This document summarizes several state and regional meetings for orthopaedic practice administrators that took place in the fall of 2010. It provides information on the board members and topics discussed at meetings held by the New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Midwest, Iowa and Florida orthopaedic associations. Key discussion points included starting and managing DME programs, IT/cloud solutions, compliance programs, healthcare reform, EMR/meaningful use, HR and regulatory issues. Attendees found the meetings provided valuable networking opportunities and discussions on relevant orthopaedic practice management topics.

1. Fall-2010
State/Regional AAOE
Meetings

2. Innagural -NE AAOE
Meeting (Sept. 23-24)

3. NE-AAOE Board
Members

4. NE-AAOE Board
Members
Diane Menard-President
Glenn Elia-Vice President
Leighann Huml-Treasurer
Janice Brandl-Secretary

5. NE-AAOE
Meeting Topics
Starting a DME Program
Managing a DME Program
Ortho IT & Cloud
Umbrella Groups
Effective Compliance Programs

6. NE-AAOE
Great Networking

7. NE-AAOE
Meeting Peers

8. New York State BONES Meeting
(Oct. 7-8 Albany, NY)

9. New York State-BONES
Board Members
Joel Farwell-President
Lorraine Woods-Vice President
Alan Akun-Treasurer
Megan O’Connor-Secretary

10. New York State-BONES

11. Pennsylvania AAOE Meeting
(Sept. 22-24)

12. Pennsylvania-AAOE
Board Members
Dolly Greenholt-Chairman of the Board
Bonnie Lynch-President
Linda Thoms-Vice President
John Spearly-Vice President
Steven Haraschak-Treasurer
Cathy Gingrich-Secretary

13. Pennsylvania-AAOE
Meeting Topics
Customer Relations
HR Issues/Employment Law
Leadership & Performance Evaluations
Ancillary Revenue Streams
Health Reform Update
EMR

14. Midwest AAOE Meeting
(Sept. 24-25)

15. MIDWEST-AAOE
Board
Members
Jennifer Ale-Ebrahim
President
Jim Kidd
Secretary/Treasurer

16. MIDWEST-AAOE
Meeting Topics
Health Care Reform and Small Business
Government Incentives-e-RX and Meaningful Use
Stark and Anti-Kickback issues related to Ancillaries
DME
Orthopaedic Industry Trends
Managing Performance Evaluations

17. Midwest-AAOE
Stretching Our Minds

18. Midwest-AAOE
Good Conversation & Deep Thoughts

19. Building Our Vendor
Relationships

20. Iowa BONES
Meeting (Oct. 8) Iowa City, IA

21. Iowa BONES (the membership decided to keep the original name) met
on Friday, October 8th
in Iowa City, Iowa. We were hosted by the
Assistant to the Chair at the University of Iowa, Paul Etre. There were
12 members present. Our meetings are typically quite informal and
consist of roundtable discussion on topics submitted by the
membership. Our spring meeting will be held in Des Moines on March
25, 2011.
Cheryl Ahern
Iowa Bones

22. Florida BONES
Meeting (Sept 24-26) St.
Petersburg, FL

23. Florida BONES Board Members
Executive Director-Frank Cobbe
President-Martin Shipman
Past President-Debi Mitchell
President Elect-Anicete Aguyao
Treasurer-M. Robin Fox
Secretary-Shanna Jones
Membership Chair-Tania Jones

24. Florida BONES Board Members
Great Speakers!

25. Florida BONES Board Members
Debi Mitchell passing the torch
to Martin Shipman!
Fraser Cobbe, Martin
Shipman & Debi Mitchell

26. Florida BONES
Meeting Topics
Managed Care Contracting
Regulatory Compliance
HIPPA Privacy Violations
ICD-10
Meaningful Use
Human Resources

27. Feel free to visit some of the State/Regional sites for
power points from their meetings, while all the
material may not be relevant to your state or region,
most of the information was pretty applicable to all
of us in orthopaedic practice management!