| Friday, January 31 | Title | Speaker(s) |
| 8 - 9 a.m. | Vertical and Horizontal Consolidation in Health Care and its effect on Anesthesiology |
Lawton Burns, MD, PhD, MBA |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Leveraging Payer Policy Data for Revenue Protections | Doris Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Upheavals in the Anesthesia Market: How to Successfully Navigate Transitions | Alexander Choi, MD, MPH, FASA; David Donnelly;
Jeffrey Nary, MD
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| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Will QZ Billing End Physician-Led Care - PRO - CON | Beverly Philip, MD, FACA, FASA; Elmer Choi, MD, PHD, FASA, MBA |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Incivility in the Workplace and How to Handle It | Samuel DeMaria, MD; Christine Doyle, MD, FASA; Yelena Spitzer, MD |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Driving Future Quality Improvement, with a Focus on Small and Medium Sized Practices | Sheila Barnett, MD, BSC, FASA; Randall Clark, MD, FASA; Mark Saxen, DMD, PhD |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Cybersecurity Threats in Healthcare: What Every Anesthesiologist Needs to Know | George Tewfik, MD, FASA; Vugar Zeynalov |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | How, Who, and Who’s Next? Anesthesia Group Governance, Leadership Development and Succession Planning | Alexander Choi, MD, MPH, FASA; Mark Weiss, JD |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Incorporating Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants into Your Practice | Dean Polce, DO; Carie Twichell, CAA, MSA; Naveen Vanga, MD, CHSE |
| Noon - 12:30 p.m. | Roundtables: Session 1 | |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Show Me the Money! Key Reports for A/R Management |
Doris Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Requesting Facility Compensation For Undercompensated Services: Three Industry Perspectives | Robert Johnson, RCPT, MBA; Shena Scott, MBA, FACMPE; Judith Semo, JD, ESQ |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | The Keys to Recruitment and Retention | George Gilly, MD; Kelly Leblanc, MD |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | A Brave New World: Applying Soft Skills in Navigating Today's Perioperative Environment | Elizabeth Duggan, MD, MA; Chris Glover, MD, FASA; Stephen Hoang, MD, FASA; Ludwig Lin, MD |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | AIRS Safe Tables: Session 1 | |
| 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. | Mythbusters: Anesthesia Economics Episode | Amr Abouleish, MD, MBA, FASA; Gordon Morewood, MD, FASA, MBA, FASE |
| 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. | Moving beyond MIPS: Developing methods to securing clinical EHR data in NACOR | Jonathan Wanderer, MD, FASA, MPHIL; Randall Clark, MD, FASA |
| 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. | State of Anesthesia Practices: Overview on Group Practice Market, Economics, RFP's, Consolidation and Hospital Employment | Moeed Azam, MD, MBA, FASA; Jonathan Gal, MD, FASA, MBA, MS; Jason Greenberg, MD; Steven Schulman, MD, MHA, FASA |
| 4 - 4:30 p.m. | Roundtables: Session 2 | |
| Saturday, February 1 | ||
| 8 - 9 a.m. | Stand-up Therapy: Finding the Humor and Humanity in Health Care | William Flanary, MD |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Billing and Coding for Anesthesia Services | Christopher Troianos, MD, FASA, FASE |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Game Theory for Anesthesiologists: Strategies for Payer Negotiations | Jennifer Yuan, MBA, MD; Ron Howrigon, AA |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | The State of the Union: Empowering Physicians to Leverage Their Practice | Jonathan Hausman, MD; Antonio Hernandez Conte, MD, MBA, FASA; Timothy O'Hara J; Robert Bitonte, MD, JD |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Improving Workforce by Improving Well Being | Ronald Harter, MD, FASA; Klaus Kjaer, MD; Emily Methangkool, MD |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | AIRS Safe Tables: Session 2 | |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Lines, Units and Special Circumstances - Are You Capturing Everything? | Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Essentials of Operating Room Management | Juhan Paiste, MD, FASA; Cynthia Wells, MD |
| 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. | No Surprises Act Implementation Townhall | Jonathan Gal, MD, MBA, MS, FASA; Jordan Deuink, MBA; Manuel Bonilla, MS; James Bobeck, JD |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Meaningful Measures: Assessing and Demonstrating our Impact on the Continuum of Patient Care | Angela Edwards, MD, FASA, DFPM; Jeanette Bauchat, MD, MS; Jodi Sherman, MD |
| Noon - 12:30 p.m. | Roundtables: Session 1 | |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Hot Topics in Acute Pain Management | Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | The Surgical Suite Showdown: Anesthesiologists vs. Administration | Ruben Azocar, MD, FCCM, FASA; James Hill, MD, FASA, MBA, FACHE; Yar Yeap, MD |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Making Sense of Different Practice Types: A Primer for Residents and Fellows | Mark Thoma, MD, FASA; Jason Greenberg, MD |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | What's New in Accreditation | Sangeeta Kumaraswami, MD; Patricia Mack, MD, FASA; Matthew Popovich, PHD; Michael Green, DO, FASA, MBA |
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Roundtables: Session 2 | |
| 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. | ASA Leadership Forum | Donald Arnold, MD, FACHE, FASA; Manuel Bonilla, MS; Lois Connolly, MD, FASA, FACHE; Brian Reilly, MBA |
| Sunday, February 2 | ||
| 8 - 9 a.m. | Professional Liability: What Every Anesthesiologist Needs To Know | Franklin Chiao, FASA, MBA, MSC, MS, MD; Vilma Joseph, MD, MPH, FASA; Alan Marco, MD, MMM; Brian Thomas, JD |
| 8 - 9 a.m. | ASRA Panel: Advancing Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Practice in 2025 | Samer Narouze, MD, PHD; Vinita Singh, MD; Kevin Vorenkamp, MD |
| 8 - 9 a.m. | Advanced Operating Room Management | Cynthia Wells, MD; Juhan Paiste, MD, FASA |
| 8 - 9 a.m. | NORA Challenges: Creating a Safe Environment for Clinicians and Patients | Patricia Mack, MD, FASA; Diana Anca, MD; Candace Chang, MD |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | The Wide World of TEE Billing | Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPC, CPC-I |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | From Scrubs to Suits: Transition to Executive Leadership | Aalok Agarwala, MD, MBA, FASA; Amy Lu, MD, MPH; Heather McFarland, DO |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Operational Excellence in Your NORA Service | Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA; Marcus Lehman, MD, MBA; Richard Urman, MD, MBA, FASA |
| 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. | Fireside Chat: Potential Implications of the Administration’s Nominees on US Healthcare Policy | Donald Arnold, MD, FACHE, FASA; Manuel Bonilla, MS; Lois Connolly, MD, FASA, FACHE; Patrick Giam, MD, FASA |
| 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Conducting an Internal Audit for Your Anesthesia Practice | Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPC, CPC-I |
| 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Leveraging Mentorship, Sponsorship and Coaching for Comprehensive Professional Development | Feyce Peralta, MD, MS, FASA; Elizabeth Duggan, MD, MA; Mohammed Minhaj, MD, MBA, FASA, FACHE |
| 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | The Next Biggest Threats to Patient Safety (& What We Can Do About It) | Emily Methangkool, MD; Karolina Brook, MD, FASA; Monica Harbell, MD, FASA |
| 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Anesthesia Post Residency - Tips for the Big Decision | Emilio Andrade, MD; Chrystale Cigainero, MBA, MHSM |
Date of last update: January 8, 2025
