radRounds Members Award: Complimentary Registration to RBMA Conference for one lucky radRounds member ($780 VALUE) - Managing Legal Exposure in Radiology Conference

Inviting all radRounds members to the RBMA (Radiology Business Management Association) Managing Legal Exposure in Radiology Conference to be held on October 15-17, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA.

Special promotion: Thanks to the generosity of the RBMA, one radRounds member will be selected for a complimentary registration (VALUE OF $780!!)** To enter this promotion, please reply to this email or email members@radrounds.com BY OCTOBER 7th, 2008 with your radRounds member name, email address, and phone number. radRounds Member Services will contact you if you are selected. The awardee will be announced on October 8th. You can still register by visiting RBMA website listed below.

Website and Online Registration: http://rbma.org/education/legal

Conference Title:
Managing Legal Exposure in Radiology - The Law. Black, White or Shades of Gray?

Location:
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
215.627.1200

When: October 15-17, 2008

Description: When it comes to staying legal, the answers should be black or white. However, in radiology there are times when things may fall into the gray area. Do you know what to do to stay compliant and within the law? The two-day seminar will address the gray areas and outline how to stay within the law; what risks you may be taking and how to protect your self and your practice from litigation. You can't afford to miss this valuable seminar.

Sessions:
- Introduction to Health Law: A Practical Guide to the Basic Concepts and Principles
- Mock Deposition by Dr. Leonard Berlin - This "mock deposition" will role play both a radiologist and a practice administrator being deposed, and will illustrate the importance of clear documentation and compliance with policies.
- Employment Law 101
- The Laws Keep Changing: Ask the Speaker How to Market in a Compliant Fashion
- Legalities of Radiology as a Business
- What Radiology Practices Should Know About the Antitrust Laws
- Roles and Responsibilities of a Radiologist When Serving as Medical Director
- Pensions, Investments and Taxation – Legal Ways to Defer Income
- How to stay out of Court, Negative Headlines and Jail
- Hazards of Government Healthcare Programs: Compliance, Whistleblowers, and the False Claims Act
- Tax-Exempt Laws and Radiology Groups: Myth versus Reality
- Practice Corporate Documents Tune-up: Employment and Buy-Sell Agreements and Bylaws
- ACR Hot Legal Issues
- Keys to Managing Risk in the Radiology Setting

Speakers include the following experts in the field and more:
Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR, is Radiology Chairman at Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, IL, and Professor of Radiology at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Dr. Berlin has authored more than 275 scientific articles plus a book, and has delivered more than 260 lectures nationally and internationally, on the topic of radiologic malpractice and risk management.

W. Kenneth Davis, Jr., JD is a partner in the law firm of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. He counsels health care providers on the structuring, growth and ongoing operations of all types of businesses and relationships including initial business model development, analysis of regulatory, compliance and reimbursement issues, negotiation of contracts, various types of financings, and mergers and acquisitions.

C. Mitchell Goldman, JD, focuses his practice on the corporate aspects of healthcare delivery, with an emphasis on structuring corporate transactions between providers, advising clients on the impact of government regulation, creating strategies to improve reimbursement and developing startup healthcare related business opportunities.

Thomas W. Greeson, JD, is a partner in the healthcare practice group of Reed Smith LLP. His practice focuses on the healthcare industry representing radiologists and diagnostic imaging providers involving health and hospital law, managed care contracting, antitrust, Medicare reimbursement, fraud and abuse, not-for-profit law, legislative and regulatory, and licensure and disciplinary matters

Thomas R. Hoffman, JD, CAE is Associate General Counsel with the American College of Radiology in Reston, Virginia. He advises College members and staff on fraud and abuse, self-referral and other federal and state compliance matters. He has served as staff to the ACR Task Forces on International Teleradiology, Medical Liability Reform and Regulatory Compliance.

Eartha Jean Johnson, JD, SPHR, is president and chief executive officer of LegalWATCH, a risk mitigation training company she formed in 1997 after practicing law for a Fortune 100 company, and working for the United States Department of Justice and an international law firm.

Michael R. Lowe, Esq., is board certified in healthcare law by the Florida Bar. His practice focuses on all aspects of business, corporate, transactional, litigation, regulatory, operational and administrative matters in the health care law arena.

John J. Miles, MS, JD, has been practicing antitrust law for over 30 years; most of his work deals with health care sector firms, particularly hospitals, health systems, hospital networks, large physician practices and physician networks.

Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FACR, is a Clinical Professor of Radiology at both the University of Florida and the University of South Florida Colleges of Medicine. Dr. Muroff is President and CEO of Imaging Consultants, Inc., providers of consulting services to radiologists, hospitals, and corporations.

Information about RBMA:
RBMA is a not-for profit association of radiology business management professionals. RBMA provides resources to keep radiology professionals on the leading edge. RBMA offers members exceptional educational programs and continuing education sources, direct networking with industry professionals, invaluable products for running a successful business and much more!

**Please contact radRounds (not RBMA) if you have any questions at members@radrounds.com. If selected, RBMA and radRounds will only provide waived registration. All additional expenses beyond the registration fee are the responsibility of the attendee.

This promotion expires on 10/7/08 Midnight.