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Welcome – 2014 Annual Conference
August 6, 2014
Dear Fellow Ambulance Service Professional,
On behalf of the Illinois State Ambulance Association (ISAA) Board of Directors, I invite you to attend the
2014 ISAA Annual Conference!
This year’s Annual Conference is scheduled to take place Thursday, October 16 and Friday, October 17 at the
Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino on the riverfront in East Peoria, Illinois, and is set to bring you the best in
education, information, and fun. Included on our list of speakers are Brian Werfel, a nationally known
expert on Medicare issues; Corrinne Ball, NGS Medicare representative; and several well respected emergency
medical services (EMS) educators: Dr. Chris Nollette, Chris LeBaudour, Gary Wingrove, Dr. Matthew Jackson,
Dr. Richard Jorgensen, and Joe Degitz.
Conference sessions will be split into two tracks on Thursday; one for administrative/billing personnel and one
for operations personnel. The tracks will run simultaneously so it is important for not only owners, executives,
and managers to attend the administrative/billing track, but it is just as important to bring along your
operations staff to learn more about what’s going on in the field. To complement our operations track on
Friday, we will offer an optional educator’s track (seating is limited). This two-day conference will be packed
with information and even a little fun too!
As in the past, prizes will be given to individuals who visit each and every one of the vendors who have
exhibits set-up in the hall and outside the hotel. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we will once again
be hosting the annual EMS party on Thursday night! Join us for free food and drinks, giveaways, and
karaoke.
Conference registration for ISAA members is just $150 for the administrative track and $100 for the
operations or operations/educator’s track.
The ISAA Annual Conference has become one of the largest EMS gatherings in the state. Whether this is your
first conference or you are a conference veteran, there is always something new to learn. You won’t be
disappointed!
Check out all the information included in this brochure and online at
www.illinoisambulance.org.
Then, be
sure to book your hotel and register for this year’s Annual Conference, October 16 and 17 in East Peoria,
Illinois!
Best Regards,
Jed Rhoades
Jed Rhoades
Executive Director
9:00 am - 9:50 am Emotional & Social Intelligence: Hillbilly Heaven Medicare Update - Part 1 Dr. Christopher F. Nollette Brian Werfel
Salon C Salon B 9:50 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 10:50 am Do You See What I See? Medicare Update - Part 2 Christopher J. LeBaudour Brian Werfel
Salon C Salon B 10:50 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:50 am Lung/Heart Dissection Medicaid Update
Joe Degitz, RN Andrew Thornton, Kim Godden & Chris Vandenberg Salon C Salon B
11:50 am - 12:50 pm 12:50 pm - 2:00 pm 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Mentoring, Raising the Dead in our Profession HIPAA, Health Care Reform & Compliance Update Dr. Christopher F. Nollette Brian Werfel
Salon C Salon B 3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
3:50 pm - 4:40 pm Community Paramedicine: Here, There, "And Soon Everywhere" Reimbursement Roundtable - Various Topics Gary Wingrove Andrew Thornton, Kim Godden & Chris Vandenberg
Salon C Salon B 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks Closing Remarks
Salon C Salon B 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:50 am TBA NGS Medicare Ambulance Presentation Dr. Matthew Jackson NGS Medicare Representative - Corrine Ball
Salon C Salon B 9:50 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 10:50 am Heroin: The M odern Epidemic & What One Country is Doing to Fight It NGS Medicare Ambulance Presentation
Dr. Richard A. Jorgensen NGS Medicare Representative - Corrine Ball
Salon C Salon B
10:50 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:50 am TBA NGS Medicare Ambulance Presentation Dr. Matthew Jackson NGS Medicare Representative - Corrine Ball
Salon C Salon B 11:50 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Main Hall Annual Meeting Thursday, October 16, 2014 Friday, October 17, 2014
Exhibit Area Open Welcome & Sponsor Recognition
Salon A
Lunch Buffet (Provided) Salon A Registration
Main Hall
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration Main Hall 8:00 am - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast (Provided)
Salon A
Salon A
8:45 am - 9:00 am Welcome & Sponsor Recognition Salon A Break Main Hall Break Main Hall Break Main Hall Break Main Hall E x h ib it A re a O p e n Mock Trial
Brian Werfel, Christopher Vandenberg, Kim Godden & Joe Degitz Salon A
Break (Refreshments Provided) Exhibit Area
EMS Party Salon A & Exhibit Area
8:45 am - 9:00 am Break E x h ib it A re a O p e n
Sponsored by Advanced Medical Transport of Central Illinois
8:00 am - 4:45 pm
8:00 am - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast (Provided)
Break Exhibit Area
Featured Speakers
Brian S. Werfel, Esq.
Brian Werfel is a partner in Werfel & Werfel, PLLC, a New York based law firm specializing in Medicare issues related to the ambulance industry. Brian is a Medicare Consultant to the American Ambulance Association (AAA), and has authored numerous articles on Medicare reimbursement, most recently on issues such as the effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the
Affordable Care Act, the lifetime signature requirement, repeat admissions, and interrupted stays. He is a frequent lecturer on issues of ambulance coverage and reimbursement. Brian is co-author of AAA’s Medicare Reference Manual for Ambulance, as well as the author of the AAA’s HIPAA Reference Manual. Brian is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia School of Law. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, he specialized in mergers & acquisitions and commercial real estate at a
prominent New York law firm. Werfel & Werfel, PLLC was founded by David M. Werfel, who has been the Medicare Consultant to the AAA for over 20 years.
Christopher F. Nollette, Ed. D., NREMT-P, LP
Dr. Christopher Nollette is the director of the EMS program at Moreno Valley College in Riverside, California. He has over 30 years of involvement in EMS education, with concurrent professional experience in all public safety career fields, including: Air Medical, SWAT, and special technical rescue. He has a passionate teaching style that allows him the opportunity to deliver important points and objectives to a variety of learning styles while establishing and maintaining an open two-way teaching relationship with the students in his classes. Dr. Nollette has established an extensive history of leadership in the field of EMS. He has served as a
paramedic for over 28 years, an advanced life support paramedic, and a tactical and flight medic in both rural and urban settings. As a nationally recognized EMS educator and leader in the EMS profession, his credentials include establishing five degreed and accredited EMS college programs and serving as a Board Member for both NAEMSE and the nationally accreditation body CoAEMSP. He is also a founding member of the Education Scientific Sub-Committee on Education for the American Heart Association and a co-author of the NAEMSE Foundations of Education: an EMS Approach textbook. Currently, Dr. Nollette is one of the national coordinators and faculty for the NAEMSE Instructor Course.
Gary Wingrove
Gary Wingrove is Director of Strategic Affairs for Gold Cross/Mayo Clinic Medical Transport in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. He was a paramedic for 25 years before retiring his license in 2005. He is a former state EMS director and is current President of the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Research in EMS and of The Paramedic Foundation. Gary chairs the International Roundtable on CommunityParamedicine.
9:00 am - 9:50 am 9:50 am - 10:00 am 10:00 am - 10:50 am 10:50 am - 11:00 am 11:00 am - 11:50 am 11:50 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Friday, October 17, 2014 - Optional Educator's Track
Registration Main Hall 8:00 am - 8:45 am Break Christopher J. LeBaudour Classroom 1 Break
Creating Energy in the Classroom with Brain in Mind Dr. Christopher F. Nollette
Classroom 1 Continental Breakfast (Provided)
Salon A
Salon A Main Hall
Defining the "REAL" in Reality Based Training
Dr. Christopher F. Nollette & Christopher J. LeBaudour Classroom 1
Break Main Hall
Affective Education: Creating the Humanistic Environment Main Hall
Christopher J. LeBaudour MS. ED
Chris LeBaudour is well known in EMS education as a passionate and innovative speaker and instructor who specializes in experiential scenario-based education for all levels of EMS. Chris uses a “humanities” approach to EMS education and believes strongly in developing the whole person and not just the skills required to be a good field practitioner. Chris brings real life experience, together with an off the wall sense of humor, to create a fun and low stress learning experience. He is a prolific writer and has several major EMS publications on the market. Chris is a faculty member in the Department of Public Safety – EMS Division at Santa Rosa Junior College in California, where he has been teaching since 1984. Chris also serves as the Director of Communications for REACH Air Medical Services, a large helicopter and airplane air ambulance provider in the northwest. Chris believes strongly in the use of the internet as a tool for enhancing traditional EMS education and in 2002, received his Master’s degree in education with an emphasis on online teaching and learning. Prior to his teaching career, Chris worked as both an EMT and EMT-Intermediate for several private ambulance providers in California. Chris’ experience includes fieldwork in everything from dense urban to suburban and rural environments. Chris also has approximately 10 years of clinical emergency room experience in a mid size teaching hospital.
Matthew Jackson, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Dr. Matthew Jackson is the EMS and Disaster Medical Director for Peoria Area EMS/OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria Illinois. He holds clinical faculty appointment with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and works closely with the Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Jackson has more than 18 years of EMS experience, starting as a pre-hospital provider at both the BLS and ALS levels. In addition, he has been a tactical medical provider, and has aeromedical experience with OSF Life Flight in Peoria as a flight physician. Dr. Jackson has held the position of EMS Medical Director for Peoria Area EMS twice, and has also served as EMS Medical Director for Memorial Healthcare EMS in Springfield, Illinois.
Richard A. Jorgensen, MD, FACS
Dr. Richard Jorgensen currently serves as the DuPage County Coroner. Dr. Jorgensen is a graduate of Loyola University and the Stritch School of Medicine. Prior to his election in 2012, Dr. Jorgensen practiced general/vascular and trauma surgery in the western suburbs of Chicago for 20+ years. He maintains his Board Certification and Illinois Medical License. Dr. Jorgensen is a Fellow of the American College of Surgery and International College of Surgeons. He is an active member of the Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, along with numerous surgical societies. Throughout his medical training, practice of medicine and
experience as Coroner, Dr. Jorgensen has witnessed the devastating societal effects of drugs and addiction. Dr. Jorgensen frequently speaks about the heroin epidemic at public meetings, legislative forums, and schools and has appeared on both TV and radio.
Joe Degitz, MSN, BSN, RN
Joe Degitz has been a registered professional nurse for more than 20 years. His experience in various clinical settings populates his unique perspective on healthcare and the education of clinicians. Joe is currently Assistant Professor of Nursing at Bradley University. He is responsible for teaching senior medical-surgical nursing theory, critical-care clinical, pharmacology courses, and safety & emergency care, a 300 level health elective that teaches life saving first aid skills to non-nursing majors. He has
developed a unique and effective teaching approach combining scenario based skills labs and simulation with lecture. Starting as a volunteer EMT-A with his local rescue squad while still in high school, he has worked in various staff and management positions in critical care, long-term care, EMS, and outpatient wound care.
Corrinne R. Ball, RN CPC CAC
Corrinne is a Registered Nurse and graduate of Southern State Community College with an Associate’s Degree. She has 27 years of experience in the nursing field with a variety of specialty areas. She has worked for National Government Services for ten years. Corrinne has two years experience as a Medical Review Analyst and eight year’ experience in Medicare education. She has seven years of experience in reviewing documentation for Medicare ambulance claims and providing education to ambulance providers on medical review findings, coverage, and documentation. Corrinne became a Certified Professional Coder in 2009 and became a Certified Ambulance Coder in 2010.
Let’s start the Halloween season off right!
Join us Thursday evening, following the EMS Party, as we travel to the Peoria Asylum. Formerly known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane, this massive structure is a “hot spot” for paranormal activity. Featured in the popular series, “Ghost Hunters”, join us as we hunt for the Lady in White. Round-trip transportation will be provided from the Par-A-Dice Hotel & Casino.
Shuttles will depart at 9:30 p.m. and those who endure will return at 12:30 a.m. Pre-registration for this event is required with payment accepted in
advance or on-site. Cost: $30/person
21 Blackjack Drive
East Peoria, IL
(309) 699-7711
On-Site Lodging
Conference Code: 1015ISA
Conference Rate: $99 + Tax
Additional lodging is available throughout the East Peoria & Peoria Metro area
Nearby Accommodations
Hampton Inn
11 Winners Way
East Peoria, IL
(309) 694-0711
Embassy Suites
101 Conference Center Drive
East Peoria, IL
(309) 698-2669
Stoney Creek Hotel
101 Mariners Way
East Peoria, IL
(309) 694-1300
Peoria Asylum Registration
Organization Name:___________________________________________________________
1._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 4._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 5._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 6._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 7._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 8._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 9._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 10.____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ Total # of attendees:_________________ @ $30/person: $_________________Please e-mail registration forms to [email protected] Payment may be made in advance or during registration.
ISAA Annual Conference
October 16 & 17, 2014
Par-A-Dice Hotel & Casino
East Peoria, Illinois
Organization Name:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Organization Contact:________________________________________________________________________________________
Phone:_____________________Fax:__________________________E-Mail:____________________________________________
Conference Participant(s):
Please indicate Operations (Ops), Operations/Educators (O/E), orAdmin/Billing (A/B) Track
SAMPLE.__O/E________John_Doe_EMT/P_______________ E-Mail:[email protected]_____________________________ 1._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 4._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 5._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 6._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 7._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 8._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________ 9._____________________________________________________ E-Mail:______________________________________________________________
*We NEED e-mail addresses for EVERY participant, as we send updates and conference details via e-mail.
Registration Rates:
*After October 10, 2014, registrations will only be accepted via e-mail, with payment due on-site at the conference.
Members: Administrative/Billing Track – $150.00/person Operations Track - $100.00/person
Non-Members: Administrative/Billing Track - $175.00/person Operations Track - $125.00/person
Total Number of Registrants:
Administrative/Billing:____________ x $_____________ = $____________________
Operations:____________ x $ _____________= $____________________
Total Amt Due $_______________
Please visit our website at www.illinoisambulance.org for up-to-date conference information. Should you have further questions, please e-mail Jed Rhoades at [email protected]
Please submit all registration forms and payment to:
Illinois State Ambulance Association
Attn: Conference Registration
PO Box 464
Canton, IL 61520
