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Cardinal Health sponsors continuing medical educational events for healthcare professionals across the country. You can register for upcoming sessions here, or watch archived webinar recordings at any time, from anywhere. These Cardinal Health sponsored events are presented by esteemed professionals in the world of healthcare and research, and managed by Whitehat Communications to ensure a professional environment. Attend these basic level webinars at no cost - all offer one P.A.C.E.® Continuing Education contact hour for up to six months after the live event. Be sure to check back often for new event postings. For information on Cardinal Health laboratory products, please visit our website here. |
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Survival of the Fittest: Transforming Your Lab from Cost to
Value Center Live Event: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT PACE® Credit available until April 18, 2018 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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The new era of healthcare reform is here. Not only is there no
going back, but maintaining status quo in healthcare
organizations that operate inefficiently is a costly and
unsustainable business model. Now is the time to adopt a new way
of thinking and behaving around cost containment. Healthcare
systems that get it will survive. Those that don’t likely won't.
Laboratory testing plays a central role in healthcare delivery that impacts both costs and outcomes. Unfortunately in some organizations, the laboratory is viewed as little more than a cost center that runs tests and reports results. In order to change this perception, labs must demonstrate quantifiable value well beyond the delivery of test results. When labs actively engage with clinicians to educate, inform, and support optimal test utilization, the transition from cost to value center has begun. Utilization management has come to the forefront as an effective way to optimize laboratory testing in ways that benefit patients first and foremost, while driving down the overall cost of care. This presentation will discuss the components of an effective utilization management program. The speaker will present a roadmap for improving utilization management, provide specific examples of successful approaches, and highlight opportunities for improvement. This webinar will:
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Presenter: Suzanne Carasso, MBA, MT(ASCP), Director, Business Solutions Consulting with ARUP Laboratories  Suzanne is currently Director, Business Solutions Consulting with ARUP Laboratories. ARUP is a leading national reference laboratory owned by the University of Utah. As spokesperson for ARUP Laboratories Consulting Division, Suzanne works with a variety of organizations across the United States including large academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks, multi-hospital health systems, community hospitals, children’s hospitals, independent laboratories and group purchasing organizations. |
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FDA’s New Reclassification of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests:
Are you Prepared? Live Event: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT PACE® Credit available until March 27, 2018 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
published a final rule that reclassifies antigen-based Rapid
Influenza Diagnostic Tests (RIDTs) from Class I to Class II and
requires that these diagnostic devices meet increased
sensitivity, specificity and annual strain testing quality
controls. This reclassification becomes effective on January 12,
2018, which will have implications for laboratories during this
upcoming influenza season (2017/2018). This device reclassification was driven by concerns from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about test sensitivity of RIDTs during the 2009 pandemic flu season. The goal of the reclassification is to improve the overall performance of RIDTs by requiring additional regulatory controls. These new measures should reduce the incidence of false-negative results, improving antibiotic stewardship across the continuum of care. This webinar will review the FDA reclassification of RIDTs, discuss the new sensitivity and specificity requirements for RIDTs, and provide an overview of the products on the market that meet the new requirements. Also covered in the webinar will be information on how long products not meeting the new requirements can be sold by distributors and manufacturers, as well the date up until which laboratories may use such diagnostic devices. This webinar is intended to help enable laboratories to prepare for the changes and minimize any impacts to established influenza protocols. This webinar will:
Click here to learn more about Cardinal Health’s influenza testing platforms that ensure FDA compliance. |
Presenter: Gregory J. Berry, Ph.D., D(ABMM) Assist. Prof., Pathology and Lab. Medicine Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine  Gregory J. Berry Ph.D., D(ABMM) is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and an Assistant Director of Infectious Disease Diagnostics at Northwell Health Laboratories in New York. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. |
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Six Trends that will Change Health Care over the Next 5 Years Live Event: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT PACE® Credit available until February 30, 2018 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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The dynamics of the healthcare are that the industry will
continue to be fluid, with evolution and change continuing for
the next several years. Beyond healthcare policy, change will be
driven by multiple factors. These factors range from value-based
care to technology and data to the demographics of the people
accessing care. The macro trends identified will impact the
industry as whole, but have downstream implications and
opportunities for the clinical laboratory. The role of the
laboratory is evolving relative to patient care as well as how
it supports the goals and initiatives of its hospital or
healthcare system. This shifting role requires laboratories to
think differently and quickly respond to the changes in their
environment. Considerations for the laboratory include how to
better utilize the data they generate, the expanding role of
precision medicine, and addressing how millennials want to
consume healthcare and diagnostic testing. This webinar will outline the six trends that will change healthcare in the next 5 years. These trends were identified as a result of a multi-faceted study conducted by Huron Consulting Group and have several downstream implications to the clinical laboratory. By recognizing the opportunities that exist for the laboratory in response to these trends, the laboratory will be well positioned to create value within their system. This webinar will:
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What's Your Cost of Poor Quality? Calculating an ROI for Your
Lab's Quality Program Live Event: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT PACE® Credit available until December 21, 2017 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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Within the clinical laboratory, quality has multiple components.
The most thought of component of quality relates to CAP (College
of American Pathologists) inspections, accreditations, and
standard regulatory compliance activities. Clinical laboratories
often struggle to justify the resources to adequately support
quality management and regulatory compliance programs. Many
times this is due to lab quality efforts being viewed as a
costly and necessary evil to achieving regulatory compliance.
What often goes unrecognized are how quality management programs
can be utilized to drive expense out of laboratory operations.
For example, robust quality management programs can help reduce
expenses associated with lost specimens, repeat testing and
reagent management. This session covers the concept of Cost of Quality, but focuses on the cost of poor quality (CoPQ). Methods for labs to calculate and capture CoPQ will be discussed. Armed with actual CoPQ data, laboratories can begin to speak the language of the "C Suite" by demonstrating improvement in financial performance. Labs can begin to portray their quality programs as mechanisms to achieve cost savings and cost avoidance, in addition to the quality, regulatory and patient safety benefits that are already well recognized. This webinar will:
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Presenter: Jennifer Dawson, MHA, LSSBB, CPHQ, DLM(ASCP)SLS, QLC, QIHC  Jennifer Dawson is Senior Director, Quality for Human Longevity, Inc in San Diego, CA where she is responsible for building a best practice Quality Management System as well as for CLIA compliance and obtaining CAP and CAP 15189 accreditation. She formerly served as Vice-President Quality for Sonic Healthcare USA and was responsible for developing their quality management system. |
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Using Lab Information to Reduce Downstream Healthcare Costs:
Case Studies Live Event: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT PACE® Credit available until November 17, 2017 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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Laboratory testing provides more than just a snapshot of a
patient’s medical condition at any point in time. Leveraging the
power of the information provided by the laboratory can have
significant impact on other downstream costs within the health
care ecosystem and beyond to community health. This webinar will provide case studies on how laboratory information is being used at a large integrated health care delivery system to lower cost and improve patient outcomes. Case studies will discuss how the data generated by the laboratory can help educate patient care teams, streamline/optimize test ordering, and provide visibility to patient adherence. This webinar will:
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Presenter: Ran Whitehead, CEO, PeaceHealth Laboratories  Ran Whitehead is the Chief Executive Officer at PeaceHealth Laboratories. He has enhanced the company’s reputation for technical and clinical excellence, collaborative partnerships, and innovative programs. Ran has led initiatives such as a distance learning program that was later adopted by laboratories across the country. |
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Actions You Can Take to Have Your Lab Viewed as a Profit Center Live Event: Wednesday, April 18, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT PACE® Credit available until October 18, 2017 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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As clinical management and lab operators, your day may be
consumed with daily operational or service issues. Some days,
it’s about all you can do to get through one more day. It is
hard to set aside time to think strategically or understand what
your laboratory management executive is thinking. This webinar
will reveal the 5 steps you can take to create value and change
the perception of your laboratory and outreach programs by
hospital and health system executives. This webinar will:
Click here to download the article referenced by Dr. Murphy, Good News and Bad News in PAMA Final Rule for Repricing Lab Tests, shared with permission from Laboratory Economics. |
Presenter: Kathleen A. Murphy, PhD, Senior Growth Advisor Chi Solutions, Inc.  Kathleen A. Murphy, PhD, Senior Growth Advisor for Chi Solutions, Inc., an Accumen company, is a noted laboratory expert, speaker, and author. Over her 35 years in laboratory management and consulting, including her former role as the CEO of Chi, Dr. Murphy has gained broad industry experience in laboratory strategy, turnarounds, and outreach. She is the author of The Profit Machine in the Hospital Basement: Turning Your Lab into an Economic Engine (Ellsworth Press, 2016). |
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How Effective Test Utilization Can Support Patient
Safety Live Event: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT PACE® Credit available until September 29, 2017 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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Utilization of laboratory services is of constant concern
because of the cost to our health care system, the drain on
laboratory resources, and the waste of valuable time in
diagnosing, treating and managing patients. A recent article in
the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
suggests that there are also patient safety issues that must be
considered. This webinar will report on the progress of the CDC project known as the Clinical Laboratory Integration into Healthcare Collaborative (CLIHC). This project has been examining how physicians order laboratory tests, what they need to be able to order appropriately and what gaps need to be filled by laboratory professionals. These projects give us a better understanding on what clinicians know about laboratory science and medicine. This presentation will also examine several different approaches to controlling utilization and discuss how to implement utilization programs. The “how” is very dependent on many factors, several of which will be described, that exist in every healthcare setting. This webinar will:
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Presenter: Elissa Passiment, MT(ASCP), EDM Senior Partner, EP Clinical Laboratory Consulting  Elissa Passiment is a clinical laboratory scientist with over twenty years’ experience in clinical laboratories as staff, educator and manager and another twenty years in health care consulting, association management and health policy. Ms. Passiment has served on the congressionally mandated Negotiated Rulemaking Committee convened to standardize and simplify reimbursement for laboratory services under Medicare Part B; presented testimony to Institute of Medicine studies, and represents ASCLS at meetings with the FDA, CMS, and CDC. |
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Laboratory Test Utilization: Improving Outcomes and
Reducing Costs Live Event: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST PACE® Credit available until August 28, 2017 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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The nation’s healthcare system has
been steadily shifting from fee-for-service to fee-for-value
models and patient’s centered models. This transition has
created opportunities for clinical diagnostic laboratories to
partner within their healthcare systems on initiatives, such as
improved patient outcomes, lowering readmission rates, and
reducing the cost of patient care. This approach not only
provides benefit to patients and the healthcare system but also
enables laboratories to play a more integrated role in the care
of patients. With the rapid advancement of molecular diagnostic testing, there is an increasing need for the laboratory to provide education and decision algorithms to help mitigate unnecessary testing. Creating guidelines to help clinicians navigate the increasingly complex landscape of molecular diagnostics is another opportunity for the laboratory to support the transition to value based care. Optimal utilization of laboratory testing and the implementation of clinician decision support tools have enabled numerous healthcare systems to lower their laboratory testing expenditures and improve patient care associated with high-risk infections and conditions. The mechanisms for achieving, and the benefits associated with, proper laboratory test utilization can be achieved in a variety of ways. Critical to the success of laboratory test utilization programs is partnering with providers in the development of test plans and protocols. Utilizing a collaborative approach across the organization will help ensure adoption and adherence to new protocols. This presentation will provide information on the how clinical laboratories can utilize testing protocols to help their healthcare systems to reduce costs and achieve goals associated with CMS’ Core Measures and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores. The benefits of enhanced utilization of laboratory testing and the utilization of decision support tools to enable improved patient outcomes will be discussed. Considerations and best practices for effective implementation and adoption of laboratory test utilization programs will be reviewed. This webinar will:
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Presenter: Eugenio Zabaleta, Ph.D. Clinical Chemist, OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital  Eugenio H. Zabaleta, PhD, is a Clinical Chemist at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital. He is also Part-time Lecturer at Cleveland State University Graduate Clinical Chemistry Program in Cleveland, OH. He graduated from the Catholic University of Cordoba (Argentina) with a degree in Biochemistry and received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Akron. His training in Clinical Pathology was at the Hospital Provincial San Roque in Cordoba. In his native country he was the Laboratory Medical Director at the Clinica Del Sol, a clinic devoted to mother-and-child care with neonatology intensive care services. Dr. Zabaleta performed a fellowship at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital Laboratory. |
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Compliance Considerations for Clinical Laboratories Live Event: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST PACE® Credit available until July 25, 2017 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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Clinical laboratories provide valuable testing services to their
institutions, patients and communities but are operating in
increasingly complex and competitive environments. Healthcare
reform continues to evolve and with this comes a responsibility
by both the laboratories and clinicians to understand the
compliance requirements associated with providing testing
services. Violation of the laws can put both the laboratory and
clinician at risk for criminal and civil penalties.
Understanding the state and federal statutes associated with
marketing testing services to new and existing clients will
enable clinical laboratories to identify risks associated with
kick-backs and fraud and abuse. To ensure proper use of funds,
Medicare and private payors are increasing the frequency and
depth of the audits to clinical laboratories. These audits are
being performed to ensure medical necessity, proper utilization
of specific test codes and types, as well as proper collection
of co-pays and co-insurance. By understanding the laws and
guidelines, clinical laboratories can develop robust compliance
programs to reduce risks and provide transparency to their
healthcare system, clients and payor network. This presentation will provide an overview to the key laws and statutes as well as address a variety of compliance requirements that clinical laboratories must adhere to mitigate legal and financial risks. Compliance requirements and common issues related to laboratory billing will be identified. Examples of non-compliance will be reviewed. Also addressed within the presentation will be the risks clinical testing laboratories commonly have associated with payor audits. This webinar will:
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Presenter: Elizabeth Sullivan, Esq. McDonald Hopkins LLC  Elizabeth Sullivan is a member of the firm’s National Healthcare Practice. She began her legal career as an associate in the Healthcare Practice group and recently returned to McDonald Hopkins. For the past four years, Liz served as associate counsel for The Cleveland Clinic Foundation where she provided regulatory advice and transactional guidance to various service lines, including the clinical laboratory, professional pathology, imaging, transplant, and remote and distance health teams. During her career, Liz has assisted clinical laboratories, hospitals, physician specialty groups, telehealth providers, transplant centers, surgery centers, healthcare associations, pharmacies, and other healthcare providers on regulatory, licensing, compliance, reimbursement, contractual, and corporate matters. |
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Clinical Lab Payment Reform under PAMA: Reimbursement, Reporting
and your New Responsibilities Live Event: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST PACE® Credit available until May 16, 2017 | Florida Lab Credit available |
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On June 23, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) released a Final Rule implementing Section 216
of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA),
requiring laboratories performing clinical diagnostic laboratory
tests to report the amounts paid by private insurers for
laboratory tests. Medicare will use these private insurer rates
to calculate Medicare payment rates for laboratory tests paid
under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) beginning
January 1, 2018.* • Definition of applicable laboratories required to report to CMS This presentation will address important provisions of the law,
including the new data reporting responsibilities for applicable
laboratories, details about and timeframes for reporting private
payer information, and information on the annual rate reductions
allowed under the legislation. The presentation will also help
laboratories translate the Final Rule to identify required
actions and potential impacts for their laboratories.
This webinar will:
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Presenters: Chandra Branham, J.D., VP Advanced Medical Technology Association  Ms. Branham leads the AdvaMed’s policy work in a number of areas, including diagnostics payment, coverage issues, and comparative effectiveness. Ms. Branham has spent most of her career focusing on healthcare regulatory and legislative issues involving Medicare coverage, coding, reimbursement and quality for providers and suppliers of Medicare items and services, including serving as a senior legislative analyst in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Legislation. Julie Khani, Executive VP American Clinical Laboratory Association  Julie Khani joined the American Clinical Laboratory Association, ACLA, in 2013 as Senior Vice President, and was named Executive Vice President in 2016. In her current role Ms. Khani oversees the advocacy, policy and communications functions at ACLA and leads association efforts on implementation of the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) provisions of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act. |
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