BMT Center Administrators Conference

THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 25

8:30 am - 8:40 am
Welcome and Introductions
Shirley Johnson, RN, MS, MBA
Chair, Steering Committee, ASBMT Administrative Directors Special Interest Group

8:40 am - 10:00 am
SCTOD Update
Roy B. Jones, MD, PhD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
J. Douglas Rizzo, MD, MS, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

10:00 am - 10:15 am
Break

10:15 am - 10:45 am
FACT Update
C. Fred LeMaistre, MD, Texas Transplant Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Ramona T. Repaczki-Jones, Omaha, Nebraska

10:45 am - 11:45 am
Quality Management Best Practices:  Practical Tools and Tips
Tracy Dodd, BA, MBA, RN, CPHQ, Childrens Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Yannie Racicot, RN, BM
Lisa Chepurko, RN, MBA
Kathie Viers, RN, MS, CPHQ
Vandana Rangnekar, BSc, LTCP
Patricia Geerdes, MSN, RN
Ione Miedema, RN MSN, AOCN
Terri Halverson, RN, CPON

11:45 pm - 1:15 PM
Lunch

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Genetics of HLA and Tissue Typing
Effie Petersdorf, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Dana Farber Case Study
Pamela Germain, MBA, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Break

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Roundtable Discussions
•   Quality — Tracy Dodd, BA, MBA, RN, CPHQ, Childrens Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

•   Data Management — Linda Laub, RN, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

•   Program Development — Jennifer A. Christian, University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Evaluation

4:00 pm
Adjourn

FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 26

8:30 am - 8:35 am
Welcome to Day Two
Shirley Johnson, RN, MS, MBA
Chair, Steering Committee, ASBMT Administrative Directors Special Interest Group

8:35 am - 10:05 am

Challenges of Bone Marrow Transplant Contracting:  Mitigating Provider Risk and Incorporating New Technology

Panel Facilitator:  Michael I. Rabin, MBA, MPA, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California

Challenges in BMT Contracting and Reimbursement

Pam Germain, MBA, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

Just When You Think You’ve Seen It All:  New Challenges in BMT Contracting
Mindy Scharlin, MPH , Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, Palo Alto, California

Lucile Packard, Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, California

Negotiating BMT Reimbursement Provisions for Donor Search and Procurement

Michael I. Rabin, MBA, MPA, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California

10:05 am - 10:20 am
Break

Application has been made for 10.25 contact hours to the ONS Approver Unit.  ONS is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.