2013 Office Practicum User Conference Tentative Agenda* Below are the sessions offered on Friday, May 3rd.
Breakfast / Registration opens at 7:30 AM. Sessions begin at 8:30 AM. You will need to pre-register for the Meaningful Use sessions which are all day Friday. For all other sessions, you may choose topics within each category that apply to your use of Office Practicum and attend whichever sessions you prefer.
FRIDAY, MAY 3RD
Implementing your EHR: Best Practices (Ideal for New Users) Plan For Success: Best Practices for Implementing your EHR
An overview of the key elements which will lead to a successful Go-Live of Office Practicum
Transitioning from Paper to Electronic Charts
A step by step guide to transitioning from paper to electronic charts. We will review conversions, scanning and data entry. At the end of this session, participants will be able to develop a Chart Transition Plan.
Developing Workflows for your Practice
Crucial to any successful implementation is the development of electronic based workflows. We will take you through the process of documenting current workflows and then how to develop electronic workflows.
1:30PM - 2:15PM
The Road to Successful Adoption
Go-Live is the first stop on the journey! In this session we will look at what comes next. How to get your practice through the first 30 days and then on to full adoption of your EHR.
2:25PM - 3:15PM
Transitioning to your New PM System: How to Keep Your Cash Flowing
General Discussion on how to use OP to monitor your practice’s financial performance including key metrics and how to get them.
3:30PM - 4:15PM
Learn how to implement continuous improvement Creating a Culture of Continuous Quality of the use of Office Practicum in your office while Improvement improving the quality of your care and office workflow
8:30AM - 9:30AM
9:40AM - 10:30AM
11:00AM - 12:00PM
*Tentative Agenda. Session schedule/topics subject to change. 2013 OP User Conference Agenda | Connexin Software |
[email protected] | 800.218.9916
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FRIDAY, MAY 3RD (cont’d) Billing: Features and Functionality
8:30AM - 9:30AM
Understanding the Patient Account: Credits and Refunds
A Step by Step look at what credits and refunds are in OP, as well as meaningful everyday scenarios on how to handle items like “takebacks” and “transfers”. We will also review the tips and tricks of reporting on these items.
9:40AM - 10:30AM
Closing the Day: Why Daysheeting is Important
An in depth discussion on the importance of running a daysheet, the areas of OP impacted by the daysheet and what that means to your practice. Includes a Step by Step look at closing the day.
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Claims Creation and Submission
Discussion of the fundamentals of Charge Entry and Claim Submission.
1:30PM - 2:15PM
Identifying Common Claims Rejections Discuss how to avoid claim errors from the and Creating Strategies for Improvement Administrator/Biller role to the Provider’s Role.
2:25PM - 3:15PM
Going Paperless: Giving up your Paper Superbill
Discuss how going paperless will affect your office workflow as well as look at strategies to avoid missing charges.
3:30PM - 4:15PM
A Review of the Most Commonly Used Billing Reports
A Workshop to go over the common reports needed to fully assess the financial status of your practice... and a little bit more.
EHR: Features and Functionality
8:30AM - 9:30AM
Vaccine Management
Procedures to have a successful Vaccine Inventory. Topics include: borrow/payback, active/inactive, running inventory reports, etc. We will also look at some common issues that arise in regards to the Vaccine Inventory.
9:40AM - 10:30AM
Implementing an Electronic Referral System in your Practice
Learn to create a referral system that meets the ‘Meaningful Use’ and PCMH criteria. Topics include: writing referrals, checking on referrals, linking responses, perfoming a med reconciliation, etc.
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Understanding Privacy Features in Office Take a look at the privacy features in OP and how it Practicum affects the Patient Portal.
1:30PM - 2:15PM
Template Fundamentals
Learn what templates are and how to make them work for you.
2:25PM - 3:15PM
Thoroughly Documenting a Medical History
How to convert the patient’s paper chart data into a complete electronic record that is a valuable resource in patient care.
3:30PM - 4:15PM
Completing your Note: The Plan, Patient Exit Notes, and Patient Instructions
Discuss the process on complete documentation during a visit with the goal to finalize notes within 24 hours - Best Practice.
*Tentative Agenda. Session schedule/topics subject to change. 2013 OP User Conference Agenda | Connexin Software |
[email protected] | 800.218.9916
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FRIDAY, MAY 3RD (cont’d) Meaningful Use 8:30AM - 9:30AM
Meaningful Use Overview and the Quality Improvement Calculator
Overview of the stages of Meaningful Use. Using the Quality Improvement Calculator to meet the measures for Meaningful Use.
9:40AM - 10:30AM
Core Requirements: Demographics, Medications, Medical History and Charting
Demonstration of how to chart in Office Practicum to meet the Core Measures of Meaningful Use.
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Choosing the Right Menu Items to Meet Your MU Requirements
An overview of all Menu Items for Meaningful Use with a close look at the items that can be accomplished in Office Practicum and how to complete them.
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Clinical Quality Measures and Clinical Decision Support Rules
Understanding Clinical Quality Measures, Clinical Decision Support Rules, helping you choose the most Pediatric specific, and how to meet the measures in OP
2:40PM - 3:15PM
Questions
The conclusion of the Meaningful Use series to answer any questions from the users that attended.
3:30PM - 4:15PM
Learn how to implement continuous improvement Creating a Culture of Continuous Quality of the use of Office Practicum in your office, while Improvement improving quality of care and office workflow.
Other Important Times 7:30AM - 4:00PM
Registration/Concierge
7:30AM - 8:15AM
Breakfast
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Morning Break
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Lunch
3:15PM - 3:30PM
Mid-Afternoon Break
6:00PM - 8:30PM
Welcome Reception
NOTE: The purchase of the QIC/Meaningful Use Bundle is a prerequisite for attending these sessions. Pre-registration is required; space is limited.
*Tentative Agenda. Session schedule/topics subject to change. 2013 OP User Conference Agenda | Connexin Software |
[email protected] | 800.218.9916
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2013 Office Practicum User Conference Tentative Agenda* Below are the three categories of sessions offered on Saturday, May 4th. Breakfast / Registration opens at 7:30 AM. Opening Session begins at 8:15 AM. You may choose topics within each category that apply to your use of Office Practicum.
SATURDAY, MAY 4TH General Sessions 8:30AM - 9:30AM
Pediatric EHR Requirements: How Does Your System Meet Your Needs?
A leading pediatric informatacist describes the current state of pediatric functionality in EHRs and what lies ahead.
9:40AM - 10:30AM
Using your Office Team to Improve Efficiency and Productivity
Understand how to make the most effective use of your office team to reduce provider workload and improve office workflow.
10:45AM - 11:45AM
The Power of the Template
Learn how to make the most of templates in OP to optimize practice and charting efficiency.
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Breastfeeding Support in your Practice: Good Medicine and Great for Business
A leading innovator discusses targeting Breastfeeding support to improve quality of care in your practice and create additional value and income for your practice.
2:10PM - 3:00PM
Integrating CHADIS Surveys Into Your Encounter Workflows
Office Practicum is the first EHR to offer portal-toportal integration with the popular CHADIS online survey tools. Learn how to integrate several hundred additional instruments into your survey toolbox.
3:15PM - 4:00PM
Data Mining to Improve Quality of Care
Hear this physician data expert describe how to define, describe and improve getting key information out of your EHR.
4:10PM - 5:00PM
PCMH
An overview of Patient Centered Medical Home as well as highlights on one of the challenging standards and how OP can help.
Other Important Times 7:30AM - 4:30PM
Registration/Concierge
7:30AM - 8:15AM
Breakfast
8:15AM - 8:30AM
Opening Session
10:30AM - 10:45AM
Morning Break
11:45AM - 1:00PM
Lunch
3:00PM - 3:15PM
Mid-Afternoon Break
5:10PM - 5:30PM
Closing Session
7:00PM - 9:30PM
Dinner/Entertainment
*Tentative Agenda. Session schedule/topics subject to change. 2013 OP User Conference Agenda | Connexin Software |
[email protected] | 800.218.9916
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SATURDAY, MAY 4TH (cont’d) Office Practicum: EHR Features and Functionality 8:30AM - 9:30AM
Pediatric EHR Requirements: How Does Your System Meet Your Needs?
9:40AM - 10:30AM
Get to know the Medical Reporting features in OP. This session will Medical Reports: Event explore the types of reports and basic “how to’s”. After this session Chronology and Demographic you will be ready for Dr. Berman’s: Data Mining to Improve Quality Analysis of Care
10:45AM - 11:45AM
Implementing a Recall System in your Office
Learn how to use OP to run recalls and how you can contact those patients using OP!
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Breastfeeding Support in Your Practice: Good Medicine and Great for Business
A leading innovator discusses targeting Breastfeeding support to improve quality of care in your practice and create additional value and income for your practice
2:10PM - 3:00PM
Vaccine Inventory and Management
Procedures to have a successful Vaccine Inventory. Topics include: borrow/payback, active/inactive, running inventory reports, etc. We will also look at some common issues that arise in regards to the Vaccine Inventory.
3:15PM - 4:00PM
Understanding ePrescribing
An overview of eprescribing functionality and an opportunity to learn more about eprescribing directly from DrFirst.
4:10PM - 5:00PM
Charting a Meaningful Use Well Visit
Charting a well exam with emphasis on Meaningful Use measures that can be captured within the visit.
A leading pediatric informatacist describes the current state of pediatric functionality in EHRs and what lies ahead
Office Practicum: Billing / PM Features and Functionality 8:30AM - 9:30AM
Revenue Cycle Management
A “How To” session on defining metrics for RCM and how OP can derive the data you need to provide the information necessary.
9:40AM - 10:30AM
Dashboards
Zen & the Art of Displaying Data. A tour through the new Dashboards showing their features and relevance to every practice whether a single provider, multi-provider or multi-location practice.
10:45AM - 11:45AM
When to Outsource Billing
This session will discuss the pros and cons of why a billing service may make more sense than in-house billing.
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Medical Terminology Coding: A New Way of Thinking About Diagnoses
Meaningful Use Stage 2 is pushing beyond the ICD-9 that everyone knows into more universal standards such as ICD-10 and SNOMED. Learn how the next version of OP goes beyond coding IDs into the mind of the doctor.
2:10PM - 3:00PM
Closing the Day: Why Daysheeting is Important
An in depth discussion on the importance of running a daysheet, the areas of OP impacted by the daysheet and what that means to your practice. Includes a Step by Step look at closing the day and which areas of OP are affected.
3:15PM - 4:00PM
Everything you wanted to know about the internal reports in OP. Billing Reports: Billing Analysis A thorough review of where they are, how they work and the and Reimbursement Analysis relevance of the information provided.
4:10PM - 5:00PM
Best Practices for Billing
This session will review (or introduce) best billing practices, and how they can be achieved in OP
*Tentative Agenda. Session schedule/topics subject to change. 2013 OP User Conference Agenda | Connexin Software |
[email protected] | 800.218.9916
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2013 Office Practicum User Conference Tentative Agenda* Below are the three categories of sessions offered on Sunday, May 5th. Breakfast / Registration opens at 7:30 AM. Sessions are from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM. You may choose topics within each category that apply to your use of Office Practicum.
SUNDAY, MAY 5TH General Sessions 8:40AM - 9:30AM
Disaster Planning and Preparedness: Are A leading AAP expert on Disaster Preparedness you Ready? describes his experiences and best practices.
9:40AM - 10:15AM
User Panel: Office Practicum Users Share Hear stories from the trenches. What worked for our their Stories / OP Toolkit: Checklist for users and what they would do differently. Disaster Planning
10:30AM - 11:15AM
ePROS
Get an update on how ePROS is collecting data to improve care in pediatric practice.
11:25AM - 12:00PM
Going Paperless: Strategies for 100% Electronic Charting
Struggling with electronic charting? This session will target strategies to get you there. We will discuss all options from increased template use to the utilization of scribes in your practice. A solution for everyone!
Meaningful Use Stages 1 and 2 Update
CMS released their Stage 2 final ruling in August 2012. In this session we will review the changes to both Stage 1 and Stage 2 and what it means for your practice. We will also provide a preview on how OP is preparing for the changes ahead.
12:30PM - 1:15PM
Office Practicum: EHR Features and Functionality 8:40AM - 9:30AM
Disaster Planning and Preparedness: Are A leading AAP expert on Disaster Preparedness You Ready? describes his experiences and best practices.
9:40AM - 10:15AM
User Panel: Office Practicum Users Share Hear stories from the trenches. What worked for our their Stories / OP Toolkit: Checklist for users and what they would do differently. Disaster Planning
10:30AM - 11:15AM
Capturing your Charges: Strategies to Minimize Lost Revenue
Specific examples and stategies for minimizing lost revenue will be discussed along with the features in OP that can assist you in locating “missing” revenue.
11:25AM - 12:00PM
Coding your Visits: Understanding the Coding Features in Office Practicum
Understand the coding features of OP from billing and provider perspectives so that you can use them more effectively in your practice.
12:30PM - 1:15PM
Engaging your Patient: Expanding the Walls of your Office with the Patient Portal
Learn how the patient portal can help you stay more connected with your patients, even after office hours.
*Tentative Agenda. Session schedule/topics subject to change. 2013 OP User Conference Agenda | Connexin Software |
[email protected] | 800.218.9916
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SUNDAY, MAY 5TH (cont’d) Office Practicum: Billing / PM Features and Functionality 8:40AM - 9:30AM
Changing and Choosing a Clearinghouse / Clearinghouse Validation
This session will focus on two things: changing an existing clearinghouse and the best methods for successful validation of patient insurances.
9:40AM - 10:15AM
ERA: Processing
Discussion of the fundamentals and beyond the basics of how ERA processing is done in Office Practicum.
10:30AM - 11:15AM
HIPAA: Cyber Security in your Practice
A leading industry consultant will discuss what you need to know about HIPAA and Cyber Security in your Practice. He will review recent changes, best practices and strategies for handling breaches.
11:25AM - 12:00PM
Billing Reports: Billing Analysis and Reimbursement Analysis
Everything you wanted to know about the internal reports in OP. A thorough review of where they are, how they work and the relevance of the information provided.
12:30PM - 1:15PM
Managing your Accounts Receivables
Did you realize that your A/R is likely the biggest asset your practice has? Find ways to take control of this with OP.
Other Important Times 7:30AM - 2:00PM
Registration/Concierge
7:30AM - 8:30AM
Breakfast
10:15AM - 10:30AM
Morning Break
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Lunch
1:15PM - 2:30PM
Conference Closing Session
*Tentative Agenda. Session schedule/topics subject to change. 2013 OP User Conference Agenda | Connexin Software |
[email protected] | 800.218.9916
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