Coordinator: Michael A. Braun, MD

CONSCIOUS SEDATION (2)

Upon completion of this workshop, the attendeewill be able to: .

CODING AND BILLING-ADVANCED (1)

Upon completion of this workshop, the attendeewill be able to:

Jeffrey S. Moulton, MDAlbert A. Nemcek, Jr., MD

Steven L. Dawson, MDJeremy J. Erasmus, MDJeffrey A. Klein, MD

1. Properly code interventional procedures.2. Interact with third party payors regarding cod­

ing and reimbursement.3. Understand the relationship between profes­

sional and hospital coding and billing.Coordinator and faculty same as for Introductoryworkshop.

1. Describe the criteria used in selecting patientsfor conscious sedation and the essential ele­ments for monitoring patients during and afterthe procedure.

2. List the common medications used for sedation,including strategies to minimize their adverseeffects.

3. Understand about the sedation of the pediatricpatient.

4. Understand the JCAHO requirements regardingconscious sedation and advice on their imple­mentation in the interventional suite.

Coordinator: David Sacks, MD

Ronda Bixon, MD Terence A. S. Matalon, MDHoward L. Dome, MD Timothy P. Murphy, MDKatharine L. Krol, MD

1. Understand the correct use of CPT codes, ElMcodes and modifiers.

2. Describe quality checks in billing.3. Understand the 1998 changes in coding rules.

2. Discuss drainage and urokinase fibrinolysis ofcomplicated pleural effusions and empyema.

3. Discuss drainage and subsequent sclerosis ofmalignant pleural effusions.

4. Discuss treatment solutions to unusual chestdrainage situations.

CODING AND BILLING-INTRODUCTION (0)

Upon completion of this workshop, the attendeewill be able to:

CANCER THERAPY (07)Upon completion of this workshop, the attendeewill be able to:

1. Select patients for regional therapy based onclinical, radiologic, and laboratory parameters.

2. Provide periprocedural management for pa­tients undergoing regional therapy, includingpremedication, pain control and palliation ofpost-embolization syndrome.

3. Perform hepatic arterial chemoembolization.4. Perform percutaneous alcohol ablation of tumors.

1. Provide a knowledge base from which practic­ing interventional radiologists can determinewhether certain skills can and should be ap­plied to neurovascular problems.

2. Review relevant anatomy necessary to problemsolving in acute case management.

3. Develop a better understanding of head andneck revascularization procedures with particu­lar emphasis on:a. management of acute stroke;b. revascularization of brachiocephalic stenosesand occlusions with emphasis on fibrinolytictherapy, balloon angioplasty, and stenting pro­cedures;c. management of carotid and vertebal stenoseswith emphasis on fibrinolytic therapy, balloonangioplasty and stent placement; andd. discuss ethical issues relevant to carotid an­gioplasty and stenting and the various clinicalscenarios whereby carotid angioplasty andstenting are appropriate by current data in theliterature.

Coordinator: Eric A. Huettl, MD

Jose F. Botet, MD Sue E. Hanks, MDParamjk S. Chopra, MD Stephen P. Lee, MDMelvin E. Clouse, MD John C. Lipman, MDSteven L. Dawson, MD Michael C. Soulen, MDAlain Drooz, MD

CAROTID STENIlNG AND STROKEMANAGEMENT (08)Upon completion of this workshop, the attendeewill be able to:

Coordinator: Wayne F. Yakes, MD

James Benenati, MD Barry T. Katzen, MDChristopher F. Dowd, MD Tony P. Smith, MDVan V. Halbach, MD George P. Teitelbaum, MDRandall T. Higashida, MD Gerald Zemel, MD

CHEST INTERVENIlONS (09)Upon completion of this workshop, the attendeewill be able to:

Coordinator: Michael R. Middlebrook, MD

Ronald Hickman, BSN Douglas c.B. Redd, MDCynthia S. Payne, MD

1. Review the physiology of pleural space drain­age to better understand management of patientwith chest drains.

HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (3)

Upon the completion of this workshop, the at­tendee will be able to:

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