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2009 Executive War College
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Monday, April 27, 2009
5:30 PM–7:30 PM
Early Registration, Get Acquainted Reception

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
6:45 AM–8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast


Concurrent Management Master Classes

7:50 AM–8:40 AM
"Out-of the-Box” Survival Strategies for Labs During an Economic Downturn

Susan Stegall, MBA, MHSA, MT (ASCP), Managing Partner, Sprick, Stegall & Associates LLC, Salem, OH

Streamlining Histology Workflow and Boosting Quality with Lean Methods
Rita D'Angelo, Quality Improvement Specialist, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Secrets to Achieving a Top Performing Lab Billing/Collection Effort
Kevin Ellison, President & CEO, Kellison & Company, Cleveland, OH

Four Home Runs Any Lab Can Hit in Business Process Optimization and Quality
Anne Daley, MS, CMQOE, CSSBB, MT, DLM, CLC, Senior Managing Consultant, Ascendium Consulting, Indianapolis, IN

General Sessions


9:00 AM–9:40 AM
Winning Lab Strategies During Dismal Economic Times and Impending Healthcare Reform

Robert L. Michel, Editor-in-Chief, The Dark Report, Spicewood, TX

9:40 AM–10:20 AM
Planning and Executing Winning Business Strategies: Bio-Reference Laboratories in 2000 and 2009

Marc Grodman, M.D., CEO, Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc., Elmwood Park, NJ

10:20 AM-10:40 AM Morning Break

10:40 AM–11:20 AM
Using Multi-Hospital Laboratory Integration to Improve Lab Outreach Success

John Waugh, MS, MT (ASCP), Director of Lab Operations, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

11:20 AM –12:00 PM
Update on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for Clinical Labs and Pathology in Britain’s Universal Health System

Ian Barnes, Ph.D., BSc, MSc, FRCPath, Head of Pathology, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Luncheon

Special Session: Merger & Acquisition Workshop for Clinical Labs and Pathology Groups

Module One
1:00 pm-1:25 pm
Review of Clinical Lab and Anatomic Pathology Deals Closed in Past 12 Months
Chris Jahnle, ASA, Managing Director and Owner, Haverford Health Advisors, Paoli, PA

1:25 PM-1:50 PM
Lab Valuation, Capital Availability, Terms for Current Lab M&A Marketplace
Doug Brown, Managing Director, Wachovia Securities, Charlotte, NC

Module Two
1:50 PM-2:15 PM
Personal Tax and Wealth Planning Connected to Lab M&A Transactions
Dale Vernon, Vice President, Bernstein Global Wealth Management, Cleveland, OH

2:15 PM-2:40 PM
Tax Aspects of the M&A Transaction for a Clinical Lab and for a Pathology Group
Mark Klimek, Esquire, Member, McDonald Hopkins, Cleveland, OH

Module Three
2:40 PM-3:15PM

Laboratory Joint Ventures
Thomas Tiffany, Ph.D., CEO, Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, Spokane, WA

3:15 PM – 3:50 PM
Key Legal and Business Issues with Laboratory Joint Ventures
Anthony Konkoly, Esquire, Member, McDonald Hopkins, Cleveland, OH

3:50 PM-4:10 PM

Practical Advise and Legal Strategies to Protect Intellectual Property of the Laboratory and Molecular Technologies
David Cupar, Esquire, Member, McDonald Hopkins, Cleveland OH

Module Four
4:10 PM-4:50 PM
Panel: Lab Buyers Discuss Current Laboratory M&A Marketplace
Moderator: Rick Cooper, Esquire, Member, McDonald Hopkins, Cleveland, OH
Panelists: Robert A. Yeager, Chief Executive Officer, American Pathology Partners, Brentwood, TN; Anil Asnani, VP Business Development, Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC

Special Session: Laboratory CFO Roundtable

1:00 PM-4:50 PM
Moderator: Kurt Rogers, MBA, CFO, PAML, Spokane, WA

Concurrent General Session
1:00 PM–1:45 PM
Transforming Surgical Pathology with the Henry Ford Production System and Lean

Richard Zarbo, M.D., DMD, Senior Vice-President and Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Lab Enterprise Analytics: Imperative for Regional Healthcare Clinical Effectiveness in the EHR Era

Jay B. Jones, Ph.D., Director of Chemistry & Health Group Labs, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA

Win-Win Managed Care Strategies for Local Labs That Increase Quality and Reduce Costs for Payers
Michael Snyder, President, Laboratory Management Services, LLC, Flemington, NJ

Increasing Your Lab's Revenue Stream with New Lines of Profitable Testing Business
Michael Hanbury, Ph.D., MBA, President and CEO, DCL Medical Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN

3:00 PM–3:50 PM
ICD-1O Implementation: What Every Lab and Pathology Group Needs to Do Now

Lale White, Executive Chairman and CEO, XIFIN, Inc, San Diego, CA

Why Medicare's E-Prescribing Bonus Gives Labs A New Opportunity for Added Value
Ravi Sharma, CEO, 4 Medica, Culver City, CA

New Trends in Pathology Compensation and Productivity

Rich Cornell, President, Santé Consulting, LLC, Chesterfield, MO

Are Labs at Risk in Barack Obama’s Plan for Healthcare and Congress’ Role in the Impending Reform?
Alan Mertz, President, ACLA, Washington, DC

4:00 PM–4:50 PM
Enterprise Standardization and Decision Support Unlock Major Gains for Health System Lab Operations

Priscilla Cherry, MBS, MT (ASCP), President, Lab Services, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN

Helping Physicians Use Lab Services to Get Better Outcomes and Earn More Pay-for-Performance Dollars
Gary Assarian, D.O., FCAP, MS, Medical Director of Outreach Lab Services, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Clinical Lab Billing: Finding the Hidden Home Runs That Increase Efficiency and Collected Revenues
Renee Ennis, MBA, CFO, TriCore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Staying Ahead of the Law: Update and Insights on Important New Legal Threats to Clinical Labs and Pathology Groups
Peter M. Kazon, Esquire, Senior Council, Alston & Bird, Washington DC

General Session
5:00 PM–5:40 PM
Coming Soon to a Lab Near You: ISO:15189 and CLSI Quality Management Systems

Glen Fine, MS, MBA, Executive Vice President, Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), Wayne, PA

5:45 pm–7:30 pm Grand Reception with Food and Refreshments


Wednesday, April 29, 2009

7:00 AM–8:45 AM Continental Breakfast

Concurrent Management Master Classes

7:50 AM–8:40 AM
New Strategies in Billing Work Flow Can Now Unlock Big Gains in Productivity and Revenue

Doug Wussow, Vice President, Financial Services, Rhodes Group, Inc., Vernon, CT

Branding Your Lab in the Age of the EMR. Turn Your EMR Interface Challenge into an Integration Advantage
Rob Atlas, CEO, Atlas Development Corporation, Calabasas, CA

Quick and Effective Ways to Continuously Transform People Development in Your Laboratory
Mark Graban, Senior Lean Consultant, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Raritan, NJ

Combining New Lab Automation Solutions with the Best Rapid Process Improvement Tools
Chris Christopher, MBA, Vice President Global Customer Solutions, Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY

General Sessions

9:00 AM–9:40 AM
Reshaping Tertiary Center Pathology and Lab Services for Personalized Medicine
Mahul Amin, M.D., Chairman, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

9:40 AM–10:20 AM
Vitamin D: Overview of New Clinical Studies and a Look at Test Methodologies

Bruce Hollis, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

10:20 AM-10:50 AM Morning Break

10:50 AM–11:50 AM
Vitamin D Panel: Contemporary Issues with Immunoassay, Mass Spectrometry, and Helping Physicians, Patients, and Payers Interpret Vitamin D Results

Panelists: Julian Barth, PhD, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, Consultant in Chemical Pathology & Metabolic Medicine, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK;
L.V. Rao, Ph.D., Director of Core Laboratories, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA; Andre Valcour, PhD, DABCC, FACB, Vice President, Director of Laboratories, Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC; Russell Grant, Ph.D., Strategic Director, National Office of Quality & Science, Esoterix, Inc., Burlington, NC; Bruce Hollis, Ph.D., MUSC, Charleston, SC;

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Luncheon

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
1:10 PM–2:00 PM
The Best of Best Practices for Pathology Practice Administrators and Business Leaders

Lance Beard, Practice Administrator, Pathology Associates of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX

Clinical Laboratory Billing: Top Hidden Sources of Increased Collections and Revenue
Donna Beasley, DLM (ASCP), BS, MT, Lab Channel Manager, McKesson Revenue Management Solutions, Alpharetta, GA

Winning Strategies for a Sustainable Lab Informatics Platform
Ulysses J. Balis, Associate Professor and Director, Division of Pathology Informatics, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

2:10 PM–3:00 PM
Why ISO 15189 Is Soon to Change Lab Operations and Public Perception of Quality
Leo Serrano, FACHE, CLSup (NCA), Director of Laboratory Services, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Building the Top-Performing Marketing & Sales Program: Success Secrets for Lab Outreach
Tim Amato, PacLab Area Business Manager, Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML), Spokane, WA

All Things Connectivity: Complete Guide to EMR Interfaces, Web links, and Electronic Bridges to Clients for Lab Outreach Programs and Pathology Groups
Charles Halfpenny, President, Halfpenny Technologies, Inc., Langhorne, PA
General Session

3:15 PM–3:45 PM
Key Lessons and Valuable Management Insights from Executive War College 2009

Robert Michel, Editor-in-Chief, The Dark Report, Spicewood, TX

-Official End of Executive War College 2009-

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Thursday, April 30, 2009 Optional Day Three Agenda
Separate Registration Required- Please Choose one:


Workshop One:
Histology's Revolution: Workflow Optimization and New Automation Solutions that Increase Productivity, Improve Quality, and Boost Profits

7:30 AM-8:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM–8:50 AM
Transforming Histology Operations with Work Flow Optimization and Automated Systems

Leo Serrano, FACHE, CLSup (NCA), Director of Laboratory Services, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD

8:50 AM–9:40 AM
Case Study: Histology Work Flow Successes at Sonora Quest Laboratories

William DeSalvo, BS, HTL (ASCP), System Production Manager, Surgical Pathology, Sonora Quest Laboratories, Tempe, AZ

9:40 AM-10:10 AM Morning Break

10:10 AM–10:50 AM
Case Study: Workflow Optimization with Automation in Histology
Sue Finley, RT, CPS, HMgt, Technical Leader, Anatomic Pathology, Providence Health Care-St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC

10:30 AM–11:30 AM
Product Presentations and Corporate Perspectives on Automated Histology Solutions:


10:50 AM–11:20 AM
Milestone Medical, Inc.
Marco Bellini, President, Sorisole, Italy

11:30 AM-1:30 PM
Buffet Lunch and Exhibition and Displays of Automated Histology Solutions


Product Presentations and Corporate Perspectives on Automated Histology Solutions – continued:

1:30 PM-2:00 PM
Dako, Inc.
Jon-Sverre Schanche, VP R&D, Glostrup, Denmark

2:00 PM-2:30 PM
Leica Microsystems, Inc.
Katja Lehmann, Ph.D., Manager, Workflow Consulting, Bannockburn, IL
Jan Minshew, MBA, HT(ASCP) HTL, Marketing Manager, Biosystems Division, Bannockburn, IL

2:30 PM-3:00 PM
Sakura Finetek, Inc.
Theresa Ford, Director of Marketing, Torrance, CA

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Matthew Bell, Director, Global Strategic Marketing, Kalamazoo, MI
Erico von Bueren, MD, PhD, Global Product Marketing Manager, Kalamazoo, MI

3:30 PM-4:00PM
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
Ron Price, Sr. Director, North America Marketing, Tuscon, AZ

4:00 PM-4:20 PM
Key Lessons and Wrap Up
Leo Serrano, Director of Laboratory Services, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Workshop Two:
Saying "Sayonara" to Glass Slides! Everything You Need to Know about Digital Imaging and Digital Pathology Systems

7:30 AM-8:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM–8:50 AM
Understanding Digital Imaging and Digital Pathology Systems: Today’s Capabilities and Tomorrow’s Potential

Ulysses G. J. Balis, M.D., Associate Professor & Director, Clinical Informatics, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

8:50 AM–9:40 AM
Connecting, Interfacing, and Using Digital Imaging and Digital Pathology Systems With The Pathology Information System

George Rugg, Vice President & General Manager, Impac Medical Systems, Sunnyvale, CA

9:40 AM–10:10 AM
Morning Break

10:10 AM–10:50 AM
Case Study: Using Digital Imaging and Digital Pathology in a Pathology Group Practice Setting

Peter Kolbek, M.D., President, PathLogic, Fair Oaks, CA

Product Presentations and Corporate Perspectives on Digital Imaging and Digital Pathology Systems:

10:50 AM–11:20 AM
Aurora Interactive Ltd
Pierre Le Fevre, CEO, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

11:30 AM-1:30 PM
Buffet Lunch and Exhibition and Displays of Digital Imaging Products and Digital Pathology Systems


Product Presentations and Corporate Perspectives on Digital Imaging and Digital Pathology Systems – continued:

1:30 PM–2:00 PM

Milestone Medical, Inc.
Marco Bellini, President, Sorisole, Italy

2:00 PM–2:30PM

Aperio Technologies, Inc.
Dirk Soenksen, MS, MBA, CEO, Vista, CA

2:30 PM–3:00 PM
DMetrix, Inc.
Michael R Descour, Ph.D., Chairman, Tucson, AZ

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

BioImagene, Inc.
Mohan Uttarwar, Chief Strategy Officer, Cupertino, CA

3:30 PM-4:00 PM

SlidePath, Ltd
Donal O’Shea, CEO, Dublin, Ireland

4:00 PM-4:20 PM
Key Lessons and Wrap Up
Ulysses G. J. Balis, M.D., Associate Professor & Director, Clinical Informatics, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Workshop Three:
7:30 AM-8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM-1:30 PM
Lean for Lab Leaders! Achieving Mastery with Concepts, Implementation, and Outcomes
M. Susan Stegall, MBA, MHSA, MT (ASCP), Managing Partner, Leslie Sprick, Managing Partner Sprick Stegall and Associates, LLC, Charlotte, NC



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