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Healthcare Design Specialists and the University of Virginia Health System Division of Nephrology/Renal Services Proudly Present: |
A Time Seminar for Hospital-based Dialysis Providers
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MAY12&13Boars 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.
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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
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| 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
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| 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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