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Presents
Recovering
Lost Revenue for POCT,
CIC
Connectivity and
The
State of the Union Regarding Regulations
April
9, 2002
Hosted
by: Madison, WI Area
Hospitals
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The Midwest
POCCs provides a forum for the discussion of ideas, issues, practice and
emerging technology unique to Point of Care Testing.
At
our April 9th meeting, we will
learn how to effectively bill for POCT and hear an overview of CIC and its
impact on manufacturer’s connectivity systems from Chris Fetters. Dr. Ron
Laessig will bring us up to date on laboratory regulations from the Federal
perspective.
Meeting
Planners:
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Brenda
Warren, MS, MT(ASCP) St. Mary’s Hospital Medical
Center
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Joy
Pfeffer, RN, CPAN
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St. Mary’s
Hospital Medical Center
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Jeanne
Gill, MT(ASCP), Meriter Hospital
Home
November
1, 2001 Meeting
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A G E N D A
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11:00-11:30am
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Registration
and Beverages |
| 11:30am
-1:10pm
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Point
of Care Billing: Yes You Can! Chris Fetters |
| 1:10-1:15pm
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Break
& Survey |
| 1:15-1:35pm
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CIC
and Connectivity Overview Chris
Fetters
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1:35-2:15pm
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Lunch
complements of Roche Diagnostics |
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2:15-3:15pm
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POCT-
COLA, CLIA, JCAHO & CAP regulations:
How
it Looks on April 9, 2002 Ron
Laessig, Ph.D.
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3:15-3:45pm
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Final
Business and Discussion |
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R S V P |
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RSVP by April 3, 2002
via email at Brenda_Warren@ssmhc.com
If there are additional people in your
organization interested in attending, feel free to forward this web
site link. We welcome those from your institution responsible for
billing.
For more information, contact Brenda
Warren, POCC at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center 608-258-6894. |
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S P E A K E R S |
| Chris
Fetters, President and
Founder of Nextivity, Point of Care Consulting firm, York, PA. Chris
has a clinical lab background at PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg,
PA. Chris served as VP of the Connectivity Industry Consortium (CIC)
which developed standards for point of care. Those Standards have been
turned over to NCCLS. Chris was the inventor and original My Point of Care.net of
PointofCare.net. He continues to help start point of care professional
groups around the country. He is Vice-Chair of the Distance Learning
Committee for the AACC’s Point of Care Testing Division. Chris
serves on the editorial board of the new journal, "Point-Of-Care:
the Journal of Near Patient Testing & Technology".
Ronald
H. Laessig, Ph.D., Director
of the UW-State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI. He is Professor of
Population Health Sciences and Pathology at UW-Madison. Dr. Laessig is
President of NCCLS, board Member of AACC and winner of the NCCLS’s
Eiler Award and AACC’s Natelson, Reiner and
"Contributions" Awards. He received his bachelor’s degree
in chemistry from UW-Stevens Point and PhD in analytical chemistry
from UW-Madison. His postdoctoral studies were in instrumentation and
electrochemistry at Princeton University and in clinical chemistry at
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This
meeting is sponsored by:
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Roche
Diagnostics, Inc./Tim Wilcox
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Medical
Automation Systems
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Central
Medical/ITC/Mark Riha
Meeting
Location:
BioPharmaceutical
Technology Center Auditorium
Promega
Corporation
5445
East Cheryl Parkway
Madison, WI
Directions:
Promega Corporation’s BioPharmaceutical
Technology Center (BTC) is located at 5445 East Cheryl Parkway
Madison,
WI.
- Take I-90 to Madison, Exit 142A
(From Milwaukee, take I-94 west to Janesville exit
I-90, then to 142A.)
- Exit onto HWY 12/18 west
- Take exit 260 A-B for South Fish
Hatchery Road
- Continue on Fish Hatchery Road for 2
miles
- Turn left at East Cheryl Parkway
(signposted ‘Fitchburg Center’)
- BTC is on the right hand side of
East Cheryl Parkway.
- Park only in marked Visitor Parking
(west lot) or on East Cheryl Parkway.
- The meeting will be held in the BTC
auditorium with registration in the lobby of BTC.
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