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SAMBA ASC and OBA Medical Directors Meeting

W Philadelphia Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
Friday, October 18, 2024

Registration

The 2024 SAMBA ASC and OBA Medical Directors Meeting is open to both members and non-members.

SAMBA Member - $350.00
Non-Member - $475.00*
Medical Student and Trainee Member - Complimentary (Apply for complimentary membership here)

*The Non-Member registration fee includes complimentary membership in SAMBA through December 31, 2024.

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Agenda

Your Host, SAMBA President: Niraja Rajan, MD, SAMBA-F
Meeting Co-Chairs: Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F & Simon Lee, MD, MBA 

Friday, October 18th, 2024

Time

Topic(s)

Presenter(s)
7:00am-
8:00am		 Sponsored Breakfast Symposium: Enhancing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency in ASCs: Advanced Anesthesia Monitoring and Airway Management (Co-Sponsored by Medtronic, Inc. and Mindray North America)

Or Breakfast on your own

 Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
8:30am-9:00am ASC Medical Director Job Description Jarrett A. Heard, MD, MBA
9:00am-9:30am Adding A New Service Line Niraja Rajan, MD, FAAP, FASA, SAMBA-F
9:30am-10:15am AI and the ASC Medical Director
Getting Practical: How to go about Incorporating AI in your ASC Business?		 Piyush Mathur MD, FCCM, FASA, FAMIA
10:15am-10:30am Break  
10:30am-11:00am Recruitment and Retention:
Challenges in Hiring and Keeping the Right Team Members		 Alan P. Marco, MD, MMM, CPE, FAAPL, SAMBA-F
11:00am-11:30am Pro-Con: Mandating H and P for ASC Patients Alan P. Marco, MD, MMM, CPE, FAAPL, SAMBA-F
BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, FACP, SAMBA-F, FASA
11:30am-
12:00pm

Break

  
12:00pm-1:00pm

Sponsored Lunch Symposium: The New Reimbursement Landscape: How Key Legislation is Increasing Access to Non-Opioid Pain Management Like EXPAREL (PACIRA Pharmaceutical)
Or Lunch on Your Own

  

1:00pm-
1:30pm

Break

  
1:30pm-2:00pm Legislative Update and CMS Inpatient List

Kara Newbury, JD
2:00pm-2:30pm Dealing with the Trouble Anesthesiologist  Mohsen Shabahang, MD, PhD, FACS
2:30pm-3:30pm OBA Director Panel
OBA Practice Director Overview, and Current Challenges/Solutions
Policies and Practice Management
Documentation, and Quality Data at the OBA

Meghan Valach, MD
Cassie Dietrich, MD, FASA
Grace Lee Dorsch, MD
3:30pm-3:45pm Break  
3:45pm-4:30pm Billing Essentials at Your ASC Thomas Durick, MD
4:30pm-5:00pm
The Benefits of Advanced Business Degree
 Jarrett A. Heard, MD, MBA

Meeting Location / Housing

W Philadelphia Hotel – Philadelphia, PA
1439 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

SAMBA does not have its own room block for the meeting. If you are in need of lodging, please be sure to book your lodging through the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting website: https://www.asahq.org/annualmeeting/attend/housing.