Practice Management Course Summit 2021: Defining a New Normal
Friday, October 22, 2021 | 7:30 am – 4:55 pm | Mandalay Bay Ballroom D
Course Directors: Vonda G. Reeves, MD, MBA, FACG, and Sapna V. Thomas, MD, FACG
Healthcare delivery is transforming at an accelerating rate, but opportunities in the field of gastroenterology remain strong for private practice physicians to claim ownership of their practices and their careers. Managing challenges to independence will be even more important during these changing times, but that alone will not be enough for success. Participants in the Practice Management Summit at ACG will hear from colleagues about new and innovative ways to improve the operations, enhance productivity, and guarantee the success of their practices.
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021 | ALL TIMES ARE LISTED IN THE PACIFIC TIME ZONE | |
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| 6:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 am | Welcome Remarks and Announcements |
| SESSION 1 | BETTING ON THE HOUSE |
| 7:40 am | Legislative Update Summarize latest updates and changes to GI practices. |
| 8:00 am | Closing the Gap on Health Care Disparity Discuss opportunities to build trust and improve health equity. |
| 8:20 am | Laying the Cards on the Table: Understanding Price Transparency and Surprise Billing Define the details current law and ways physicians can incorporate into practice. |
| 8:40 am | Q & A |
| SESSION 2 | CYBER SECURITY: ROLLING THE DICE ON PROTECTION |
| 9:00 am | Practice Tidbit: Reducing Obesity While Increasing Pay Discuss opportunities in your practice that can offer patients weight loss options and still break even. |
| 9:05 am | Health Information Exchange Incorporating HIE programs into your area to improve patient care. |
| 9:25 am | Avoiding “Snake Eyes” in Patient Documentation: Patient Access to Medical Records Evaluate and understand the quality of documentation that patients can now access. |
| 9:45 am | Securing Your Organization Review current cybersecurity measures and steps to reduce risk after a data breach has occurred. |
| 10:05 am | Q & A |
| 10:25 am | Refreshment Break |
| SESSION 3 | INCREASING YOUR ODDS FOR SUCCESS |
| 10:45 am | Practice Tidbit: How to Incorporate Hemorrhoid Banding Into Your Practice Review technical and financial investments required to add hemorrhoid banding to your practice. |
| 10:50 am | Doubling Down on Medical Necessity: It’s All in the Details Review essential documentation required to ensure medical necessity. |
| 11:10 am | Counting Your Cards: Update on E&M Billing Review the 2021 changes that are specific to gastroenterology. |
| 11:30 am | Top Denials in Gastroenterology – Maximizing Reimbursement Discuss the most common denials and ways to avoid them. |
| 11:50 am | Q & A |
| 12:10 pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:50 pm | Compare the 3 Clinical Pathways of Gastroenterology
List and compare the 3 major types of GI employment and identify potential pitfalls of each. |
| 1:10 pm | Panel Q & A |
| SESSION 4 | ALL IN – CHANNELING EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP |
| 1:30 pm | Reading the Cards – Are You Leader Material? Develop a strategy for obtaining leadership skills and structure a plan for success. |
| 1:50 pm | Lessons Learned From the Pandemic – Blueprints of a Good Leader Learn key components of the psyche of a good leader. |
| 2:10 pm | Increasing Diversity in Leadership Building the ladder for diversity in leadership. |
| 2:30 pm | Q & A |
| 2:50 pm | Break |
| SESSION 5 | HEDGING YOUR BETS: THE FUTURE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY |
| 3:10 pm | Practice Tidbit: Ancillaries to Add ‐ COVID Rebound Discuss potential ancillary options to add to your practice to help with the COVID rebound. |
| 3:15 pm | Future of Gastroenterology: What Will Our Practices Look Like in 10 Years? Hypothesize what the practice of gastroenterology will be like in 10 years from small to large cities, academic and private practice. |
| 3:35 pm | Telemedicine: Is There Still a Place for Telemedicine Post Pandemic? Discuss the pitfalls and added costs to providing telehealth. |
| 3:55 pm | Advanced Practice Providers: What Role Will They Play in our Practices? Evaluate current and potential future collaborative roles for PAs and CNPs in gastroenterology. |
| 4:15 pm | Panel Discussion and Q & A |
| 4:35 pm | Course Wrap-Up / Closing Remarks |
| 4:55 pm | Course Adjourns |
