Conference Agenda

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

5:00-6:00 pm Dinner
4:30-5:00 pm Registration
6:00-7:15 pm The Complex Channels of Modifiers (Deborah Grider)
7:15-8:30 pm Breakout Session I (select 1)

1. ICD-9CM (Janalynne Thorley)
2. Midlevel Providers (Suzie Hvisdash)
3. Leadership Training (Rhonda Buckholtz) for local chapter officers
4. GYN Surgery (Melanie Witt)
   

Friday, May 9th, 2008

7:00-7:45 am Breakfast & Registration
7:45-9:00 am Coding from Home: Taking Full Advantage (Buddy Redd)
9:00-10:45 am Breakout Session II (Select 1)

1. Spinal Grafts, Fusions, & Instrumentation (G. John Verhovsheck)
2. PQRI (Rhonda Buckholtz)
3. Pain Management (Kris Simeona)
4. OB (Melanie Witt)

10:45-11:00 am Break
11:00 am-12:30 pm Breakout Session III (Select 1)

1. Lesion Excision & Repair (Janalynne Thorley)
2. Abdominal Hernia Repairs (G. John Verhovshek)
3. Teaching Physicians (Suzan Hvisdash)
4. Pediatric Neurosurgery (Kris Simeona & Nancy Reading)

12:30-1:30 pm Lunch and Keynote Address
Out Patient Prospective Payment System (Deborah Grider)    

Online Rural Coding Roundup Conference Registration Form (preferred)

Mail-In Rural Coding Roundup Conference Registration Form (pdf)

Rural Coding Roundup Conference Brochure (pdf)

Presenters