California Clinical Laboratory Association
2014 Annual Conference –Evolving Reimbursement and Regulatory Landscape
Westgate Hotel, San Diego, CA - November 5-7, 2014
In Conjunction with and Continued Education Units Provided By: The Los Angeles/Orange County Chapters of Clinical Laboratory Management Association “CLMA is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLA P.A.C.E. Program.”
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Coverage and Reimbursement
Summit
MoPath, MolDx
Medi-Cal, Medicare…
Impact of Affordable Care Act, PAMA, Fee Schedule Changes and Coverage Criteria on Healthcare
12-2pm Conference Registration
12:30pm Reimbursement Workshop Begins
Lâle White, CEO, Xifin
12:45pm Medicare – Noridian
Paul O'Donnell, VP JE Programming, Noridian
1:30pmMedicare - Palmetto GBA
Dr. Girish Putcha, MolDx SME, Palmetto GBA
2:15pmHooper, Lundy, & Bookman-BCBS Assignment Rules
Peter Brachman, Associate, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
3:00pm Break- Meet our Sponsors
3:15pmMedi-Cal
Bernie Betlach CLS MT(ASCP), Laboratory Consultant, Xerox State Healthcare, LLC
4:00pmCPT and Fee Schedule
Changes
Rina Wolf, VP Strategic
Commercialization, Consulting and
Industry Affairs, XIFIN
Kyle Fetter, VP Advanced Diagnostics, XIFIN
5:00pm Workshop Conclusion
5:30-7:00pm Wine & Cheese Reception
Thursday, November 6, 2014
7:30am Registration- Continental Breakfast- Meet our Sponsors
8:30am Welcome
Jean Amos Wilson, President, CCLA
8:35am Update from Washington, Key Reimbursement & Regulatory Developments for Labs
Dennis Weissman, President, Dennis Weissman & Associates LLC
9:35am Update from Sacramento
Michael J. Arnold, President, Arnold & Associates
Kristian E. Foy, Legislative Advocate, Arnold & Associates
10:30am Break- Meet our Sponsors
10:45am The Evolving Regulatory Landscape-Panel
Bea O’ Keefe, Chief, Lab Field Services, California Department of Public Health
Gary Yamamoto, Laboratory Consultant, US DHHS CMS
Amy Daniels, MT (ASCP), Senior Manager, Investigations, College of American Pathologists
11:30am Next-Generation Sequencing “Empowering Precision Medicine for The Best Cancer Patient Management”
Jean Lopategui, MD, Medical Director of Molecular Genetics and Clinical Cytogenetics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
12:15pm Meet & Greet Lunch
2:00pm How Becoming Patient Centric Aids in the Volume to Value Transformation
David Moore, CIO, Sonora Quest Laboratories
3:00 Break- Meet our Sponsors
3:15pm Molecular Diagnostics Perfect Storm
VM Pratt, Ph.D. F.A.C.M.G.
Director, Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine
4:00pm Why Healthcare's Evolution Creates New Roles for Clinical Labs Robert Michel, Editor-In-Chief, The Dark Report
5:00pm Recess
6:00-7:30pm President’s Networking Cocktail Reception
Friday, November 7, 2014
8:00am Continental Breakfast- Meet our Sponsors
8:30am CCLA Annual Membership Meeting- Elections Report
8:45am 2014: The Biggest Year for Reimbursement & Regulatory Change For Labs In Decades
Alan Mertz, President, ACLA
9:15am Integrating Multiple Laboratories to Support Enhanced Value
Ran Whitehead, CEO and Chief Mission Officer,PeaceHealth Laboratories
10:00am Break- Meet our Sponsors
10:15am CCLA Lawsuit: Understanding Reasoning for a Lawsuit Filed Against CMS
Patric Hooper, Founding Partner, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
11:00am Legal Roundtable Discussion
Kristian Foy, Legal Council, Arnold & Associates
David Gee, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Patric Hooper, Founding Partner, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
12:00pm Meeting Conclusion
CLMA Greater Los Angeles is pleased to sponsor the Continuing Education Units. In order to receive your units in a timely manner, at the conference please sign up daily for the CEU units available that day. Upon course completion, please see website information to download your certificate. I will be on site to assist you with any questions. Sandy Petering - CLMA
Wednesday- 3 Hours / Thursday- 6 Hours / Friday- 3 Hours
California Clinical Laboratory Association
2014 Annual Conference –Evolving Reimbursement and Regulatory Landscape
Westgate Hotel, San Diego, CA - November 5-7, 2014
In Conjunction with and Continued Education Units Provided By: The Los Angeles/Orange County Chapters of Clinical Laboratory Management Association “CLMA is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLA P.A.C.E. Program.”
CLMA Greater Los Angeles is pleased to sponsor the Continuing Education Units. In order to receive your units in a timely manner, at the conference please sign up daily for the CEU units available that day. Upon course completion, please see website information to download your certificate. I will be on site to assist you with any questions. Sandy Petering - CLMA
Wednesday- 3 Hours / Thursday- 6 Hours / Friday- 3 Hours