MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Grand Ballroom Foyer Early Registration 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Armstrong Ballroom Get Acquainted Reception TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM Grand Ballroom Foyer Registration and Continental Breakfast MASTER CLASS SESSIONS 7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand Ballroom E Can A.I. and Machine Learning Boost Your Lab’s Collections and Revenue? Understand These New Technologies and How to Deploy Them to Best Advantage • Jeff Carmichael, Vice President of Engineering, XIFIN, Inc., San Diego, CA • Jake Donahue, Vice President, Provider Innovation, Etyon Health, Chicago, IL 7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Bayside B Effective Ways to Augment Your Existing Lab Informatics in Support of New Lab Assays and Clinical Lab 2.0 Collaborations with Hospitals, Physicians, and Payers • Tony Oganesian, Managing Partner, LigoLab, LLC, Glendale, CA 7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand Chenier Inventory Management as a Catalyst to Cutting Lab Costs, Freeing Technical Staff to Work at the Top of Their License…and More! • Patrick J. Maul, MBA, MT(ASCP), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Consultant; Lean Six Sigma Process Innovation, Healthcare Consulting Services, St.Cloud, FL 7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Bayside C Laboratory Informatics Approach That Drives Data Curation, Utilization, and Value-add: Regulatory Compliance, Reimbursement, and Monetization Strategies • Patricia Goede, MS, Ph.D., Vice President, Clinical Informatics, XIFIN, Inc., San Diego, CA • Julie Ramage, National Account Director, Diagnostics, Pfizer, Gig Harbor, WA MONDAY-TUESDAY, APRIL 29-30, 2019 • 3
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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Grand Ballroom FoyerEarly Registration
7:00 AM - 9:30 AM Grand Ballroom FoyerRegistration and Continental Breakfast
MASTER CLASS SESSIONS
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand Ballroom ECan A.I. and Machine Learning Boost Your Lab’s Collections and Revenue? Understand These New Technologies and How to Deploy Them to Best Advantage• Jeff Carmichael, Vice President of Engineering, XIFIN, Inc.,
San Diego, CA• Jake Donahue, Vice President, Provider Innovation, Etyon
Health, Chicago, IL
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Bayside BEffective Ways to Augment Your Existing Lab Informatics in Support of New Lab Assays and Clinical Lab 2.0 Collaborations with Hospitals, Physicians, and Payers• Tony Oganesian, Managing Partner, LigoLab, LLC,
Glendale, CA
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand ChenierInventory Management as a Catalyst to Cutting Lab Costs, Freeing Technical Staff to Work at the Top of Their License…and More!• Patrick J. Maul, MBA, MT(ASCP), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt,
Consultant; Lean Six Sigma Process Innovation, Healthcare Consulting Services, St.Cloud, FL
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Bayside CLaboratory Informatics Approach That Drives Data Curation, Utilization, and Value-add: Regulatory Compliance, Reimbursement, and Monetization Strategies• Patricia Goede, MS, Ph.D., Vice President, Clinical
Informatics, XIFIN, Inc., San Diego, CA• Julie Ramage, National Account Director, Diagnostics, Pfizer,
Gig Harbor, WA
MONDAY-TUESDAY, APRIL 29-30, 2019 • 3
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Bayside ANext-Generation Sequencing for Oncology Reimbursement Policy: A Look at Different Payer Segments and Why It’s a Fragmented Market• Chance Scott, MS, Director, Life Sciences, Navigant,
Chicago, IL
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand Ballroom DUnderstanding the Opioid Epidemic: Size of the Problem, Challenging Requirements for Patient Management, and Ways for Labs to Add Value for Physicians, Payers, and Patients• Gina M. Cooper, MSN, RN, Pain Management Coordinator,
Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN• R. Scott LaNeve, Senior Vice President, Precision Health,
hc1.com, Avon, IN
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand CouteauWhy Full Autoverification Generates Big Cost Savings in Labor, Faster TAT, Reduces Errors, and Supports Best-in-Class Lab Operations• Bill Marquardt, C(ASCP) MBA CLSSBB, Vice President,
Laboratory Intelligence, McKesson Medical-Surgical, Ashland, PA
BENEFACTOR SESSIONS
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM NottowayBECKMAN COULTER Benefactor Session: TriCore’s Value-Based Strategy and IVD Organization’s Role• Rick VanNess, MS, Director, Product Management,
TriCore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Oak AlleySIEMENS Benefactor Session: Leveraging Informatics and Automation to Improve Laboratory Quality and Efficiency• Jennifer Sanderson, US Marketing Manager, Informatics,
Siemens Healthineers, Tarrytown, NY
MASTER CLASS SESSIONS
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand Ballroom ELooking into the Amazing Future of Lab Logistics: How Drones, Sensors, and New Technologies Are Poised to Increase the Quality and Accuracy of Specimen Transport and Logistics• Shannon DeMar, Senior Marketing Manager,
Healthcare Strategy, UPS, Atlanta, GA• Andreas Raptopoulos, Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Matternet, Menlo Park, CA
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8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand Ballroom DNew Approaches to Using Lab Test Ordering Rules in EHRs: Dos and Don’ts to Support Productive Workflows, Improve Clinicians’ Test Utilization, and Collect the Right Metrics on Outcomes, TATs, and Cost Savings• Alastair (Ali) Dunnett, Director, Laboratory Services,
Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL• Curt Hanson, M.D., Chief Medical Officer,
Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Rochester, MN
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Bayside APowering Digital Marketing to Drive Quality Business Using an Integrated Marketing Strategy for Clinical Labs, Pathology Groups and IVD Companies• Debra A. Harrsch, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Brandwidth Solutions LLC, Lansdale, PA• Jim Whitehurst, Vice President, Lead Gen Programs,
The Dark Intelligence Group, Palm Harbor, FL
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Bayside BSecrets of Effective Culture Change in Hospital and Health System Labs: Engaging Staff to Continuously Improve, Sustain Quality, and Regularly Cut Unnecessary Costs• Rita D’Angelo, CQE, SSBB, MS, Ph.D., President & Chief
Executive Officer, D’Angelo Advantage, LLC, Gibraltar, MI
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand CouteauSupporting Antimicrobial Stewardship: Combining Effective Microbiology Workflow Solutions, New Automation, and Rapid Tests to Boost Productivity, Cut Costs, and and Shorten Time to Diagnosis and Start of Therapy• Douglas Harrington, Director, Consulting, ttec Digital
Consulting, Mesa, AZ
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand ChenierWhat Every Lab Needs to Know about GDPR: Why General Data Protection Regulations Are an International, National, and Statewide Trend and How All Labs Must Respond to Minimize Risk and Meet the Law• Marty Barrack, JD, MBA, Senior Vice President & General
Counsel, XIFIN, Inc., San Diego, CA
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 • 5
BENEFACTOR SESSIONS
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM NottowayQUADAX Benefactor Session: Patient Responsibility and Payer Pre-Billing Requirements Impacting Your Bottom Line? Engage Physicians and Patients with Patient Access Solutions and Analytics to Improve Revenue• Brean Bark, Director, Product Development, Quadax, Inc.,
Middleburg Heights, OH• Missy Tubbs, Senior Product Manager, Quadax, Inc.,
Middleburg Heights, OH
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Oak AlleySUNQUEST Benefactor Session: Listen. Learn. Lead! Uncover Ways YOU Can Position Your Lab as a Strategic Pillar of the Healthcare Organization• Moderator: Mark D. Dixon, R.Ph., MHA, FACHE, President,
The Mark Dixon Group, LLC, Edina, MNPanelists:• Peter Fisher, M.D., MBA, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Health Network Laboratories, Allentown, PA• Philip M. Oravetz, M.D., Chief Population Officer, Ochsner
Health System, New Orleans, LA• Premila Peters, President, Data Innovations,
South Burlington, VT• Khosrow R. Shotorbani, MBA, MT(ASCP), Executive Director;
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Lab 2.0 Strategic Services LLC, Project Santa Fe Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT
• Sam Terese, MBA, MT(ASCP), Chief Executive Officer and President, Alverno Laboratories, Hammond, IN
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Bayside CTELCOR Benefactor Session: Making the Strategic Decision to Optimize Your Revenue Cycle: How to Meet Billing Requirements and Maximize Profitability• Kurt Matthes, Vice President, Reengineering and Service,
Revenue Cycle Management, TELCOR, Inc., Lincoln, NE
GENERAL SESSIONS
9:30 AM - 10:05 AM Grand Ballroom A-CIs 2019 the Lab Industry’s Perfect Storm? How Healthcare’s Transformation and Multiple Disruptive Forces Are Poised to Create New Winners and New Losers• Robert L. Michel, Editor-in-Chief, the dark rePort,
Spicewood, TX
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10:05 AM - 10:40 AM Grand Ballroom A-CSupporting Integrated Patient Care by Moving Tests Out of the Core Lab and into Physicians’ Offices: Lessons from the Health Partners’ Experience• Rick L. Panning, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, Senior Administrative
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Grand Ballroom FoyerMorning Break
11:00 AM - 11:35 AM Grand Ballroom A-CDifferentiate Through Value: Why Lab 2.0’s Future State Requires Labs to Collaborate with Insurers, Physicians, and ACOs to Improve Patient Outcomes and Lower the Cost of Care• Sonny Varadan, MBA, PMP, Chief Information Officer,
Sonora Quest Laboratories, Phoenix, AZ
11:35 AM - 12:10 PM Grand Ballroom A-CHow Labs Can Support Precision Medicine and Shared Savings Initiatives: Use of Healthcare Big Data, Lab Results, and Analytics to Support Population Health Management in Value-Based Arrangements• Philip Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Strategy Officer,
Sonic Healthcare USA, Austin, TX
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Napoleon BallroomNetworking Lunch
SPECIAL SESSION
Grand Ballroom A-C 1:30 PM - 4:35 PMLab and Pathology Mergers & Acquisitions Workshop• Chair: Richard S. Cooper, Esq., Co-chair, National Healthcare
Practice, McDonald Hopkins LLC, Cleveland, OH
1:30 PM - 2:15 PMThreats and Opportunities for Hospital and Health Network Laboratories• Chair: Christal L. Contini, Member, McDonald Hopkins LLC,
Cleveland, OHPanelists:• Christopher Jahnle, Managing Director, Haverford Healthcare
Advisors, Paoli, PA • Jason Newmark, Vice President, Diagnostic Services,
Baystate Health, Springfield, MA• Stan Schofield, President, NorDx, Scarborough, ME
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 • 7
SPECIAL SESSION (continued)
Grand Ballroom A-CLab and Pathology Mergers & Acquisitions
2:15 PM - 3:00 PMWhat Lab Buyers See as Opportunity in Today’s Market: Clinical Labs, Hospital Lab Outreach Businesses, Pathology Groups, and Molecular/Genetic Lab Companies• Chair: Christal L. Contini, Member, McDonald Hopkins LLC,
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Anatomic Pathology Groups and Their Labs: Effective Strategies for Maintaining Clinical Excellence and Financial Stability during Disruptive Times• Chair: Elizabeth Sullivan, JD, Healthcare Attorney, Member,
Co-Chair National Healthcare Practice Group, McDonald Hopkins LLC, Cleveland, OH
Panelists:• Christal L. Contini, Member, McDonald Hopkins LLC,
Cleveland, OH• Jerry W. Hussong, M.D., MBA, Chief Executive Officer,
Sonic Healthcare USA, Austin, TX• Al Sirmon, Consultant, Pathology Practice Advisors, LLC,
Pawleys Island, SC• Robert H. Tessier, MPH, Senior Reimbursement Consultant,
HBP Services, Inc., Woodbridge, CT
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Strategies for Molecular/Genetic Labs That Improve Collected Revenue, Survive Tougher Audits, and Build Capital Value for Shareholders• Chair: Richard S. Cooper, Esq., Co-chair, National Healthcare
Practice, McDonald Hopkins LLC, Cleveland, OHPanelists:• James P. Almas, M.D., Vice President and National Medical
Director of Clinical Effectiveness, LabCorp, Burlington, NC• Melissa C. Butterworth, BBA, President & Managing Director,
Advanced Strategic Partners, Sunny Isles Beach, FL• Raymond Kelly, Director of Corporate Development, Eurofins
Scientific Group, Horsham, PA
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Grand CouteauDefend Your Lab as a Vital Resource to Your Parent Hospital/Health Network: Success Secrets to Preserve Your Lab’s Budget, Support Key Clinical Strategies, and Leverage the Power of Lab Testing Services• Jane M. Hermansen, MBA, MT(ASCP), Manager, Outreach
and Network Development, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Bayside CFive Power Analytics in Anatomic Pathology that Unleash Clinical and Financial Success in Today’s Challenging Environment• Al Sirmon, Consultant, Pathology Practice Advisors, LLC,
Pawleys Island, SC
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Grand ChenierMany Blessings and Some Curses with an LIS That’s Fully Integrated with the EHR: Our Lessons from Using Beaker and Epic to Support Clinical Collaborations and Contribute to Improve Patient Care• Raj C. Dash, M.D., Pathologist, Duke Health, Durham, NC
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Bayside ABSuccess at Reducing Contaminated Blood Culture Specimens from the ED: How Our Lab’s Collaboration with Nurses and Use of New Technology Improved Specimen Quality in Support of Better Patient Care• Lisa L. Steed, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Director, Diagnostic
Microbiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Grand Ballroom DSupporting Patients as They Become Consumers: Our Strategies for Access, Analytics, and Care Collaborations to Integrate Care, Improve Outcomes, and Add Value with Laboratory Services• Peter Fisher, M.D., MBA, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Health Network Laboratories, Allentown, PA
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Grand Ballroom EWhy the Support Act and EKRA’s Prohibition on Paying Commissions to Sales Reps Was a Surprise and Conflicts with the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute: What Labs Must Know to Stay Compliant• Danielle Holley, JD, MS, Shareholder, O’Connell & Aronowitz,
Albany, NY• Jeffrey J. Sherrin, President, O’Connell & Aronowitz,
Albany, NY
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 • 9
SPECIAL SESSIONS
1:45 PM - 3:35 PM NottowayLab Finance and CFO Roundtable• FaCilitator: Douglas G. Wussow, Vice President of Financial
1:45 PM - 3:35 PM Oak AlleyLab Informatics and Lab CIO Roundtable• FaCilitator: Rita D’Angelo, CQE, SSBB, MS, Ph.D., President
& Chief Executive Officer, D’Angelo Advantage, LLC, Gibraltar, MI
• Chair: Sonny Varadan, MBA, PMP, Chief Information Officer, Sonora Quest Laboratories, Phoenix, AZ
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM Bayside ABAutomating Microbiology in a Stepwise Fashion: Our Multi-Year Journey to Reduce Time to Answer, Improve Productivity, Increase Quality, and Contribute to Better Patient Care• Susan M. Poutanen, M.D., MPH, FRCPC, Microbiologist &
Infectious Disease Specialist, University Health Network & Mount Sinai Hospital; Associate Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology & Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM Grand ChenierCreating a Mobile Point-of-Care Testing Service to Reduce Unnecessary Ambulance Rides and Emergency Department Visits: How FirstPath Lab Services Delivers a Valuable Clinical Lab 2.0 Resource• Leo Serrano, FACHE, DLM(ASCP), Clinical and Operations
Consultant, FirstPath, LLC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM Grand Ballroom DCurrent Issues in Clinical Lab and Pathology Law, Compliance, Managed Care Contracting, Medicare/Private Payer Audits, and More• Chair: David Gee, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP,
Seattle, WAPanelists:• Charles Dunham, Business and Health Care Attorney, Epstein
Becker & Green, P.C., Houston, TX• Karen S. Lovitch, Member and Chair, Health Law Practice,
Mintz, Washington, D.C.• Jeffrey J. Sherrin, President, O’Connell & Aronowitz,
Albany, NY
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2:45 PM - 3:35 PM Grand CouteauIntegrating Data Across 26 Hospitals and a Core Lab Using Three Different Laboratory Information Systems: Lessons from Achieving Integration and How We Use These Integrated Data to Add Value• Sam Terese, MBA, MT(ASCP), Chief Executive Officer
and President, Alverno Laboratories, Hammond, IN
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM Bayside CStreamlining Patient Registration Across Multiple Sites: Combining Work Flow Redesign with EMPI and Patient ID Matching Tools to Improve Productivity, Reduce Errors, and Shorten Turnaround Times• Frank E. Wellman, BSMT (ASCP), Administrative Laboratory
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM Grand Ballroom EYour Lab Can Do Analytics with Your Payers Today: How We Used Excel Spreadsheets to Engage Health Insurers and Launch Collaborative Care Initiatives• Rick VanNess, MS, Director, Product Management,
TriCore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM NottowayCollecting ALL the Dollars Legally Due Your Lab: A Successful Case Study in Lab Revenue Cycle Management• Trish Hankila, Vice President, Finance, South Bend Medical
Foundation, South Bend, IN• Mick Raich, Owner, Vachette Pathology and Stark Medical
Auditing and Consulting, Palmyra, MI
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Oak AlleyDeveloping the Next-Level Logistics Infrastructure to Enable the Lab of the Future• Chair: Jake Crampton, Chief Executive Officer, MedSpeed,
Elmhurst, ILPanelists:• Mike Black, MBA, MT(ASCP), DLM, Assistant Vice President,
Laboratory Services, Laboratory Service Line Administrator, Avera Health System, Sioux Falls, SD
• Aaron Maixner, Operations Administrator, Mayo Clinic Health System, Rochester, MN
• Sam Terese, MBA, MT(ASCP), Chief Executive Officer and President, Alverno Laboratories, Hammond, IN
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 • 11
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Grand ChenierEvery Pathologist’s Helpful Guide to Medicare Quality Payment Programs: What You Need to Know to Avoid Penalties, Earn Incentives• Emily E. Volk, M.D., MBA, FCAP, Clinical Assistant Professor
of Pathology, University of Texas-Health; Senior Vice President of Clinical Services, University Health System, San Antonio, TX
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Grand Ballroom DEverything You Need to Know about Washington, DC: Issues of Concern to Labs, Including PAMA, FDA, OIG, CMS, Congress, and More• Moderator: Alan Mertz, MA, Director of Government
Relations, NeoGenomics Laboratories, Naples, FLPanelists:• Elizabeth Fassbender, JD, Assistant Director for Economic
and Regulatory Affairs, College of American Pathologists, Washington, D.C.
• Julie Khani, President, American Clinical Laboratory Association, Washington, D.C.
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Bayside ABIs Digital Pathology Poised to Go Prime Time? What All Pathology Groups Need to Know about What’s Ready, What’s Coming, and How the Pathologist’s Daily Routine Will Evolve• Chair: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY, Northfield, ILPanelists:• Steven D. Barbee, BA, President, JAV Advisors Corp,
Strategy, Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson, AZ
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Grand CouteauSoftware Solutions and Digital Pathology: How IDEXX Efficiently Manages Laboratory Capacity, Pathologist Case Assignment, and Distribution in Large Multinational Environment• Bob Dowd, Vice President, Strategic Accounts Development,
NovoPath, Inc., Princeton, NJ• Jeremy Johnson, DVM, Ph.D., Senior Director & General
Manager, North America, Pathology Operations, IDEXX Laboratories, West Sacramento, CA
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3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Bayside CTackling the Toughest Challenges in Preanalytics: Effective Troubleshooting and Best Practices to Improve Specimen Quality, Analytical Accuracy, and Patient Satisfaction and to Minimize Unnecessary Costs• Michelle McLean, Senior Product & Clinical Applications
Manager, Greiner Bio-One, North America, Monroe, NC
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM Grand Ballroom EWhy Risk Adjustment Is Every Lab’s Surefire Way to Add Value: What It Is, How It Works, Where Savings Are Found, and Different Ways ACOs and Payers Will Reimburse Labs• Liya Lomsadze, Project Manager, Pathology Informatics,
Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
GENERAL SESSION
4:35 PM - 5:30 PM Grand Ballroom A-CUgly Truth about Payers and PAMA: What Labs Can Expect and How to Respond• Lâle White, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand ChenierAre Your Patients Now Your Payers? New Tools for Your Lab to Collect More Money, Faster, and at Less Cost• Walt Williams, Director, Revenue Cycle Optimization &
Strategy, Quadax, Inc., Cleveland, OH
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Bayside CCurrent State of the Job Market for Pathologists: What’s Changing in Sub-Specialist Demand, Compensation Trends, Changes in Recruiting Tactics and Benefits Packages• Rich Cornell, President, Santé Consulting, LLC,
Chesterfield, MO
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Bayside ABIs Your Lab Ready to Ride the Wave as Information Technologies Converge in Support of Integrated Diagnostics?• Manish Muzumdar, Senior Vice President of Product
Development, Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson, AZ
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand Ballroom DLab-Pharmacy Collaborations for Opioid-Use Disorder and Sepsis Management: What We’ve Learned and What Comes Next in Improving Patient Outcomes and Cost of Care• Monique Dodd, Pharm.D., PhC., MLS(ASCP)CM, Enterprise
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand CouteauPositioning Your Lab to Be the Keystone for Precision Medicine in Your Community: Using Next-Generation Informatics in Your Lab Today to Be the Essential Partner for Physicians and Health Insurers• Barry Wark, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Ovation.io,
Cambridge, MA
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Grand Ballroom ESimple Best Practices in Coding/Billing/Collections to Maximize Your Lab’s Revenue• David Figueredo, National Vice President, Sales and Business
Development, Change Healthcare, Nashville, TN
16 • WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM Oak AlleyWhy Specialized Genetic Testing and Rapid Advances in Pharmacogenomics Are Creating New Career Paths for Lab Professionals While Changing How Clinical Labs Recruit and Retain Their Key Management Leaders• Susan Dowling, Vice President of Business Development/
Technical Team Lead, Connexis Search Group, Greenville, SC• Brent Murphy, Vice President, Business Development,
Connexis Search Group, Greenville, SC
BENEFACTOR SESSION
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM NottowayELLKAY Benefactor Session: Maximize Reimbursements and Increase Revenue with Clean Lab Orders• Philippe Flamant, Vice President of Client Services, ELLKAY,
LLC, Elmwood Park, NJ• Shreya Patel, Vice President, Product Management and
Strategy, ELLKAY, LLC, Elmwood Park, NJ
MASTER CLASS SESSIONS
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand Ballroom EHow Hospitals and Health Networks Are Assessing the Potential of Their Clinical Labs during a Time of Integrated Care, Precision Medicine, and Falling Lab Reimbursement• Paul Fiedler, M.D., Chair, Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, Western Connecticut Health Network, Danbury, CT
• Jerry W. Hussong, M.D., MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Sonic Healthcare USA, Austin, TX
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Bayside ABHow Labs Can Add Value to Employers with Wellness Programs, Including Risk Stratification and Employee Engagement• Steven Goldberg, M.D., MBA, Vice President, Medical Affairs,
Population Health and Chief Health Officer, Health & Wellness, Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, NJ
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand Ballroom DLeveraging Lab Data and Predictive Analytics to Improve Clinical Effectiveness and Manage Population Health Risk• Dan Hoemke, Chief Business Officer, BaseHealth, Inc.,
Scottsdale, AZ
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 • 17
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand CouteauNGS Testing in Today’s Precision Medicine Landscape: What Labs Are Running and What Your Lab Should Do Now• Chris Callahan, MS, Chief Commercial Officer, PierianDx,
St. Louis, MO
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Grand ChenierRethinking Lab Testing Services at Your Hospital or Health Network: Helping Your Digital Pathology Revolution Understand the Opportunities and Pitfalls of Keeping Versus Selling/Outsourcing the Hospital Laboratory• Linda S. Flynn, MS, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBB, Principal,
LS Flynn & Associates, Florence, KY
BENEFACTOR SESSIONS
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Bayside CCHANGE HEALTHCARE Benefactor Session: The New PAMA Math: Optimizing Revenue and Profitability Through Integrated Technology Solutions• Ben Gold, Product Manager, National Decision Support
Company, a Change Healthcare Company, Nashville, TN
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Oak AlleyNOVOPATH Benefactor Session: Leveraging Pathology Informatics: Best Practices for Improving Pathologist Productivity and Client Satisfaction That Increase Market Share and Lab Revenue• Rick Callahan, Vice President, Sales and Marketing,
NovoPath, Inc., Princeton, NJ
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM NottowayXIFIN Benefactor Session: Hidden Landmines in RCM: Understanding Trends That Impact Financial Performance of Laboratories and Pathology Practices• Stephanie Denham, CPA, Senior Director, New Customer
Accounts, XIFIN, Inc., San Diego, CA• Diana Richard, Director, Anatomic Pathology Program
Development, XIFIN, Inc., San Diego, CA• Al Sirmon, Consultant, Pathology Practice Advisors, LLC,
Pawleys Island, SC
GENERAL SESSIONS
9:30 AM - 10:05 AM Grand Ballroom A-CUnderstanding Healthcare’s Ongoing Transformation and How Hospitals, Physicians, and Payers Are Responding• Ted Schwab, MBA, Strategist and Entrepreneur, Babylon
Health, Austin, TX
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10:05 AM - 10:40 AM Grand Ballroom A-CSeize the Day—Aligning Laboratory Executive Leadership with How Hospital and Health System CEOs Are Responding to Current Healthcare Trends• Mark D. Dixon, R.Ph., MHA, FACHE, President, The Mark
Dixon Group, LLC, Edina, MN
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Grand Ballroom FoyerMorning Break
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Grand Ballroom A-CDuring Healthcare’s Disruptive Times, What Strategies Will Bring Success to Clinical Labs and Anatomic Pathology Groups?• Chair: Robert L. Michel, Editor-in-Chief, the dark rePort,
Spicewood, TXPanelists:• Dave A. Dexter, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Sonora Quest Laboratories & Laboratory Sciences of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
• Mark D. Dixon, R.Ph., MHA, FACHE, President, The Mark Dixon Group, LLC, Edina, MN
• Stan Schofield, President, NorDx, Scarborough, ME• Ted Schwab, MBA, Strategist and Entrepreneur, Babylon
Health, Austin, TX
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM Grand Ballroom A-CNational Lab Sales Excellence Awards• Robert L. Michel, Editor-in-Chief, the dark rePort,
Spicewood, TX
12:10 PM - 1:20 PM Napoleon BallroomNetworking Lunch
SPECIAL SESSIONS
1:20 PM - 3:10 PM Oak AlleyAcademic Pathology Roundtable• Co-Chairs: James M. Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., Executive
Director and Senior Vice President, Laboratory Services; Professor & Chair, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Hofstra Northwell Health School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Lake Success, NY
• Chen Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
• Myra L. Wilkerson, M.D., Chair, Diagnostic Medicine Institute, Geisinger Laboratories, Danville, PA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 • 19
1:20 PM - 3:10 PM NottowayVP of Lab Sales and Marketing Roundtable• FaCilitator: Rich Reitz, Director of Training and Talent
Solutions Specialist, Vanguard Healthcare Staffing, Palm Desert, CA
• Chair: Kenneth F. Indof, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Dominion Diagnostics, North Kingstown, RI
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM Grand ChenierAchieving Billing Efficiencies While Collecting More Revenue: How We Developed Best Practices, Identified Profitability of Customers, and Reduced Days Sales Outstanding• Deena Murphy, Executive Billing Director, NeoGenomics
Laboratories, Fort Myers, FL
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM Grand CouteauHow SOMC Breast Health Services Utilized Both Industry Partner and National Comparative Data to Drive Quality, Patient Satisfaction, Market Share, and Time to Results Across the Breast Care Continuum• April Schrank-Hacker, MSOD, CG(ASCP)CM, Optimization
and Process Solutions Manager, Leica Biosystems, Fairless Hills, PA
• Wendi Waugh, R.T. (R)(T) CMD CTR BS, Administrative Director, Cancer Services and Community Health & Wellness, Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth, OH
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM Grand Ballroom DNew! National Effort to Standardize Names of Lab Tests to Avoid Confusion and Help Physicians, Patients, and Payers: Progress Update and How Your Lab Can Help• Ila Singh, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Laboratory Medicine;
Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM Grand Ballroom E Major Changes in How Health Insurers Handle Lab Tests: Assessing Developments in Prior-Authorization Programs, Network Contracting, and New, Value-Based Payment Models• Moderator: Michael Snyder, Senior Vice President, Avalon
Director, Humana, Chicago, IL• Richard Gentleman, MHA, Senior Director, National Ancillary
Contracting, Aetna, Inc., Blue Bell, PA• Steve Stonecypher, Managing Director, Shipwright
Healthcare Group, Greensboro, NC
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM Grand Ballroom DHow Real-Time Analytics Helps Our Lab Continuously Cut Costs, Boost Productivity, and Support Quality Gains Throughout Our Integrated Health Network• Mike Black, MBA, MT(ASCP), DLM, Assistant Vice President,
Laboratory Services, Laboratory Service Line Administrator, Avera Health System, Sioux Falls, SD
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM Grand CouteauMedical Laboratory Test Utilization on a Grand Scale: Lessons from Integrating IT from 29 Lab Sites and 3 EHRs to Help Physicians Reduce Unnecessary Tests While Improving Patient Outcomes and Reducing the Cost of Care• Juliana Iles-Mann, B.App Sc., MMgt, Director, ICT Customer
and Business Services, NSW Health Pathology, Epping, New South Wales, Australia
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM Grand ChenierNegotiating Win-Win Part A Pathology Contracts with Hospitals and Health Networks: Best Approaches to Adding At-Risk Incentives That Deliver Value, Establishing Commercially Reasonable Arrangements, and Determining Fair Market Value for Part A Services• Robert H. Tessier, MPH, Senior Reimbursement Consultant,
HBP Services, Inc., Woodbridge, CT
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM Grand Ballroom EPracticing Next-Generation Clinical Laboratory and Anatomic Pathology Today: Delivering More Value with Collaborations, Analytics, Automation, and Precision Medicine• Karen L. Kaul, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL
GENERAL SESSION
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Grand Ballroom A-CExtracting the Important Lessons from the Executive War College 2019• Robert L. Michel, Editor-in-Chief, the dark rePort,
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Bayside ABThe Digital Pathology Revolution: What It Is and How It Will Improve Your Pathology Practice• Steven D. Barbee, BA, President, JAV Advisors Corp,
Andover, KS
1:40 PM - 2:30 PM Bayside ABEmbrace Digital Pathology: It’s Pathology’s Future and Can Help You Decrease Costs and Increase Revenue and Pathologist Income• Anil Parwani, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, Professor and Vice Chair,
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2:30 PM - 2:50 PMAfternoon Break
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM Bayside ABHow Artificial Intelligence Is Changing the Practice of Pathology Today: Using AI to Score the Triple Play of Improving Productivity, Slashing Turnaround Times, and Boosting Practice Income• Mike Bonham, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Proscia,
Philadelphia, PA
3:40 PM - 4:20 PM Bayside ABInteractive Digital Pathology Q&A Panel with Speakers and Attendees Chair: • Steven D. Barbee, BA, President, JAV Advisors Corp,
Andover, KSPanelists:• Mike Bonham, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Proscia,
Philadelphia, PA• Anil Parwani, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, Professor and Vice Chair,
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM Bayside ABClosing Remarks• Steven D. Barbee, BA, President, JAV Advisors Corp,
Andover, KS
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 • 23
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019GRAND BALLROOM A
POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP – OPTION 1
8:00 AM - 3:00 PMLessons from Clinical Lab 2.0 Innovators: Creating New Revenue Streams for Your Lab, Ways to Add Value and How to Engage Payers
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Introduction and Overview of Clinical Lab 2.0• Chair: Khosrow R. Shotorbani, MBA, MT(ASCP), Executive
Director; Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Lab 2.0 Strategic Services LLC, Project Santa Fe Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT
8:10 AM - 8:50 AMLaunching a Clinical Lab 2.0 Program at Your Hospital or Health Network: Lessons from the Project Santa Fe Experience• James M. Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director and
Senior Vice President, Laboratory Services; Professor & Chair, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Hofstra Northwell Health School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Lake Success, NY
8:50 AM - 9:30 AMImproving Patient Outcomes with Antimicrobial Stewardship: How the Clinical Lab, Pharmacy and Physicians Are Collaborating to Add Value at Northwell Health• Aya Haghamad, Pharm.D., Clinical Solutions Specialist,
Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
9:30 AM - 10:10 AMHow to Launch a Successful Value-Added Clinical Program with Office-Based Physicians and Payers to Diagnose and Manage Chronic Kidney Disease and Concomitant Conditions Such As Diabetes, Acute Kidney Injury, and Coronary Artery Disease• Kathleen Swanson, MS, R.Ph., Senior Clinical Solutions
• Myra L. Wilkerson, M.D., Chair, Diagnostic Medicine Institute, Geisinger Laboratories, Danville, PA
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM LagniappeNetworking Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:40 PMEngaging Payers with Value-Added Lab Services: How We Use Lab Test Data with Other Data to Help Physicians and Health Insurers Deliver Better Patient Care and Earn Remuneration for Achieving Their Quality Goals• Patty Kehoe, RN, MPH, Innovative Healthcare Executive
The vital process improvement tools your lab needs!Gathered for you in one place, all of the essential resources
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Lab Quality ConfabProcess ImProvement InstItute
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1:40 PM - 2:20 PMTackling the Challenge of Managing Opioid Use: How Our Lab Collaborates with Physicians to Better Manage Prescribing, Improve Patient Care, and Deliver More Value with Lab Testing Services• Bernard C. Cook, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB, Division Head,
Chemistry; Director, Automated Core Laboratory Operations, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
2:20 PM - 3:00 PMNext Steps: What Measurable Actions Your Lab Can Take to Add Value and Make a Positive Difference in Patients’ Lives• Chair: Khosrow R. Shotorbani, MBA, MT(ASCP), Executive
Director; Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Lab 2.0 Strategic Services LLC, Project Santa Fe Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT
Panelists:• James M. Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director and
Senior Vice President, Laboratory Services; Professor & Chair, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Hofstra Northwell Health School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Lake Success, NY
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Executive War CollegeOn Lab and Pathology Management
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SAVE THE DATEApril 28 – 29, 2020
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019GRAND BALLROOM B
POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP – OPTION 2
8:00 AM - 3:45 PM What Hospital and Health Network Labs Must Know to Comply with PAMA Private Payer Price Reporting
8:00 AM - 8:45 AMHow We Got to PAMA and This Final Reporting Rule: Understanding the History, Legislation, and Regulatory Processes Involving the Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule• Joyce Gresko, JD, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP,
Washington, D.C.
8:45 AM - 9:30 AMUnderstanding the Requirements for Reporting PAMA Private Payer Lab Test Price Data: Who Reports, What Is Reported, How to Report, When Do Penalties Apply, and More• Diana W. Voorhees, MA, CLS, MT, SH, CLCP, CPCO, Principal
and Chief Executive Officer, DV & Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
9:30 AM - 9:45 AMMorning Break
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMHow to Structure Your PAMA Data When Working with Your Internal IT Team or Third-Party Billing Provider• Sarah Simonson, Director of Client Management, LabRCM,
Change Healthcare, Lexington, KY
10:30 AM - 11:15 AMLessons Learned at South Bend Medical Foundation: What Works Best and Pitfalls to Avoid When Gathering, Analyzing, and Reporting PAMA Lab Test Price Data• Trish Hankila, Vice President, Finance, South Bend Medical
Foundation, South Bend, IN
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMKey Recommendations for Reporting Your Lab’s Private Payer Price Data: Identifying Data Sources, Using Informatics Tools, Understanding Where Data Is Missing or Inaccurate, and Transmitting Your Data• Craig Young, Senior Financial Analyst, XIFIN, Inc.,
San Diego, CA
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM LagniappeNetworking Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:40 PMCompliance and Regulatory Issues Associated with the PAMA Statute and the CMS Final Rule for Reporting Private Payer Lab Test Prices: Risks, Consequences, and Often-Overlooked Requirements• Elizabeth Sullivan, JD, Healthcare Attorney, Member,
Co-Chair National Healthcare Practice Group, McDonald Hopkins LLC, Cleveland, OH
1:40 PM - 2:25 PMQuestion & Answer Session with CMS: Live Remote Opportunity to Ask Questions and Better Understand PAMA’s Data-Reporting Requirements• Sarah Harding, Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD• Sarah Shirey-Losso, Director, Division of Ambulatory Service,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
2:25 PM - 3:05 PMWhat If Your Hospital Lab Doesn’t Have a CFO? How We Pulled the Task Force Together throughout Atrium Health to Assemble PAMA Data for Submission• Modena Henderson, MHA, Vice President, Laboratory
Services, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
3:05 PM - 3:45 PMSummary of the Day and Q&A with the Experts• Chair: Joyce Gresko, JD, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP,
Washington, D.C.Panelists:• Trish Hankila, Vice President, Finance, South Bend Medical
Foundation, South Bend, IN• Elizabeth Sullivan, JD, Healthcare Attorney, Member,
Co-Chair National Healthcare Practice Group, McDonald Hopkins LLC, Cleveland, OH
• Diana W. Voorhees, MA, CLS, MT, SH, CLCP, CPCO, Principal and Chief Executive Officer, DV & Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
