2013 WASCA Annual Education

Conference & Trade Show Thursday, November 14, 2013 and Friday, November 15, 2013

Legislative Updates Healthcare Reform Infection Control Information & Networking

WASCA is pleased to invite you to the 2013 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show

WASCA remains committed to leading the industry through the challenges of healthcare reform and advocating for our industry’s place in the Washington healthcare market. It is through educational programs and events that our industry remains strong and informed. WASCA has put together an agenda and trade show to support ASCs with services and products developed specifically to help manage day-to-day operations, provide information regarding changes in Washington rules and regulations, and offers ways to remain competitive in a volatile market. WASCA continues to work diligently to develop strong working relationships with our state officials, department leaders and members. We look forward to your active participation at this conference. See you in November! Sincerely, Debbie Perdue, Director of Surgical Services Minor and James WASCA Board of Directors, 2013 Annual Education Conference Chair

Traveling North on I-5:

Take Exit #200 Turn LEFT onto 88th St NE Turn RIGHT onto Quil Ceda Boulevard

Traveling South on I-5:

Take Exit #200 Turn RIGHT onto 88th St NE Turn RIGHT onto Quil Ceda Boulevard

Directions

Tulalip Resort & Spa

10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard

Tulalip, WA, 98271

WASCA negotiated an outstanding room rate of $139/night. Please call to speak with a reservations specialist and use code TB0250 when making your

reservation.

866.716.7162 Toll Free or

360.716.7162 Local

It is strongly recommended you reserve your

rooms in advance.

Continuing Education Credits

CE Credits -

11.5 CE Credit available. Provider approved by

the California Board of Registered Nursing,

Provider Number 16068, for 11.5 contact hours.

AEU Credits

To be announced

Certification of Infection Control Training

Reminder: Effective January 1st, 2011 the

Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission

(NCQAC) ruled Registered Nurses and

Licensed Practical Nurses are required to maintain

documentation/verification of compliance illustrating

at least 531 hours of active practice and 45 hours of

continuing education every three years. Audits for

compliance will begin in 2014. Have you met the

requirements for continuing education hours?

Agenda Thursday, November 14, 2013

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Registration

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Creating Community – The Key to Recruitment and Retention

Kathleen M. Bartholomew, RN, MN In a world characterized by increasing complexity and diversity, in which many are feeling greater alienation, the workplace is a fertile common ground. Companies not only recognize that people are their most important resource, but also strive to create an environment in which employees can find personal value and meaning in their work.

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Washington ASC Legal Update

Emily Studebaker, JD, WASCA Legal Counsel and Executive Director, Owner, Garvey Schubert Barer Significant changes to health care laws state regulations and laws in 2013 are affecting the ambulatory surgery industry, including in the areas of certificate of need, state licensing and credentialing of health care providers, among others. Ms. Studebaker will address these changes and identify areas where ASCs should review their operations to ensure compliance.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break with Exhibitors

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

WASCA Membership Meeting – Election of New Officers

Susan Simons, RN, BSN, CASC, WASCA President and Administrator, Pacific Surgery Center

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Health Care Reform and the Health Insurance Exchange in Washington

Kathryn Kolan, JD, Associate Director of Legislative, Regulatory and Legal Affairs, WSMA The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 made sweeping changes to the nation’s healthcare system. Ms. Kolan will summarize key provisions in Washington’s 2013 legislative development on Health Insurance Exchanges and related issues such as Medicaid Expansion and a Federal Basic Health Option.

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Exhibitors

Transportation

SeaTac International Airport Shuttle Service will be provided by WASCA. WASCA is offering a complimentary private shuttle for WASCA attendees to make the commute more pleasurable and to provide net-

working opportunities.

Please contact Patti McMinn at pattim@wasca.net for more information and arrangements before

Friday, September 13, 2013.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Administrative Track Chinook Rooms 1 & 2

A/R Best Practices

April Gibson, MHA, CMPE, WASCA Education Committee Chair and Administrator, Puget Sound Orthopaedics This presentation will include a case study with the components of a successful and sustained improvement in accounts receivable to meet or beat best practice industry benchmarks.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Clinical Track Chinook Rooms 3 & 4

Advance Directives Raymond E. Grundman, MSN, MPA, FNP-BC, CASC, Senior Director – External Relations, Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care The Patient Self-Determination Act was passed by the Congress in 1990 and requiring many health care providers to provide information about advance health care directives . Since then, many healthcare providers, including ASCs, have struggled with how best to respond to these directives. This presentation will provide a broad background and the most recent innovations in the design of directives, and address state and federal regulatory requirements for ASCs.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Administrative Track Chinook Rooms 1 & 2

Creating a QAPI Program that Works

Gina Throneberry, RN, MBA, CASC, CNOR, Director of Educational and Clinical Affairs, ASC Association The best practices, design, implementation and review of the new QAPI standards.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Clinical Track Chinook Rooms 3 & 4

Making the management of Regulated Medical Waste ; Manageable?

Erin Borsh-Estrada, Stericycle

How to properly segregate, package and dispose. What treatment occurs. Training ideas will

be shared to help provide increased compliance.

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break with Exhibitors

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Administrative Track Chinook Rooms 1 & 2

Social Media in ASCs Scott G. Warner, JD, Owner, Garvey Schubert Barer

Do’s and Don’ts

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Clinical Track Chinook Rooms 3 & 4

The Science Behind All Steps in Steam Sterilization

John Nies, Product Marketing Manager, Belimed, Inc. Mr. Nies will address what happens, and why, after the sterilizer door is closed and the start button is pushed.

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception with Exhibitors

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Administrative Track Chinook Rooms 1 & 2

Online Scheduling - Improve ASC Case Volume and Efficiency

Scott Riemenschneider, CEO and Principal Partner, ScheduleSurgery.com Mr. Riemenschneider will address how an online physician scheduling portal helps an ASC increase case volume, efficiency and customer engagement by overcoming the limitations of

traditional phone and fax-based scheduling.

Agenda Thursday, November 14, 2013

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Networking by Specialty

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

ASC Issues in Washington DC

Steve Miller, Director of Government and Public Affairs, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Learn about ASCA’s legislative and regulatory agenda and how recent legislative and regulatory change taking place in Washington DC could affect your ASC.

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Physical Environment Issues in ASFs

Bart Eggen, Executive Director of Health Systems Quality Assurance Department of Health Stephen Pennington, CPE, Construction Review Services Plan Reviewer/Inspector, Department of Health Department of Health staff will address physical environment deficiencies in recent on-site state licensing surveys and the role of the construction review program for ASFs correcting those deficiencies.

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break with Exhibitors—Break out sessions begin

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Administrative Track

Chinook Rooms 1 & 2

On-Site Survey Panel

Moderated by Emily Studebaker, WASCA Legal Counsel and Executive Director

Panel: Terry Hawes, RN, BA, Administrator, Wilshire Surgery Center, LLC; Michael McClain, Manager, and Tom Flory, Manager of EVEIA HEALTH Consulting & Management, Susan Simons,

RN, BSN, CASC, WASCA President and Administrator, Pacific Surgery Center, Wendy Taylor,

WASCA Treasurer and Executive Director, Overlake Surgery Center

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Clinical Track

Chinook Rooms 3 & 4

Environmental Disinfection: New Technologies & Current Issues

Gwen Felizardo, BSN, RN, CIC, Infection Preventionist, Group Health Cooperative

Ms. Felizardo will address the new environmental cleaning and disinfection technologies, green products, and environmental monitoring and how to evaluate products.

11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch with Exhibitors

Agenda Friday, November 15, 2013

PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES! Bring Your Business Cards with You! Each exhibitor will have a container at its booth for your business card. The business card is your "entry ticket" in the drawing.

• Visit each booth and drop your business card into the container to increase your chances of winning. • WASCA will collect a business card from every exhibitor and when it is time for the drawing WASCA will randomly select one of the exhibitor cards.

• The booth drawn by WASCA will then draw an attendee name from the container at its booth to award a prize. • Must be present to win.

Make sure you visit every booth to increase your odds, as there is no way to know which exhibitor will be drawing!

Infection

Control Track

Gift Card

And More...

Tickets

Agenda Friday, November 15, 2013

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Administrative Track

Chinook Rooms 1 & 2

The Evolution of EMR –

What Works for ASCs Today and How Can You Realize an ROI

Robert Brownd, Director of Business Development, Surgical Notes

Mr. Brownd will provide an update of where ASCs fit into the healthcare technology space as a

whole and EMR technologies that make clinical and business office pieces of the ASC operations

more efficient.

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Clinical Track

Chinook Rooms 3 & 4

The Role of the Environment in Infection Prevention: Assessment and Intervention

Steve Odachowski, RN, CIC, Infection Preventionist, MultiCare Health System

This session will provide the participant with an understanding of the role played by the environment in the transmission of potentially pathogenic microorganisms. You will leave with

the knowledge to critically assess your environment and identify those components that put

your patients at risk for acquisition of disease from environmental sources.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Administrative Track

Chinook Rooms 1 & 2

Vendor Credentialing

J. M. “Jon” Morales III, VP of Sales ,VCS – Vendor Credentialing Service

Third party vendor credentialing is now what your representatives and suppliers are telling you. It’s worse...just kidding. The facts and hopefully nothing but the facts. More obvious than you

think, but you should remember.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Clinical Track

Chinook Rooms 3 & 4

MDRO Colonization or Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Patients –

Update and Risk Reduction

Thomas J Shandera, RN, MPH, CIC, Infection Preventionist, Group Health

Summarize epidemiology of MRSA, VRE, ESBL, CRE and C diff. Review effective technique for

hand washing and for hand rubbing. Introduce partnering with patient and family to include

appropriate hand hygiene technique and timing for care of surgical site. Review application of

Contact Precautions in peri-operative setting.

2:30 p.m. Adjourn

Infection Control Track

Infection Control Track

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Sports Events Catch a game at one of Seattle’s many sporting

events, including:

The Seattle Seahawks, November 17, 2013 at 1:25 Qwest field vs.

the Vikings.

Nearby Attractions:

The U of W will play UCLA on

11/15/13 in Pasadena, CA.

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