Save the Date: Monumental Ideas at the 2016 Practice Management Workshop

Registration is opening soon for the 2016 Practice Management Workshop July 22-24 in Washington, DC. This unique AAAAI annual event focuses on the day to day issues that all A/I physicians face—whether in solo private practice, a multi-specialty group or the academic setting. It is specifically programmed by practicing allergists for practicing allergists.

The weekend will start at 2:00 pm on Friday with a special session on “Governmental Policy and Allergy Practice: What You Need to Know,” presented by William Rogers, MD, ICD-10 Ombudsman and Director of the Physician Regulatory Issues Team at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) alongside Emily Graham, RHIA, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs at Hart Health Strategies. You will not want to miss this Washington insider presentation.

The most popular topics include coding, human resources and financial management, but the Practice Management Workshop Planning Committee has developed several never-before-seen presentations, including:

• Owner, Partner, Employee: Navigating the Medical Maze. This session includes tips for physicians nearing retirement and how to accurately assess the value of an allergy practice.
• Don’t Leave Money on the Table! Managing Cash Flow in a High Deductible Health Plan World. This session addresses how practices need to change/adapt their payment processes in light of new high deductible plans and self-pay patient collections.
• Patient and Community Advocacy and Education: Making a Difference in your Community. This engaging session will look at how practices can get involved in local and regional health advocacy initiatives of value to their practice and their patients, and how to they can utilize community organizations’ resources in those efforts.
• The First Five Years in Practice. Geared towards brand new allergists, this session addresses a variety of practice management issues from a “just starting out” viewpoint, including common practice challenges in the early year, financial and quality benchmarks and how to market or promote a new practice.

Registration is $450 for members and staff from a member practice; $100 for FITs; $550 for non-members and staff from non-member practices. Register at the AAAAI website beginning March 1. The Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill group rate is $159 per night single/double. Click here to make your hotel reservation.