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Healthcare Design Specialists and the University of Virginia Health System Division of Nephrology/Renal Services Proudly Present:
The Business of Hospital Based Dialysis
A Time Seminar for Hospital-based Dialysis Providers

MAY12&13
Boars Head Inn | Charlottesville, VA
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Boar’s Head Inn. Please call 800-476-1988 by April 12 to secure your reservation. Check out the historical tours in the area at www.boarsheadinn.com.



Tailored Specifically For
Hospital Administrators, Hospital CFO’s and Finance Department Members, Nursing Administrators and Managers, Nephrologists and Renal Administrators.

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Kline Bolton, MD
9:10 a.m. Introduction and Overview
Mark Feigal
9:30 a.m. Program Viability - The Need For Planning
Carrie McGinnis, RN, MBA
Healthcare Design Specialists - Springfield, MO
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Case Study - Academic Hospital - The UVA Story
Larry Fitzgerald and Kline Bolton, MD
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
11:15 a.m. Case Study - Community Hospital
David Imler, DO
Kidney Services of West Central Ohio - Lima, OH
12:00 p.m. Lunch Sponsored by VISONEX:
Quality Improvement through Business Process Redesign

John Hartman, MD
Visonex - Green Bay, WI
1:00 p.m.

Track One - Billing/Revenue Management
The Role Of A Dialysis Revenue Champion

Cheryl Pezzelle, RN
Healthcare Design Specialists - Phoenix, AZ

Case Study: An Alternative Model for Billing
and Collections

Debra LaRue and Denise Beattie
William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak, MI

Case Study: How Implementing an Information System Enhances Revenues
John P. Capelli, MD
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center - Camden, NJ

1:00 p.m.

Track Two - Quality Improvement
Past: Background – QA versus CQI

Carrie McGinnis, RN, MBA
Healthcare Design Specialists - Springfield, MO

Present and Future:
ESRD Network CQI Initiatives; Pay For Performance
Alan Kliger, MD
Yale New Haven Hospital - New Haven, CT

2:30 p.m. Break for Afternoon activities
Tours in the area: Monticello; Ash Lawn; UVA Campus;
Golf/Tennis/Hiking; Tours of UVA’s dialysis facilities

 

8:30 a.m. Breakfast Sponsored by VASC-ALERT:
An Elegant Solution to the Access Surveillance Issue

John Kennedy, Vasc-Alert - Chicago, IL
9:15 a.m. Track One - Financial Management
What is your dialysis program worth?

Mark Feigal
Healthcare Design Specialists - Longmont, CO
10:00 a.m. To Reuse or Not to Reuse? A Case Study.
Connie Anderson, BSN, MBA
Northwest Kidney Centers - Seattle, WA
9:15 a.m. Track Two - Vascular Access Management

K/DOQI Guidelines
Anatole Besarab, MD
Henry Ford Health Systems - Detroit, MI
10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion

Vascular Access Management: A Collaborative Approach
Anatole Besarab, MD
Kline Bolton, MD, FACP, FASN
David Imler, DO
Larry Fitzgerald
11:30 a.m. Adjourn

 

Tuition is $350, and $275 for each additional registrant from the same organization.

 

 
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