CPT RBRVS Symposium Presentations

The CPT and RBRVS 2012 Annual Symposium was held on Nov. 16-18, 2011 in Chicago.The Conference Faculty included 26 Primary Presenters, 5 Contractor Medical Directors, and the AMA Directors of CPT Coding & Regulatory Affairs and Physician Payment Policy & Systems.

The slide presentation titles for each of the conference topics listed below contain links to the documents, and each presentation has been converted to a PDF file for ease of downloading.

Wednesday

• CPT Process Overview
  Peter A. Hollmann, MD
  AMA CPT Editorial Panel Chair
  
  Marie Mindeman, BA, RHIT
  AMA Director CPT Coding and Regulatory Affairs
• RUC Process Overview
  Arthur R. Traugott, MD
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Vice-Chair
  
  Sherry L. Smith, MS, CPA, AMA
  Director Physician Payment Policy and Systems
• Medicare Physician Payment Schedule 2011 Changes and Beyond
  Kenneth B. Simon, MD, MBA
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  
  Marc Holstein, Deputy Director
  Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• E/M Vaccines
  Peter A. Hollmann, MD
  AMA CPT Editorial Panel Chair

Thursday

• Pain Medicine
  Marc L. Leib, MD, JD
  American Society of Anesthesiologists
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Advisory Committee Member
• Ophthalmology
  Michael X. Repka, MD
  American Academy of Ophthalmology
  AMA CPT Advisory Committee Member
• General Surgery
  Albert E. Bothe, Jr, MD, FACS
  American College of Surgeons
  AMA CPT Editorial Panel Member
  
  Christopher K. Senkowski, MD, FACS
  American College of Surgeons
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee(RUC) Advisory Committee Member
• Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine
  Scott Manaker, MD, PhD
  American College of Chest Physicians
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Advisory Committee Member
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
  Francis C. Nichols, III, MD
  Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  AMA CPT Advisor Committee member
  
  Peter Smith, MD
  Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Member
• Neurology
  Gregory Barkley, MD
  American Academy of Neurology
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Alternate Member
• Vascular Surgery
  Sean P. Roddy, MD, FACS
  Society for Vascular Surgery
  AMA CPT Advisory Committee Member
  
  Robert A. Zwolak, MD
  Society for Vascular Surgery
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Advisory Committee Member
• Pathology and Laboratory
  Mark S. Synovec, MD, MBA
  College of American Pathologists
  AMA CPT Editorial Panel Member
  
  Jonathan L. Myles, MD
  College of American Pathologists
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Advisory Committee Member
• Audiology
  Richard W. Waguespack, MD, FACS
  The Triological Society
  AMA CPT Advisory Committee Member

Friday

• Radiology
  Richard Duszak, Jr., MD, FACR
  American College of Radiology
  AMA CPT Editorial Panel Member
  
  Geraldine B. McGinty, MD, MBA
  American College of Radiology
  AMA/Specialty Society RelativeValue Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Advisory Committee Member
• Cardiology
  Kenneth P. Brin, MD, PhD, FACC
  AMA CPT Editorial Panel Vice Chair
  
  James C. Blankenship, MD, FACC
  American College of Cardiology
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Member
• Orthopaedics
  R. Dale Blaiser, MD, FRCS(C), MBA
  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Member
• Prevention and the Affordable Care Act
  Julie M. Pillsbury, DO, FAAP, FACOP
  American Academy of Pediatrics
  AMA CPT Editorial PanelMember
  
  Walter L. Larimore, MD, DABFP, FAAFP
  American Accademy of Family Physicians
  AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update
      Committee (RUC) Member