Friday, October 23rd
7:00-8:00am - Registration & Breakfast
8:00-11:30am - Courses in Session (3 hours)
11:30am-12:30pm - Group Lunch
12:30-4:30pm - Courses in Session (3 hours)
4:30pm - Exhibit Hall Opens
5:00-6:30pm - Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall
Saturday, October 24th
7:30-9:00am - Breakfast and Exhibit Hall Open
9:00-11:15 - Courses in Session (2 hours)
11:15am-1:00pm - Group Lunch & Exhibit Hall Open
1:00-4:30pm - Courses in Session (3 hours)
4:30pm - Exhibit Hall Opens
5:00-6:30pm - Farewell Reception in Exhibit Hall
Course Details - all courses run concurrently Friday and Saturday
The Fall Conference has 4 topic-intensive courses, each designed to be taken as a whole (vs. mix and match as in our Spring Convention) so you can focus your professional development. Choose ONE of the following:
Starting an urgent care center is just like opening a private practice, right? Not exactly! Negotiating contracts, picking a site, setting up your clinic, recruiting staff, marketing and billing correctly so you can keep running - all have issues specific to urgent care. Learn from expers and industry veterans how to do it right.
Selecting & Obtaining the Right Site
Managed Care Contracts
Setting up an Effective and Efficient Clinic
Preparing for Staffing & Operations
Obtaining Financing *
Developing Policies and Procedures
Urgent Care Billing
Marketing Your Center
*For hospital-affiliated centers, we offer an alternative breakout session.
Faculty: Marc Salzberg, MD, FACEP, Steve Sellars, MBA, Patrice Pash, RN, BSN, COHC, Tammy Mallow-Ely, Kevin Ralofsky, Kenny Engel, CPC, CHC, ACS-EM, Stacy Calvaruso, CPAM, Alan Ayers, MBA, MAcc
Medicine moves fast. Staying on top of the latest techniques and literature is a challenge, especially in urgent care. Your practice covers many illnesses and injuries, and is often the front line of critical diagnoses. Stay sharp.
ENT Emergencies
Asthma Update
X-Ray Case Studies
EKG Case Studies
Acute Elbow Injuries
Acute Back Pain
Diarrhea in Children and Adults
Best of the Urgent Care Literature
Insects and the Skin
Injectable Medications
Prostatitis/Epidydimitis
Faculty: Dr. Bruce Beavers, Dr. Terry Buzzard, Dr. Phillip Disraeli, Dr. William Gluckman, Dr. Tamara McGregor, Dr. Julia Nelson, Dr. Amer Shakil, Dr. Joseph Toscano, Dan Williams,PA-C
Understanding Urgent Care Coding(introductory course) - Agenda
Professional Coding is a discipline unto itself - but what makes urgent care coding diffferent? Demystify the basics of how to code for your urgent care center. Learn why sometimes the correct answer is "it depends" - and what to do next!
Basic Fundamentals
ICD-9 Coding (and what about ICD-10?)
E/M Coding for history, physical exams, and complexity/decision making
E/M Coding: Putting it All Together
Coding for Radiology, Lab, Ophthalmology
Fracture Care Coding
Using Modifiers
Coding Workshop - practice what you've learned with sample charts and expert consultation
UCAOA recommends you bring your ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS books with you to the course.
Faculty: David Stern, MD, CPC, Kim Ramirez, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-H-I, MPC, Kenny Engel, CPC, CHC, ACS-EM, CCP-P, Kevin Solinsky, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-ED, Stacy Calvaruso, CPAM, Seth Canterbury, CPC
Proper coding is a basic necessity for any practice - but advanced knowledge and understanding of the uniqueness of urgent care practice can transform a good coder into the urgent care's most valuable asset. For experienced coders only.
The Gray Areas of E/M Coding
Nature of Presenting Problem: It Can Make or Break the Claim
E/M Intensive Workshops
Unique Urgent Care Codes
Integumentary Procedure Coding Challenges
J Codes for Medications
Coding Intravenous Infusions and Injections
Using Modifiers to Maximize E/M Reimbursement
ICD-9 Coding Challenges
Critical Care Coding Update
Killer Coding Conundrums Workshop
UCAOA recommends you bring your ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS books with you to the course.
**While the Basic Coding course is designed to be taken once, the Specialized/Advanced Coding course is new each time and designed for ongoing annual attendance. "Perennial Attendees" (those who have come in the year(s) prior) receive a 15% discount. If you are a Perennial Attendee, let us know when you register!
Faculty: David Stern, MD, CPC, Kim Ramirez, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-H-I, MPC, Kenny Engel, CPC, CHC, ACS-EM, CCP-P, Kevin Solinsky, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-ED, Stacy Calvaruso, CPAM, Seth Canterbury, CPC
Tuition
Tuition for all courses is the same and includes printed course materials, breakfast, lunch and networking receptions, exhibit hall admission, continuing education credits:
Member
Non-Member
Thru Aug 28
$600
$700
Aug 29 - Sep 25
$700
$800
Sep 26 - Oct 20
$800
$900
Continuing Education Credit
Each program provides 11.5 hours of continuing education credit. Additional details available soon regarding specific credits for physicians.
CEU's for Coding Professionals
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) for 11.5 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitues endorsement by the AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
