JACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC), a leading provider in billing and practice management for anesthesia and pain management specialty, is pleased to announce the success of the 2nd annual Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Practice Management (AIAPM). The AIAPM was held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on April 17-19, 2015 and attracted 340 participants, an increase of nearly 10 percent over the 2014 inaugural AIAPM.
During three days of plenary and breakout sessions, attendees heard presentations by 16 speakers including chief executives of national anesthesia practice management companies, private equity firm principals, academic anesthesiologists, compliance and health information technology experts and lawyers and consultants. Roundtable discussions, meals and refreshment breaks sponsored by some of the 35 exhibitors provided ample opportunity for participants to share information.
The participants—practicing anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists, anesthesia group managers and billing professionals—were highly enthusiastic about the program. Comments received on the evaluation forms included the following:
- Excellent conference. The topics should be mandatory education for every anesthesia provider. Appreciate the expertise of the presenters.
- Great speakers and interesting topics. Enjoyed the whole conference and anticipate the next one.
- Great topics re consolidation. Super speakers. Great materials and helpful to have flash drive with the materials. Also, exhibits were terrific. Hotel nice.
- Had the best of medical coding experts there.
Presenters were equally enthusiastic. This feedback from one of the speakers was typical: “I’d like to add my thanks for a great conference. In a year when there have been so many changes that have created much confusion for our profession, I feel that the information provided was timely and went a long way to provide clarity for the attendees. I enjoyed meeting everyone involved, both new faces and familiar friends. I loved the wide spectrum of people there-from coders, to administrators, to providers and payers.”
The AIAPM is sponsored jointly by Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC, Tulane University Health Sciences Center and Medical Business Solutions, LLC. It offers continuing education credit for physicians, nurse anesthetists and certified medical coders.
The third annual AIAPM will be held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on June 3-6, 2016. To be placed on the mailing list for program and registration information, please contact info@AIAPMConference.com or click on the subscribe link on the website.
About Anesthesia Business Consultants
ABC, established in 1979, is the nation’s largest billing and practice management company dedicated to the complex and intricate specialty of anesthesia and pain management. ABC is the developer of the premier perioperative anesthesia platform, OneSourceAnesthesia, the mobile systems architecture that supports the entire perioperative process. OneSourceAnesthesia provides patient portals, pre-admission testing tracking, intra-operative documentation, and anesthesia quality measures tracking. Our revolutionary F1RSTUse secures the benefits of Meaningful Use through complete EHR. The heart of our offerings is ABC’s proprietary practice management software, F1RSTAnesthesia™. ABC’s newest tool, F1RSTAnalytics™ offers real-time data prowess, providing the data to aid in operating your anesthesia practice as an effective clinical organization and successful business. Our solutions provide accurate, prompt and complete billing and revenue cycle management. Our exclusive focus improves your cash flow and profitability. Visit ABC at: www.anesthesiallc.com.
