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June 15, 2011

Conference & Expo Highlights

Breakfast Forums (Ticketed Event)
Breakfast is served at 7:30a
8:00 - 9:00a
BFO1 - BF03

Coffee Break
8:45 - 9:30a
Grand Ballroom Prefunction
Sponsored by Golden Living

Main Session
9:15 - 11:00a
Grand Ballroom C2 - C3

You won't want to miss the CMSA Executive Director’s Address by Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN. Then, you'll enjoy hearing Dr. Bill Crounse speak on eHealth and the Challenges for case managers.

AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA 
2:30 - 4:00p • SY04 - HBS2
4:15 - 5:45p • SY07 - HBS3

Click this link for a complete Wednesday schedule

 

Attend this informative session to discover what value-added tools and resources are in store for the professional case manager and what our professional association is doing to help care management grow.

Find out how CMSA will help its members meet the challenge of advocating for patients’ wellbeing and improved health outcomes through case management growth and development, health care policy efforts, and by providing evidence-based tools and resources, and more.

 

He received his BS Degree at the University of Puget Sound and a graduate degree at the Medical University of Ohio. As a board certified family physician, he practiced medicine in the Seattle area for 20 years. After becoming Vice President, CIO, and Chief Medical Information Officer for Overlake Hospital Medical Center and the Overlake Venture Center in Bellevue, Washington, he went on to become co-founder of a technology company dedicated to improving information exchange and connectivity between physicians and their patients.

Currently, Dr. Crounse is responsible for providing worldwide thought leadership, vision, and strategy for Microsoft technologies and solutions in the healthcare provider industry. Known internationally for his work in medical communications and information technology, he is the executive producer, creator, and host of the online video series Microsoft Health Tech Today.

Having written and produced dozens of articles, audio-casts, and videos for House Calls for Healthcare Professionals on www.microsoft.com/health  he is the founder and primary contributor to Microsoft’s HealthBlog. Respected for his work in television broadcasting, he has many years of affiliation with ABC Network News, Lifetime Medical Television, Discovery, Medical News Network, and other media outlets.

 
Afternoon symposia offer topics from Chronic Wound Care to Management of Multiple Sclerosis & the Case Manager's Role.
 
From the Expo Hall

Click to download the 2011 Expo Hall Floor Plan

You'll be treated to a tasty free lunch, have the chance to register for Exhibitor Prize Drawings and Cash Giveaways, & network with the crème de la crème of health care vendors.

• Lunch will be served in the Hall - Supported by Allsup

• Exhibitor Prize Drawings are going on with a variety of exhibitors

• Don’t forget to enter the $500 Cash Giveaways (2):

1) Lifecare Hospitals - Booth #1107
2) Mission Resiliency at Laurel Ridge - Booth #1004

CMSA’s Exhibit Hall features some of the largest and most influential suppliers of health care products and services. Browse the hundreds of exhibits and gain new insights for the patients and people with whom you work. Plus, you can meet CMSA’s 2010-2012 Board of Directors in the Expo Hall.

Don’t forget to register for two $500 Cash Giveaways. Each registered attendee can complete an Official Entry Form (one per registrant/no purchase necessary) available in the Registration area and the CMSA booth. Attendees must be present in the Expo Hall to win.

LEAD RETRIEVAL
Lead retrieval is a service offered by Experient to help exhibitors realize a greater return on their trade show investment. Simply scan your EXPO card at the Exhibitors’ booths so they can retrieve data info from your bar-coded name badge and automatically enter you in prize drawings.

You’re also, encouraged to bring business cards for the ever-popular exhibitor prize drawings and for those booths that may not be using the scanning device. New this year in the Hall is SWAP. It is a phone application that is available to exhibitors to scan your EXPO Card to retrieve data info from your bar-coded name badge. Please stop by and SWAP information with the Exhibitors using this new technology.

 

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the US subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim, headquartered in Germany, operates globally in 50 countries with more than 41,500 employees.

The company is committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.

For more information please visit http://us.boehringer-ingelheim.com.

 

Time

Product

11:00   - 11:30a CMSA Today™
11:45a - 12:15p Public Policy
12:30   -  1:00p ICM-CAG™ – Complexity Assessment Grid
  1:15   -  1:45p Caseload Calculator
  2:00   -  2:30p Pfizer Helpful Answers

 

 

 
Learning Session Spotlight

CMSA Awards Event
9:15 - 11:00a 
Grand Ballroom C2-C3

Be there to share in the excitement as CMSA honors several case managers on Thursday morning. The 2011 Awards include:

- Case Manager of the Year
- Award of Service Excellence
- Chapter Excellence & Innovation Awards
- Award for Case Management Research
- Award for Case Management Practice Improvement

CM Expo Grand Opening
11:00a - 2:30p
Exhibit Hall C

• Lunch will be served in the Hall.

• Exhibitor Prize Drawings are going on with a variety of Exhibitors.

• Don’t forget to enter the $500 Cash Giveaways (2):

Apria/Coram, Inc. - Booth #1507
Angel Medflight Worldwide Air Ambulance - Booth #1601

Concurrent Sessions I & II:

• 2:30 - 4:00p Concurrent Sessions 2101 - 2111 

• 4:15 - 5:45p Concurrent Sessions 2201 - 2211

Click here for a complete schedule and list of sessions for Thursday, June 16, 2011

 
Attendee to Attendee

Download the list of participating SHOW US YOUR BADGE establishments HERE

 

Is there anything better than a reliable vendor who truly values your business? A supplier that exhibits qualities such as exceptional honesty, unrivaled quality, and world-class customer service? But how do you recognize such a valuable business partner?

Nominate them for the 2011 Attendee’s Choice Award at the CMSA 2011 Annual Conference & Expo!

And the best part? Each vendor you submit for the Attendee’s Choice Award, hosted by the Care Management Industry Directory, enters your name in a drawing for a $50 gift card!

Nominate your choice HERE  http://caremanagementindustrydirectory.com/contest.php

 

Program evaluation and continuing education credit requests are available online only HERE 

Onsite Evaluation Center
Attendees can access the site from computers in the onsite Cyber Cafe or any other Internet-enabled computer.

The system requires your 2011 Conference Registration ID Number and your Last Name in order to access the session and overall conference evaluations.

After initially entering the system, you will be asked to select which credentialing bodies or continuing education credit types for which you will be requesting CEs.

If necessary, this can easily be modified later. Then, complete the evaluations for the sessions and any fee-based pre-conference workshops you may have attended.

Once finished completing ALL of your evaluations for the entire conference offerings, you can proceed to print out your conference Continuing Education Certificate.

DEADLINE
We ask that you complete the Overall Conference Evaluation, allowing us to tailor the program contents in 2012. Completion of your evaluations is due by September 30, 2011.

Participants will be able to download their CME Certificate or Certificate of Participation immediately after submitting their evaluation.

To complete your session evaluations...Click HERE

 
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