2018 Big Sky AMES Conference Agenda

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort

August 15th-17th, 2018

Tuesday, August 14th
4:00 pm / Board Meeting at Fairmont Hot Springs Boardroom

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

8:00-8:55 am / Registration Desk Open for All Attendee’s
Breakfast on Your Own
Jobst Custom Compression Workshop
Bitterroot Room / Respiratory Track
Sapphire Room / Regulatory/Reimbursement Track
Ponderosa Room
9:00-9:55 am / Jobst Custom Compresson Workshop
Amy Ewell
Scott Tomy / High Flow Therapy
Merri Dawson
Fisher Paykel / How To Fight the Awarding of a Sole Source Contract and/or a Drastic Reimbursement Cut by Medicaid Managed Care Plan
Jeff Baird
10:00-10:25 am / Vendor Break / Vendor Break / Vendor Break
10:30-11:55 am / Jobst Custom Compresson Workshop
Amy Ewell
Scott Tomy / The Ins and Outs of Airway Secretion Clearance
Damian Solorzano
Respironics / The Home Modifications Opportunity: Awesome Possibilites
Jim Greatorex, VGM
12:00-12:55 pm / Lunch
President’s Welcome
Alesha Rate
1:00-1:55 pm / Jobst Custom Compresson Workshop
Amy Ewell
Scott Tomy / Proportional Open Ventilation
Melissa Sasser
Breathe Technologies / Deal or NO Deal – Options When You Can't Accept the Payers for Fee Schedule
Dan Fedor, VGM
2:00-2:55 pm / Jobst Custom Compresson Workshop
Amy Ewell
Scott Tomy / Mask impact on Effectiveness and Adherance therapies
Kurt Bywater
Respironics / Unique Cash Opportunities with Technology Product Solutions
Jim Greatorex, VGM
Part 1
3:00-3:25 pm / Vendor Break / Vendor Break / Vendor Break
3:30-5:00 pm / Jobst Custom Compresson Workshop
Amy Ewell
Scott Tomy / CPAP
Ronda Buhrmester, VGM / Unique Cash Opportunities with Technology Product Solutions
Jim Greatorex, VGM
Part 2
5:30 pm-?? / Ladder Ball Tournament & Dinner Out By the Pavilion

***Vendor Booths will be open at 10:00 am Wednesday and all day Thursday in the Vendor Hall! Support our Vendors by visiting their booths. Without their support our convention would not be possible!***

Thursday, August 16th, 2018

8:00-8:55 am / Registration by the Vendor Room
Breakfast on Your Own
Rehab Track
Bitterroot Room / Respiratory Track
Sapphire Room / Regulatory/ Reimbursement Track
Ponderosa Room
9:00-9:55 am / Can I Afford to Repair the Chair
Dan Fedor, VGM / Noridian
Cindy White / Noridian & C2C Solutions
Cindy White/Noridian
Emily Stroupe/C2C Innocative Solutions
10:00-10:25 am / Vendor Break / Vendor Break / Vendor Break
10:30-12:00 pm / Mobility Documentation for SMART People
Dan Fedor, VGM / Noridian
Cindy White / Noridian & C2C Solutions
Cindy White/Noridian
Emily Stroupe/C2C Innocative Solutions
12:00-1:25 pm / Lunch Break
John Gallagher, VGM
Ashley Plauche’ AA Homecare
1:30-2:25 pm / Wheelchair Positioning 101
Is It All About The Cushion?
Jed Malmberg
Drive / BIPAP
Rhonda Burmester
VGM / Innovative Marketing While Avoiding Legal Landmines
Jeff Baird
2:30-3:25 pm / Befuddled About Support Surfaces?
Become an Expert
Jed Malmberg
Drive / ETCO2
Ventilator Graphics
Micheal Hewitt
Breas / Modifier Magic
Ronda Buhrmester
VGM
3:30-3:55 pm / Vendor Break
4:00-5:00 pm / Competing Compliantly
Ronda Buhrmester, VGM
Dan Fedor, VGM / Competing Compliantly
Ronda Buhrmester, VGM
Dan Fedor, VGM / Aggressively Moving into the Retail Market
Jeff Baird
6:00 pm-??? / Banquet and Bonfire at Peterson’s Corral
*5:30 p.m. Bus will start transporting to the banquet dinner/Pavilion Exit by vendor area

Friday, August 18th, 2018

8:00-8:55 am / Registration by the Vendor Room
Breakfast on Your Own
Vendor Room
9:00-9:55 am / Montana Medicaid
Aleasha Horn & Dan Peterson
10:00-10:15 am / Break
10:15-11:15 am / Montana Medicaid
Aleasha Horn & Dan Peterson