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The Riverside Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL Friday, January 23 to Sunday, January 25 AAPPM's new, interactive two-day workshop is designed to provide an interactive, small group discussion forum exclusively for doctors and practice managers whose practices gross a million dollars or more is now sold out. This Summit will provide a unique opportunity for highly successful practitioners to share winning strategies. Some of the topics that will be covered include finding quality time for yourself and your family; hiring, training and managing a large staff, implementing the right mix of marketing tactics, managing the business finances and planning for the future can all be challenging tasks. Midwinter Workshop and Residents Workshop Click here to download the schedule from the 2008 Resident Workshop. Workshop Highlights The AAPPM Midwinter Practice Management Workshop is 3.5 days jam packed with eye-opening and inspiring lectures, hands on workshops, interactive roundtable discussions and short pearls – presented by the best speakers in podiatric practice management education. The dozens of winning practice management strategies will enhance patient care and build your practice. This meeting can change your practice - and change your life! The AAPPM member registration fee of only $399 ($279 for AAPPM member APMA A1-4 New Practitioners and staff) includes all your meals from Friday breakfast through Sunday breakfast and great networking, sharing and socializing every night at our free hospitality suites. This is the best meeting value in podiatry! 25 Corporate Sponsor exhibitors featuring a wide variety of exceptional podiatric products and services that can help build your practice - and save hundreds or even thousands of dollars thanks to AAPPM member discounts. Free 30 minute consultations on practice marketing, EMR and practice management/coding and billing software; financial management; coding and billing; and technology issues. Reservations at Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Hotel Call the Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Hotel at 800-328-9297 or 412-788-8800 and ask for the special AAPPM group rate of $79 single or double occupancy. Please note that we must receive both your registration form and payment one week before the conference to complete your registration. Do not make airline or hotel reservations after January 23 until you know if space is available for the workshop.Special All Day Optional Sunday Residents Seminar There is a separate registration fee -- $49 if registered for the entire Midwinter Workshop, $79 if registering just for the residents’ workshop. Some of the topics to be covered include associate contracts; securing financing for new practice set-up, buy-ins and loan consolidation; coding and billing; life balance/time management; the art of patient presentation; winning the insurance credentialing game; technology hiring and training staff. Watch for the workshop brochure to be mailed out in the next two weeks and also posted on here on this website. AAPPM Membership Makes Sense A quick look at our workshop registration form will tell you that DPMs who are members of AAPPM save $200 when registering for this conference. Since membership in AAPPM only costs $269, it makes sense to spend the additional $69 to join AAPPM if you have not already to take advantage of the many membership benefits other than savings for our meetings. If you are a new practitioner in the first four years of practice, a staff member or a resident, it's even more financially advantageous to join AAPPM to come to this conference since it's actually less expensive to join than it is to come as a nonmember. For complete membership information, go to the Membership & Benefits section of this website. Maximum of 19.75 Continuing Education Contact Hours To earn Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) credits, see the schedule for the lectures and workshops that qualify. The majority of the credits will be for attending optional workshops on Thursday, Friday morning and Sunday morning. AAPPM is an approved sponsor of courses by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) and Gary Adams is the Director of Continuing Education. This program offers a maximum of 19.75 Continuing Education Contact Hours.This workshop has completely sold out for the last 4 years, so we recommend that you make your registration early. AAPPM Summer Boot Camp, July 16 to 20, Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. AAPPM Summer Residents Program, July 20, Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA New Pracitioner Workshop, October 2 to 5, Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA AAPPM Fall Practice Management Workshop, November 5 to 8, Lago Mar Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
