The 9^th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Optimizing the Role of the Physician Advisor will focus on defining the expanding role of the physician advisor. New advisors can learn the basics of the position and all will benefit from the shared knowledge and networking capabilities of a national event.

NEW FOR 2012:

• New physician advisers: learn the basics of preventing denials and filing appeals
• Advanced physician advisers: hear from peers in the industry on their successful methods to solve problems
• See how to develop and define the role of the physician advisor in your system
• Discover effective performance metrics to support the physician advisor role and pay in your system
• Hear from current physician advisors that representing various parts of the country
• Receive the knowledge on coding, reimbursement and documentation that was not taught in medical school

2012 Speaker Faculty
Scott Brenner, MD Physician Advisor, Case Management, Head of Utilization Review Lehigh Valley Health Network	Christine Castano, MD Medical Director Utilization Management Healthcare Partners Medical Group	April Collins Director of Case Management Highlands Regional Medical Center
Jeffery Epstein, MD Medical Director and Physician Advisor Morristown Memorial Hospital	Jeffrey Farber Medical Director Mount Sinai Hospital	Alvin Gore, MD Physician Advisor Memorial Medical Center – Conemaugh Health Systems
Wael Khouli, MD Physician Advisor Health East St. Joseph’s Hospital	Napoleon Knight Medical Director Hospital Medicine/Association Medical Director of Quality Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group	Hossain Marandi, MD Executive Medical Director St. Joseph's-Baptist Health System
Sandra Miller, MD Physician Advisor DKM Solutions	Robert Paretti, MD Clinical Instructor, Division of Internal Medicine Physician Advisor, Office of Clinical Affairs University of Michigan Medical Center	Anh T. Pham, MD Regional Lead UM Physician South Bay-Long Beach Region HealthCare Partners Medical Group
Bruce Redler, MD Physician Advisor Hilton Head Regional Medical Center	Masood Safaee, MD System Physician Advisor Intermountain Healthcare	Paul Simmons, MD, MA Physician Advisor for Case Management, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Douglas L. Smith, MD Associate Chief Medical Officer Intermountain Healthcare	Howard Stein, MD Physician Advisor Centrastate Medical Center	Nick Ulmer, MD, CPC Medical Director of Case Management and Clinical Services Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Norman Ward, MD Medical Director, Case Management, Head of Utilization Review Committee Fletcher Allen Healthcare
Advisory Board
Jeffery Epstein, MD Medical Director and Physician Advisor Morristown Memorial Hospital	Ron Martinson, MD Physician Advisor Knox Community Hospital	Masood Safaee, MD System Physician Advisor Intermountain Healthcare
Howard Stein, MD Physician Advisor Centrastate Medical Center