excellence



8 – 8:15 a.m. Pre-conference Workshop Kick-off: Why Lean?

Shubjeet Kaur, M.D., M.Sc., HCM

8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Introduction to Lean Lori Pelletier, M.B.A., Ph.D.

8:45 – 9 a.m. Potato Head Exercise

Group


9:30 – 9:55 a.m. Lean Problem- Solving

Mary Page, RN, MSN

9:55 – 10:15 a.m. Potato Head Exercise

Group

10:15 – 10:35 a.m. Introduction to A3 Thinking

Mary Page, RN, MSN

10:35 – 10:50 a.m. UMass Memorial Example – Problem Statement

Cliona Archambeault, M.B.A.

10:50 – 11:10 a.m. Break-out Exercise Group

11:10 – 11:30 a.m. Current Conditions Lori Pelletier, M.B.A., Ph.D.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.


12:30 – 12:45 p.m. UMass Memorial Example – Current Conditions


12:45 – 1:15 p.m. Break-out Exercise Group

1:15 – 1:35 p.m. Root Causes Analysis

Mary Page, RN, MSN

1:35 – 1:50 p.m. UMass Memorial Example – Root Causes + Goals

Mary Page, RN, MSN


2:10 – 2:30 p.m. Countermeasures Cliona Archambeault, M.B.A.


3 – 3:15 p.m. UMass Memorial Example – Countermeasures

Mary Page, RN, MSN


3:35 – 3:55 p.m. Executing the Plan Lori Pelletier, M.B.A., Ph.D.

3:55 – 4:10 p.m. UMass Memorial Example – PDSA and Key Learning



4:30 – 5 p.m. Closing; Lean Leadership; Barriers/Challenges in Lean's Way

Lori Pelletier, M.B.A., Ph.D.


FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 | PRE-CONFERENCE 4: Developing Your Value Proposition: How Quality Creates Value



7 – 7:15 a.m. Welcome, Introduction and Announcements

Mark Deshur, M.D., M.B.A., Mohammed Minhaj, M.D., M.B.A., Edward Yaghmour, M.D.

7:15 – 7:40 a.m. What Data Government Payers Want to See and How They Use It

Mark Leib, M.D., J.D.

7:40 – 7:45 a.m. Q&A

7:45 – 8:05 a.m. Using Informational Technology to Improve Your Practice

Mark Deshur, M.D., M.B.A.

8:05 – 8:10 a.m. Q&A

8:10 – 8:30 a.m. How to Use Data to Show Your Value to Your Hospital and Practice

Avery Tung, M.D., FCCM

8:30 – 8:35 a.m. Q&A

8:35 – 8:55 a.m. Turning Data into Value in a Large Group Practice

Richard Dutton, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

8:55 – 9 a.m. Q&A


9:30 – 9:50 a.m. The Perioperative Evaluation Clinic Can Create Value for Your Patients, Hospital and Practice

Thomas R. Vetter, M.D.

9:50 – 10 a.m. Q&A

10 – 10:20 a.m. Obstetric Anesthesia Quality What Should We Measure and Why? SCORE Project

Robert D'Angelo, M.D.

10:20 – 10:30 a.m. Q&A

10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Building High Performance Teams in Anesthesiology

Jeffrey Vender, M.D., FCCM, FCCP, M.B.A.

10:50 – 11 a.m. Q&A

11 – 11:20 a.m. Measuring Patient Satisfaction With Anesthesia: Show Me the Value!

James R. Mesrobian, M.D.

11:20 – 11:30 a.m. Q&A

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.


12:30 – 12:50 p.m. Private Practice Perspective of Creating Value


12:50 – 1 p.m. Q&A

1 – 1:20 p.m. Active Operating Room Cap Management for Efficiency and Cost Savings

Mark Hudson, M.D.

1:20 – 1:30 p.m. Q&A

1:30 – 1:50 p.m. Improving Operating Room Throughout is More Than Reducing Turnover Time


1:50 – 2 p.m. Q&A

2 – 2:20 p.m. Change Management: Creating Buy-in for Process Improvement

Saadia Sherwani, M.D.

2:20 – 2:30 p.m. Q&A


3 – 3:20 p.m. How Will Participating in NACOR, AQI and QCDR Add Value to Your Practice

DeLaine Schmitz, M.S.H.L.

3:20 – 3:30 p.m. Q&A

3:30 – 3:50 p.m. Where Measurement Standards Meet Priorities: A Primer on Developing Local Quality Measures

Toni Kaye, M.P.H.

3:50 – 4 p.m. Q&A

4 – 4:20 p.m. A New Way to Consider and Measure Value in Anesthesia Practices: Sharing Your Data With Your Patients and the Public

Keith Chamberlin, M.D., M.B.A.

4:20 – 4:30 p.m. Q&A

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 | PRE-CONFERENCE 5: Billing, Coding and Compliance



7 – 7:15 a.m. Welcome, Introduction and Announcements

Salvatore G. Vitale, M.D.

7:15 – 7:50 a.m. Legislative Update: Update on Out of Network

Sherif Zaafran, M.D., Jason Hansen

7:50 – 8:20 a.m. Regulatory Update: Measure Development Process


8:20 – 9 a.m. CPT Process: How Codes are Created

Kevin Vorenkamp, M.D.


9:30 – 10 a.m. RUC Process – How Codes Are Valued

Marc Leib, M.D., J.D.

10 – 10:20 a.m. ICD-10-CM – Basics of Diagnosis Coding

Sharon K. Merrick, M.S., CCS-P

10:20 – 10:40 a.m. Anesthesia Coding 1

Marc Leib, M.D., J.D., Peter Goldzweig, D.O.

10:40 – 11 a.m. Anesthesia Coding 2

Marc Leib, M.D., J.D., Peter Goldzweig, D.O.

11 – 11:20 a.m. Pain Coding: Changes for 2018, Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Modifiers, Category III Codes

Padma Gulur, B.S., M.B.

11:20 – 11:30 a.m. Q&A

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.


12:30 – 12:50 p.m. Compliance Plans Judith Jurin Semo, J.D., Esq.

12:50 – 1:15 p.m. Who is Looking at Your Claims? And Why?


1:15 – 1:45 p.m. National Correct Coding Initiative

Vijay Saluja, M.D., M.B.A.

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Reporting/Returning Overpayments

Vicki Myckowiak, J.D.


3 – 4:15 p.m. Group Discussions

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 | PRE-CONFERENCE 6: The Health Care Hurricane – Safe Flying Lessons



6:55 – 7 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Announcements


7 – 8 a.m. Preparing for Takeoff: Is Your Flight Crew Ready to Manage Staffing Challenges?

Genie G. Blough, M.B.A., FACMPE, Shena J. Scott, M.B.A., FACMPE

8 – 8:45 a.m. This is Your Captain Speaking…Buckle Up

Margaret A. McCausland

8:45 – 9 a.m. Q&A


9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Flying Under the Radar: Legal and Regulatory Hot Topics


10:30 – 10:40 a.m. Q&A

10:40 – 11:30 a.m. Crew Huddle: Solving Unexpected Turbulence Issues (Discussion Tables)

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.


12:30 – 1:20 p.m. The Plane is Going Down! Got Your Parachute?

Mark Meisel, M.B.A., Susan K. Firestone

1:20 – 1:30 p.m. Q&A

1:30 – 1:35 p.m. Introduction to Compensation Model Changes

Will Latham

1:35 – 2:20 p.m. Changing Compensation Models Without Crash Landing

Marty Watson, Matthew Maloney, M.D.

2:20 – 2:30 p.m. Q&A


3 – 3:45 p.m. Communication Challenges: I Did Not Get the Flight Plan

Will Latham

3:45 – 4:30 p.m. Plan A and Plan B for Mid-Flight Communications

Daniel Gartee, M.B.A.

4:30 – 5 p.m. Returning to the Hangar: Reviewing the Flight

Will Latham, Genie G. Blough, M.B.A., FACMPE, Shena J. Scott, M.B.A., FACMPE, Daniel Gartee, M.B.A., Mark Meisel, Susan K. Firestone, Marty Watson

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“Outstanding conference. I highly recommend this conference to my fellow physician anesthesiologists.”

– 2017 attendee


FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 | PRE-CONFERENCE 7: Bigger is Not Always Better: Tools for the Viability of Small to Medium Group Practices



6:55 – 7 a.m. Welcome

7 – 7:45 a.m. Disrupted! How to Survive Health Care Transformation in 2018


7:45 – 8:30 a.m. What Do You Mean I Can't Own a Marijuana Farm? Contractual Expectations of Professionalism


8:30 – 9 a.m. An RFP? Now What? How to Respond to an RFP

Asa Lockhart, M.D., M.B.A.


9:30 – 9:35 a.m. MACRA/MIPS: Intro Stanley W. Stead, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

9:35 – 10:05 a.m. MACRA/MIPS: Why Do I Need to Report? MACRA 2018 Regulatory Requirements


10:05 – 10:35 a.m. MACRA/MIPS: What Do I Need to Report? Choosing Measures and Improvement Activities

Toni Kaye, M.P.H.

10:35 – 11:05 a.m. MACRA/MIPS: How Do I Report? Capturing Data, Vendors, AQI

DeLaine Schmitz, M.S.H.L.

11:05 – 11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion Stanley W. Stead, M.D., M.B.A., FASA, Matthew Popovich, Ph.D., Toni Kaye, M.P.H., DeLaine Schmitz, M.S.H.L.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.


12:30 – 1:15 p.m. You're Not My Boss! Governance Structures in Group Practice


1:15 – 2 p.m. Don't Be a Benchwarmer, Be a Benchmark! The Value of Benchmarking and Survey Participation to Your Practice

Thomas Miller, Ph.D., M.B.A.

2 – 2:30 p.m. Survey Results Thomas Miller, Ph.D., M.B.A.


3 – 3:45 p.m. You Signed What? Judith Jurin Semo, J.D., Esq.

3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Group Discussions

Pre-conference agendaSATURDAY, JANUARY 27 | RESIDENTS & FELLOWS TRACK


6:30 – 7 a.m. Main Conference Continental Breakfast

7 – 7:15 a.m. Poster Viewing

7:15 – 7:30 a.m. Welcome and Announcements

Erica Stein, M.D.

7:30 – 8 a.m. Understanding Different Types of Anesthesiology Practices

Mark Hudson, M.D.

8 – 8:40 a.m. Employment Contracts and Pearls


8:40 – 9 a.m. Q&A


9:30 – 9:50 a.m. Medical Direction, Supervision and Billing Basics

Erica Stein, M.D.

9:50 – 10:10 a.m. Billing and Coding Requirements

Peter Goldzweig, D.O.

10:10 – 10:30 a.m. Risk Management Brian M. Parker, M.D.

10:30 – 10:40 a.m. Q&A

10:40 – 11 a.m. Alternative Payment Models: What Does This Mean?


11 – 11:20 a.m. Managing Expectations: What Does My Employer Expect From Me

James R. Mesrobian, M.D.

11:20 – 11:30 a.m. Q&A

11:30 – 11:45 a.m. FAER Practice Management Poster Awards

11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch in the Connection Center

1 – 1:20 p.m. Demonstrating Value Through Measuring Quality

Michael Schweitzer, M.D., M.B.A.

1:20 – 1:40 p.m. Added Value Duties Amr Abouleish, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

1:40 – 2 p.m. Basics of Operating Room Efficiency

Mark Deshur, M.D., M.B.A.

2 – 2:15 p.m. Q&A

2:15 – 2:35 p.m. Professional Development: Creating a Solid Foundation

Mohammed Minhaj, M.D., M.B.A.

2:35 – 2:55 p.m. Your Paycheck is Larger. Now What?

Edward Yaghmour, M.D.

2:55 – 3:15 p.m. Advocacy: Why Should I Be Involved?

Sam Page, M.D.

3:15 – 3:25 p.m. Q&A

3:25 – 3:30 p.m. Resident FAER Award Presentation and Closing Remarks

Erica Stein, M.D., Sam Page, M.D.



Residents & Fellows Track agenda


Thursday, January 25 Pre-conferenceNEW! Climate Change: Anesthesia Practices are Feeling the Heat Too!Moderator: Genie G. Blough, M.B.A., FACMPEFocused interactive sessions for anesthesia administrators and executives to recognize changes in the health care environment, sources of risk and opportunities for change. Practice leaders will be able to identify changes and apply strategies in their practices to cope with, and excel against, challenging conditions.

Who should attend?• Physician anesthesia leaders• Anesthesia administrators

What you’ll learn:• Identify threatening issues in the health care environment that directly or indirectly affect, or even threaten your practice.• Implement strategies to capitalize on practice strengths and learn ways to apply them.• Discuss adaptive strategies to lead the practice through change and utilize take-away tools to help your practice thrive in unstable conditions.

Friday, January 26 Pre-conferences Fundamentals of Practice ManagementModerator: Brian M. Parker, M.D.Strengthen your comprehensive understanding of basic economic, business management and regulatory principles essential to running a successful anesthesia practice beyond providing clinical service.

Who should attend?• Physician anesthesiologists with less than five years of practice management experience• Physician anesthesiologists seeking a leadership role within their group or practice• Anesthesia administrators

What you’ll learn:• Basic risk management and compliance issues in anesthesia practice.• Concepts for operating room management and how to use operational data.• Current basic anesthesia billing and coding requirements.

Building Effective LeadershipModerator: Samuel Wald, M.D., M.B.A.Effective leadership skills continue to be of rising importance for physicians to successfully manage change and to negotiate in the current health care environment. An integral part of managing an anesthesiology practice is understanding the tools necessary to have successful outcomes as a leader. This one-day course is a primer on strategies for how to become a valuable leader.

Who should attend?• Physician anesthesiologists• Anesthesiology group practice administrators• Hospital and health system administrators• Critical care physicians• Pain management physicians• Surgeons • Hospitalists• Residents and Fellows

What you’ll learn:• Describe the implementation of the components of leadership and their role in strategic planning.• Apply basic negotiation skills within a health care environment.• Discuss methods to improve and leverage emotional intelligence and incentive planning.

Lean: Achieving Operational ExcellenceModerator: Shubjeet Kaur, M.D., M.Sc., HCMAdd value to your practice by applying Lean management principles. Attendees will leave with a toolkit for implementing Lean strategies in their workplace and creating better outcomes at a lower cost.

This workshop will introduce Lean thinking for health care leaders and caregivers, focusing on the A3 problem solving methodology and the behaviors that help drive and sustain culture change. Throughout the day, a case study will be used to prompt teams in the workshop to use the knowledge and tools they just learned to solve a problem. In addition, successes and key learnings from a rapid improvement event in an academic medical center’s surgical acute care unit (SACU) will be presented using the A3 template.

Who should attend?• Physicians and practice leaders who have a responsibility for protecting the group’s future• Physicians and practice leaders involved in contracting• Physicians and practice leaders involved in resource management• Physicians and practice leaders involved in strategic planning

What you’ll learn:• Apply basic lean tools and concepts.• Solve problems using A3 thinking in a hospital setting.• Describe ideal behaviors that drive culture change through Lean adoption.

Friday, January 26 Pre-conferences


Developing Your Value Proposition: How Quality Creates ValueModerators: Edward Yaghmour, M.D., Mohammed Minhaj, M.D., M.B.A., Mark Deshur, M.D., M.B.A.As health care moves from individual physician–patient encounters to systems that are quality and value driven, physician anesthesiologists are challenged to find methods to define and demonstrate their value in health care systems. This one-day course will give you the tools to define how information technology can assist you in this process and how to use service lines and other tools to define their value in your practice and remain relevant in the larger health care market.

Who should attend?• Physician anesthesiologists• Anesthesia group practice administrators• Quality officers in health care systems• Hospital and health care system administrators• Surgeons• Perioperative Surgical Home physicians and administrators

What you’ll learn:• Identify how information technology and data can assist you in defining your value to your health care organization and your community.• Describe methods and processes to improve operating room efficiency and throughout the organization.• Identify and quantify how to measure physician anesthesiologists’ value in new payment, quality and practice models.• Describe how to create value in your service lines.

Billing, Coding and ComplianceModerator: Salvatore Vitale, M.D.To survive, a practice needs to remain financially viable. Health care reform has brought with it numerous new regulations. It is crucial that anesthesia practice managers understand how to properly code, maximize revenue for departments, and avoid billing errors.

Who should attend?• Physicians and practice leaders who have a responsibility for protecting the group’s future• Physicians and practice leaders involved in contracting• Physicians and practice leaders involved in resource management• Physicians and practice leaders involved in strategic planning

What you’ll learn:• Describe how billing and coding anesthesia services are performed.• Identify updated and recent changes in billing practices.• Identify regulations that impact billing for anesthesia services.

The Health Care Hurricane: Safe Flying LessonsModerator: Genie Blough, M.B.A., FACMPEAnesthesia administrators and physician leaders will recognize changes in the health care environment, sources of risk and opportunities for change. Physicians and associated administrators will be able to apply these issues to their home practices and provide take-away lessons for leadership dyads to manage safely in turbulent conditions.

Who should attend?• Anesthesia administrators• Physician anesthesia leaders

What you’ll learn:• Identify threatening issues in the health care environment that directly, and indirectly, affect or threaten your practice.• Utilize take-away tools for thriving in unstable conditions.• Develop strategies for capitalizing on strengths of the physician/administrator leadership team.• Prepare your practice to identify growth opportunities.• Develop a plan for leading through adaptive strategies.

NEW! Bigger is Not Always Better: Tools for the Viability of Small to Medium Group PracticesModerator: Lilian Kanai, M.D., M.B.A., FASA, Keith J. Chamberlin, M.D., M.B.A., Patrick H. Allaire, M.D.Enhance your ability to deal with practice management issues faced by small to medium group practices.

Who should attend?• Physician anesthesiologists• Practice managers/administrators

What you’ll learn:• Identify MACRA, how to successfully participate in MIPS and its financial implications.• Discuss different governance structures and how they affect your practice.• Identify and apply benchmarking data to negotiate financial matters, such as contracts, stipends and administrative compensation.

Friday, January 26 Pre-conferences

Saturday, January 27 Residents & Fellows TrackModerator: Erica Stein, M.D.The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) states that practice management (PM) should be taught during anesthesiology residency. Unfortunately, the curriculum is loosely defined. Consequently, the amount of PM education varies by residency program. As an adjunct to PM education taught in residency, the ASA offers a Residents Track as part of its annual PRACTICE MANAGEMENT conference. This one-day course will provide foundational concepts in practice management so that attendees will be able to meet and excel at the non-clinical demands unique to starting out in practice.

Who should attend?• Anesthesiology Residents (CA2 and CA3)• Anesthesiology Fellows

You’ll be able to:• Identify differences among various types of anesthesiology practices and how those differences can be reflected in employment contracts.• Identify various value delivery strategies that physician anesthesiologists and anesthesiology group practices can implement to improve the practice.• Apply fundamentals of physician payment, hospital and medical staff relations, and compliance practices.


Claiming Credit InformationTo claim credit, participants must review the information (accreditation, learning objectives, faculty disclosures, etc.) and attend the activity. To complete the evaluation, claim and print your certificates for the main conference and any pre-conference sessions, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to the ASA® Education Center: My Learning area at education.asahq.org.2. ASA members log in using your ASA member ID (email on file with ASA) and password.3. Non-members log in using your Education Center account information.4. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018 will be listed on your logged-in home page select the “My Learning” tab.5. Select the course link to complete the evaluation(s) and claim credits.6. Under “My Profile” certificates may be printed at your convenience.

ASA members have access to “My Learning,” an exclusive member benefit, to view a complete record of ASA credits earned.

Accreditation and Designation StatementsThe American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Anesthesiologist designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Main Conference: 10.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

No credit will be offered for the AAE program or the poster session.

Pre-conference 1: Basic Practice Management: 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™Pre-conference 2: Building Effective Leaders: 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™Pre-conference 3: Lean Management in Health Care: 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™Pre-conference 4: Developing Your Value Proposition: 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™Pre-conference 5: Billing, Coding and Compliance: 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™Pre-conference 6: The Health Care Hurricane – Safe Flying Lessons: 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™Pre-conference 7: Bigger is Not Always Better: Tools for the Viability of Small to Medium Group Practices: 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Poster SessionsDon’t miss the opportunity to view the posters and speak with the authors about the latest evidence-based research in the field. The poster viewing session will be open during the following hours:

Friday, January 26 | 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.Saturday, January 27 | 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Committee on Practice Management is now accepting abstracts for PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018. Presentations should highlight the latest information in the following areas:

• Research in Perioperative Management• Quality Improvement• Leadership Development• Challenging Cases • Innovative Solutions in Practice Management

The deadline for submissions is November 7, 2017.

Submit your abstract at www.asahq.org/practicemanagement/education/submissions. Credits will not be offered for the Poster Sessions.


Connection Center—a product, service and resource showcaseThe Connection Center is the place to learn, network with colleagues and experts in the field or just relax! Enjoy breaks, lunch service, a festive welcome reception with exhibitors, and explore and compare the latest products and services related to anesthesia.

Exhibitors include companies spanning all aspects of the business of anesthesiology eager to introduce you to the very latest technology, services and solutions in our field, including:

• State-of-the-art advances in practice management• Quality improvement solutions• Latest developments of the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH)• Billing and coding products• And much more!

Connection Center dates and hoursThe Connection Center will be open to attendees on the following days: Friday, January 27 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Lunch in the Connection Center: 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Welcome Reception: 6 – 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 28, 2017: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Lunch in the Connection Center: 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Plan your tour of the exhibits by viewing the live floor plan and exhibitor list!

Get the ASA My Meeting appASA’s premier mobile app enhances your meeting experience. The ASA My Meeting app allows you to:

• Update the searchable event schedule—connected to your registration record.• Take session and exhibitor notes within the app, then export for safekeeping.• Easily access handout and CME credit claiming websites.• Schedule appointments and participate in in-app messaging with attendees and exhibitors.• Search and view exhibiting companies, products and descriptions.• Receive real-time alerts about can’t-miss events and important meeting information.

General InformationHost hotel

Hyatt Regency New Orleans601 Loyola Ave.New Orleans, LA 70113(504) 561-1234

Room Rate: $259 single or double occupancy

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has secured a block of rooms at a special rate at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The special rate expires on January 2, 2018, or when the negotiated room block has been filled, whichever is earlier. Make your reservations early, and be sure to mention you are with ASA’s PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018 conference to receive this group rate.

Online Reservation Link: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/asa2018

Airport

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)900 Airline DriveKenner, LA 70062www.flymsy.com


REGISTER TODAYBelow is a summary of registration rates for PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018 and pre-conferences. Further details can be found online at asahq.org/pm.

Please reference the website for updates. Note: Information is subject to change at the discretion of ASA.

Early-Bird Discount Thru 12/4/17

Regular Fee After 12/4/17

Thursday AAE Pre-conference

$375 $400

Friday Pre-conference Sessions*

$375 $400

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018

ASA Member $575 $675

ASA Resident Member $99 $99

AAE Member $575 $675

Non-member $1,275 $1,375

*Attendees may choose one Friday pre-conference.

Group RegistrationEach person in your group of three (3) or more will receive 10% off their conference registration fee. Registration for the group must occur at the same time for the discount to apply.

To qualify, all registrants in the group must have the same email domain and all names must be submitted at the same time; only one payment to cover all registrations will be accepted. Registrations that were submitted earlier or arrive later will not be eligible for the group discount, nor will they count toward the three-person minimum (discounts do not apply to pre-conference, resident-rate or military-rate registrations).

ASA Membership MattersASA members receive deep discounts on registration as well as other benefits throughout the year. Not a member or wish to renew your membership? Please contact ASA Member Services at (630) 912-2552.

A Special Thank YouASA is proud to acknowledge and recognize the following Industry Supporters for their contributions to advancing the mission of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and supporting PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2018.

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