EVENT INFO

October 12 & 13, 2023

Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort
6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, MI  48858


HOTEL – HOTEL BLOCK Online is closed, however you may call hotel direct and use the code MASA101123 – (989) 775-5777

Find MASA VENDOR INFORMATION HERE

 

 

 

 

AGENDA 

Thursday, October 12, 2023

12:00  PM               Registration Opens – Ballroom Foyer

Noon – 5:00 PM    Vendor Move In

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM     BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Administrative Breakout
Using Automation to Curtail ASC Staffing Challenges – Daren Smith, RN, BSN – Surgical Information Systems
Three Fires
**Human Resources 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

Billing/Coding Breakout
Medicare Part B in the ASC – Mary Muchow-WPS Medicare
Anishnabeg
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC
***AAPC 1.5 AEU Core A, CASC, CPCO, CPMA

Clinical Breakout
Pharmacist Advice for the Busy ASC – Larry Smeltzer, RPh – Surgical Pharmacy Services and Alexis Procunier, PharmD
Ojibway
*AORN 1.5 CEU
**Quality Management 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

Materials Breakout
10 Ways to Better Manage Inventory and Supply Costs – Beth Chan, ENVI IOS Procurement Solutions, Director of Sales Central Region
Porcupine
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM     BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Administrative Breakout
Spend Management Experts: How One ASC Revolutionized the Implant Contracting Process and Found Significant Savings – Karl Bendy – Kermit and Natalie Smith – Orthopaedics Associates of Michigan
Three Fires
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

Billing/Coding Breakout
ASC Rejections and Denials– Mary Muchow-WPS Medicare
Anishnabeg
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC
***AAPC 1.5 AEU Core A, CASC, CPCO, CPMA

Clinical Breakout
QAPI for Infection Control: How monitoring infection prevention leads to QAPI – Sandra Jones, CASC, CPHRM, CPHQM, FHFMA
Ojibway
*AORN 1.5 CEU
**Delivery of Patient Care 1.5 CEU / 1.5 CEU IPCH Surveillance, Data Collection and Analysis CAIP/CASC

Materials Breakout
KPI’s Panel Discussion – Product Cost Analysis, Total Vendor Spend, Shipping Cost, Wasted/Expired Products – Dan Good – Copper Ridge, Myles Baarson – Surgery Partners, Lynn Rowland – UnaSource Surgery Center
Porcupine
**Financial 1.5 CEU CAIP/CASC

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM   MASA Speed Dating (MASA Platinum Vendor Members Only) – Saginaw Ballroom

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM   MASA Vendor Member/Board Reception (MASA Vendor Members Only) – Three Fires

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
MASA Welcome Reception & Vendor Showcase – ALL – SWAN CREEK/BLACK RIVER BALLROOMS

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

MASA MYSTERY PARTY
Saginaw Ballroom

 

 

 

Friday, October 13, 2023

7:15 AM – 8:20 AM         MASA Breakfast & Exhibitor Game – Saginaw Ballroom

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM    ASCA National Update – Kara Newbury, ASCA Government Affairs & Regulatory Counsel

Kara Marshall Newbury serves as director, government affairs and regulatory counsel for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), and through these roles spearheads ASCA’s federal advocacy efforts. Kara previously coordinated state legislative, regulatory and public affairs for the association.
**Regulatory & Legal Issues 1.0 AEU CAIP/CASC

 

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM        MASA Awards

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM         MASA Vendor Prize Drawings & Introduction

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM    BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Administrative Breakout
Leadership Gold – Jessica Bush, ,BSN, RN, CAPA, CPC – Real Change RN Consulting
Three Fires
**Human Resources 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

Billing Breakout
ICD 10 CM updates for 2024 – Kathy Jo Uecker, Uecker Consulting
Anishnabeg
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC
***AAPC Core A, All specialties with exception of CIRCC, CPMS

Clinical Breakout
Policy & Procedure Changes After Implementing an EHR – Maura Cash RN, BSN, CASC
Ojibway
*AORN 1.5 CEU
**Quality Management 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

Coding Breakout
Navigating Coding of the MIGS Landscape – Clint Simpson, MD
Wolf
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC
***AAPC 1.5 AEU Core A CGSC, COPC

Materials Breakout
Ways to Achieve Indirect Spend Management – Melissa Lowe, AVP, Indirect Spend & Purchased Services, Non-Acute Market Vzient
Porcupine

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM BREAK

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM    BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Administrative Breakout
ASC Compliance in 2023 – Elethia Dean RN, BSN, MBA, PhD
Three Fires
**Regulatory and Legal Issues 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

Billing Breakout
Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) – Signs for follow-up and change – Kathy Jo Uecker, Uecker Consulting
Anishnabeg
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC
***AAPC 1.5 AEU Core B CPPM, CPCO

Clinical Breakout
Incorporating DEI in the Patient Experience – Jessica Bush, BSN, RN, CAPA, CPC
Ojibway
*AORN 1.5 CEU
**Delivery of Patient Care 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC

Coding Breakout
Documentation Compliance  – Jessica Nelson, Surgical Information Systems
Wolf
**Financial 1.5 AEU CAIP/CASC
***AAPC 1.5 AEU Core A CDEO, CPMS, CDEI, CPCO, CPMA

Materials Breakout
Everything you should know about UDI (but were afraid to ask)
Stacey Henning, Cardinal Health
Porcupine

*This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

**CAIP/CASC credits have been approved

***AAPC credits have been approved

1:15 PM – 1:45 PM LUNCH TO GO

 

 

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MASA 2023 Education Day