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Aspen Classroom

Course: The Medical-Dental-Legal Update is a 5-day course presented weekly, Monday - Friday.

Classroom Location: AEI’s Aspen classroom is located at Lift One Condominiums in the meeting room just off the lobby. Lift One Condominiums, which has just undergone a breathtaking renovation, is enviably located in downtown Aspen only a short walk to the Silver Queen Gondola, Lift 1A, the town's many fine restaurants, galleries, shops and renown nightlife. In addition to a super location and reasonably priced 1, 2 and 3 bedroom accommodations, Lift One offers a completely new heated pool and whirlpool area, free wireless Internet access, daily maid service, laundry facilities, wood burning fireplaces in each unit and more.

Winter

Dates: November 24, 2008 - April 10, 2009

Hours: 7:30AM - 9:30AM and 4:00PM - 6:00PM

Summer

Dates: June 22 - August 14, 2008

Hours: 7:30AM - 11:30AM

Discounted Lodging: Lift One offers AEI registrants an advance, direct booking discount of 10% off normal lodging rates for the period booked. Contact Lift One directly at 800.543.8001 and reference American Educational Institute for rates and availability.

Directions: Lift One is located at 131 East Durant Avenue in Aspen. From Main Street proceed toward Aspen Mountain to Durant Street. From there proceed right to 131 Durant located at the corner of Durant and Aspen, two blocks from Wagner Park.

Snowmass Classroom

Course:The Medical-Dental-Legal Update is a 5-day course presented weekly, Monday - Friday.

Classroom Location: AEI’s Snowmass classroom is located at Timberline Condominiums in the The Trailside Conference Room. Timberline Condominiums is a ski-in, ski-out property offering studio 1, 2 and 3 bedroom accommodations, a pool size outdoor hot tub, fitness center with steam room, wireless Internet access, a full service restaurant and more. Timberline is serviced by the free Snowmass Village Shuttle which runs every 20 minutes from 7:12 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. The shuttle departs Snowmass Village Mall for Upper Village (of which Timberline is part) every 20 minutes beginning at 7:15 a.m., and it departs from Upper Village every 20 minutes beginning at 7:17 a.m.

Dates: December 8, 2008 - April 10, 2009

Hours: 7:30AM - 9:30AM and 4:00PM - 6:00PM

Discounted Lodging: Timberline Condominiums offers AEI registrants an advance, direct booking discount of 10% off normal lodging rates for the period booked. AEI registrants will receive their last night of lodging free when they stay a minimum of six nights between12/6-12/19/2008 3/28-4/12/09.

Directions: Timberline Condominiums are located in Upper Village on 264 Snowmelt Road across from Parking Lot 13.

Course Objectives

After completing The 2011-12 Medical-Dental-Legal Update you should have acquired the knowledge that will better enable you to:

  • Implement practices to help avoid malpractice litigation.
  • Better assist in your own defense if sued for malpractice.
  • Be a more effective defendant or expert witness.
  • Better satisfy Healthcare Reform's compliance plan requirements.
  • Reduce your risk of violating Healthcare Reform's heightened fraud and abuse rules.
  • Better establish and analyze management and financial practice metrics.
  • Make better informed decisions regarding practice structure and retirement plans.
  • Better assess the pros and cons of hospital affiliation.
  • Make better ambulatory pain management decisions.
  • More effectively manage patients with HIV/AIDS.
  • Incorporate knowledge of newly approved drugs and safety updates into treatment decisions.
  • Be a more responsible steward of antibiotics.
  • Better assess and treat low back pain.
Program Schedule

MONDAY

The Medical Expert Witness: What You Need to Know Robert P. Siemion, Esq.

"Things I Wish I Knew Last Year" Louis Kuritzky, MD

Low Back Pain: A Common Sense Approach to Evaluation and Treatment Kathryn A. Stolp, MD

Fraud and Abuse Update: The Impact of Health Care Reform Alan G. Gilchrist, Esq.

 

TUESDAY

Pharmacotherapy Update - Part 1: FDA Drug Safety Updates C. Wayne Weart, PharmD

Physician-Hospital Integration: Pros and Cons Jason M. O'Dell, CWM

Health Care Reform and the Office-based Provider Abby Pendleton, Esq.

Avoiding a Malpractice Suit: Advice from a Plaintiff's Attorney James I. Devine, Esq.

WEDNESDAY

Physician-Hospital Integration: Practice Acquisitions Roger Strode, Esq.

Structuring Your Practice - Part 1: Corporate Entities and Buy-Sell Agreements David B. Mandell, JD, MBA

England v. Katibah: Who's at Fault for an Unnecessary Mastectomy? A CourtTV production with commentary by David J. Cooper, Esq.

Practice Benchmarking - Part 1: Revenues and Expenses H. Christoper Zaenger, CHBC

 

THURSDAY

Pain Management in the Primary Care Setting Louis Kuritzky, MD

Physician-Hospital Integration: Administration and Compensation Karen Zupko

Pharmacotherapy Update -Part 2: Newly Approved Drugs C. Wayne Weart, PharmD

HIV/AIDS Update Louis D. Saravolatz, MD

FRIDAY

Anti-Microbial Stewardship: Fighting the Resistance Crisis C. Wayne Weart, PharmD

Advice to the Defendant Doctor from a Plaintiff's Attorney James I. Devine, Esq.

Structuring Your Practice - Part 2: Retirement Plans and Insurance Captives David B. Mandell, JD, MBA

Practice Benchmarking - Part 2: Office Operations H. Christopher Zaenger, CHBC

 

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