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Agenda - General Session | Coding Seminar

7:00-7:55
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits

7:55-8:00
Welcoming Remarks
William R. Lewis, MD, FACC
Robert E. Hobbs, MD, FACC

8:00 – 8:35 a.m.
Diastolic Heart Failure: Is It the Heart's Fault?
James C. Fang, MD, FACC

8:35 – 9:10 a.m.
The Woman's Heart
Lynne E. Wagoner, MD, FACC

9:10 – 9:45 a.m.
Pay for Performance
Kathleen B. Flood, ACC Director of Payer Advocacy

9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Break/Exhibits/Poster Session

10:30 – 11:05 a.m.
Oral Abstract Presentations (Top two abstracts from competition)

11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Changing Management of the Congenital Heart Disease Program for Adults
Curt J. Daniels, MD & Ralf J. Holzer, MD

11:50 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: Medical or Interventional Therapy? The CORAL Trial
Christopher J. Cooper, MD, FACC

12:25 – 1:10 p.m.
Lunch

1:10 – 2:10 p.m.
IVUS: A Look Inside the Pipes
Steven E. Nissen, MD, FACC

2:10 – 2:20 p.m.
Break

2:20 – 2:55 p.m.
Ablation: Preferred Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation?
Jennifer E. Cummings, MD, FACC

2:55 – 3:30 p.m.
Is Natrecor Safe & Effective for Treating Heart Failure?
James B. Young, MD, FACC

SPECIAL SESSION FOR PRACTICE & BILLING MANAGERS

Please invite your office administrator(s) and staff to join us for this special meeting. Click here for complete information. They will explore interventional cardiology coding & documentation with Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA. Physicians are cordially invited to attend this session.

Linda Gates-Striby has been in the medical field for 23 years. Her clinical experience includes working in the coronary and critical care units, heart stations and endoscopy suites, and as a hospital paramedic. She has served as a practice manager for the residency program at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis and as a liaison between the billing and practice sites for hospital-employed physicians. Currently she is compliance director at The Care Group, LLC, Indianapolis, and owns Gates Physician Services, which provides consulting, educational and auditing services for physician practices. Linda serves on the Cardiology Advisory Board of the Board of Advanced Medical Coding and led the development of the ACS-CA exam.