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  • Sunday, October 13, 2024
  • 8:25 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    ACCWS Opening Remarks
  • 8:25 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ACCWS Wound Care
  • 8:30 AM – 8:35 AM CT
    Intro/Welcome
  • 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    Malpractice Insurance
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Wound Hygiene / Periwound Care

    *Speaker: Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON-AP, FACCWS – Essentia Health

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Practice Management
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Ultrasonography and Imaging (Fundamentals) Ticketed
  • 8:35 AM – 8:55 AM CT
    Pelvic Venous Disorders (Ticketed)
  • 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Value Based Care
  • 8:55 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Pelvic Station 1 (Ticketed)
  • 8:55 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Pelvic Station 2 (Ticketed)
  • 8:55 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Pelvic Station 3 (Ticketed)
  • 8:55 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Pelvic Station 4 (Ticketed)
  • 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM CT
    C1 Disease: To Sclero Or Not To Sclero (Tickected)
  • 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM CT
    How To Choose Your EMR
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Debridement / Wound Bed Prep

    *Speaker: Tracy Winkley, PT, CWS, CLT, FACCWS – American College of Clinical Wound Specialists (ACCWS)

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Sclerotherapy (Ticketed)
  • 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Choosing The Right Sclerosants - Types, Concentrations, Volume (Ticketed)
  • 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Handling a RAC/CMS Audit
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Billing and Coding Appropriately
  • 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM CT
    To Foam Or Not to Foam
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Evaluation of Wounds in the Dysvascular Limb

    *Speaker: Jean Archer, DPM, FACPM, FACCWS, FASPS,CWS – University of Rochester Medical Center

  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    How To Deal With Denials
  • 9:50 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Compression - What's The Evidence
  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    How To Negotiate Pricing For Supplies, Join A Purchasing Group?
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Antibiotic Stewardship
  • 10:10 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Avoiding Complications and Managing Disaster
  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Panel Discussion
  • 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM CT
    Lower Extremity Venous Disorders
  • 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM CT
    Upper Extremity Venous Disorders (Ticketed)
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Break
  • 10:35 AM – 11:55 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Station 2 - Superficial Vein (Ticketed)
  • 10:35 AM – 11:55 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Station 3 - Deep Vein (Ticketed)
  • 10:35 AM – 11:55 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Station 4 - Upper Vein (Ticketed)
  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Chronic Wounds and Biopsy Indications

    *Speaker: Wade P. Farrow, MD, CWSP – Farrow Consulting, LLC

  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Competing With The Hospital For Patients
  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Injection Technique - Tips and Tricks
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Practice Management
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Sclerotherapy (Ticketed)
  • 10:55 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Hands-On Ultrasound: Station 1 - Superficial Vein (Ticketed)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM CT
    Video - How We Do It?
  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Competing With The Hospital For Staff
  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Chronic Wounds In Swollen Legs

    *Speaker: Matthew M. Melin, MD, FACS, RPVI, FACCWSS – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

  • 11:05 AM – 11:25 AM CT
    Sclerotherapy : Station 1
  • 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Should I Sell My Practice and To Whom?
  • 11:25 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Sclerotherapy : Station 2
  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    When Should I Retire and How Should I Do It?
  • 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ACCWS Q&A/Panel Discussion

    Moderator: Wade P. Farrow, MD, CWSP – Farrow Consulting, LLC

  • 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Panel Discussion
  • 11:45 AM – 12:05 PM CT
    Sclerotherapy : Station 3
  • 11:55 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Q&A Session