2010 NHIA Annual Conference & Exposition

NHIA Educational Track Programming

Each NHIA concurrent session has been organized within the following track content areas to help you find the educational programs that best suit your professional development needs and interests—and such sessions are marked throughout the brochure with the below icons to further assist you with program selections:

Clinical Track — Geared primarily towards the clinical practice areas and comprehensive content most relevant to pharmacists, nurses and other clinicians working within the alternate-site infusion field. These sessions fully address today’s greatest opportunities and challenges facing those offering infusion care to the full spectrum of home-based patients!

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Hospira Worldwide, Inc.

Receive answers to your difficult USP Chapter <797> Extended Stability and Beyond-Use Dating questions at the first concurrent clinical session of the conference—session 1-A.

Additionally, make the most of your clinical learning experience by starting off each day with a hot breakfast and a critical clinical topic, via the NHIA Breakfast Symposia Programming.

Leadership & Management Track — Established specifically for alternate-site infusion owners, leaders and management professionals at all levels. The rich, diverse topics of this track range from leadership theory; to advancing employee retention and cost-efficient staffing models; to the latest legal and regulatory updates; to utilizing technology or adding an ambulatory infusion suite component to strengthen organizational performance and expand services—just to name a few!

Further enhance your strategic skills and leadership development by also attending the 2010 NHIA Executive Pre-Conference on Monday, April 12—separate registration is required.

Reimbursement Track — Formulated for both reimbursement staff and others within your alternate-site infusion organization who contribute to the reimbursement process. Even seasoned reimbursement professionals will benefit from the most current information on coding, managing claims rejections, drug pricing, Medicare, TRICARE, billing and collections, reimbursement audits, transitioning to ICD-10-CM—and more!

Be sure to attend the 2-hour workshop 23-F Billing and Collection 101: Best Practices for Commercial Reimbursement Success, for a comprehensive strategy you can apply within your organization to enhance your commercial reimbursement success, from patient admission through collections.

Sales & Marketing Track — Designed for alternate-site infusion owners, managers and sales professionals, this track is filled with distinct learning options created to help cultivate your organization’s sales growth and marketing capacity. Whether you’re looking to increase your referrals or expand your business, expert faculty will offer you tried-and-true methods for advancing your market share.

Engage in the 2010 NHIA Roundtables program on two consecutive afternoons (Tuesday, April 13 and Wednesday, April 14) for an unprecedented opportunity to network around virtually every “hot topic” in alternate-site infusion today—including candid, extensive discussions about your sales and marketing challenges with a group of your peers, facilitated by capable industry experts!