Program Overview
Program subject to change. Please check back often for updates
PRECONFERENCE and DAY 1 – Monday January 19, 2015
| 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. | Registration Open |
CAAMA Certification (separate registration and fee required – includes sessions each morning)
| 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. | CAAMA Certification Examination Preparation Activity |
Pre-Conference Sessions (additional registration fee required)
| 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Healthcare Leaders of the Future |
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Conference Day 1
| 12 – 1 p.m. | New Member Meet and Greet (lunch served) |
| 1 – 1:30 p.m. | Roundtable Discussion: How to Get the Most from Your AAMA Meeting |
| 1:45 – 2 p.m. | Welcome Remarks |
| 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Keynote Address: Service Line Transformation: Adapting Specialty Care for the Value Mandate, Ashley Ford, The Advisory Board |
| 3 – 4 p.m. | Hot Tricks of the Trade |
| 4:15 -5:30 p.m. | Student Award Ceremony Student Short-Talks |
| 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall |
DAY 2 – Tuesday January 20, 2015
| 6:00 – 6:00pm | Registration Open |
Pre-conference Activities
| 7 a.m. – 8 a.m. | Attendee Breakfast – Vendor Focus Groups |
| 7 p.m. – 8 a.m. | CAAMA Certification Examination Preparation Activity (pre-registration required) |
General Session
| 8 – 8:15 a.m. | Awards Ceremony 2 |
| 8:15 – 9:15 a.m. | Keynote Address: Shifting Climates: Population Concentration and Environmental Impacts to Health and Health Systems, Tom Cullison |
Breakout Sessions
| 9:30–10:30 a.m. | Migrating Populations Impact on Global Health Security |
| Cardiac Transitional Care Program – Reducing CHF Readmissions, Dr. Lawrence Narun M.D. & Mary Zita | |
| The Transformation of the American Cancer Society: A road to Finish the Fight, Richard Wender, M.D. |
Exhibits and Break
| 10:30–11:15 a.m. | Refreshments in Exhibit Hall |
Breakout Sessions
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Panel Session: Climate Change Impacts on Regional, State, and Local Emergency Preparedness
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| The New Best-in-Class Cardiovascular Program, Brian Contos | |
| Cancer Service Line Growth: Inpatient and Outpatient Opportunities, Tim Remus, PhD |
Exhibit and Networking Lunch
| 12:15– 1:45 p.m. | Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
Breakout Sessions
| 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. | Needs Based Master Planning: Build It and They Might Not Come, Jim Easter Jr. FAAMA & Andrew McDonald, FACHE |
| Successfully Transitioning for the Military Professional to Civilian Healthcare Project Management, Harold J. Hicks, PMP & Sandy Hoath Cobb, PfMP, PgMP, PMP, M.Ed. | |
| Placing “Value” on a Long-Term Relationship, Anthony Long, FACCA, CAAMA, FACHE & Dan Stech, CMPE |
Exhibits and Break
| 2:45 – 3:30 p.m. | Refreshments in Exhibit Hall |
Global Session: Success Stories (in TED Talk format)
| 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. | What Millennials Want: How to Successfully Grow the Next Generation of Leaders, Josh Hester, MHA |
| Transitional Care: An Innovative Care Coordination approach to Care Redesign in Medicare Bundled Payment Cardiovascular Surgery Patients, Sara Conn, BA | |
| Creating Medical Destination for Multidisiciplinary Neurological Specialty Care Bundles: What to Consider, How to Construct the Bundle(s), Candace Tilquest, MA, MMHC |
Post-conference Activities
| 5:15 – 6:15pm | CAAMA Certification Examination Preparation Activity (pre-registration required) |
| 7:00 – 9:00pm | AAMA College Dinners (not included in registration fee) |
DAY 3 – Wednesday January 21, 2015
| 6 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Registration open |
Pre-conference Activities
| 7 – 8 a.m. | CAAMA Certification Examination Preparation Activity (pre-registration required) |
General Session
| 7 – 8:30 a.m. | Attendee Breakfast |
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | AAMA Business Meeting (open to all) |
| 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. | Keynote Address: From Wholesale to Retail: Thriving in a Consumer-Driven Market, Alison Wishnick, SG2 |
Breakout Sessions
| 10 – 11:00 a.m. | Using Bundled Payments to Lead Your Transition to Risk Strategies & Alignment through Comanagement & Gainsharing, Geoffrey Walton, MHA |
| Outlook for Neuroscience Services in a Value-Based Market, Shruti Tiwai, MPH | |
| Successful Anchors in Physician-Hospital Engagement & Alignment: Fact & Fiction What You Need to Know, Ronald Riner, M.D. |
Breakout Sessions
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Alternative Payment Methodology: Bundled Payments for Care Improvement, James Reilly |
| Getting Credit Where Credit is Due: Recognizing the Value of Discreet Neuroscience Clinical Offerings, Stacey Lang, RNC, BSN, CNRN | |
| Value of Volume – Healthcare’s New Mindset, Denise Brown |
Networking Lunch
| 12:30– 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (not provided by AAMA, attendees free to eat at their leisure) |
Post-Conference Activities
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | CAAMA Certification Examination Preparation Activity (pre-registration required) |
| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 – 5:45 p.m. | CAAMA Exam |