Transplant News Audioconferences

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“The surveyors arrived unannounced at 7:30 Tuesday morning, and left at 7:15 Thursday evening. They told us that they would be there the rest of the week. As you can imagine, it was a fairly lengthy, intense process.”

Long, Director, CVOR/Cardiac Transplant,

Mid American Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital,

Kansas City, MO

“Surveyors utilized interviews, observations, and review of written materials as techniques to gather evidence of compliance. You can’t control everything and surveyors didn’t have all the answers. Felt like the Joint Commission at times: toured nurses station, look for expiration dates on meds, unlocked meds, etc.”

Art Thomson

Administrator

Transplant Center and General Surgery

Cleveland Clinic

You still have time to register for these

important Audio Workshops!

Transplant News, in conjunction with NATCO, The Organization of Transplant Professionals, and the Association of Transplant Administration (ATA) is presenting two National Audio Workshops – Wednesday, October 31 and Thursday, November 15 – to prepare transplant programs for CMS site visits and UNOS on-site reviews.

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The Audio Workshops will provide information and strategies necessary to pass the the CMS and UNOS site visits by transplant administrators who have successfully completed the process this year. The final 30 minutes of each workshop will be devoted to questions from registrants to the panel.

The first Audio Workshop on Wednesday, October 31, will be presented by Transplant News in conjunction with NATCO. The faculty consists of two transplant administrators, Long and Art Thomson, who have successfully passed their site visits, and Vaughan, healthcare consultant and expert on compliance issues, who works with many US transplant programs.

The second Audio Workshop on Thursday, November 15, will be presented by Transplant News in conjunction with the ATA. The 90-minute program will focus on such areas as how to prepare for the UNOS on-site visit i.e. audit; who should be involved in the audit; strategies for preparing staff members to work with the surveyors; and what steps must be taken following the review. The faculty members, nne Beach and Brigitte Reeb, have both successfully passed UNOS the review process and will share their experience and answer questions.

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Continuing Education Points Will Be Awarded

Continuing Education Points will be awarded for participating in the Audio Workshops. As an approved provider for Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs), NATCO will award 1.0 Category I CEPTC for participation in each audioconference attended. NATCO has also applied to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners for 1.0 contact hour of nurse practitioner credit. Detailed information on how to apply for the credits will be provided to each registrant.

Note: There is a significant price break for participating in both workshops.

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How to Survive a CMS Site Visit

Presented by Transplant News and NATCO, The Organization of Transplant Professionals

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007

1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern time 12:00–1:30 p.m. Central time

11:00–12:30 p.m. Mountain time 10:00-11:30 a.m. Pacific time

FACULTY

* Long, Director, Cardiac Transplant, Mid American Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO

*Art Thomson, Transplant Administrator, Cleveland Clinic and Senior Consultant, Transplant Management Group

* Vaughan, Principal, Health Systems Concepts, Inc., Tampa, FL

*Jim Warren, Editor & Publisher, Transplant News (Moderator)

How to Survive a UNOS Audit

Presented by Transplant News and the Association of Transplant Administration (ATA)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007

2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern time 1:00-2:30 p.m. Central time

12:00-1:30 p.m. Mountain time 11:00-12:30 p.m. Pacific time

FACULTY

*nne Beach, Administrator, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, and President, Association of Transplant Administration

*Brigitte Reeb, Administrative Director, The Comprehensive Transplant Center, s Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD

*Jim Warren, Editor & Publisher, Transplant News (Moderator)

STAFF TRAINING AT ITS BEST (cost- and time-efficient): Gather your entire staff around the table on October 31 and November 15 for one low single participant price. (And you may photocopy as many copies of the written materials as you need for each.)

HOW THE AUDIO WORKSHOPS WORK:

You will receive an e-mail several days prior to the conference with instructions on how to dial into the conference, the Web site link download a print conference written materials and instructions on how to call or e-mail in questions the day of the conference.

The programs will run for 90-minutes with the final 30 minutes devoted to answering questions from the listening audience.

REGISTRATION FORM

*You must provide your phone number and e-mail above, and complete the information below. We need your full address to process credit card orders and to ship materials.

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Sign me up for the live Audio Workshop(s):

[ ] $247 (Please specify October 31 or November 15) Audio Workshop and all written materials, including written transcript.

[ ] $297 (Please specify October 31 or November 15) Audio Workshop, all written materials, written transcript and an audio CD of the full conference

[ ] $367 Both Audio Workshops, all written materials and written transcripts

[ ] $397 Both Audio Workshops, written materials and audio CD’s of both conferences

The prices listed above are for one phone line only. The price for an additional phone is $183 if you are registering for both Audio Workshops, and $123 if you are registering for just one. Please note your request for additional phone(s) on your registration form.

I CAN’T PARTICIPATE BUT WANT THE MATERIALS - SEND ME:

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[ ] $367 materials including written transcripts and audio CDs of both Audio Workshops

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