Wi-Mn Annual Meeting

PROGRAM (subject to change).  In addition to a variety of 10.5 credits for the talks listed below, we are pleased to offer two puzzles provided by MTEC (1 ML and 1 TW)

Friday, September 30

7:30am – Registration with continental breakfast

8:30am – Welcome by Wi-Mn President and Badger State Chapter President

8:45am – Healthcare Documentation in the 21st Century by Sheryl Williams, CMT, AHDI-F - 1.5 TW

10:15am - Break 
 

10:30am – Legal and Ethical Consequences for the Living Kidney Donor by Dru Straatman, BSN, CCTC (University of Wisconsin) - 1 ML

11:30am –  Lunch / Vendors

1:15pm – Making a “Love" Connection with your Invisible Work Teams by Jane Bates, RHIT - 1.5 PD

2:45pm – Transcription and Coding by Marge Spieth, PhD, CMT, CCA (Moraine Park Technical College) - 1 PD

3:45pm - Break

4:00pm – How Gundersen Lutheran Uses EHR Integrated Partial Dictation by Judith Weibel, MS, RHIA - 1 TW

5:30pm to 8:00pm – Welcome Reception / Vendor Showcase with heavy snacks/cash bar

Saturday, October 1

7:30am – Wi-Mn Annual Business Meeting, breakfast

8:45am – Life is Hard, Food is Easy by Patti Anderson, RN, BSN - 1 CM

9:45am – Robotics for Urology by Chris A. Hofland, MD - 1 CM

10:45am - Break

11:00am – Technology and Transcription – Where do we go from here? by Nicholas J Mahurin, CEO of InfraWare - 1.5 TW

12:30pm – Lunch / Vendor Showcase and drawings / Door Prize drawings / Completion of Silent Auction

1:45pm – Ethical Issues Related to Advanced Healthcare by Amy Smith, RN, MSN, CNE - 1 ML

08/10/2011...IMPORTANT.  The hotel is filling up fast.  Be sure to make your reservation before 08/29 and be sure to tell them you are with the Wi-Mn AHDI.  Our block of rooms are the only rooms that are available at this time.  BOOK!

Looking for a roommate or someone to ride with to LaCrosse?  Contact any of the convention coordinators listed on the home page (toward the bottom left)


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2011 WI-MN AHDI ANNUAL MEETING

September 30 – October 1, 2011

“Rivers of Knowledge, Currents of Change”

FULL PROGRAM INCLUDES: 
Education Sessions Friday and Saturday/Exhibits
Breakfast and Lunch Friday and Saturday

Friday evening Welcome Reception

REGISTRATION FEES: 
Full Package
$150 to $225 depending on early bird, member status or regular fees
                            
One Day Only (Friday OR Saturday)      
$90 to $140, again depending on early bird, member status or regular fees

For those only interested in a few of the talks, the fee is $25 per credit

MT Student (see below)

Early fees apply to forms postmarked by September 1, Regular fees apply thereafter

NOTE:  Current AHDI, AHIMA and AAPC members are eligible for member rates

Lunch guest Friday $15 each
Lunch guest Saturday $15 each
Welcome Reception guest $15 each

FEES ARE PAYABLE BY CHECK, MASTERCARD or VISA (see form for instructions)

Mail completed registration with check/credit card info to:            
Deb Behnke, CMT

WI-MN AHDI Treasurer

1341 W. Cloverdale Drive
Appleton, WI  54914

For questions regarding payment, contact Deb Behnke via email:  dbehnke3@new.rr.com

For questions regarding registration in general, contact Debbie Krapfl via email:  dkrapfl@transolutions.net

CANCELLATION POLICY:  Refund request must be received in writing by September 15 for a 50% refund

OKTOBERFEST WILL BE IN FULL SWING IN LaCROSSE FOR THOSE ARRIVING ON THURSDAY

WI-MN AHDI Annual Meeting

September 30 – October 1, 2011

Best Western Riverfront Hotel

1835 Rose Street

LaCrosse, WI  54603

608-781-7000

877-688-9260

Ask for the “Wisconsin-Minnesota AHDI” rate which is $99.99 per night plus tax, any room size if reserved by 08/29/2011.

Things to do in LaCrosse!!! 

The 51^st Annual Oktoberfest runs for two weeks and will be going on during our meeting. 

Apple Blossom Scenic drive – a scenic overlook in Minnesota through neighboring LaCrescent, the “Apple Capital” of MN

Granddad Bluff – 540-foot bluff overlooking LaCrosse with a beautiful view of 3 states (WI, MN and IA)

Lock and Dam No 7 and 8 – watch the barges work their way up and down the Mississippi River

Historical homes and museums, cruises on the Mississippi

www.explorelacrosse.com

www.cityoflacrosse.org

Fun Facts about LaCrosse

LaCrosse is ideally located between the tall limestone bluffs and the mighty Mississippi River in the heart of what is known as the “Driftless Region” – an area of western WI and southeastern MN spared the flattening effects of the Ice Age glaciers that covered 2/3 of North America.  With its steep hardwood-studded hills and deep valleys intact, the region’s rugged beauty is unequaled anywhere in the Midwest.  The area has attracted travelers since early mammoth hunters came to the confluence of the 3 rivers (Mississippi, Black and LaCrosse).  According to Native American legend, “big winds will not blow where three bodies of water meet” and LaCrosse has had very few tornadoes in recorded history.  LaCrosse was ranked in the “Top 10 Best Places to Live” by US News & World Report, 2009.  It was also ranked as #13 of the top 25 best green places to live in America by Country Home Magazine, 2007.