What’s happening?
September 20 – Day 1
8am-8pm
Registration
8am-8pm
EvoExpert Hall
6:30-8pm
Welcome Reception
September 21 – Day 2
7:30-9am
Breakfast
8am-8pm
Registration
EvoExpert Hall
9am-5pm
Marketplace Partners Hall
AdvancedMD Cares
9-10:20am
General Session
10:30-11:20am
Conquering the CBO for the AdvancedBiller
AdvancedInsight Reporting
Revolutionize Your Healthcare Delivery with Telemedicine
Charge Entry (CMS) for New Users
Take it Mobile Doc
Best Practices for Denials (AAPC approved CEU)
11:30am-12pm
AdvancedPatient Messaging Workshop
*Pre-requisite to the Patient Forms & AdvancedPatient session
New Features in AdvancedPatient
HIPAA Survival Guide
Payment Security that Powers the Practice
MACRA MIPS – Get Started!
AMA StepsForward – Implementing Health Coaching
12-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30-2:20pm
Payment Processing for the AdvancedBiller
The A to Z’s of the Claims Center
MACRA/MIPS – ACI & IA Categories
Put Your Lab Results to Work
Health Information Exchange & CIE
The What, Why & How of Implementing a Care Plan (AAPC approved CEU)
2:30-3:20pm
Reporting for the AdvancedBiller
Empowering your Patient Portal
Claims Center Workshop
Money, Money, Money
EHR Templates for New/Intermediate Users
Basic ICD/CPT Coding and Billing (AAPC approved CEU)
3:30-4:25pm
Building AdvancedInsight Reports Workshop for the Intermediate/Advanced User
Payor Collections for New Users
Break the Paper Spell
MACRA/MIPS – Quality Category
Reporting – Know the Numbers
AMA StepsForward – Improving Blood Pressure Control
4:30-5pm
Appointment Reminders Workshop
Practice Management Administrators Workshop
MACRA MIPS – Get Started!
AdvancedPatient Messaging Workshop
*Pre-requisite to the AdvancedPatient & the Front Office session
Ellkay
AMA StepsForward – Pre-visit Planning
September 22 – Day 3
7:30-9am
Breakfast
8am-8pm
Registration
EvoExpert Hall
9am-5pm
Marketplace Partners Hall
AdvancedMD Cares
10-10:50am
Payor Collections for Intermediate/Advanced Users
AdvancedInsight Reporting
Break the Paper Spell
Charge Entry (CMS) for Intermediate/Advanced Users
EHR Templates for New/Intermediate Users
The What, Why, and How of Implementing a Care Plan (AAPC approved CEU)
11-11:25am
Payment Processing for the Advanced User
The A to Z’s of the Claims Center
EHR Patient Reporting Workshop
Empowering Your Patient Portal Workshop
*Pre-requisite to the Patient Forms & AdvancedPatient sessions
MACRA/MIPS – Quality Category
Advanced ICD/CPT Coding & Billing (AAPC approved CEU)
11:30am-12pm
Payment Processing for the Advanced User
The A to Z’s of the Claims Center
HIPAA Survival Guide
Empowering Your Patient Portal Workshop
*Pre-requisite to Patient Forms & AdvancedPatient sessions
MACRA/MIPS – Quality Category
Advanced ICD/CPT Coding & Billing (AAPC approved CEU)
12-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30-2:20pm
Charge Entry (CMS) for New Users
Payor Collections for New Users
Revolutionize Your Healthcare Delivery with Telemedicine
Patient Forms Workshop
EHR Templates for Advanced Users
AMA StepsForward – Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in At-risk Patients
2:30-3:20pm
Building AdvancedInsight Reports Workshop for the Intermediate/Advanced User
Health Information Exchange & CIE
Microsoft Word in the EHR for New/Intermediate Users
Money, Money, Money
Reporting – Know the Numbers
Basic ICD/CPT Coding & Billing (AAPC approved CEU)
3:30-4pm
Patient Billing and Collections
AdvancedReputation
Put the HealthWatcher to Work
Take it Mobile
Microsoft Word in the EHR for Advanced Users
Best Practices for Denials (AAPC approved CEU)
4-4:20pm
Patient Billing and Collections
AdvancedRooming
Put the HealthWatcher to Work
Take it Mobile
Microsoft Word in the EHR for Advanced Users
Best Practices for Denials (AAPC approved CEU)
4:30-5pm
New Features in AdvancedEHR
New Features in Advanced Scheduling
Appointment Reminders Workshop
EHR Administrators Workshop
Ellkay
MACRA – QPP in 2018
September 23 – Day 4
7:30-9am
Breakfast
8am-8pm
Registration
8am-5pm
EvoExpert Hall
9am-5pm
Marketplace Partners Hall
AdvancedMD Cares
10am-12pm
General Session
12-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30-2:20pm
Payment Processing for the Advanced User
Charge Entry (CMS) for Intermediate/Advanced Users
Microsoft Word in the EHR for New/Intermediate Users
MACRA MIPS – ACI and IA Categories
EHR Templates for Advanced Users
AMA StepsForward – Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in At-risk Patients
2:30-3:20pm
Conquering the CBO for the AdvancedBiller
Claims Center Workshop
Patient Billing & Collections
Patient Forms Workshop
Security and Technical Backbone Roundtable
Advanced ICD/CPT Coding and Billing (AAPC approved CEU)
3:30-3:55pm
Reporting for the AdvancedBiller
AdvancedPatient & the Front Office
EHR Patient Reporting Workshop
Payor Collections for Intermediate/ Advanced Users
Microsoft Word in the EHR for Advanced Users
Online Scheduling
4-4:25pm
Reporting for the AdvancedBiller
AdvancedPatient & the Front Office
EHR Administrators Workshop
Payor Collections for Intermediate/Advanced Users
Microsoft Word in the EHR for Advanced Users
AMA StepsForward – Pre-visit Planning
4:30-5pm
New Features in AdvancedPM
Practice Management Administrators Workshop
MACRA – QPP in 2018
Payment Security that Powers the Practice
Effective ePrescribing/EPCS Workshop
AMA StepsForward – Implementing Health Coaching
6-11:00pm
Event
Closing Party @ Country Music Hall of Fame®
September 24 – Day 5
8-9:30am
Breakfast
8-11am
Registration
EvoExpert Hall
= Clinical = AdvancedBiller = Admin/OM = Biller/Coder = Front office = For Everyone
| Session Name | Session Description | Audience | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| Advanced ICD/CPT Coding & Billing | Learn advanced ICD10 and CPT coding techniques. CEU pending. *Best suited for staff who are certified through the AAPC and needing CEU credit |
Fri 11am-12pm | Sat 1:30-2:30pm | |
| AdvancedInsight Reporting | With AdvancedInsight, the power of data analytics is at your fingertips. Analyzing your key metrics facilitates maximum productivity and helps gauge performance throughout all areas of your practice. This how-to session will provide tips and tricks for the everyday user to identify, analyze and report on those metrics that have a substantial impact on productivity and efficiency. | Thurs 10:30-11:20am | Fri 10-10:50am | |
| AdvancedPatient & the Front Office | Putting all the tools to work to create a streamlined process can save time for the patient and the team. Learn how to incorporate Patient Forms, Patient Kiosk, Appointment Reminders, Patient Messaging, and Real-time Eligibility into the process. *Bring your laptop to practice along! | Sat 3:30-4:30pm | n/a | |
| AdvancedPatient Messaging Workshop | Communication with your patients is key to keeping them engaged. Learn how to setup and send group text or email messages using Patient Messaging. Don’t forget your laptop! **This is a pre-requisite to Patient Forms & AdvancedPatient |
Thurs 11:30am–12pm | n/a | |
| AdvancedReputation | We’ll show how AdvancedPatient® with our doctor reputation management surveys is our easiest way for you to maintain a positive online reputation. | Fri 3:30–4pm | n/a | |
| AdvancedRooming | Say goodbye to the roadblocks & bottlenecks. AdvancedRooming is the patient tracking system that helps you streamline processes & improve resource utilization. Wait notification features, peak time metrics & room status updates help you treat patients faster & distribute your staff where they’re needed most. The result is a smoother office visit experience for patients & staff, from start to finish. | Fri 4–4:20pm | n/a | |
| AMA StepsForward – Implementing Health Coaching (0.5 CME) | Reduce the amount of time physicians spend delivering direct patient care. Health coaching is a team-based approach to care that helps patients “gain the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence to become active participants in their care.” Not only does it reinforce the physician’s care plan to promote adherence, it incorporates health goals that patients set for themselves. The physician can delegate the personalized planning to a partner who engages, educates and manages patients with complex health needs. Having a health coach as part of the team may help the practice meet quality metrics, improve patient satisfaction and adherence and free up physician time. **Take this session to fulfill 1 MIPS Improvement Activity |
Thurs 11:30am–12pm | Sat 4:30–5pm | |
| AMA StepsForward – Improving Blood Pressure Control (1 CME) |
One in three US adults has hypertension. With such a high prevalence rate, it is likely that most primary care practices treat many patients with this condition. Most people with hypertension are aware of their condition, but only about half have their blood pressure under control. People with uncontrolled blood pressure may not be aware that it is the leading cause of premature death in the world. Clinicians need simple and effective ways to improve hypertension control in their patient populations. **Take this session to fulfill 1 MIPS Improvement Activity |
Thurs 3:30-4:25pm | n/a | |
| AMA StepsForward – Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in At-risk Patients (1 CME) |
In the average primary care practice, up to one‑third of patients age 18 and above – and up to half age 65 and above – could be at risk for prediabetes. Physicians and their care teams play an important role in diabetes prevention. **Take this session to fulfill 1 MIPS Improvement Activity |
Fri 1:30–2:20pm | Sat 1:30–2:20pm | |
| AMA StepsForward: Pre-Visit Planning (0.5 CME) | Learn how to reduce the amount of time physicians spend delivering care. By implementing pre-visit planning, physician practices can improve team coordination and increase operational efficiency that can lead to more time spent delivering meaningful care. **Take this session to fulfill 1 MIPS Improvement Activity |
Thurs 4:30–5pm | Sat 4–4:25pm | |
| Appointment Reminders Workshop | Engage and increase patient appointment compliance by utilizing Appointment Reminders. Don’t forget your laptop! *This course is a prerequisite to the AdvancedPatient and the session. |
Thurs 4:30–5pm | Fri 4:30–5pm | |
| Basic ICD/CPT Coding & Billing (1 CEU) | TThe beginner coder will learn the basics of ICD10 and CPT coding techniques. *Best suited for staff who are certified through the AAPC and needing CEU credit | Thurs 2:30–3:20pm | Fri 2:30-3:20pm | |
| Best Practices for Denials (1 CEU) | Learn industry best practices for handling those denials and lost claims. *Best suited for staff who are certified through the AAPC and needing CEU credit | Thurs 10:30-11:20am | Fri 3:30-4:20pm | |
| Break the Paper Spell | Harness the power of EHR to get out from under that pile of paperwork! Identify ways to help your office become a paperless practice by scanning and uploading documents, using Bulk Upload, AdvancedPatient and AdvancedFax to avoid printing. | Thurs 3:30–4:25pm | Fri 10–10:50am | |
| Building AdvancedInsight Reports Workshop for Intermediate & Advanced Users | Bring your laptop and learn, hands-on, tips and tricks to building AdvancedInsight reports that will assist in the data analytics of your practice. | Thurs 3:30–4:25pm | Fri 2:30–3:20pm | |
| Charge Entry (CMS) for Intermediate/Advanced Users | Understand the more complex Professional Claims charge entry options available to you, when to use them, how to use them, and determine the right method for your practice. If you are using Ellkay, understand how to use the dashboard. | Fri 10-10:50am | Sat 1:30-2:30pm | |
| Charge Entry (CMS) for New Users | Understand the variety of Professional Claims charge entry options available to you and determine the right method for your practice. If you are using Ellkay, understand how to use the dashboard. | Thurs 10:30-11:20am | Fri 1:30–2:20pm | |
| Claims Center Workshop | Bring your laptop and learn how to research Unbilled Edits, Exclusions and work your claims in the Claims Center. | Thurs 2:30-3:20pm | Sat 2:30-3:20pm | |
| Conquering the CBO for the AdvancedBiller | Understand the importance and learn about all the functions and features of your CBO. Increase your productivity through understanding the EOD Manager, Claims Center, Multiple Schedules, Charge Entry, and Collection Worklists that are unique to the CBO. | Thurs 10:30-11:20am | Sat 2:30-3:20pm | |
| Effective ePrescribing/EPCS Workshop | Get your questions answered about ePrescribing, learn time saving features and discover the tools available to help you manage and make informed medication decisions. *Bring your laptop! |
Sat 4:30–5pm | n/a | |
| EHR Administrators Workshop | Fine tune the EHR effectiveness with a review of User Preferences, System Setup, and EHR Tools. | Fri 4:30–5pm | Sat 4–4:25pm | |
| EHR Patient Reporting Workshop | Discover how this EHR tool can help you generate specific patient lists based on your chosen criteria. Explore possible work flow efficiencies using word merge documents and exporting to Excel. | Fri 11–11:25am | Sat 3:30–3:55pm | |
| EHR Templates for Advanced Users | Explore the template field types in detail and learn how to create note and subnote templates from scratch. *This session is designed to be taken by those with advanced template modification experience. |
Fri 1:30–2:20pm | Sat 1:30–2:20pm | |
| EHR Templates for New/Intermediate Users | Learn how to delete, modify, reorder and create fields within the templates imported from the library to better match your office workflow. | Thurs 2:30-3:20pm | Fri 10–10:50am | |
| Ellkay | Medical Practices spend months researching, selecting, and implementing new EMR systems. ELLKAY partners with EMR companies and offer cutting-edge solutions. | Thurs 4:30-5pm | Fri 4:30–5pm | |
| Empowering Your Patient Portal | Learn how to set up and customize the Patient Portal and email invite. Understand how data is driven to the Patient Portal, use the portal and view it in action from the patient’s point of view. As a key component of MACRA, master this resource to create a culture of collaboration between patients and staff to encourage patient participation in using the Portal. *This session is a prerequisite to the Patient Forms and AdvancedPatient session. |
Thurs 2:30–3:20pm | Fri 11am–12pm | |
| Health Information Exchange & CIE | Learn how to set up your template to make your Outbound CIE most effective and meet the Health Information Exchange Objective of Advancing Care Information (ACI). Get a direct messaging address today and test it out. | Thurs 1:30-2:20pm | Fri 2:30-3:20pm | |
| HIPAA Survival Guide | HIPAA One invites you to accelerate your practice’s HIPAA compliance by working smarter, not harder! | Thurs 11:30am–12pm | Fri 11:30am–12pm | |
| MACRA Quality Payment Program – ACI & IA Category | What do are your performance numbers? Learn what is part of Advancing Care Information and making sure you are participating fully. Understand the Improvement Activities and what is needed to meet the category requirements. *Participate in the AMA StepsForward classes offered at EVO17 to fulfill one IA |
Thurs 1:30-2:20pm | Sat 1:30–2:20pm | |
| MACRA MIPS – Get Started! | Haven’t started MIPS reporting yet? Don’t Panic! Find out how you can still participate in 2017 to avoid a negative adjustment. | Thurs 11:30am–12pm | Thurs 4:30–5pm | |
| MACRA MIPS – Quality Category | How will you report Quality? Learn how to use AdvancedMD to report your MIPS Quality performance category. | Thurs 3:30–4:25pm | Fri 11am–12pm | |
| MACRA – QPP in 2018 | The new 2018 Quality Payment Program rule changes the landscape for MIPS and Advanced APMs. We will review key elements of MIPS and Advanced APMs under the 2018 QPP Rule. | Fri 4:30–5pm | Sat 4:30–5pm | |
| Microsoft Word in the EHR for Advanced Users | Learn advanced techniques to create and edit professional Microsoft Word Merge documents and utilize word merge format properties. Discover the secret to a sleek looking document when using Subnote Template Word Merge printing. *This session is designed for the Microsoft Word advanced user. |
Fri 3:30–4:20pm | Sat 3:30–4:25pm | |
| Microsoft Word in the EHR for New/Intermediate Users | Learn tips and tricks to create and edit professional Microsoft Word Merge documents to use with visit notes and patient reporting. | Fri 2:30–3:20pm | Sat 1:30–2:20pm | |
| Money, Money, Money | Payments are the lifeblood of your practice. Learn the most effective ways to collect and manually post payments from both Payors and patients. Electronic Remittance Advice is the life-saver for payment posters. Learn how to set it up effectively to efficiently post electronic EOBs. | Thurs 2:30–3:20pm | Fri 2:30–3:20pm | |
| New Features in AdvancedEHR | See the new evolution of the EHR and get the opportunity to provide input. | Fri 4:30–5pm | n/a | |
| New Features in AdvancedPatient | Learn how to engage your patients where they are, online and on their mobile devices. Learn about our exciting new features in the AdvancedMD Patient Engagement Suite including, Online Patient Intake Forms, Practice Marketing, Appointment Reminders, Online Scheduling, Telemedicine and Reputation Management. | Thurs 11:30am–12pm | n/a | |
| New Features in AdvancedPM | See the new features of AdvancedPM. Get the opportunity to provide input. | Sat 4:30-5pm | n/a | |
| New Features in AdvancedScheduling | Learn about the newest features coming soon to AdvancedScheduling. | Fri 4:30–5pm | n/a | |
| Online Scheduling | Learn about one of the latest features coming soon to AdvancedMD: Online Scheduling! | Sat 3:30–3pm | n/a | |
| Patient Billing & Collections | With 25% of all practice revenue coming from patients, it’s imperative to have fast, simple and effective workflows to gather patient payments. Learn how to set up Patient Billing Rules and use the Patient Billing Wizard to effectively increase patient revenue. | Fri 3:30–4:20pm | Sat 2:30–3:20pm | |
| Patient Forms Workshop | Learn how to create patient forms to be used with the Kiosk and/or Patient Portal that can help simplify practice tasks, increase patient engagement and reduce redundant steps in gathering patient data. *Don’t forget your laptop! **This session is a prerequisite to the Patient Forms and AdvancedPatient session. |
Fri 1:30–2:20pm | Sat 2:30–3:20pm | |
| Payment Processing for the AdvancedBiller | Take your knowledge of payment posting to the next level! Learn how to master common challenges when posting payments from both payers and patients, using manual posting and Electronic Remittance Advice. In addition, see how the Central Billing Office (CBO) can help improve your efficiency. | Thurs 1:30–2:20pm | n/a | |
| Payment Processing for the Advanced User | Take your knowledge of payment posting to the next level! Learn how to master common challenges when posting payments from both payers and patients, using manual posting and Electronic Remittance Advice. | Fri 11am–12pm | Sat 1:30–2:20pm | |
| Payment Security that Powers the Practice | Come learn about the latest cyber security threats and how OpenEdge and Advanced MD are working hard to protect your practice and keep you from harm’s way. | Thurs 11:30am-12pm | Sat 4:30-5pm | |
| Payor Collections for Intermediate/Advanced Users | Maximize your workflow by expanding your knowledge of the Collections Module. Take advantage of more complex features and setup options to manage your A/R as efficiently as possible. | Fri 10–10:50am | Sat 3:30–4:25pm | |
| Payor Collections for New Users | Are your collections out of control? Learn how using the Collections Module can reduce the manual efforts of working a printed aging report and improve the productivity of your office. | Thurs 3:30–4:25pm | Fri 1:30–2:20pm | |
| Practice Management Administrators Workshop | Is your office key configured to run as efficiently as possible for your practice? Bring your laptop, meet your peers, discuss staff role setup and analyze your system defaults to identify areas that could be better utilized and help streamline processes. | Thurs 4:30-5pm | Sat 4:30-5pm | |
| Put the HealthWatcher to Work | Learn how to setup and use the HealthWatcher EHR tool to increase efficiency by managing future appointments, recurring medications, lab orders and help you better manage patient care. | Fri 3:30-4:20pm | n/a | |
| Put Your Lab Results to Work | Don’t have a lab interface? Invest a little time to set up your Test Codes and Result Sets; learn how this data will benefit your practice and productivity. Have an interface? Learn all about the tools and options available to you. Discover Order Manifests, the Healthwatcher, Result Linker and how all the data can improve outcomes. | Thurs 1:30-2:20pm | n/a | |
| Reporting for the AdvancedBiller | Using the Report Center in the CBO, discover the reports that help identify trends, monitor productivity, and proactively spot issues before they are a concern. | Thurs 2:30–3:20pm | Sat 3:30–4:25pm | |
| Reporting – Know the Numbers | Use the Report Center to identify trends with financial reports, monitor productivity and potential missed income with audit reports; use the numbers to increase efficiency and revenue. | Thurs 3:30-4:25pm | Fri 2:30-3:20pm | |
| Revolutionize your Healthcare Delivery with Telemedicine | Learn how to integrate telemedicine into your practice, reduce the cost of providing care and increase patient satisfaction through the AdvancedMD Telemedicine. | Thurs 10:30-11:20am | Fri 1:30-2:20pm | |
| Security and Technical Backbone Roundtable | Cybersecurity is the use of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect your programs, computers, networks and especially your data from attack or unauthorized access. Discuss with our VP of Architecture how best to protect yourself in this electronic age. | Sat 2:30–3:20pm | n/a | |
| Take it Mobile Doc | Physicians and patients aren’t stationary, your practice doesn’t have to be either! This session will demonstrate the many ways you can take your practice mobile. Bring your iPad/iPhone with the Mobile Doc app installed from the App Store, follow along and learn how to use in your practice. | Thurs 10:30-11:20am | Fri 3:30-4:20pm | |
| The A to Z’s of the Claims Center | Accepting rejected claims is akin to doing pro-bono work. Understand how to use the Claim Inspector, Unbilled, Exclusions, and EDI Reports tabs to implement industry best practices to increase your claims efficiency rate. | Thurs 1:30-2:20pm | Fri 11am-12pm | |
| The What, Why & How of implementing a Care Plan (1 CEU) | Learn all about a Care Plan, what it is and how to implement into your documentation. *Best suited for staff who are certified through the AAPC and needing CEU credit |
Thurs 1:30-2:20pm | Fri 10-10:50am |
