The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama

September 8, 2010

Annual nurse practitioner symposium Sept. 24


CNHI

_ — “Nurse Practitioners at the Frontier of Health Care” is the theme of the 2010 North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Clinical Symposium co-sponsored by The University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Nursing.

The two-day conference will begin at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 24 and continue through Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Huntsville Marriott, adjacent to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Nurse practitioners, midwives, clinical nurse specialists, registered nurses, physician assistants, physicians and other health care providers and students are invited to attend the conference. Event co-sponsors include Pfizer, Inc., SportsMed and The Orthopedic Center.

The 17th annual NANPA Clinical Symposium guest presenters include: Scott Willett, of Johnson & Johnson; and Michelle J. Lajiness, of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Cindy Cook, Lori Lioce, Dee Dee Hite, Tim Byron, Drs. John Johnson, Deason Dunagan, Michael Cosgrove, and Jason Smith. New this year is a medical coding and billing workshop open to physicians, nurses and office coders. Nationally recognized coding expert, Wendy Wright, a compliance coordinator at Wright and Associates Family Health Care in Amherst, N.H., will present the three-hour workshop. Accurate coding and billing helps doctor’s offices and medical facilities eliminate coding oversights and manage operations for long-term success.

For registration, conference fees and detailed symposium and speaker information, visit the NANPA symposium website: http://s3.amazonaws.com/enp-network-assets/attachments/1113/original.pdf?1279892508.