Join your colleagues in New Orleans
for AGS' 2018 Conference!

Conference Spotlight: Coding Pitfalls in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Kristin M. Vaughn, CPC

Kristin M. Vaughn, CPC, CGCS, CMSCS, CPMA, ICDCT-CM is a national consultant with more than 13 years of coding and billing experience in gastroenterology, pulmonolohy, critical care, immunology/rheumatology, hematology, and hospitalist specialties. Her background includes extensive experience in a teaching university. She currently is a full-time consultant/trainer with AskMueller Consulting, LLC. She is a Certified Professional Medical Auditor and Certified ICD-10 trainer, and is the co-author of several workbooks and programs specific to gastroenterology.
Ms. Vaughn will present Coding Pitfalls in Ambulatory Surgery Centers on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 8:00 a.m.
Conference Agenda
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Accommodations

Hyatt Centric French Quarter
 800 Iberville Street
 New Orleans, LA 70112
AGS has a block of rooms reserved at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter. The room block is almost sold out! Reserve online or call 888-421-1442 and ask for the Alabama Gastroenterological Society room block. Rates begin at $229 per night and is valid for three days before and three days after the conference based on availability.
If you have trouble reserving a room, please contact Charlotte Morris in the AGS office at 334-954-2531.
Saturday Mardi Gras Lunch Party

You will not want to miss our Mardi Gras Lunch Party on Saturday where you'll enjoy great Cajun food, specialty drinks, live music and fun! Entertainment will be provided by The Camelia Quartet, led by Clive Wilson.
A native of London, England, Clive immigrated to the United States in 1964 after completing a physics degree from Newcastle University. He has played and toured with some of the most notable jazz musicians.
Learn more at www.clivewilsonmusic.com.
Look Who's Coming

Mark Anderson, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery
Cody Barnett, MD, Alabama Medical Group, LLC, Mobile
Robert Brinson, MD, 1957, Montgomery
James Callaway, MD, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Tim Denton, MD, Southeast Gastro, Birmingham
Heather Echols, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery
David Fettig, MD, Birmingham Gastroenterology Associates PC
Gypsy Glover, CRNP, Digestive Health Specialists, Dothan
Miles Gresham, MD, Southeast Gastro, Birmingham
Steve Hanauer, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Phillip Henderson, DO, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile
Reed Hogan, MD, GI Associates and Endoscopy Center, Flowood, MS
Mark Johnson, Southeast Gastro, Birmingham
Mouen Khashab, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Melissa Krisht, CRNP, UAB Multispecialty Clinic, Montgomery
Robert Loudon, MD, Southeast Gastro, Birmingham
Chris Martin, GI Associates of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Micah Morgan, CRNP, Southeast Gastroenterology, Birmingham
Nina Nelson-Garrett, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery
Michael Passarella, MD, Shelby Gastroenterology, Alabaster
Bradley S. Rice, MD, Alabama Colon & Gastro, PC, Huntsville
Viplove Senadhi, DO, GMPCGH, Montgomery
Kenneth Sigman, MD, Birmingham Gastroenterology Associates PC, Birmingham
Subramaniam Sundar, MD, GI Associates of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa
J. DeWayne Tooson, MD, GI Associates of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Kristy Turner, CRNP, Digestive Health Specialists of the Southeast, Dothan
Kristin Vaughn, CPC, Ask Mueller Consulting LLC, Lenzburg, IL
W. Penn White, MD, Capital City Gastroenterology, Montgomery
Conference Vendors

AGS depends on support from vendors to make our conference affordable for attendees. Please share our prospectus with companies who visit your facility and invite them to be an exhibitor. Contact Jill Smith for details.
Thank you to the following vendors for their support of our 2018 Conference
Abbvie Hepatology (HCV)
Abbvie Immunology
Allergan
Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Boston Scientific Endoscopy
BriovaRx - Sponsor
Care Plus Anesthesia Management
Cook Medical
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
CVS Health
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Gilead Sciences - HBV
Gilead Sciences - HCV
Intercept Pharma
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
Janssen Biotech
Kroger Specialty Pharmacy
Merck
PENTAX Medical
ProAssurance, Inc. - Sponsor
Salix Pharmaceuticals
Shire
Synergy
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
US Endoscopy
VitalRx
Learning Objectives
  • Describe the impact of HCV Transplant Cholestatic Liver Disease as well as current treatment and future therapies. 
  • Recognize strategies to optimize management of Refractory IBD.
  • Recognize ICD-10 examples specific to gastroenterology, documentation tips to prevent denials and improve documentation in ambulatory surgery centers.
  • Discuss new endoscopic techniques for the treatment of Achalasia.
  • Review the latest technology and developments in advances therapeutic endoscopy.
  • Develop strategies for management of Biliary-Pancreatic Endoscopy.
  • Review the most current information in treating patients diagnosed with Hepatitis B.
  • Identify ancillary opportunities for physicians practicing gastroenterology.

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