Advocacy in Action: Skills to Take to the Hill

Moderator(s)

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  Joseph Cleveland, Jr., MD

  Professor of Surgery, Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplantation
  University of Colorado - Division of CT Surgery
  Aurora, Colorado, United States
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  Keith Naunheim, MD (he/him/his)

  Emeritus Professor of Surgery
  St Louis University School of Medicine
  Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:08 AM CT

  Top Advocacy Issues Facing Cardiothoracic Surgeons
  

  Invited Speaker: Keith Horvath, MD – Association of American Medical Colleges
• 9:08 AM – 9:16 AM CT

  Cardiothoracic Shortage of Surgeons in the next Quarter Century: Train more or work longer
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew C. Henn, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
• 9:16 AM – 9:21 AM CT

  Invited Discussant
  

  Discussant: Trevor A. Ellison, MD, PhD, MBA – Genesis Healthcare System
• 9:21 AM – 9:26 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 9:26 AM – 9:34 AM CT

  Declining Medicare Reimbursement for Surgical and Transcatheter Valve Procedures: A Contemporary Analysis of Changing Payments for Aortic and Mitral Therapies
  

  Presenting Author: John A. Treffalls, BS (he/him/his) – University of Texas Health San Antonio
• 9:34 AM – 9:39 AM CT

  Invited Discussant
  

  Discussant: Sidney Levitsky, MD, MA (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
• 9:39 AM – 9:44 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 9:44 AM – 9:54 AM CT

  It's Not Important Until You Get Paid: Updates in Coding and Reimbursement
  

  Invited Speaker: Francis C. Nichols, MD – Mayo Clinic
• 9:54 AM – 9:59 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 9:59 AM – 10:09 AM CT

  It's Not Important Until You Get Paid: Updates in Coding and Reimbursement
  

  Invited Speaker: HelenMari Merritt, DO (she/her/hers) – Nebraska Methodist Hospital
• 10:09 AM – 10:14 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 10:14 AM – 10:22 AM CT

  STS Advocacy: How You Can Help Shape Policy
  

  Invited Speaker: Dawn Hui, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• 10:22 AM – 10:28 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 10:28 AM – 10:30 AM CT

  STS Advocate of the Year Award Announcement