2023 Annual Meeting Agenda
Scroll to view 2023 Pre-Conference Schedule, Physician Schedule, & Practice Managers Program.
Annual Meeting Physician Program: 13.5 Credits
Thursday Program: 6.5 Credits
Thursday Pre-Conference (Separate fees apply, must register in advance.)
Thursday, July 20
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Registration Sign-in and Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:15 am
Welcome Remarks and Pre-test
8:15 am – 9:15 am
Guidelines: Osteoporosis including Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis - Mary Beth Humphrey, MD, PhD
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Guidelines: Perioperative Care of Rheumatic Patient - Susan Goodman, MD
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Restroom Break
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Update on Gout Treatment - Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Guidelines: Vaccines in Patients with Rheumatic Disease - Ann Bass, MD
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch in Classroom
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Update on Systemic Sclerosis - Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Guidelines: Alternative and Complimentary Medicine in Rheumatic Disease - Bryant England, MD, PhD
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Post-test
FSR 2023 Physician Schedule
Friday, July 21
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 am – 8:10 am
Opening Remarks and Pre-test
8:10 am – 9:10 am
IMIDs - Past, Present and Future - Ellen Gravallese, MD
9:10 am – 10:10 am
Primer for Rheumatologists on Understanding Next-Generation Proteomic and Transcriptomic Data - Al Kim, MD, PhD
10:10 am – 10:50 am
Break in Exhibit Hall
10:50 am – 11:50 am
Latest Update in Therapy of Lupus - Joan Merrill, MD
11:50 am – 12:50 pm
Long COVID and the Rheumatologist : What We Need To Know - Leonard Calabrese, DO
12:50 am – 1:50 pm
Buffet Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:50 am – 2:50 pm
JAKi and TYK2 Therapeutic Pathways - Grace Wright, MD, PhD
2:50 pm – 3:50 pm
Lung in Rheumatic Disease - Joyce Lee, MD
3:50 pm – 4:30 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Interstitial Lung Disease - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Janet Pope, MD
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Legislative & Sponsor Cocktail Reception - families are welcome
Saturday, July 22
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 am – 9:00 am
SpA/PsA - Where We Are & Where We Are Going - Philip Mease, MD
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Approach to Dermatologic Manifestations in SpA - Lourdes Perez Chada, MD
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Imaging in SpA - Walter Maksymowych, MD
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
VEXAS - Marcela Ferrada, MD
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Annual Business Meeting Luncheon
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Fellow Luncheon - Adam J. Grunbaum, DO
Sunday, July 23
8:00 am – 8:50 am
Innovative Data Collection/Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Rheumatology - Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MS, MPH
8:50 am – 9:00 am
Post-Test
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Best of Show Brunch & Fellow Abstract Awards
10:00 am – 10:50 am
Integrating Alternative Therapeutic Modalities in Rheumatology - George Munoz, MD
10:50 am – 11:40 am
Billing for Innovative Care Delivery Methods & Coding/Billing Update - Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC, AAPC Fellow
FSR 2023 Practice Managers Program
Friday, July 21
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 am – 8:15 am
Welcome Remarks - Planning Committee
8:15 am – 9:20 am
Can Ya Hear Me Now? – Racheal Busch-Feuer, ARNP, NEBC, DNP
9:20 am – 10:30 am
Coding & Auditing – Stephanie Allard
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break in Exhibit Hall
11:00 am – 12:25 pm
Roundtable Discussions - HR, Coding, Infusions – Marie E. Lara, CMPM; Meredith Hirsh, MBA; Shannon Deconda; Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC, AAPC Fellow
12:25 pm – 12:45 pm
Group Discussion – Planning Committee
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Inspiring Leadership: What Every Manager Must Know – Meredith Hirsh, MBA
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Legislative & Sponsor Cocktail Reception - families are welcome
Saturday, July 22
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Onboarding New Providers – Kelli Kelleher, MBA, CPPM, CRMS
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Employment Law – David Miklas, Esq.
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 11:30 am
CAC & PC – Kenneth Stark, MD, PA & Toni Large
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
2023-2024 Updates – Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC, AAPC Fellow
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch in Classroom
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Prize Drawing