Agenda

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

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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