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NHIA offers a wealth of alternate-site infusion education programming for individuals across all organizational levels…
Approach the 2008 NHIA Annual Conference like you would any vital opportunity facing you and your organization—by being fully engaged in the most valuable learning experience in our field, while having your key team members right at your side!
Regardless of your role within alternate-site infusion, here is just a glimpse of all the on-target Programs and Events planned for YOU and Your Entire TEAM…
All Attendees
- Join your peers at the NHIA General Sessions to receive the most critical information about trends and issues impacting our field—including how emerging technologies will help to re-define the face of alternate-site infusion.
- “Experience the Extraordinary” at the Opening Gathering and Entertainment, when celebrated “extraordinist” Craig Karges explores with us the power of the mind.
- Ascertain what you can do to help secure appropriate, meaningful coverage for home infusion therapies under Medicare.
- Attend the NHIA Exposition and be sure to meet with all your key product and service vendors, buying groups and more—and don’t miss the NHIA Exposition Grand Opening Reception on Sunday, March 9 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
- Engage in dynamic fellowship and learning opportunities as you network with both friends and colleagues during the NHIA Roundtables program.
- Enjoy a festive evening, while supporting a worthy cause, at the 2008 NHIA Legislative Defense Fund Party.
- Select any of the more than 40 Annual Conference programs that meet your professional needs and interests—and visit with peers from hundreds of other companies dealing with the same realities that you face!
CEOs, Owners, Senior Leaders and Managers
- Discover how to successfully navigate the changing—and often challenging—landscape of alternate-site infusion by attending the full-day 2008 NHIA Executive Pre-Conference.
- Cultivate your team building and leadership skills with popular speaker David Franklin (Session 2-A).
- Hear what’s coming down the pike from leaders of all three accreditation bodies (Sessions 6-B, 24-F and 28-G).
- Learn how you can use your information and technology systems to maximize the efficiency of your reimbursement department (Session 7-B).
- Explore the ambulatory infusion center models that exist today—and grasp why the need for AICs will continue to grow, offering business diversification options (Session 10-C).
- Understand the complexities of Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program (Session 15-D).
- Gain insight on the super-hot specialty infusion market (Session 18-E).
- Obtain the latest legal and regulatory updates on issues affecting alternate-site infusion providers (Session 20-E).
- Attain the keys to measuring and improving patient satisfaction (Session 32-H).
- Review best demonstrated practices in disease management programs (Session 36-I).
- Increase your market share and better manage the sales effort at your organization—by attending sessions in the Sales & Marketing Track (see Session Planner).
- Strengthen your comprehension of alternative-site infusion reimbursement, from its most basic to most complex matters, via in-depth sessions offered in the Reimbursement Track (see Session Planner).
- Expand your knowledge of the key areas impacting pharmacists and nurses working within the field today through the content-rich Clinical Track programs (see Session Planner).
Nurses and Other Clinicians
- Earn up to 24.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education credit.
- Attend all the exceptionally informative clinical breakfast programs (including the latest on Anti-TNF Therapies, Community-Associated MRSA and the treatment of Immune-Mediated Neuropathies).
- Assess the most vital considerations when providing infusion therapy for older adults (Session 1-A).
- Receive the scoop on new vascular access device technologies for pediatric patients from pediatric surgeon Dr. Baird Mallory (Session 5-B).
- Grab a seat early for Anna Nowobilski-Vasilios’ standing-room-only new drug review (Session 9-C).
- Participate in a special three-hour workshop on vascular access devices with infusion nursing experts Jim Lacy and Lynn Hadaway (Sessions 14-D and 19-E).
- Recognize your role in implementing a medication reconciliation program that truly enhances patient safety (Session 23-F).
- Listen to a top nursing expert on infection control in the home setting (Session 27-G).
- Study new classification tools that can assist with the treatment of diabetic foot infections (Session 31-H).
- Consider how to make an effective transition from clinician to successful sales professional (Session 34-H).
- Brush-up on clinical documentation that meets the needs of your reimbursement department (Session 35-I).
Pharmacy Professionals
- Earn up to 24.5 contact hours (2.45 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit.
- Hear all about the latest revisions to USP <797> from members of the USP Sterile Compounding Committee—Eric Kastango and Donald Filibeck (see Wednesday Breakfast Symposium).
- Check-out all the other enlightening clinical breakfast programs, including the latest on Anti-TNF Therapies, Community-Associated MRSA and the treatment of Immune-Mediated Neuropathies.
- Analyze the key considerations for offering infusion therapy to older adults (Session 1-A).
- Obtain the most recent Joint Commission updates for 2008 from veteran surveyor Darryl Rich (Session 6-B).
- Be sure to secure your seat early for Anna Nowobilski-Vasilios’ standing-room-only new parenteral drugs
and biologicals review (Session 9-C).
- Explore pharmacokinetics for home infusion drug therapies (Session 13-D).
- Acquire sound insights about the vital specialty infusion market with expert Marc Stranz (Session 18-E).
- Realize how to successfully implement a Medication Reconciliation Program to ensure patient safety (Session 23-F).
- Capture the latest on therapies for the treatment of diabetic foot infections (Session 31-H).
Reimbursement Specialists
- Master the fundamentals of alternate-site infusion reimbursement by attending the all-day 2008 NHIA Reimbursement Pre-Conference.
- Receive a complete coding review for alternate-site infusion reimbursement from a coding specialist (Session 3-A).
- Find out how you can use your information and technology systems to maximize the efficiency of your reimbursement department (Session 7-B).
- Attain an in-depth understanding of all the changes affecting Medicare Part B claims (Session 11-C).
- Engage in a comprehensive three-hour workshop on Medicare Part D billing challenges (Sessions 16-D and 21-E).
- Examine new, valuable perspectives on private payer collections (Session 25-F).
- Gain crucial tips on how to implement managed care and nursing agency contracts (Session 29-G).
- Consider what you can and should do to help secure appropriate coverage for home infusion therapies under Medicare (Session 33-H).
- Recognize how to effectively communicate with clinicians to obtain the documentation that you need for accurate reimbursement (Session 35-I).
Sales and Marketing Professionals
- Learn how to build a dynamic sales team with vital lessons from expert Alison Cherney—by reflecting upon how to best help novel sales professionals excel in our field, while utilizing successful incentive plans (Sessions 4-A and 8-B).
- Hear valuable compliance advice about safely staying out of legal hot water when marketing and selling your alternate-site infusion services (Session 12-C).
- Evaluate how seasoned sales professionals can still further cultivate their skills (Session 17-D).
- Participate in an interactive “Meet the Experts” session with top sales veterans that will allow you to have all of your most challenging sales questions answered (Session 22-E).
- Discover tips and simple techniques for building a staff where “everybody sells” (Session 26-F).
- Consider how to gain a competitive edge by developing and selling niche programs (Session 30-G).
- Explore effective approaches for transitioning from clinician to sales professional (Session 34-H).
- Realize the importance of using sales indicators to measure and improve the productivity of the sales effort (Session 37-I).
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