2008 MdHIMA Annual Meeting
Baltimore Convention Center
June 5-6, 2008

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Thursday, June 5th

Time

Event

7:30 - 8:30 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast


8:30 - 9:30 AM

Keynote Address
Topic: Ready for Success:
Four major drivers of change for HIM and  AHIMA and how they affect us today

Speaker: Mary G. Reeves, RHIA
Vanderbilt University



External Forces – 1 CE

Long-Term Care
Topic: Update for DHMH's Office of Health Care Quality
  
Speaker:          
Wendy Kronmiller, JD Director, Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ),  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

External Forces – 1 CE
 


9:30 - 10:30 AM

General Session
Topic:  Abuse Across the Lifespan: Recognize and Respond

Speaker: 
Colleen Moore,
V.P., Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence


Privacy & Security:  
1 CE

Data Quality Session
Topic:  "Oh, My Aching Back!": Current Concepts in Spine Surgery 

Speaker:
Charles C. Edwards II, M.D, Orthopedic -Spine Surgeon, Research Coordinator, Maryland Spine Center Mercy Medical Ctr.

Clinical Foundations: 
1 CE

Long-Term Care
Topic: A Successful Maryland HIE –  – Charlestown  Retirement Community and St. Agnes Hospital

Speakers:
Daniel Wilt, VP of IT, Erickson; Michael Penn, IT Project
Mgr for Erickson; Ken McCormick, Director of IT, St.Agnes Hospital

Technology:  1 CE


10:30 -  11:00 AM

Break - Visit with Exhibitors – Silent Auction Begins


11:00 - 12:00 Noon

MdHIMA Business Meeting

Long-Term Care
Topic: Medical Information and Medical Assistance: Process Changes for Providers

Speaker:
Elizabeth McHenry, RN, MA, MPA,
Nurse Review Manager, KePRO

Performance Improvement:  1 CE

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch


1:00 – 1:30 PM

Break - Visit with Exhibitors – Silent Auction


1:30 - 2:30 PM

General Session
Topic:  HIPAA and Maryland Confidentiality of Medical Records

Speaker: 
Tina DeFranco, RN, JD
Cook & DiFranco, LLC

Privacy & Security:
1 CE

Data Quality Session
Topic:  Ambulatory Surgery Revenue Constraint: Methodology and Issues

Speaker: Traci
Phillips, Director
Health Care Finance,
Md. Hospital Assoc.

Clinical Foundations: 
1 CE

Long-Term Care
Topic: Pharmacy 4-1-1: Trends and Changes

Speaker: Karen Wassel,
RPh, CGP, FASCP, Consultant Pharmacist, HMIS, an Omnicare Company


Clinical Data Management:  1 CE
 


2:30 – 3:00 PM Break – Visit with Exhibitors - Silent Auction

3:00 – 4:00 PM

General Session
2 Hrs (3–5 PM)
Topic: Shift to Professional Paradise, Successful Strategies for Living the Good Life
at Work (2 hr. session)

Speaker:
Vickie Hess, RN, MS

Management Development: 1 CE

Data Quality Session
Topic:  Understanding E/M for Physicians and Hospitals

Speaker: 
Caroline R. Rader, MBA, MS-HCA, CHC, Managing Consultant, Navigant Consulting, Inc

Clinical Foundations: 
1 CE

Long-Term Care
Topic: MRSA – Inside and
Out

Speaker:
Karen Ellingson, PA Hospitalist

Clinical Foundations:  1 CE


4:00 – 5:00 PM

General Session
2 Hrs (3–5 PM) Continued
Topic: Shift to Professional Paradise, Successful Strategies for Living the Good Life
at Work

Speaker:
Vickie Hess, RN, MS

Management Development: 1 CE

Data Quality Session
Topic:  Managing Your Charge Description Master

Speaker:
Caroline R. Rader, MBA, MS-HCA, CHC, Managing Consultant, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Performance Improvement: 1 CE

Long-Term Care
Topic: Making Sense of Advance Directives

Speaker:
Jack Schwartz, J.D., Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Attorney General's Office

External Forces: 1 CE


5:30 - 8:30 PM

Social Event

 

 

Friday, June 6th

Time

Event

 

7:30 - 8:30 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Visit with Exhibitors – Browse the Silent Auction


8:30 – 10:30 AM

General Session
Topic:  HIM Ethical Issues & Medical Identity Theft             

Speaker: 
Laurinda B. Harman, Ph.D., RHIA; Assoc. Professor and Chair, HIM Dept., Temple Univ.

Privacy & Security:       2 CEs

Data Quality Session
Topic:  The Impact of Clinical Documentation on Physician and Hospital Pay-for-Performance - The incentives are now aligned

Speaker: 
James S. Kennedy, M.D. CCS
Director, FTI Healthcare 

Clinical Foundations:
2 CEs


10:30 - 11:00 AM

Break - Visit with Exhibitors - Silent Auction


11:00 - 12:00 Noon

General Session
Topic:  Avoiding the Orange-Colored Suits- Compliance as related to physician practices

Speaker: 
June Bronnert, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P; Director, Clinical Data Standards, AHIMA

Performance Improvement:  1 CE

Data Quality Session
Topic: The State of Robotic Surgery in 2008

Speaker:
James F. Borin, MD. Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Robotic Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Technology:  1 CE


12:00 -  1:00 PM

Lunch  


1:00 -  2:00 PM

Break - Visit with Exhibitors

Silent Auction Ends 1:30 PM


2:00 -  3:00 PM

General Session
Topic: Joint Commission and National Patient Safety Goal Update for 2008

Speaker:
Kathleen Catalano, RN, JD, Director of Healthcare Transformation Support, Perot Systems

Performance Improvement:  1 CE

Data Quality Session
Topic:  CPT Coding for Arthroscopic Knee and Shoulder Procedures

Speaker: Linda Holtzman, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-H;
Clarity Coding

Clinical Foundations:
1 CEs

3:00 -  4:00 PM

General Session
Topic: Privacy Impact Assessments – A Risk Based Approach

Speaker:
Christy Navarro, CIPP, Senior Analyst - Privacy and Data Security Analyst, Catholic Healthcare West

Privacy & Security: 
1 CE

Data Quality Session
Topic:  APR Version Changes, V20-V25

Speaker:  3M Consultant

Speaker: 
To be determined

Performance Improvement:  1 CE