Registration Desk Hours
Sunday June 22nd 7:00 am – 5:00
pm
Monday June 23rd 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Tuesday June 24th 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Exhibit
Hall Hours – Designated Times
Monday
June 23rd Grand Opening/Lunch 12:15
pm – 2:00 pm
Monday June 23rd Vendor
Demonstrations 4:20 pm – 5:20 pm
Monday June 23rd Vendor Appreciation
Hour 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Tuesday June 24th Breakfast with the
Vendors 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Tuesday June 24th Networking Lunch
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration
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PRE-CONVENTION SESSIONS |
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8:00 am – 9:00 am |
Pay for Performance (Limited
Seating)
Kathleen Catalano, JD, RN
Perot Systems
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9:15 am - 10:15 am |
Coding Round Table (Limited
Seating)
Deallionnaire
Sarah Glass, MA, RHIA, CCS
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10:30 am – 11:30 am |
Volunteer Brunch By
Invitation Only
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GENERAL SESSIONS |
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12:30 pm – 12:45 pm |
Welcome & Announcements Sue
Biedermann, MSHP,
RHIA
TxHIMA President
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12:45 pm – 1:45 pm |
MS-DRGs & POA Update Lenore
Whalen, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P
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1:45 pm – 2:45 pm |
Legislative Update Barbara
Hayward, RHIT, CCS
TxHIMA Legislative Director
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2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
Break
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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
The Joint Commission Update
Kathleen Catalano, JD, RN
Perot Systems
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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Legal Update: Health Information
Issues Mary Bearden, JD
Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
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6:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
President’s Reception
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Total CE Hours Possible
for Sunday 7 hours |
Monday, June 23, 2008
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7:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Registration
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7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast
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GENERAL SESSIONS |
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8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Welcome & Announcements
Scholarships/Awards
Gwen Duffie, MBA, RHIA
TxHIMA President-Elect
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9:00 am – 10:00 am |
RACs (Recovery Audit
Contractors)
Wade Harless, RHIA
Perot Systems
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10:00 am – 11:00 am |
Keynote Address
Is it ADD or MSL (Modern Life
Syndrome)
Denise Landers
Key Organization Systems
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11:00 am – 11:15 am |
Break
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11:15 am – 12:15 am |
AHIMA 2008 Update April
Robertson, MPA, RHIA, CHP,
FAHIMA
Chart One
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12:15 pm – 2:00 pm |
Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall
& Silent Auction Premier
Welcome from Nick Wolda,
President the Woodlands
Convention and Visitors Bureau
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CONCURRENT EDUCATIONAL TRACKS |
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FIRST SESSION |
Track 1
e/HIM/EHR |
Track 2
Coding |
Track 3
HIM Management |
Track 4
Emerging Issues |
Track 5
HIM Practices |
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2:00 pm –
3:00 pm
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EMR Implementation Success
Strategies
Wade Harless, RHIA
Perot Systems |
Radiology Coding: Creating
Partnerships For Better
Reimbursement
Gerrie Walk, RHIA, CCS-P
Health Record Services
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Has anyone seen my desk?
Denise Landers
Key Organization Systems |
New VBC Standard
Dave Woodrow
TFMG |
Developing and Strengthening the
Work Force – What is your role?
Sarah Glass, MA, RHIA, CCS |
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SECOND SESSION |
Track 1
e/HIM/EHR |
Track 2
Coding |
Track 3
HIM Management |
Track 4
Emerging Issues |
Track 5
HIM Practices |
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3:10 pm – 4:10 pm |
Personal Health Record –
"It’s HI Time America”Barbara
Odom-Wesley, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA
Carol Smith, MBA, RHIA |
Healthcare Facility Responses to
the MS/DRGs Kirra
Phillips, RHIA, KPMG
Steven Robinson, KPMG
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Management Trends in Coding
Kim Murphy-Abdouch, RHIA, MPH,
FACHE
Senior Vice President and
Principal, MPA Consulting |
Opening the Right Doors:
Techniques to achieve your
personal and professional goals”
Sara Glass, MA, RHIA, CCS
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HP Information Management
Solutions For Medical Archiving
Lisa Dali
HP Software Information
Management
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THIRD SESSION –
Specialty Tracks |
Track 1
Transcription
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Track 2
Cancer Registry
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Track 3
Emerging Technology:
Speech Recognition
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Track 4
Coding - Interventional
Radiology |
Track 5
Educator’s Session
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4:20 pm – 5:20 pm |
Mike Irwin, TFMG
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Melanie Williams, PhD |
Dean
Tullis
Voice
Products
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Lenore Whalen, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P |
Desla Mancilla, MPA, RHIA
Della Moon, CCS, RHITJackie
Moczygemba, MBA,RHIA, CCS
Patricia Pierson, RHIA
Vanda Crossley, MIT, RHIA
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4:20pm – 5:20 pm
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Vendor Demonstrations |
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5:30 pm – 6:30 pm |
Vendor Appreciation Hour –
Exhibit Hall
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Total CE Hours Possible
for
Monday 7
hours |
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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7:00 am – 10:00 am |
Registration
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CONCURRENT EDUCATIONAL TRACKS |
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FIRST SESSION |
Track 1
e/HIM/EHR |
Track 2
Coding |
Track 3
HIM Management |
Track 4
Emerging Issues |
Track 5
HIM Practices |
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8:30 am – 9:30 am |
E-Discovery. What does it mean
for you? Joseph Fournier, JD,
CPA
Chart One |
Streamling the physician query
process Barbara Hinkle-Azzara,
RHIA
Meta Health Technology
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Understanding the Revenue Cycle
Wade Harless, RHIA
Perot Systems |
Job Hunting in the electronic
age Jane Bates, RHIA
Amphion Medical Solutions |
Document Imaging and the
Benefits To HIM Workflow
Christine Rys, RHIA
Cardone Record Services |
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9:30 am – 10:30 am |
Breakfast with the Vendors
Continental Breakfast
Announcement of Silent Auction
WinnersExhibit Hall
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SECOND SESSION |
Track 1
e/HIM/EHR |
Track 2
Coding |
Track 3
HIM Management |
Track 4
Emerging Issues |
Track 5
HIM Practices |
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10:30 am – 11:30 am |
Real, Live e-HIM
April Robertson, MPA, RHIA, CHP,
FAHIMA
Chart One |
Key Components of a
Successful CDI Program Richard
Pinson, MD, FACP
HCareQ, LLC |
10 Keys to Finding HIM Talent
Kayce Dover, MS, RHIA
HIM Connections |
What is Behind the Curtain?
Speech Recognition Unveiled
Bob Thomas
Acusis
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Health Care Fraud David Neider
FBI Health Care Fraud
Investigator |
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10:45 am – 11:45 am |
Exhibitor’s Meeting
TBD
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THIRD SESSION |
Track 1
e/HIM/EHR |
Track 2
Coding |
Track 3
HIM Management |
Track 4
Emerging Issues |
Track 5
HIM Practices |
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11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
The economic value of e-HIM
Carl Cottrell
Chart One |
Healthcare Facility Responses to
the MS/DRGs Steven Robinson,
KPMG
Kirra Phillips, RHIA, KPMG
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HIM Involvement
in Health Information Exchanges
Beth Just, MBA,
RHIA
Just Associates |
Core Measures Debbie White,
BSN, CPHQ, CCM |
MRSA
Vicki Hardin, LVN |
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12:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
Networking Lunch and
Announcement of Prizes
Exhibit Hall |
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Total CE Hours Possible for
Tuesday 3 |
Total Convention Possible CE
Hours 17 |
