Incorporating Accurate and Ethical Coding into Neurosurgical Residency and Organized Labor in Neurosurgery

Moderator(s)

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  Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD, FAANS

  Assoc Prof; Neurotrauma Center Director
  University of Cincinnati
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  Sarah Woodrow, MD

  Chair, Department of Neuroscience
  Cleveland Clinic Akron General

A panel will present up to date information on coding performance of ABNS Oral Board candidates and organized neurosurgery’s current efforts to fill the knowledge gap. Next, a panel will examine the various issues, pros and cons of organized labor in neurosurgery training and practice.

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM - 3:34 PM EDT

  Welcome and Introduction
  

  Speaker: Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Cincinnati
• 3:35 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

  Resident Coding Panel: ABNS
  

  Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine
• 3:41 PM - 3:46 PM EDT

  Resident Coding Panel: Current Coding Course and Educating Residents
  

  Speaker: Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Wilkes-Barre, PA
• 3:47 PM - 3:51 PM EDT

  Resident Coding Panel: Current SNS Tools
  

  Speaker: Akash Patel, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
• 3:52 PM - 3:57 PM EDT

  Resident Coding Panel: Upcoming AANS/CNS Course and Tools
  

  Speaker: Scott D. Simon, MD – Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
• 3:58 PM - 4:02 PM EDT

  Unions in Neurosurgery Panel: Current Attitudes
  

  Speaker: Omar Zalatimo, MD, MPH, MHA, FAANS – LifeBridge Health
• 4:03 PM - 4:08 PM EDT

  Unions in Neurosurgery Panel: Current Law
  

  Speaker: Charlotte E. Pineda, MPP – AANS/CNS Washington Committee for Neurological Surgery
• 4:09 PM - 4:13 PM EDT

  Unions in Neurosurgery Panel: Guilds and Other Options
  

  Speaker: Brian R. Gantwerker, MD, FAANS, FACS – Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles
• 4:14 PM - 4:19 PM EDT

  Unions in Neurosurgery Panel: Working With Unionized Residents
  

  Speaker: Jan-Karl Burkhardt, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine
• 4:20 PM - 4:26 PM EDT

  Robert Florin, MD Resident Award- Savings Associated With Bundled Payments for Outpatient and Inpatient Spine Surgery Episodes
  

  Presenting Author: Grace Y. Ng, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 4:27 PM - 4:29 PM EDT

  Comparison of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Among Medicare Beneficiaries: A Nationwide Analysis Using the Medicare Claims Database
  

  Presenting Author: Asimina Dominari, MD – Mayo Clinic Rochester
• 4:30 PM - 4:32 PM EDT

  Resident Led Operating Room Turnover Initiative Reduced Costs and Increased Efficiency
  

  Presenting Author: Alvin Chan, MD – UCI Medical Center
• 4:33 PM - 4:35 PM EDT

  Physician Demographic and Operative Attributes Reveal Uneven Financial Incentives in Medicare Reimbursement for Deep Brain Stimulation Procedures
  

  Presenting Author: Pierce Davis, BS – Perelman School of Medicine
• 4:36 PM - 4:38 PM EDT

  Assessing the Impact of Access to Neurosurgical Oncology Providers on Survival Outcomes in Diffuse Glioma: A Nationwide County-Level Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Youssef Sibih, BA – UCSF School of Medicine
• 4:39 PM - 4:41 PM EDT

  Geographic Variation in Disability After Posterior/Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Five-Year Quality Outcomes Database Study
  

  Presenting Author: Michael E. Tawil, BS – University of California, San Francisco
• 4:42 PM - 4:44 PM EDT

  Prospective Barriers in Spinal Surgery Indemnity: Solution-Based Data Submission
  

  Presenting Author: Christian G. Zimmerman, MD, MBA, MS, FAANS, FACS – Trinity Health
• 4:45 PM - 4:47 PM EDT

  The Impact of Employment Status on Post-Operative Outcomes of Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery
  

  Presenting Author: Hiba F. Hamid, BA – Tufts University School of Medicine
• 4:48 PM - 4:50 PM EDT

  Discerning the Social Support Factors That Protect Against Psychological Complications in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: A Cohort Study
  

  Presenting Author: Amani Carson, BA – David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles
• 4:51 PM - 4:53 PM EDT

  Health Outcome Disparities After Treatment of Spinal Metastases: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Patients with High and Low Neighborhood-Level Material Deprivation
  

  Presenting Author: Husain Shakil, MD, MSc – University of Toronto
• 4:54 PM - 4:56 PM EDT

  Assessing Brain Tumor Outcomes in Patients Experiencing Homelessness: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study
  

  Presenting Author: Nnaemeka C. Nwoke, BS – Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
• 4:57 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

  Q&A