Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management: 2010 Agenda and Key Note Speakers

Monday, April 26, 2010
5:30 PM–7:30 PM
Early Registration & Get Acquainted Reception with Refreshments

Day One, Tuesday, April 27, 2010
6:30 AM–8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast

Concurrent Management Master Classes:

	7:00 AM–7:50 AM New Ways for Labs to Deliver EMR-Centric Lab Orders/Lab Results and "Meaningful Use" to Outreach Physicians Pat Wolfram, Vice President, Marketing & Customer Services Ignis Systems Corporation - Wilsonville, OR
Pat Wolfram

	7:00 AM–7:50 AM Proven Strategies to Boost Profitability of Laboratory Outreach Testing Earl Buck, Vice President Chi Solutions, Inc. - Coon Rapids, MN
Earl Buck

	7:00 AM–7:50 AM Optimizing Transfusion and Blood Banking Services by Using Lean and Smart Automation Susan South, Senior Consultant; Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Implementation Specialist, and Change Integration Process Trainer Ortho Clinical Diagnostics - Scottsdale, AZ
Susan South

	8:00 AM–8:50 AM Real Time Management of All Operational Domains and Workflows in Your Laboratory Chris Christopher, MBA, Vice President Global Customer Solutions Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics - Rock Hill, SC
Chris Christopher

	8:00 AM–8:50 AM Maintaining Your Lab's Cash Flow: Ways to Legally Neutralize Emerging Federal Policies that Will Be Financially Corrosive to Laboratories Lale White, Executive Chairman and CEO XIFIN, Inc - San Diego, CA
Lale White

	8:00 AM–8:50 AM ARRA and Stark Legislation: Opportunities and Challenges for your Laboratory Outreach Business Kelly Feist, Vice President of Marketing and Tom Wilson, In-house Counsel Sunquest Information Systems - Tucson, AZ

	8:00 AM–8:50 AM The role of Labs in Meaningful Use: How Opportunities created by Meaningful Use Will Impact the Competitive Lab Testing Marketplace Ravi Sharma, CEO 4Medica - Culver City, CA
Ravi Sharma

General Session:

	9:00 AM–9:40 AM Lab Medicine's Appointment with Destiny: Skyrocketing Utilization, Inadequate Funding, and the Incredible Diagnostic Value of Molecular Diagnostics Robert L Michel, Editor-in-Chief The Dark Report - Spicewood, TX
Robert L Michel

	9:40 AM–10:20 AM JVHL Prepares for Its Third Decade of Hospital Laboratory Outreach Success Jack Shaw, Executive Director Joint Venture Hospital Laboratories - Allen Park, MI
Jack Shaw

	10:20 AM-10:40 AM Break

	10:40 AM –11:20 AM How UCLA Is Combining Pathology and Radiology to Offer Physicians and Patients an Integrated Cancer Diagnostic Service Scott Binder, MD, Director, Pathology Clinical Services; Pritzker Professor of Clinical Pathology and Dermatology Geffen-UCLA School of Medicine - Los Angeles, CA
Scott Binder, MD

	11:20 AM –12:00 PM Understanding Ireland's Radical Outsourcing and Restructuring of the Nation's Clinical Lab Testing Tom Moloney, Executive Officer Academy of Medical Laboratory Science - Dublin, Ireland
Tom Moloney

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

	2:00 PM–2:50 PM 2010 Compensation and Benefits Survey For Clinical Laboratory CEOs and Executives Adam Slone, CEO/President Slone Partners - Miami Beach, FL
Adam Slone

	2:00 PM–2:50 PM Payers Prepare to Pre-Approve Molecular Tests… Plus, They Want Your Lab's Test Data! Michael Snyder, President Laboratory Management Services, LLC - Flemington, NJ
Michael Snyder

	2:00 PM–2:50 PM Using Latest-Generation Lab Automation to Drive Performance to Optimal Levels James D. Peele, PhD, Director of Clinical Chemistry Baptist Medical Center - Jacksonville, FL
James D. Peele, PhD

	2:00 PM–2:50 PM Taking the HITECH Ground – Understanding Meaningful Use, Connected Care and the future of Lab Outreach Rob Atlas, CEO Atlas Medical - Calabasas, CA
Rob Atlas

	3:00 PM–3:50 PM Taking Back Control of Reference and Send-out Laboratory Testing Costs:Bay State's Success Story Jason Newmark, Director, Diagnostic Services and Sharon Scott, Referral Testing and Special Contracts Manager Baystate Medical Center - Springfield, MA
Jason Newmark

	3:00 PM–3:50 PM How Healthcare Reform Will Change the Financial Fortunes of the Lab Testing Profession Alan Mertz, President American Clinical Laboratory Association - Washington, D.C.
Alan Mertz

	3:00 PM–3:50 PM How Mass General Hospital Uses Point-of-Care Testing to Lift Outcomes and Improve ER, Length of Stay, Admissions Ratio, and OR Utilization Kent Lewandrowski, MD, Associate Chief of Pathology Directory of Clinical Services Mass General Hospital – Chemistry Lab 5 - Boston, MA
Kent Lewandrowski, MD

	3:00 PM–3:50 PM Using Newest Generation Laboratory Automation to Reduce Operational Costs by as Much as 20% Marilyn Nelson, Director of Laboratory Services Ingalls Memorial Hospital - Harvey, IL
Marilyn Nelson

	4:00 PM–4:50 PM Using the Step-by-Step Automation Approach to Achieve Sequential Performance Gains Jay Hupp, Laboratory Technical Services Manager St. Francis Health System - Tulsa, OK
Jay Hupp

	4:00 PM–4:50 PM Boosting the Value of Lab Testing: How HEDIS Uses Lab Data to Drive Improvement in Health Outcomes Cindy Ottone, MHA, Director HEDIS Policy NCQA - Irmo, SC
Cindy Ottone

	4:00 PM–4:50 PM Fast-Moving Legal Issues: Staying Current with New Developments in Laboratory Compliance and Managed Care Contracting Jane Pine Wood, Attorney and Partner McDonald Hopkins LLC - Dennis, MA
Jane Pine Wood

	4:00 PM–4:50 PM Using Lean, Work Flow Redesign, and Similar Methods to Improve Quality and Efficiency in Transfusion Services and the Blood Bank Priscilla Figueroa, MD, Head, Section of Transfusion Medicine and Director Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Lab, Department of Clinical Pathology, Institute of Pathology and Lab Med Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH
Priscilla I. Figueroa, MD

	5:00 PM–5:40 PM Panel Discussionl: To Be Announced

Special Session: Mergers & Acquisitions for Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups (Tuesday April 27, 2010)
Module One:___________________________________

	1:00 PM-1:25 PM Review of Lab and Pathology Deals Closed in Past 12 Months, Plus Lab Valuation, Capital Availability Christoper Jahnle, Managing Director and Owner Haverford Healthcare Advisors - Paoli, PA
Chris Jahnle

	1:25 pm-1:45 pm Lab Valuation, Capital Availability, Terms for Current Lab M&A Marketplace Discussion: Chris Jahnle, Doug Brown, Managing Director Lazard Middle Market LLC
Module Two:___________________________________

	1:45 PM-2:20 PM Tax Aspects of a Laboratory Sale: Key Action Items Before Coming to Market Mark Klimek, Esq. McDonald Hopkins LLC - Cleveland, OH
Mark Klimek

Module Three:_________________________________________
	2:30 PM-3:05 PM Roundtable: Laboratory Sellers Discuss Do’s and Don’ts When Negotiating a Sale To Be Announced

	3:05 PM-3:40 PM New Legal, Compliance, and Business Issues Surfacing in Recent Lab Sales Transactions Anthony Konkoly, Esquire, Member McDonald Hopkins - Cleveland, OH
Anthony Konkoly

Module Four:__________________________________
	3:40 PM-4:05 PM Why Hospital CEOs Should Make Laboratory Outreach a Cornerstone Strategy: Making the Clinical and the Financial Case Paul Edgett, Senior Vice President, National Business Lines, Catholic Health Initiatives - Denver, CO

	4:05 PM-4:40 PM Panel: Lab Buyers Discuss Current Laboratory M&A Marketplace Moderator: Rick Cooper, Esquire, Member McDonald Hopkins - Cleveland, OH Panelists: To Be Announced
Rick Cooper

	4:40 PM-4:50 PM Gauging the Next Market Cycle for Laboratory M&A Activity During 2010 Rick Cooper, Esquire, Member McDonald Hopkins - Cleveland, OH Panelists: To Be Announced
Rick Cooper

	4:50 PM End of Laboratory and Pathology Mergers & Acquisition Session 5:45 PM–7:30 PM GRAND RECEPTION (With food and refreshments)
________________________________________ Day Two, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Concurrent Master Classes

	7:00 AM–7:50 AM Achieving "Best in Class" Performance in How Your Lab Uses Automation Denny Lamb, Lab Process Consultant Roche Diagnostics Corp - Indianapolis, IN
Denny Lamb

	7:00 AM–7:50 AM Every Lab's Stock-out and Customer Supply Conundrum: Five Proven Ways to Manage Supplies and Reduce Lab Costs Rachel Stoll, Director, Supply Chain Solutions- Scientific Products Cardinal Health - Roanoke, TX
Rachel Stoll

	7:00 AM–7:50 AM How Laboratories Need to Prepare for Pre-Authorization of Genetic and Molecular Tests by Payers Matt Zubiller, VP & GM, Advanced Diagnostics Mgmt McKesson - San Francisco, CA
Matt Zubiller

	8:00 AM-8:50 AM BD Diagnostics - Preanalytical Systems Sol Green, Director, Medical Affairs, North and Latin America BD Diagnostics - Preanalytical Systems, Franklin Lakes, NJ
Sol Green

	8:00 AM-8:50 AM Combining "Upstream" Workflow Solutions with Traditional lab Automation to Maximize Productivity Within the Laboratory Eric LaFleche, Marketing Director Sepehr Seyedzadeh, Marketing Manager Diagnostics IT Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics - Tarrytown, NY
Eric LaFleche

	8:00 AM-8:50 AM Lessons from the Field: How Top Labs Use Lean to Accelerate Implementation of EMR Interfaces and Other IT Initiatives Trent Ritzenthaler, President and Managing Partner EthosPartners Healthcare Management Group - Indianapolis, IN
Trent Ritzenthaler

General Session:

	9:00 AM–9:40 AM Understanding Why Laboratory Testing will Underpin Healthcare's Need to Fully Integrate Clinical Care and the Electronic Patient Health Record David King, Chairman and CEO Laboratory Corporation of America - Burlington, NC
David King

	9:40 AM-10:20 AM Peeking into Pathology's Future: Implications of Personalized Medicine, Companion Diagnostics, and Next-Generation Integrated Diagnostics Thomas Grogan, MD, Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. - Tucson, AZ
Thomas Grogan, MD

10:20 AM–10:40 AM BREAK

	10:40 AM-11:20 AM Looking at Digital Imaging and Anatomic Pathology’s Care Delivery Model Ajit Singh, PhD, CEO BioImagene - Harrisburg, PA
Ajit Singh

	11:20 AM-12:00 PM Why New Multiplex Testing Technologies Will Soon Bend the Care Curve in Surprising Ways Mark Chandler, PhD, President & CEO Biophysical Corporation - Austin, TX
Mark Chandler, PhD

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

	1:10 PM – 2:00 PM Latest Trends in Pathologist Compensation, Productivity Incentives, and Benefits Rich Cornell, President Santé Consulting, LLC - Chesterfield, MO
Rich Cornell

	1:10 PM – 2:00 PM How Multidisciplinary Collaboration Led to a Reduction in Red Blood Cell Usage by More than 25% in a Tertiary Care Hospital Marisa B. Marques, MD, Professor of Pathology University of Alabama - Birmingham, AL
Marisa B. Marques, MD

	1:10 PM – 2:00 PM Letting the Right Metrics Tell Your Lab's Story to Hospital CEOs: The Savvy Lab Manager's Guide to Best Use of Data Sandy Hood, Administrative Director, RMH Laboratory Riverside Methodist Hospital - Columbus, OH
Sandy Hood

	1:10 PM – 2:00 PM Using LOINC to Foster Integration of Clinical Data: Lessons Learned at the Veteran's Administration Philip Foulis, MD, MPH, Pathologist VA Hospital - Tampa, FL
Philip Foulis

	2:10 PM–3:00 PM State of the Market for Medical Technologists: Current Trends in Compensation, Recruitment, and Retention Peggy McKee, Owner/Recruiter PHC Consulting - Celina, TX
Peggy McKee

	2:10 PM–3:00 PM How to Do Less and Accomplish More By Going Beyond Lab Automation Susan Dawson, Clinical Laboratory Manager Swedish Covenant Hospital - Chicago, IL
Susan Dawson

	2:10 PM–3:00 PM Overcoming Obstacles to Change for Improved Financial Performance Kelley Mitcham, Laboratory Director LabFirst at Trinity Medical Center - Birmingham, AL
Kelley Mitcham

	310 PM -330 PM Extracting the Important Lessons from the Executive War College Robert L Michel, Editor-in-Chief The Dark Report - Spicewood, TX
Robert L Michel

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 - Optional Post-Conference Courses
MORE DETAILS COMING SOON...
8:00am – 4:00pm Optional Courses
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

A. Disruptive Technologies in Histology and Digital Pathology
(separate registration required)

B. Molecular for Community Hospital Labs
(separate registration required)

C. Lean Boot Camp - Lean for Lab Leaders
Achieving Mastery with Concepts, Implementation, and Outcomes
(separate registration required)

Also... Special Events Roundtables!
CFO Roundtable
CIO Roundtable

MORE KEY NOTE SPEAKERS...
Times coming soon!

	Overcoming Obstacles to Change for Improved Financial Performance Donna Beasley, National Director McKesson Revenue Management Solutions - Gulf Breeze, FL
Donna Beasley

	It's All New! How We Used Lean, Automation, and Informatics for State-of-the Art Histology Workflow Roberta E. Provencal, Director of Laboratory Services Catholic Medical Center - Manchester, NH
Roberta E. Provencal

	Optional Post Conference Course - Lean For Lab Leaders Nora Hess, MBA, Operations Managing Consultant Chi Solutions, Inc. - Ann Arbor, MI
Nora Hess, MBA

	Optional Day - Lean Bootcamp Anne Daley, Senior Consultant Chi Solutions, Inc. - Ann Arbor, MI
Anne Daley

	Chief Information Officer Roundtable David Moore, Principal Consultant - Greensboro, NC
David Moore

	Panelist on the topics of "Laboratory Transactions during 2009-10, Current Laboratory Valuations, Capital Availability" and on "Best Structures to Laboratory Sales Transactions" Doug Brown, Managing Director Lazard Middle Market LLC
Doug Brown

	Today's Hottest Molecular Technologies in Infectious Disease Testing, with a Review of What's Best in Next Generation Tests Joel Lefferts, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Lebanon, NH
Joel Lefferts, PhD

	Translating the Vision of Remote Process Control into Reality: How Informatics and Other Tools Can Boost Staff Productivity While Improving Clinical Quality William Hermann, MD Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center - Houston, TX
William Hermann, MD

	Michael Egholm, PhD, Vice President of Research and Development 454 Life Sciences Corporation, A Roche Company - Branford, CT
Michael Egholm, PhD

	Why Rapid Advances in Molecular Diagnostics Are Changing Clinical Practices Fritz Kiechle, MD, Medical Director Laboratory Services Pathology Consultants of South Broward, LLP - Hollywood, FL
Fritz Kiechle, MD

	Disruptive Technologies in Histology and Digital Pathology John Gilbertson, MD, Associate Chief of Pathology, Director of Pathology Information Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, MA
John Gilbertson, MD

	How to Best Prepare for Digital Pathology: A Primer on Technologies, Applications, and Clinical Contributions Keith Kaplan, MD
Keith Kaplan, MD

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