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Wed., May 21, 2008 / 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, ET
(Converted from ThinkLab ’08: Session 623)
This session will focus on late-breaking federal legislative, regulatory, and reimbursement developments affecting clinical laboratories and pathology practices. In this session, the speaker will discuss the progression of a long-awaited Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for lab services from its bidding process to site selection, through the launch of the pilot program in the spring of 2008. He will also detail revisions to the Stark self-referral law, and how it is likely to affect lab and pathology business ventures. Additionally, the session will address key reimbursement initiatives aimed at labs and pathologists and how they may influence Medicare payment changes in 2009 and beyond. Finally, the speaker will examine the legislative initiatives in Congress that may affect lab and pathology interests and assess the outlook for statutory changes that will directly impact the industry.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
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Discuss a minimum of three actions taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to launch a Medicare lab competitive bidding pilot program in spring 2008.
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Describe how Stark regulatory changes will close loopholes affecting lab business arrangements.
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Assess key legislative and regulatory developments impacting operations and Medicare payment levels in labs and pathology practices.
Presenter: Dennis Weissman, President, Dennis Weissman & Associates, LLC, Washington, DCOne of the Nation’s leading experts on the clinical diagnostic laboratory and pathology sectors, Dennis W. Weissman is President of Dennis Weissman & Associates, LLC and Founder of Washington G-2 Reports, a national news and information company serving the healthcare industry.Established in 2005, Dennis Weissman & Associates LLC provides strategic market intelligence, business support and public policy advice for healthcare organizations. In addition to client engagements, Dennis serves as a consultant to the Gerson Lehrman Group Healthcare Council, New York City. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Cervical Cancer Coalition and is a member of the Health Advisory Committee, School of Business Administration at Marymount University in Arlington, VA.
Dennis is a well-known speaker before healthcare professional and industry trade groups nationwide. Prior to founding G-2 Reports, he served as Director of the Washington Office of the American Society for Medical Technology and before that he was Special Assistant in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health, Education & Welfare (now HHS). He holds a BA degree in political science form the State University of New York at Buffalo and an MS degree in higher education administration from Indiana University.
All Levels
1.5 Credit Hours
Program handouts will be available prior to the sessions.
| Member $129.00 |
Nonmember $179.00 |
*Pricing is per phone line with an unlimited number of participants.
*New for 2008 - A CD of the presentation will no longer be sent to each institution. A new user friendly web site has been developed that allows all session participants to access the complete presentation online after the live lecture has concluded! Session participants will be given a special pass code to access the presentation.
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