athenahealth's 5th Annual User Conference is October 10-13, 2006: Early Bird Discount Ends August 18th!
This year's User Conference (UC) has been revamped and expanded to make it the biggest, most in-depth, and hands-on ever.
What's so different this year? In a nutshell: lots more material broken down into more manageable topics. We've created lots more sessions than last year (40 in all) covering well-defined, hands-on topics to give you in-depth guidance on issues ranging from working unpostables to using Excel, increasing payer reimbursement, and getting the most out of your athenaNet reports. You'll walk away this year with key insights and action steps for making the most of athenahealth services and for maximizing practice revenue. (For a full list of conference sessions click here.)
We've kept the conference sessions divided into three areas: Daily Operations, Performance Management, and Strategy Development. So every client will find sessions geared specifically towards their role in the practice, whether it's keeping things running in the front office, working on practice improvement, or setting the stage for future growth and development.
For example, Keith Charpentier, Senior Project Manager will be presenting Demystifying the Wizards - Financial Reporting Basics. In this session, Charpentier will help clients understand when to run an AR versus Activity Wizard, how to download reports to Excel, and which options to select to make the most of their reports. "I hope clients come away from this session with a good understanding of the basics of running these Wizards, which sets the foundation for good financial management of the practice," Charpentier said. On the other end of the spectrum are executive-level sessions like Managing Performance: An HR Perspective, and Entrepreneurship and Strategy Development: Applied to Healthcare, led by our very own Jonathan Bush.
"It's not your usual corporate meeting," said Matthew McNamara, athenahealth's Account Associate for the Midwest. "The way we do things keeps everyone engaged and interested in learning and growing. At athenahealth, we are truly a family of teachers and learners. Clients enjoy the time they have to give us feedback on what we could do better, and they also enjoy getting our feedback on what they can do better." This year, McNamara will be presenting a session on how to use Practice Performance Reports to help increase cash flow and operational efficiencies.
As past attendees know, the UC is also a time for making and renewing key connections. "While the conference is focused on making practices better and utilizing athenaNet in the best ways possible, a large part of it also has to do with the social interaction with what we consider our 'athenahealth family,'" said McNamara. "It's important that we come together to celebrate the relationship we have with our clients."
Charpentier agrees. "Since I'm in implementation, I usually don't see clients after the initial start-up with athenaNet," he said. "I'm looking forward to seeing some familiar faces at the social events this year, and visiting with clients outside of the work environment."
Seats are filling up fast! For more information and to register, click here.
