Pittsburgh CME Conference

Friday, November 7:
8 am-12:15 pm 8-8:30 am	The Business of Medicine: Billing and Coding Best Practices... Earn What You're Worth Thomas J. Weida, MD, FAAFP, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
8:30-9:15 am	Using Social Media for Communicating with Patients: Legal and Practical Aspects (Patient Safety) Susan Orr, Esq. and Robert J. Tribeck, Esq., Rhoads and Sinon, LLP, Exton, PA
9:15-9:45 am	Clinical Documentation Conundrums in the Face of CMS 1599 and ICD-10 Deepak Pahuja, MD, FACP, Aerolib Healthcare Solutions LLC, Erie, PA
10:15-10:45 am	Primary Healthcare Consultants - An Introduction Debra Hammaker, CHTS-CP, CHTS-IS, PCMH CCE
10:45-11:15 am	Providers Beware: ACA Grace Period Provision May Lead to Uncompensated Care Susan Orr, Esq., Rhoads and Sinon, LLP, Exton, PA
11:15-11:45 am	Medical Malpractice- A Family Physicians Perspective (Patient Safety) Richard Bruehlman, MD, Renaissance Family Practice, Pittsburgh, PA
11:45 am-12:15 pm	Information Exchange and Roundtable Discussions of the Morning Sessions
1:15 - 2 pm	Practicing Optimum Patient Safety (Patient Safety) Steven Levy, MD, FACP, St. Vincent Family Medical Center, Erie, PA
2:15- 3 pm	Geriatric Sensory Changes *Updated handouts Paula Bordelon, DO, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Bethlehem, PA
3:20 - 4:05 pm	Hyperparathyroidism (Patient Safety) *Updated handouts Kelly McCoy, MD, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Pittsburgh, PA
4:15-5:15 pm	Cancer Screening Guidelines Update (Patient Safety) Niladri Das, MD, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Pittsburgh, PA

Saturday, November 8:
8:00-9:00 am	Opioid Epidemic - The Difference You Can Make is Amazing! Bob Stutman, Retired DEA, Boca Raton, FL
9:15 -10 am	Maintenance of Certification Update - The Latest Changes from the ABFM and MOC Joseph Tollison, MD, ABFM
(Concurrent Sessions)
10:15 am-12 pm	*Soft Tissue Update - Classifying and Treating A Spectrum Updated handouts Donald Middleton, MD, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA Women's Health - Gynecological Care of the Post-Menopausal Woman Updated handouts* Karen M. Moyer, MD, UPMC St. Margaret Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA
10:15 am -12 pm	*Knee and Shoulder Exam Workshop Updated handouts Updated handouts* Matthew Silvis, MD, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA Gene Hong, MD, CAQ, Sports Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
(Concurrent Sessions)
1 - 2 pm	*The "How To" on Safe Prescribing Practices for the Elderly (Patient Safety)* Updated handouts* Paula Bordelon, DO, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Bethlehem, PA The Acutely Injured Shoulder: A Case Base Approach Matthew Silvis, MD, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA Gene Hong, MD, CAQ, Sports Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
(Concurrent Sessions)
2:15-3:15 pm	Instructive Evidence-Based Cases in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Patient Safety) Updated handouts Brian Schultz, MD, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Post Partum Depression* (Patient Safety) Karla M. Onest Campanella, MD, Physicians Alliance Limited, Lancaster, PA
(Concurrent Sessions)
3:30-4:30 pm	Best Practices for Care of the Diabetic Food (Patient Safety) Updated handouts Dane K. Wukich, MD, UPMC Mercy Center for Healing and Amputation Prevention & Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center, Pittsburgh, PA Puzzling Pediatric Dermatology Cases Updated handouts** Michael Decker, MD, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Sunday, November 9
9-10 am	Abnormal LFT's...Now What? *(Patient Safety)* *Updated handouts Bruce Gephardt, MD, St. Vincent Health System, Erie, PA
10:15 - 11:15 am	Images in Clinical Medicine Tim Pelkowski, MD, St. Vincent Family Medicine Residency, Erie, PA Meaghan Johnson, MD, St. Vincent Family Medicine Residency, Erie, PA Robert Mikelonis, MD, St. Vincent Family Medicine Residency, Erie, PA Lydia Travnik, DO, St. Vincent Family Medicine Residency, Erie, PA
11:30 am-12:30 pm aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa	*Update on the New Lipid Guidelines... How Do These Affect Your Practice? Updated handouts** Gregory S. Pokrywka, MD, FACP,FNLA, NCMP, Baltimore Lipid Center, Towson, MD

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