Integration Through Community Laboratory Insourcing
Growing a Successful Laboratory Outreach Program
October 1-3, 2008
Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
Conference Agenda
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
| 6:00-7:00 PM | Early Registration Crystal Ballroom, Lobby Level |
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
| 7:00-7:45 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 7:45 AM | Introductions |
| 8:00 AM | Integrating Laboratory Services Within a Health Care System Bruce Traub and Charles Wilson |
| 9:30 AM | Models of Integration Rodney Forsman |
| 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM | Skating to Where the Puck Will Be: Emerging Technology in the Clinical Laboratory Thomas Moyer, PhD |
| 11:45 AM | Does Your Outreach Program Have a Strategy for Protecting Its Largest Clients? Don R. Flott |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch & Discussion |
| 1:00 PM | Developing a Strategy to Protect and Grow Your Outreach Programs Larger Accounts Don R. Flott |
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Reception |
Thursday, October 2, 2008
| 7:00-8:00 AM | Breakouts / Networking -Continental Breakfast served in Crystal Ballroom Breakout Session I: Expert Panel on Starting Outreach Breakout Session II: Expert Panel on Taking Outreach to the Next Level |
| 8:00 AM | Getting Results with Laboratory Customer Service Linda A. Spiten |
| 9:15 AM | The Role of the Pathologist in Outreach Brenda Eriksen, MD |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:15 AM | Regulatory and Compliance Issues Rodney W. Forsman |
| 11:30 AM | Laboratory Outreach Connectivity Requirements Daniel Nelson and Debra Rodahl |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch & Discussion |
| 1:00 PM | Managed Care Mike Snyder |
| 2:00 PM | Process Improvement in the Laboratory Albert DalBello |
Friday, October 3, 2008
| 7:00-8:00 AM | Breakouts / Networking-Continental Breakfast served in Crystal Ballroom Breakout Session I: Expert Panel on Starting Outreach Breakout Session II: Expert Panel on Taking Outreach to the Next Level |
| 8:00 AM | Logistics: Transportation and Tracking Linda Piner |
| 9:45 AM | Break |
| 10:00 AM | Nursing Home Outreach Linda Piner |
| 11:15 AM | Financial Basics–Cost Accounting, Billing and Accounts Receivable Management David Priebe |
| 12:15 PM | Box Lunch |
| 12:25 PM | Workflow and Staff Motivation Rodney Forsman |


