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EW SHOW DAILY 48 ASOA News Today Saturday, May 6, 2017 by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer • 2:45–3:45 p.m.: Operational and Financial Considerations for On- boarding New Physicians • 4:00–5:00 p.m.: Snapchat Success and Other Social Hacking Pearls: How to Implement Brand New Strategies, Tools, and Features Into Your Practice That Actually Work Monday • 8:00–9:00 a.m.: Integrated Care: A Strategic Opportunity for Eyecare • 9:15–10:15 a.m.: Ways to Improve Medicare Compliance • 10:30–11:30 a.m.: 'I Need to Think About It': Overcoming the Four Common Patient Objections • 1:30–2:30 p.m.: Finding Lost Prof- its in Your Optical Dispensary • 2:45–3:45 p.m.: Stop Being a Mid- dle Man: Coaching Your Staff to Work Out Their Own Issues • 4:00–5:00 p.m.: From Hiring to Firing: The One Person That Can Break Your Practice Tuesday • 8:00–9:00 a.m.: EMR Issues With Documentation, Coding, and Audits • 9:15–10:15 a.m.: What "Survivor" Taught Us About Generational Differences: Communicating Gen- erationally • 10:30–11:30 a.m.: Rallying Staff Around MIPS At the request of attendees, the public speaking course has been expanded this year from 1 hour to 2 hours, taking place on Monday from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Interactive roundtable sessions kick off today from 11:00 a.m. to noon. The ASOA Networking Lounge will continue to be a key gathering place and will once again feature Consultants on Call today through Tuesday. Last but certainly not least, the annual ASOA party on Sunday from 8:00 p.m. to midnight is sure to be a fun-filled night, hosted at the lively Exchange L.A., a four-level night club in the former L.A. Stock Exchange Building. There will be a cash bar and live music. EW Special luncheons, for an addi- tional registration fee, will include the Administrator Beginner's Circle (ABC) lunch on Sunday. This event will feature a panel of seasoned administrators who will share their experiences and answer questions from the audience. On Monday, consider joining fellow COEs for the COE lunch and program "Dale Carn- egie Training: Developing Personal Leadership." There are dozens of practice management course offerings throughout the meeting to choose from. Just a small sampling by day includes: Today • 1:30–2:30 p.m.: Benchmarking for Greatness: What Are the Top Tier Practices Doing That Make Them So Effective? • 2:45–3:45 p.m.: Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Update • 4:00–5:00 p.m.: Perspectives on the Future Trends of Ophthalmic Practices Sunday • 8:00–9:00 a.m.: Navigating Change: Framework for Diagnos- ing and Changing Personal Behav- ior and Organizational Culture • 9:15–10:15 a.m.: ASC Reimburse- ment Challenges • 10:30–11:30 a.m.: Thinking About Retirement: Key Considerations to Successfully Prepare for a Transi- tion Out of Practice—Small Group and Solo Physicians • 1:30–2:30 p.m.: Making Your Oph- thalmology Practice Information Technology Work for You and Not the Other Way Around inform business decisions. A course on ASOAnalytics will also be offered during the meeting. ASOA's program tracks include: advanced administrator, ambulatory surgery center, business manage- ment, coding and billing, EHR and health information technology, human resources, leadership and strategic management, marketing and business development, risk management and compliance, sub- specialties (optical, retina, cosmetics, hearing, etc.), and BOOST (Business of Ophthalmology Standards). The BOOST track consists of ASOA CME courses identified as being of partic- ular interest to physicians. Some of the highlights include ASCRS•ASOA's "Joint Symposium— Compliance: The Roles of Physicians & Staff," on Sunday from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. This symposium will feature a panel of physicians and staff who will discuss the roles and collaboration needed to maintain compliance on various fronts. Topics will include chart documentation and government regulations such as the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Health Insurance Portability and Account- ability Act. A joint symposium of ASOA and the ASCRS YES (Young Eye Surgeons) Clinical Committee on Monday from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. will intro- duce residents and surgeons early in practice to the ins and outs of prac- tice management. Young physicians on the panel will share what they wish they knew when they entered practice while seasoned administra- tors will speak on what they wish new doctors knew coming in. A gravity-defying OGS performance, special session on a new data analytics program, updates on MACRA, and much more A SOA kicks off its 10-track programming with an Opening General Session that is sure to empower attendees to help their practices reach new heights. Dan Thurmon, author, presi- dent of Motivation Works Inc., and inductee to the National Speakers Hall of Fame, will challenge the au- dience to break their practices out of the comfortable box of complacency by eliminating self-imposed limita- tions. Mr. Thurmon sure doesn't let self-imposed limitations—or natural laws like gravity—stop him from providing a jaw-dropping and inspir- ing performance. An acrobat, unicyclist, and drummer who is now learning how to do flying trapeze, Mr. Thurmon has motivated everyone from For- tune 500 companies to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. ASOA Exec- utive Director Laureen Rowland, CAE, said Mr. Thurmon will provide an uplifting message—literally and figuratively—to attendees about achieving peak performance through his gravity-defying feats. William Koch, COE, Texas Retina Associates, Dallas, will share a few words as incoming ASOA president. In addition, the Pinna- cle Award for Volunteerism will be presented. The Opening General Session will include the formal launch of ASOAnalytics, an on- line benchmarking program that through a series of surveys will allow practices to compile data to help advise operations. ASOAnalytics provides its first two benchmarking surveys on practice demographics and provider productivity for free. Subsequent surveys will be made available through an annual sub- scription. This tool is described as an investment that provides prac- tices with important data to better ASOA offers immersive and engaging program

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