Natural Language Processing: Empowering MT Knowledge Workers with a Valuable Asset

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a powerful, new leading-edge technology. This session will cover how it is currently being used to enable new work channels linked to data validation for MTs to promote HIT adoption and meaningful use.

Kyle Silvestro currently serves as the vice president of corporate strategy and business development for NLP International, a company that focuses on natural language processing for healthcare and life sciences. Kyle has been in the healthcare industry for the last nine years. He gained his extensive background in Medical Informatics and Semantic Technologies, specifically Natural Language Processing, while at Language and Computing. As the VP of sales and business development, Kyle worked with industry leaders in transcription, quality, revenue cycle management, interoperability, computer assisted coding, and electronic medical records, in the adoption of Natural Language Processing. Prior to Language and Computing, he was a partner in a management consulting firm that specialized in early to mid stage companies. During that time, he ran the North American Sales program for a clinical criteria vendor focused on patient quality, medical necessity and case management. He holds a bachelor of science in Business Administration from California State University, Chico, where he currently resides.

Kyle will give this presentation at ACE on Friday, August 6, 2010.

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Date: July 21, 2010
Presenters: John Suender & Ethan Cohen
Time: 10 AM PDT / 11 AM MDT / 12 PM CDT / 1 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Close: July 18, 2010
CE Given: 1 PD

This presentation will provide general guidelines to business owners for targeting percentages for cost-of-sale line items on an income statement. Presented from the perspective of a buyer, the business owner will walk away with several practical benefits, such as (1) ideas on how to organize an income statement to help manage the business; (2) guidelines on targeting expense ranges; (3) things to think about when determining how to charge for services; and (4) identifying expenses that buyers focus on the most when valuing a business.

John is president of Suender M&A Advisors, a merger and acquisition advisory firm focused on representing sellers of medical transcription companies. John’s 20+ years of M&A experience include 13 as MedQuist’s senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions, during which time MedQuist acquired over 50 companies. John is also an experienced M&A attorney, beginning his career at one of Philadelphia’s largest and most prestigious law firms. John has been involved in more than 100 transactions ranging in value from under $1 million to over $1 billion.

Ethan Cohen is a director at Suender M&A Advisors, a merger and acquisition advisory firm focused on representing sellers of medical transcription companies. Ethan has 20+ years of experience in strategic consulting, medical transcription, and teleradiology. As the chief technology officer of MedQuist, Ethan envisioned, developed, and implemented the DocQment Enterprise Platform® that MedQuist uses to run its operations. During this time, Ethan was also responsible for facilitating the integration of numerous transcription companies. More recently, Ethan was the president of SPi Healthcare, a medical transcription company with over 1,000 employees and operations in the Philippines, U.S., and India.

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Date: July 7, 2010
Presenter: Jim Tate
Time: 10 AM PDT / 11 AM MDT / 12 PM CDT / 1 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Close: July 1, 2010
CE Given: 1 PD

Real-world examples of how MT has supported the transition to EHRs and how MT can be instrumental in helping providers meet the meaningful use requirements necessary to become eligible for the ARRA incentive bonuses. The underlying concept is that MT is not merely a stop-gap measure for the near term, but can continue to be a vital part of the clinical documentation process.

Jim Tate brings a unique combination of skills to the eHealth field. His direct experience encompasses both clinical and technological environments. Jim is an experienced project manager in the implementation of both EHR and Practice Management systems and has led numerous implementations in the United States as well as China.

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For those of you who haven’t heard about ACE365, it is our new conference networking site where you can get connected to convention and event information, network with other visitors/attendees, and get into the stream of speaker, schedule, and exhibitor information prior to the event. Getting connected is even more interesting now as we are going to award the 365th member of the ACE365 website with their choice of either a free ticket to Richard Lederer’s Grammar Workshop at ACE 2010 or a complete conference audio CD set following the convention. Whether you plan to attend ACE 2010 or not, the reasons to become a member of ACE365 just got better. Join today, and maybe you will become the 365th member!

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Date: June 15, 2010
Presenter: Brett McCutcheon, CMT, AHDI-F
Time: 5 PM PDT / 6 PM MDT / 7 PM CDT / 8 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Close: June 11, 2010
Cost: FREE
CE Given: n/a

This meeting is being held for AHDI Board Member Brett McCutcheon’s partner states and components to discuss the current activities of AHDI members and the BOD. This webinar will contain some elements specific for the partner states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Corporate and Educational Components, and International members. However, all AHDI members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Brett McCutcheon, CMT, AHDI-F, began his medical transcription career in 1995. He has worked as a QA editor, educator, and operations director, and currently is an implementation project manager for Transcend Services, Inc. Brett has served as president of the Transcend (formerly TRS) corporate chapter, and chair of the AHDI Ethics Committee. He is currently serving on the AHDI Board of Directors, and is the board partner for Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, corporate and educational components, and international members. Brett currently resides in Denver, Colorado.

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Title: Your Association, Your Benefits
Presenter: Kelly Kappmeier
Time: 10 AM PDT / 11 AM MDT / 12 PM CDT / 1 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Close: June 11, 2010
Cost: FREE
CE Given: N/A

In this one hour presentation you will learn what is included in association membership and how to take advantage of those benefits. Availability for this complimentary webinar is on a first come first serve basis.

Kelly Kappmeier is Professional Programs Manager for the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity and the Medical Transcription Industry Association. She has served this industry on the AHDI staff for over a decade. She has been a member of the American Society for Association Executives and the Project Management Institute for the past couple years and is currently working towards her Project Management Professional credential.

AHDI has extended the ACE 2010 early bird registration deadline through June 15, 2010. We have been experiencing periodic outages with regard to the ACE 2010 online registration submission form and would like to offer our sincere apologies to those who have encountered issues while attempting to register. We are working to correct this problem, and it is our hope that this deadline extension will provide sufficient time to submit your registration form and in order to receive the early-bird rate.

Please note that these technical issues may persist with the ACE 2010 online registration form. Should you encounter any problems with this form in the future, please utilize the .PDF registration form, which can printed, filled out, and submitted via fax or postal mail. (NOTE: Your registration form must be postmarked on or before June 15, 2010, to receive the early-bird rate.) You may also register by calling us toll free: 1-800-982-2182 or direct: 1-209-527-9620 between 8:00 am – 5:00 pm PDT.

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Presenter: Kyle Silvestro
Date: June 10
Time: 10 AM PDT / 11 AM MDT / 12 PM CDT / 1 PM EDT
CEC Given: 1 TW
Registration Close: June 7

This webinar will review current HIT industry trends affecting MTSOs and the path forward into the age of EHR incentives, “meaningful use,” and HIT adoption. This will be followed by an introduction in NLP (Natural Language Processing), a leading-edge technology, and how it is currently being used to enable MTSOs to provide solutions to their clinets to address the “meaningful use” requirement and drive secondary data use.

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