Executive War College Agenda

7:30 AM - 8:20 AM

Moving the Clinical Laboratory toward Precision Health: Why Real-Time Data Feeds Allow Our Scientific Team to Identify Trends within Client Practices and Interact with Caregivers in Ways that Directly Improve Patient Care

Gina Cooper, MSN, RN Scott LaNeve

Director of Toxicology General Manager

DrugScan DrugScan

7:30 AM - 8:20 AM

New Ways to Add Value! What Innovative Labs and Collaborating Physician Groups Are Doing Today to Provide Aggregated Data Sets to Big Pharma, Bioresearch, and Oncology Centers

Patricia Goede, PhD Julie Ramage

Vice President, Clinical Informatics Director of Precision Medicine Quality Initiatives and Partnerships

XIFIN, Inc. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM

Applying Precision Medicine to Add Value to Patients, Physicians, and Payers: How Cernostics Harnesses the Power of AI to Deliver a Paradigm-Shifting Precision Medicine Tool for Barrett's Esophagus

Rebecca Critchley-Thorne, Ph.D. Coleman Stavish Joe Nollar

Chief Scientific Officer Chief Technology Officer AVP LIS Product Development

Cernostics, Inc. Proscia XIFIN, Inc.

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM

Current State of Healthcare Big Data: Understanding Labs' Opportunity to Generate New Revenue by Supporting Population Health Management at the Macro Level and Delivering Precision Medicine at the Patient Level

Robert L. Michel Oleg Bess, M.D. Monique Dodd, PharmD, PhC, MLS(ASCP)CM Dr. Tim Pletcher, DHA

Producer of the Executive War College Chairman of the Board Manager, Enterprise Clinical Solutions President and CEO Editor-In-Chief of The Dark Report & Chief Executive Officer

The Dark Intelligence Group 4medica Rhodes Group Velatura

1:45 PM - 2:35 PM

Taking a Deeper Dive into How Artificial Intelligence Analyzes a Digital Pathology Image: What Current Technology Can and Cannot Do, Steps to Implement, and Understanding How the FDA Views AI in Pathology

Andy Moye, PhD Patricia Raciti, MD

Chief Commercial Officer Pathologist

Paige Paige

2:45 PM - 3:35 PM

Private Pathology Practice Redux: How the New Generation of Pathologists Builds National Subspecialty Referrals, Enjoys More Revenue, and Does It All Without Private Equity

Adam Cole, MD Stephanie Evans

Founder & CSO Chief Operations Officer

TruCore Pathology Group Path Net Lab

2:45 PM - 4:35 PM

Roundtable Discussion on Current Activity involving Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Mergers & Acquisitions

Richard Cooper, Esq. Melissa Butterworth

Co-chair, National Healthcare Practice Co-Founder, Managing Director, and President

McDonald Hopkins LLC Advanced Strategic Partners

7:30 AM - 8:20 AM

Decrease Costs and Increase Revenue: The Business Case for Bringing Additional Infectious Disease Testing in House -
An Operational Playbook to Repurposing Automated PCR Platforms for High-Margin LDTs and Other Tests

Neil Gerber Elliot Labovitz

Director of Sales Operations Chief Sales Officer

Lighthouse Lab Services Lighthouse Lab Services

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM

Breaking News on Trends and Denials Involving Lab Test Claims: New Insights on Changing Behavior of Payers and Cunning Ways They Shift Claims Processing Protocols

Diana Richard Stephanie Denham

Director of Anatomic Pathology Program Associate Vice President, RCM Systems and Analytics

XIFIN, Inc. XIFIN, Inc.

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM

Legal, Regulatory, and Managed Care Contracting Issues Changing in 2022: What's Important, What's Not, and What's at Risk for Labs and Pathology Groups

Elizabeth Sullivan Courtney G. Tito

Member, Co-Chair, National Healthcare Practice Board Certified Health Law by the Florida Bar

McDonald Hopkins LLC McDonald Hopkins LLC

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Ransomware and Encryption Attacks as Threats to Hospitals, Labs, and Pathology Groups: Best Practices in Protecting against Such Attacks and Practical Ways to Respond to Attacks

Mike Lotas Emily Johnson

Chief Security Officer (CSO) Member

Global Response Leader

Arete Advisors McDonald Hopkins, LLC

2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

From Bench to Bedside: The Avera Institute for Human Genetics Pathway to Implementation of Clinical Genetic Testing for Pharmacogenetics and Precision Oncology

Erik Ehli, Phd, BSN Leslie Cooper, MLS(ASCP)

Scientific Director Laboratory Operations Manager

Avera Institute for Human Genetics Avera Institute for Human Genetics

Innovative ideas exchange = post-pandemic opportunities your lab and pathology group can seize

Preparing Your Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Group for Post-Pandemic Success, presented by the Executive War College, will be held two full days November 2-3, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas, with pre-registration and welcome reception on Monday evening, November 1.

This conference will provide leaders of the nation’s most innovative clinical labs and pathology groups their first look at the significant changes to the U.S. healthcare system triggered by the pandemic. Sessions will focus on how conference attendees can provide state-of-the-art diagnostic services, expand market share, and tap new sources of much-needed revenue as a head-start for 2022.

By attending this event, you and your team will get the inside scoop on how to add value with lab testing services, expand market share, and tap new sources of much-needed revenue as a head-start for 2022. To meet safety and current CDC directives, this will be a smaller gathering than our full-scale Executive War College conferences that happen every spring (we are planning for 2022 now). But it will feature top-flight sessions and speakers, complemented by the lab profession’s best networking and marketplace of ideas and inspiration.

Stay up-to-date on conference details and news

You can count on us to schedule sessions and speakers from those labs that have identified the new needs of physicians, patients, and hospitals and are now delivering relevant lab testing services while generating new sources of revenue. We are gathering the best and brightest in our profession so that you get as much value from networking opportunities as you do from the top-flight sessions and speakers.

We will reveal more information about Executive War College Presents: Preparing Your Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Group for Post-Pandemic Success as the agenda builds and speakers come aboard. Sign up here to receive periodic updates as we confirm session topics and speakers and have important event news to share.

"Robert Michel and his team do a fantastic job organizing a conference that provides a great mix of thought-leadership sessions on market trends and in-depth master classes with exceptional speaker lineups. It is a great event and highly recommended for learning, networking, and meeting new people from Lab Industry."

"If you want to attend a meeting and go home with new ideas, a fresh perspective, and an understanding of new solutions on the market to meet common challenges you face in the laboratory, this is a meeting for you."

"There is no other conference in the medical laboratory industry that provides such quality educational and networking opportunities like Executive War College. The exceptional speakers range from senior leaders providing strategic market analysis to individual contributors who share their best practices in project execution."

AGENDA

Below, you can also check out the agenda for our previous 2021 event: Executive War College Presents: Preparing Your Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Group for Post-Pandemic Success below to get an idea of the comprehensive and innovative program EWC attendees have come to expect.

Monday, November 1, 2021

Welcome Reception

Hyatt River Walk Hotel

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Master Class Sessions

Using Data Integration and Analysis with AI and Other Digital Tools to Automate Processes and Streamline Workflow from Patient to Lab to Clean Lab Test Claim

Moving the Clinical Laboratory toward Precision Health: Why Real-Time Data Feeds Allow Our Scientific Team to Identify Trends within Client Practices and Interact with Caregivers in Ways that Directly Improve Patient Care

New Ways to Add Value! What Innovative Labs and Collaborating Physician Groups Are Doing Today to Provide Aggregated Data Sets to Big Pharma, Bioresearch, and Oncology Centers

Making Your Lab the Employer of Choice in Today's Tight Staffing Market: What's Working and What's Not When Recruiting Med Techs, Lab Managers, and C-Level Lab Executives

Internet of Things (IoT) Comes Clinical Laboratories: Using a Smart Lockbox to Improve the Integrity of Specimens from Client to Lab, while Documenting Time, Temperature, and Other Factors

Making the Transition from a Reactive PCR Testing Workflow to a Lab Workflow That Serves Healthcare's Evolving Needs

Automating Real-Time Data Collection, Data Interoperability, and Data Analysis: Effective Ways to Get the Right Data Upfront to Help Lower Lab Costs and Collect More Revenue

Applying Precision Medicine to Add Value to Patients, Physicians, and Payers: How Cernostics Harnesses the Power of AI to Deliver a Paradigm-Shifting Precision Medicine Tool for Barrett's Esophagus

General Sessions

Era of Value-Based Reimbursement Means Labs Must Become Masters of Data to Help Slash Costs, Improve Outcomes

FDA Clears First AI-Powered Image Analysis System: Why It Will Accelerate the Digitization of Anatomic Pathology and How Pathologists Should Respond

Break

Patient Engagement as a Lab Opportunity: How Focusing on Care Gaps Improves Patient Outcomes, Lowers Cost of Care, and Generates New Revenue for Labs

How Michigan's Healthcare Data Integration Hub Benefits Patients, Payers, Providers, and Labs: What's Working and What Comes Next

COVID Hunter Preview

Lunch

See Breakout Sessions Below

Current State of Healthcare Big Data: Understanding Labs' Opportunity to Generate New Revenue by Supporting Population Health Management at the Macro Level and Delivering Precision Medicine at the Patient Level

Breakout Sessions

Taking a Deeper Dive into How Artificial Intelligence Analyzes a Digital Pathology Image: What Current Technology Can and Cannot Do, Steps to Implement, and Understanding How the FDA Views AI in Pathology

Blockchain's Role in Healthcare: Lessons from Synaptic Health Alliance's Provider Directory Project

State of the Genetic Testing Market: Insights, Trends, and Pathways to Consistent, Accurate Claims Payment

The New Data Economy: Multiple Ways Labs Can Generate Revenue from Specimens while Building PCR Test Volumes COVID-19 and Other Types of PCR Assays

New Technology Preview: Meet the COVID Hunter, a Non-Invasive, Touchless, Immediate, and Portable Detection Device that Identifies the SARS-Cov-2 Virus

Open Conversation About the Healthcare Data Aggregation Hub Model: Understanding the Financial Model of Getting Paid for Providing Data and Paying to Access Data

Private Pathology Practice Redux: How the New Generation of Pathologists Builds National Subspecialty Referrals, Enjoys More Revenue, and Does It All Without Private Equity

Roundtable Discussion on Current Activity involving Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Mergers & Acquisitions

Biomarkers and Big Data in Cancer Care: What Clinical Labs and Genetic Testing Companies Need to Know and How They Can Contribute More Value in Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Patient Monitoring Decisions

Today's Opportunities with Hospital Laboratory Outreach Programs: Best Strategies for Winning New Clients, Boosting Revenue, and Delivering More Clinical Value to Physicians, Payers, and Patients

How COVID-19 Forever Changed the In Vitro Diagnostics Marketplace: What Both Clinical Labs and IVD Companies Need to Know about the Growth of Consumer At-Home Testing and Other Key Trends

Grand Reception

Hyatt River Walk Hotel

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Master Class Sessions

Evolving Best Practices in Blood Collection, Transport, and Processing: What's New, How COVID-19 Is Reshaping Collection Practices, and Effective Ways to Reduce Hemolysis

Decrease Costs and Increase Revenue: The Business Case for Bringing Additional Infectious Disease Testing in House -An Operational Playbook to Repurposing Automated PCR Platforms for High-Margin LDTs and Other Tests

Too Many Open Positions and Not Enough Pathologists: What Pathology Groups Must Do to Successfully Recruit Qualified Pathologists in the Tightest Job Market in Two Decades

Breaking News on Trends and Denials Involving Lab Test Claims: New Insights on Changing Behavior of Payers and Cunning Ways They Shift Claims Processing Protocols

Joining Pathology's Digital Revolution: How Traditional Pathology Groups Can Digitize Clinical Workflows, Achieve Data Integration, and Use a Single Solution to Accommodate the Myriad of Scanning Formats

Scaling Next-Generation Sequencing Testing Utilizing Artificial Intelligence: Rapid Launch of Genetic Disease Panels (in post-COVID world)

Legal, Regulatory, and Managed Care Contracting Issues Changing in 2022: What's Important, What's Not, and What's at Risk for Labs and Pathology Groups

General Sessions

Session to be announced

Understanding the Changing Priorities and Care Programs of Self-Insured Employers and Health Insurers: Specific Ways Clinical Labs Can Align with these Payer Initiatives to Add Value

Break

Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence in Three Dimensions: Daily Lab Operations and Patient Services, Integration and Interpretation of Data, and the Coming AI Revolution in Digital Pathology

Artificial Intelligence Arrives in Healthcare and Diagnostics: What It Can Do Today, Where It's Being Used First, and Why Labs Can Use It to Deliver More Value and Create New Sources of Revenue

Lunch

See Breakout Sessions Below

Extracting the Important Lessons from the Executive War College 2021

Breakout Sessions

Ransomware and Encryption Attacks as Threats to Hospitals, Labs, and Pathology Groups: Best Practices in Protecting against Such Attacks and Practical Ways to Respond to Attacks

Ask the Expert: Roundtable Discussion About Artificial Intelligence and Its Role in Operations, Data Analysis, Diagnostics, and More

Our Lab’s Multi-year Journey to Automate Work Processes and Use Analytics to Reduce Errors, Boost Efficiencies, and Improve Patient Care

How Demonstrating Our Lab's Value During the COVID Pandemic Evolved into Tight, Ongoing Collaborations with Most Clinical Service Lines in Our Health System

From Bench to Bedside: The Avera Institute for Human Genetics Pathway to Implementation of Clinical Genetic Testing for Pharmacogenetics and Precision Oncology

for the 2022 Event

Innovative ideas exchange = post-pandemic opportunities your lab and pathology group can seize

Decrease Costs and Increase Revenue: The Business Case for Bringing Additional Infectious Disease Testing in House -
An Operational Playbook to Repurposing Automated PCR Platforms for High-Margin LDTs and Other Tests