2010 PHIMA Annual Meeting
Hershey Lodge
Hershey, PA 

May 10-12, 2010
 

"Sweet New Adventures"

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  Day # of CEs
Monday, May 10th 8.0
Tuesday, May 11th 8.0
Wednesday, May 12th 6.0
   

22.0

Monday, May 10th

Review Session Descriptions

Event Time
Registration 7:30 am -2:00 pm

CCS Preparation Readiness Workshop
Michele Maier, MHMS, RHIA, CCS

8:00 am -2:00 pm
Vendor Registration/Set up 8:00am -1:00 pm
   

Time

Track I

Track II

Track III

9:00-11:30 

Super Monday Morning Workshop
Welcome (President of CPHIMA)
It’s Time to Gain Control of Your Time

Martha Bryan
 

11:30-12:30

Lunch on your own
 

12:30-2:00

Welcome (President of PHIMA)
Distinguished Member Presentation
Finding the Funny in Change

Jan McInnis
 

2:00-3:00

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for Vendor Hall
 

3:15-4:15

Health Information Management Law Update

Richard Seneca

Coding Outpatient Roundtable Panel Discussion

Kim Felix, RHIA, CCS

Michele Maier, MHMS, RHIA, CCS

Lynette Williamson, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC
 

Exhibit Hall Open

4:30-5:30

Health Care and the Law

Richard Seneca

Coding Inpatient Roundtable Panel Discussion

(Panel speakers TBD)

Exhibit Hall Open

  President Reception from 6:00 to 9:00 in Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, May 11th

Review Session Descriptions

Event Time
Registration 7:00 am -11:00 am
Educator Forum (Invitation Only)   2:45 pm -3:30 pm
Final PHIMA Board Meeting  
and Transitional Meeting
(Invitation Only)
7:00 am -9:30 am
   

Time

Track I

Track II

Track III

Track IV

7:30-8:30

Breakfast with Vendors
 

8:30-9:15

Keynote Speaker provided by PAeHI
Certification Commission For Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)
Alisa Ray, Incoming President
 

9:30-10:15

The EHR Journey

Janice Devine

High Risk DRGs

Robert Gold, MD
 

PAeHI Update

Martin Ciccocioppo, MBA,MHA

Exhibit Hall Open

10:30-11:15

Is HIT the solution to reducing medication errors?

Ross Koppel, Ph.D
 

Organ Failure - What Do We Know About This?

Robert Gold, MD
 

PA State Update

Larry Clark, DPW

Phil Magistro, GOHCR

Robert Torres, DOH
 

Exhibit Hall Open

11:30-12:15

The ICD10 Transition: The Systems Approach

Joseph Nahmias

Skeletons in the Medical Record

Michele Johnson, RN, BSN

Introduction to Pennsylvania Regional HIT Extension Center(s)

Quality of Insights of PA (QIP) and other REC partners

Exhibit Hall Closed

12:15 pm – 2:30 pm  
Vendor Appreciation Luncheon and Vendor Auction
IN EXHIBIT HALL                     

Time

Track I

Track II

Track III

Track IV

2:45-3:30

Leveraging EMR’s for Revenue Positive Business Process:  Release of Information at Lehigh Valley Health Network

Zelda Greene, MS, RHIA

Steven Hayes

 

Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs - Why you need one, Make it successful and Justify it!

Mario Perez III, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P

 

Pennsylvania Meaningful Use Case Study I (Small Providers)

Tim Rogers, Gateway Medical Associates and other Panelists

Sue Salkowitz,  Salkowitz Associates

 

Exhibit Hall Open

3:45-4:30

Building an Incident Response Plan from Scratch

Matthew Weber, CISA, CPM

Cheryl Remmert

 

Managing Short Stay Admission Denials

Jean Russell, MS, RHIT, CIRCC

 

Pennsylvania Meaningful Use Case Study II(Larger Providers)

Invited: Bill Fera, UPMCDr. Don Levick, Lehigh ValleyDr. Hal Baker, Wellspan

 

The Role of  Medical Transcription  in Revenue Cycle Management

Chris Lally

 

4:45-5:30

The IMPACT of HITECH and HIPAA on the ROI Industry

Amy Derlink, RHIA

 

ICD-10-CM and PCS Preview

Lynette Williamson, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC

 

Pennsylvania Meaningful Use Case Study III

(Regional HIE ‘s)

Wayne Thompson, CIO Commonwealth of Medical College land other Panelists

 

Off Shore Transcription – Quality Management

Chris Lally

 

 Networking with Peers 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Wednesday, May 12th

Review Session Descriptions

Event Time
Registration 7:00 am -10:00 pm
   

Time

Track I

Track II

Track III

8:00-9:00

The Coder's Role in Clinical Documentation Improvement: Queries, Quality, and RAC

David McCann, RHIT  
 

Reporting of Hospital  Quality Data for Annual Hospital Payment Update

Carol Houlihan, MHA, RHIA

Networking Face Book and LinkedIn in 101

RobertThomas

9:15-10:15

RAC Update and Compliance Strategies

Bret Bissey, FACHE, MBA, CMPE, CHC

Building A Culture of Quality – A Payer and Provider Collaboration

Debbie Donovan, RHIA, CPHQ, MLLS Director, Provider and Hospital Performance Management Highmark, Inc.
 

Where is Your Future in the HIT Workforce?

 

Christine Staropoli, MS, RHIA, CCS
 

10:30-11:15 

The RAC is Back! Time to Prepare.

Sara Clark

Understanding the Changes in HIPAA and Your Business Associates

Mary Lahey

Managing Virtual Offices

Cathy Flite, M.Ed., RHIA


 

11:30-12:15

AHIMA Update
Valerie Watzlaf, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA
 

12:15-1:00

Lunch, Business Meeting and Installation of Officers
 

1:15-2:00

The Joint Commission Updates/ CMS Health Information Management Implications

Judy Atkins, RN
 

Present on Admission versus Never Events

Kathy Fennick, RHIT, CCS


 

2:15-3:00

The Joint Commission Updates/ CMS Health Information Management Implications

Judy Atkins, RN

The Impact of Severity DRGs on Physicians and Coding Professionals

Ian Diener, MD MBA FAAFP