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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Expanded Sessions

• Determining Your Personality Type: How to Use it Effectively as a Manager
• Managers "Tool Box" for Building Customer Loyalty

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM In-Depth Sessions

• PACS Workflow in Motion
• Radiology Coding Tips & Traps Part One

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Breakout Sessions

• The "State of the State" in Imaging
• Organization Techniques for the Successful Radiology Administrator
• Budgeting for the Radiology Administrator
• Performance Feedback: Increasing Employee Involvement

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Coffee Break

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Breakout Sessions

• Radiologists and Administrators: Strengthening the Bonds
• Operational Impacts and Benefits of Direct Digital Radiography
• My Job is Great...Except for the People
• Stressed is "Desserts" Spelled Backwards

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM In-Depth Sessions

• Planning Long-Term Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital
• Radiology Coding Tips & Traps Part Two

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Breakout Sessions

• Improving the OR Exam Interpretation Process with PACS
• Staffing Today: Recruitment and Retention, Now and Forever
• Are You Managing in the Dark?
• Putting the "Fun" Back Into Dysfunctional

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM President’s Reception

MONDAY, AUGUST 8

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Expanded Sessions

• Managers "Tool Box" for Building Customer Loyalty
• Medical Imaging Reimbursement for Imaging Centers: 2005 Update

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Sessions

• The "State of the State" in Imaging
• A Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) Update and Avoiding Inspection Violations
• Organization Techniques for the Successful Radiology Administrator
• Leadership and Whole Body Communication
• Documentation Requirement for CPT and ICD-9 Compliance
• Creating an IDTF Between a Hospital and a Radiology Group Practic

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Coffee Break

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Breakout Sessions

• Improving the OR Exam Interpretation Process with PACS
• Advanced Sales Effectiveness
• Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services
• Balanced Scorecards in Medical Imaging
• The Devil is in the Details: Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment
• A Radiology Administrator Wears Many Hats

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Breakout Sessions

• Budgeting for the Radiology Administrator
• MRI Suite Safety Challenges, Including Seamless Upgrades from 1.5 to 3.0 Tesla
• 2005 Nuclear Medicine Coding and Payment for Hospitals and Imaging Centers
• A Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) Update and Avoiding Inspection Violations
• Leadership and Whole Body Communication
• The Key to Strategic Growth: Research and Strategy

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Expanded Sessions

• AHRA Writer’s Workshop
• JCAHO 2005-2006 Update for Hospital Imaging Departments

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Breakout Sessions

• CR & DR - Working Together in One Department
• Advanced Sales Effectiveness
• PACS: It's Not What it Used to Be
• Imaging Centers: Creating an Effective Compliance Program
• My Job is Great...Except for the People
• Data Migration: Optimizing Image Data Use to Improve Clinical Workflows

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Breakout Sessions

• Increasing Revenue: 8 Systems You Can Take to the Bank
• How the Transition to HOPPS Has Affected Radiology
• Thinking About PACS? Critical First Steps Toward Success
• Help! I'm Responsible for Overseeing Coding!
• How to Use and Measure the Productivity of Your RIS/PACS for Proactive Management of Radiology Workflow
• Developing a Pro Forma

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10

8:00 AM –9:30 AM Breakout Sessions

• Integrating Your Systems: RIS, PACS, VR, and Document Management
• Thinking About PACS? Critical First Steps Toward Success
• Improving the Bottom Line: Establishing a Denials Management Program
• RFP: The Basics of Building and Using an Effective RFP for Capital Acquisitions
• PET or PET/CT? The Questions That Must Be Answered
• Building Career Ladders in Imaging Departments

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Expanded Sessions

• Service Enthusiasm
• JCAHO 2005-2006 Update for Freestanding Imaging and Diagnostic Centers Not Associated with a Hospital

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Breakout Sessions

• Predictive Equipment Maintenance Effects on Department Workflow and Repair Budgets
• The Language of Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles to Accountability
• The Art of Forecasting Demand: Planning Wisely for Resource Expenditure
• Electronic Imaging Quality Assurance and Its Impact on Patient Safety
• Radiologist Assistants: Notes from Across the Pond
• Data Migration: Optimizing Image Data Use to Improve Clinical Workflows

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Breakout Sessions

• The ABCD’s of Hiring the Right Person for the Job
• You've Signed the Contract - So What's Next?
• Improving Coding Consistency Between Hospital and Radiologist
• MRI Suite Safety Challenges, Including Seamless Upgrades from 1.5 to 3.0 Tesla
• How to Use and Measure the Productivity of Your RIS/PACS for Proactive Management of Radiology Workflow
• The Key to Strategic Growth: Research and Strategy

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Breakout Sessions

• You've Signed the Contract - So What's Next?
• Successful PACS Implementation for the Imaging Center
• Improving the Bottom Line: Establishing a Denials Management Program
• The ABCD’s of Hiring the Right Person for the Job
• PACS Administration and Project Management
• Education and the Developing Role of the Radiologist Assistant

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Breakout Sessions

• A Radiology Primer for Access, Billing and Compliance
• The Language of Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles to Accountability
• Strategies for Contracting with Workers’ Compensation Payor Outsourcing Companies (AKA - Brokers)
• Equipment Management: The Good, the Bad and the Effective
• Developing an MRI Safety Program for Emergency Response Personnel
• RHIO Integration - Are You Ready?