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September 13, 2010 - Monday | |||||||||||
New Jersey Medicaid Meeting
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October 6, 2010 - Wednesday | |||||||||||
JAMES Delivery Technician Certification Program
Registration Deadline is October 1, 2010! JAMES will present Randy Schluter and his Delivery Technician Certification Program on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Registration will be from 10:00 - 10:30, the program will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. The program will be held at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa, One Ocean Boulevard, Long Branch, New Jersey. The Delivery Technician Certification Program (DTCP) is a national certification program for personnel responsible for medical equipment delivery, set up, and patient education. Here's a sample of what attendees get from the DTCP:
JAMES members will pay $149 per attendee. Non-members will pay $199 per attendee. The rate will include the full day program, manual, review, and testing. The program can be combined with our annual conference rate for attendance at both events. Please see attendee registration for "Barriers to Boomers - How to Overcome and Prosper" under the "Events" page of this website.  JAMES DTCP 2010 Registration |
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October 6 - 7, 2010 | |||||||||||
JAMES 2010 Annual Conference - Vendor Information
The Jersey Association of Medical Equipment Services is pleased to present their annual conference, "Barriers to Boomers - How to Overcome and Prosper". The conference will be held at the award-winning Ocean Place Resort & Spa, located in Long Branch, New Jersey on October 6 -7, 2010. Overnight guest rooms for JAMES guests will be available at a reduced rate of $169 per night and will include a full buffet breakfast. Vendor registration for the annual conference is now open. You may download the vendor registration packet below. The registration packet includes all pricing for exhibit space and sponsorship and details regarding the event. The JAMES Board of Directors would like to thank Invacare for once again choosing to be the sponsor of our President's Reception. A schedule of events is currently in development and will be released soon. Registered vendors include:
Please check back for updates, or contact Seth Auerbach, Conference Committee Chairperson at 856-854-3100, or Wendy Russalesi, Executive Director at 732-503-5665 with any questions that you may have.
JAMES 2010 Annual Conference Vendor Registration PacketJAMES Ocean Place Overnight Guest Room Reservation Form |
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October 6 - 7, 2010 | |||||||||||
JAMES 2010 Annual Conference - Attendee Information
The Jersey Association of Medical Equipment Services is pleased to present their annual conference, "Barriers to Boomers - How to Overcome and Prosper". The conference will be held at the award-winning Ocean Place Resort & Spa, located in Long Branch, New Jersey on October 6 - 7, 2010. Overnight guest rooms for JAMES guests will be available at a reduced rate of $169 per night, and will include a full buffet breakfast. This two-day event includes an Owner's Summit - program designed for owners and senior management staff, vendor exhibit booth displays, JAMES Board of Director elections, CEU courses, a general membership meeting and presentations by:
· Rahshaan Felder CMS Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor- Palmetto GBA "New Jersey - A Round 2 MSA: Competitive Bidding Essentials from CMS"
· David Barmak, Esquire JAMES General Counsel The Law Offices of David S. Barmak, LLC "Fraud and Abuse Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
· John Guhl, Director NJ Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (NJ Medicaid) "Medicaid: What's New in New Jersey"
· Chris Calderone Lean Homecare Consulting Group, LLC "Winning by Numbers: Getting Employees to Think Like Owners" "Introducing Lean Thinking Concepts for HME Providers"
· Alan Morris, Regulatory Analyst The VGM Group "Legislative Update"
· Randy Schluter, President DTCP/Ren Train "Delivery Technician Certification Program"
· Tyler Wilson, President American Association for Homecare "Election Update"
· James Hardiman & Elizabeth Daniels Outreach & Education Specialists, NHIC, Corp. "What's New: Medicare Hot Topics in New Jersey" · Erika Williams Ombudsman National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC) "NSC Update" · Kimberly Kiernan Molina Medicaid Solutions
Something for Everyone! This is a conference designed with something for everyone! Kicking off the two-day session on October 6 will be a specialized training and certification program for delivery technicians. The day moves on to offer billing staff a three hour presentation of the most up-to-date topics from NHIC, Corp's Outreach & Education Specialists, and a one hour presentation from the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC). Those who complete the training session will receive a certificate of attendance. In addition, three separate CEU courses - worth 1 CEU per course - are being sponsored by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, ResMed and Philips Respironics. We then invite you to the opening of our exhibit hall, which will also serve as the location for our President's Reception - a cocktail hour with unlimited bar services - sponsored by Invacare. Be sure to visit all exhibitors and become eligible to win a relaxing spa service package that will include overnight guest accommodations and breakfast at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa! Attendees will enjoy a dinner break that spans from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. JAMES conference attendees and vendors who choose to dine at McCloone's Pier House will receive 15% off their entire restaurant bill when presenting their JAMES conference ID badge. McCloone's Pier House is located within walking distance in neighboring Pier Village. After the dinner break, owners and senior management will meet for the Owner's Summit and Dessert Hour, sponsored by the Jersey Association of Medical Equipment Services. Chris Calderone will open the summit with a presentation titled, "Winning by Numbers: Getting Employees to Think Like Owners". Round table discussions will follow the presentation. David Barmak, JAMES General Counsel, will open the conference on October 7 with a one hour presentation on "Fraud, Waste and Abuse". Rahshaan Felder, an Ombudsman with the CMS Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor will provide valuable prebidding education during her 90 minute presentation titled, "New Jersey - A Round 2 MSA: Competitive Bidding Essentials from CMS". Enjoy a refreshment break with our exhibitors, sponsored by The VGM Group, and then receive an update from John Guhl, the director of New Jersey Medicaid. Our exhibit hall will be the location for our luncheon, sponsored by Drive Medical, and our board of director elections. Tyler Wilson, President of the American Association for Homecare, will provide an election update during our luncheon. Afterward, we will present Chris Calderone, of Lean Homecare Consulting, who will discuss "Introducing Lean Thinking Concepts for HME Providers". An afternoon refreshment break will immediately follow. Following the break, listen to a briefing on the state of legislative affairs within the industry by Alan Morris of The VGM Group. To end our conference, we invite all JAMES members to our General Membership Meeting, where the election results will be announced and general business matters of the association discussed. Do not forget - the winner of the spa package will be announced at the General Membership Meeting, and must be present to claim this fabulous give-away! We look forward to seeing you on October 6 - 7, 2010! Come out and see what we're all about! The Jersey Association of Medical Equipment Services (JAMES), established in 1978, disseminates information related to the delivery of Home Medical Equipment to providers of these services. It is the goal of the organization to keep its members informed of industry changes and related information necessary to maintain quality of care in providing home medical equipment, supplies and services to the patients who rely on us. In addition, JAMES actively participates in several industry councils, and provides legislative assistance and representation.
Registration Details The Ocean Place Resort & Spa is lcoated at One Ocean Boulevard, in Long Branch, NJ. Overnight guest rooms are available at the discounted rate of $169 per night, and will include a full buffet breakfast. To reserve your room, please click here. JAMES is pleased to announce that we have held our 2009 conference rates for our 2010 conference! Full conference registration is $249 for the first attendee and $179 for additional attendees. The Delivery Technician Certification Program can be added onto the full conference registration, or it can be an individual educational program where conference registration is not required. The full conference rate includes all presentations - including CEU courses - access to the exhibit hall for two days, admission to the President's Reception Cocktail Hour, and the Owner's Summit** and Dessert Hour. Also included in the full conference rate are two refreshment breaks on Thursday, as well as a buffet lunch. Register early to ensure your attendance by downloading the registration packet below. The registration period for attendees will close on October 1, 2010. ** The Owner's Summit is restricted to JAMES General Members only. Join JAMES now for access to the summit!
Barriers to Boomers Schedule of EventsBarriers to Boomers Registration PacketOcean Place Overnight Guest Room Reservation Form |
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November 9, 2010 - Tuesday | |||||||||||
Board of Directors Teleconference
The JAMES Board of Directors will meet via teleconference on November 9, 2010, at 8:00 a.m. |
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November 15 - 18, 2010 | |||||||||||
Med Trade - Atlanta
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December 8, 2010 - Wednesday | |||||||||||
"Developing a Bid You Can Live With"
The Jersey Association of Medical Equipment Services and Wallace Weeks of The Weeks Group presents: "Developing a Bid You Can Live With" Wallace will present his popular workshop, “Developing a Bid You Can Live With” on December 8, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza Newark Airport. The objective of this day-long workshop is to enable providers to be both competitive and profitable. Workshop attendees will bring actual data from their own companies so they leave with a part of their bid preparation complete. They will be able to determine what their activity costs are at the HCPCS level, how much they can afford to discount, and how they can change their cost structure to be both profitable and competitive. Attendees will be provided with software, instruction in collecting and inputting data into the software, and how to interpret the results in order to make informed decisions about what they can afford to bid and the costs they may need to remove from the services associated with each of their products. This workshop is limited to 40 participants - register early to guarantee your seat! The workshop will run from 8:30 - 5:00 p.m. The Crowne Plaza Newark Airport is located at 901 Spring Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Overnight guest rooms are available for $109 per night.
"The confidence it has given me going forward is the most valuable aspect of this program. I feel for the first time I have a footing on how to approach competitive bidding." Stephen Jalbert, Beverly Medical Supplies, Peabody, MA
JAMES "Developing a Bid You Can Live With" Registration |
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December 14, 2010 - Tuesday | |||||||||||
Board of Directors Meeting
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