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2008 TxHIMA Annual Convention
Agenda

   
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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

Time Event
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
 
PRE-CONVENTION SESSIONS
8:00 am – 9:00 am  Pay for Performance (Limited Seating)

Kathleen Catalano, JD, RN
Perot Systems
 
9:15 am - 10:15 am  Coding Round Table (Limited Seating)

Deallionnaire

Sarah Glass, MA, RHIA, CCS
 
10:30 am – 11:30 am Volunteer Brunch     

By Invitation Only
 

GENERAL SESSIONS
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm   Welcome & Announcements

Sue Biedermann, MSHP, RHIA                      
TxHIMA President
 

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm    MS-DRGs & POA Update 

Lenore Whalen, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P
 

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Legislative Update  

Barbara Hayward, RHIT, CCS
TxHIMA Legislative Director  
 

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break          
 
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm The Joint Commission Update

Kathleen Catalano, JD, RN
Perot Systems 
 

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm  Legal Update: Health Information Issues

Mary Bearden, JD
Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
 

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm President’s Reception
 
Total CE Hours Possible for Sunday  7 hours     

Monday, June 23, 2008

Time Event
7:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration
 
       
7:30 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
 
       
GENERAL SESSIONS           
8:30 am – 9:00 am Welcome & Announcements 
Scholarships/Awards 

Gwen Duffie, MBA, RHIA
TxHIMA President-Elect
 
9:00 am – 10:00 am RACs (Recovery Audit Contractors)   

Wade Harless, RHIA
Perot Systems
 
10:00 am – 11:00 am Keynote Address    


Is it ADD or MSL (Modern Life Syndrome)


Denise Landers
Key Organization Systems
 

11:00 am – 11:15 am Break
 
       
11:15 am – 12:15 am AHIMA 2008 Update

April Robertson, MPA, RHIA, CHP, FAHIMA
Chart One
 

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
 

CONCURRENT EDUCATIONAL TRACKS
FIRST SESSION    Track 1
e/HIM/EHR 
Track 2
Coding
Track 3
HIM Management 
Track 4
Emerging Issues   
Track 5
HIM Practices

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

 

EMR Implementation Success Strategies
 

Wade Harless, RHIA
Perot Systems

Radiology Coding: Creating Partnerships  For Better Reimbursement

Gerrie Walk, RHIA, CCS-P
Health Record Services
 
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

SECOND SESSION Track 1
e/HIM/EHR 
Track 2
Coding
Track 3
HIM Management 
Track 4
Emerging Issues   
Track 5
HIM Practices
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

 

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

 

HP Information Management Solutions For Medical Archiving

Lisa Dali
HP Software Information Management
 

THIRD SESSION –
Specialty Tracks
Track 1
Transcription
 
Track 2
Cancer Registry   
 
Track 3
Emerging Technology:
Speech Recognition
 
Track 4
Coding - Interventional Radiology 
Track 5
Educator’s Session
 
4:20 pm – 5:20 pm   Mike Irwin, TFMG
 
Melanie Williams, PhD

Dean Tullis

Voice Products

 

Lenore Whalen, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P Desla Mancilla, MPA, RHIA

Della Moon, CCS, RHIT

Jackie Moczygemba, MBA,RHIA, CCS

Patricia Pierson, RHIA

Vanda Crossley, MIT, RHIA
 

 4:20pm  –  5:20 pm 
 
Vendor Demonstrations
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Vendor Appreciation Hour – Exhibit Hall
 
Total CE Hours Possible for Monday                        7 hours            

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Time Event
7:00 am – 10:00 am Registration
 
       
CONCURRENT EDUCATIONAL TRACKS
FIRST SESSION Track 1
e/HIM/EHR 
Track 2
Coding
Track 3
HIM Management 
Track 4
 Emerging Issues   
Track 5
HIM Practices
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
 

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

9:30 am – 10:30 am Breakfast with the Vendors

Continental Breakfast
Announcement of Silent Auction Winners

Exhibit Hall
 

SECOND SESSION Track 1
e/HIM/EHR 
Track 2
Coding
Track 3
HIM Management 
Track 4
Emerging Issues   
Track 5
HIM Practices
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 
 

Health Care Fraud

David Neider    
FBI Health Care Fraud Investigator

10:45 am – 11:45 am    Exhibitor’s Meeting

TBD 
 
       
THIRD SESSION Track 1
e/HIM/EHR 
Track 2
Coding
Track 3
HIM Management 
Track 4
Emerging Issues   
Track 5
HIM Practices
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
 

HIM Involvement in Health Information Exchanges

Beth Just, MBA, RHIA
Just Associates

Core Measures

Debbie White, BSN, CPHQ, CCM

MRSA

Vicki Hardin, LVN  
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Networking Lunch and Announcement of Prizes   

Exhibit Hall

           
Total CE Hours Possible for Tuesday                     3

Total Convention Possible CE Hours                     17