The Vanguard Program at the Spring Institute

Physician Executive, March-April, 2004

April 25-27

The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas

The "Must Attend" Educational Event for Experienced Physician Executives

High Level Briefings: Gain perspective on the industry through three Briefing Sessions:

* National Health Care Policy

* Clinical Perspectives

* Future Trends in Medical Management

In-depth Workshops: Sit down with colleagues to analyze and formulate approaches to the real challenges that face senior leadership. Under the guidance of industry experts, get to the "meat of the issue."

Timely Topics

* Asset Protection for Practitioners and their Organizations

* Communication and Presentation Skills that Influence Outcomes

* A Workable Approach to Quality Gainsharing

* Comprehensive Method to Reduce Error and Improve Safety

* Keeping Current with the new Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement Guidelines

* The 10 Medical Management Imperatives for 2004

Bonus Session: Crime Scene Investigation: The Real Story. We'll go beyond the TV show and join members of the Las Vegas Police Department's Crime Lab to better understand the scope of their work and tools and techniques on which they rely.

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The Open Door Forum: A communications innovation initiated and promoted by Tom Scully, Director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Its purpose is to open the doors of the agency and better hear and interact with stakeholders of health care delivery. ACPE has been selected to serve as the live site for this national broadcast.

Members Speak: There is much to be learned from the perspectives, models and real-life experiences of your fellow physician executives. Attend these "open forum" information exchanges.

The Executive Challenge: Throughout the Vanguard Program you will be competing with your colleagues for some pretty special prizes. Sometimes you'll compete on teams, sometimes individually. But the clock starts when you arrive and we will be keeping score!

Don't Miss the Vanguard Program

21 CME Credits

$750 ACPE Members $900 non-Members

Combine the Vanguard Program and ACPE's new Leadership Academy and SAVE money on your total tuition. Call ACPE at 1-800-562-8088 for details