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Breakout Sessions

 

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm / 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

 
A. "Internet/E-Mail Pitfalls in the Office: Case or No Case - Recent Employment Law"

Vaughn Burkholder

 
Employee Privacy and the Modern HR Department: Phishing, Pharming, Identity Theft, Camera Phones - What's a Poor HR Manager to Do? This session addresses the many challenges employers face because of the technology explosion and its effect on employee privacy. Plus, Case or No Case? This entertaining but educational parody of the popular game show Deal or No Deal provides a look at the 'lighter side" of employment law.

Mr. Burkholder represents employers involving ADA, FMLA, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other employment issues. Mr. Burkholder also assists employers with employment policies and procedures, reductions-in-force, investigations, discipline, terminations, and all other workplace issues. He is a frequent lecturer on employment law topics and provides supervisor training on a variety of issues. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and in MO-KAN Superlawyers. His association memberships include the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel and the Defense Research Institute.
 
B. "Pay For Performance (P4P) Initiatives"

Michael Samms

 
A discussion regarding the latest P4P activities and how healthcare in the U.S. will be affected.

Michael Samms started his career at age 15 as a police dispatcher, working for the Ulysses Police Dapartment in Ulysses, Kansas, a small community in southwest Kansas. By age 19 he was a Police Officer and Deputy Sheriff. He was an Emergency Medical Technician at age 20, serving on the Grant County Ambulance Service and also worked on Search and Rescue. He owned his own retail store by age 21, and was later a banker, healthcare executive, a Chief Operating officer and Chief Executive Officer of successful start-up and turnaround organizations. He was the CEO of the largest Physician Hospital Organization in the midwest. He volunteered with the American Red Cross for over 10 years in Disaster Services and has been an adult leader with the Boy Scouts of America for the past several years. He has led teams in successful turn-around business and start-up ventures. He is well regarded as a leader of people and enjoys developing the talents of others to they can accomplish more than believed possible. Michael currently lives in Overland Park, Kansas, with his wife and two children
 
C. "Compliance: What the GTovernment Expects and What You Want"

David Glaser

 
An informal presentation - compliance plans and what the government expects of clinics.

David is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Bryon's Health Law Group and helped establish its Health Care Fraud & Compliance Group. David assists clinics, hospitals, and other health care entities negotiate the maze of health care regulations, providing advice about risk. Glaser graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1992, cum laude. He is a Phi Beta Kappa and a National Merit Scholar.
 
 
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