ANNUAL CONFERENCE JUNE 20-22, 2008
Skamania Lodge, Stevenson WA
FRIDAY, JUNE 20
WSUSM Annual Membership Meeting
Effective Managerial and Personnel Leadership
* Designed for physicians and office management
George Conomikes, CEO
Conomikes and Associates
Los Angeles, California
Learn how effective managers develop the right mix of skills and leadership to produce highly efficient medical practices. These managers and urologists know how to get superior results from others. Find out how they do it and what you can do to join them.
Conomikes Associates has undertaken consulting assignments with over 1,800 practices throughout the U.S. They have observed the traits that make good managers better. Let George Conomikes, CEO of Conomikes Associates, share their findings with you.
You will have an 81-page Workshop Workbook to guide you through the program. Included are many take-home checklists and forms that you can use.
Here are some of the important topics to be covered—and that you can put to work back at
your practice:
1. Maximizing Staff Performance
Recruiting, selecting, training and retaining peak performers.
Delegating: What works, what doesn't.
Effective personnel performance evaluations and salary reviews.
Problem employees: turn them around or turn them loose.
2. Assessing Your Managerial Style and Performance
Find out your basic management style and how situational pressure affects your behavior.
How should managers be evaluated? An assessment tool.
3. Improving Communications
Employee and physician meetings that get results.
Establishing standards for practice performance.
A model personnel policy manual provided.
Learn how to be a problem solver using other people.
4. Planning and Marketing
The manager's role in strategic planning, marketing and promotion.
Creating the practice planning calendar. How to deal with the overwhelming details
throughout the year.
Take-home managerial checklists.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21
Bottom Line:
Keys to Successful Practice and Retirement Planning
Part A: Critical Legislation Impacting Your Urology Practice - The WSUS Response
Len Eddinger : 2008 Report Card and Legislation on the Horizon
* Come prepared to share in the solution of drafted self-referral legislation
to be introduced in 2009 by House Representative Eileen Cody
Senior Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
Washington State Medical Association
Olympia, Washington
Andy Deck, MD : ASC Legislative Update
WSUS Board Member
Eastside Urological Associates
Kirkland, Washington
Jeff Frankel, MD : Federal Legislative Landscape Affecting Your Practice
* Roundtable discussions
WSUS Government Affairs Chairman
AACU Board Member
Seattle, Washington
Mark Uhlman, MD : Effective Advocacy Utilizing Capwiz
Yakima Urology Associates
WSUS President
Panel Discussion
Lisa Punter - AUA Outreach Manager
Len Eddinger - WSMA
Jeff Frankel, MD - AACU President Elect
Andy Deck, MD - WSUS Board Member
Mark Uhlman, MD - WSUS President (Moderator)
Part B: Trends in Healthcare Regulation and Financing
Bank of America : A 3rd Party View of Health Care Financing
Federal Legislation Research Group
Conni Stamper : Stark Regulation Update
Part C: Your Retirement
Michael Maehl
CSA (
Certified Senior Advisor)
CRFA (Certified Retirement Financial Advisor )
Vice President
OPUS 111 Group
Spokane, Washington
1) The Use of Other Real Estate Investment Vehicles to Take Advantage of
Passive Gains and Losses within Your Practice
2) Are You Getting the Best Company Retirement Plan Possible For Your
Practice
Part D: Increase Your Practice Revenues
Mark Painter : Ancillary Revenues in Private Practice
CEO
Physician Reimbursement Systems (PRS)
Denver, Colorado
SUNDAY, JUNE 22
Advanced Coding and Billing Boot Camp for Urology
* Designed for physicians, PAs, RNs, office administrators, office managers, and billing staff
Mark Painter
CEO
PRS - Urology
Denver, Colorado