Roundtables and Discussion Forums

Attend Roundtables and Discussion Forums each day and foster dedicated discussions around issues facing the specialty.

Friday, January 22	Roundtables
Session 1: Noon - 12:30 p.m.	Roundtable 1: Master the CMS TEAM's Program: Your Ultimate Guide to Success! Roundtable 2: The Demons of Anesthesia: What Keeps Us Up at Night and What Actually Matters Roundtable 3: Becoming a healthcare leader: the why, the how, the what and the lessons learned Roundtable 4: State of Anesthesia Practice - Pardon the Interruption! Roundtable 5: Billing and Coding for Anesthesia Services: Basics and Latest Updates Roundtable 6: Using NACOR Data to Drive Local Quality Improvement in Process and Outcomes Roundtable 7: Proving the Value of Physician-led Anesthesia Care Roundtable 8: Our new system has it all - MDs, CRNAs, CAAs, Residents! How to Create the Most Effective Physician Led Model for your Diverse Institutional Needs Roundtable 9: The AI-Empowered Patient: How Anesthesiologists Are Reimagining Preoperative Readiness Roundtable 10: Contracts
Session 2: 4 - 4:30 p.m.	Roundtable 13: Building Anesthesia and Perioperative Service Lines: Legal Structures That Work (and Those That Don’t) Roundtable 15: Retain Your Anesthesiologists: Why It Matters and How to Do It Roundtable 16: Smarter Systems, Safer Surgery: The Future of Perioperative Medication Safety Roundtable 17: Who's the Boss? The Director of Anesthesia Services, Sedation Oversight, and Regulatory Accountability Roundtable 18: AI in EPIC Roundtable 19: Artificial and Actual Intelligence: Why Humans Still Matter Roundtable 20: Harassment, incivility and disrespect are incompatible with great outcomes Roundtable 21: How to Succeed in the Contract Negotiations Process Roundtable 22: State of Anesthesia Practice - Pardon the Interruption! Roundtable 23: Building an Engaged, Integrated Anesthesia-Care Team; Doctors, CRNAs & CAAs Working Together
Friday, January 22	Discussion Forums
Session 1: Noon - 12:30 p.m.	Discussion Forum 1: Redesigning the FTE: Aligning Clinical Work and Workforce Realities Discussion Forum 2: What Actually Works in Anesthesiologist Recruitment: Strengthening Fundamentals and Advancing Innovation
Session 2: 4 - 4:30 p.m.	Discussion Forum 4: Effective Governance -- The Foundation of Successful Practice Discussion Forum 5: The Staffing Crisis in Anesthesia is Contrived and Overblown? Discussion Forum 6: From OR 7 to the C-Suite: The Anesthesiologist’s Guide to the Big Table
Saturday, January 23	Roundtables
Session 1: Noon - 12:30 p.m.	Roundtable 25: Mid Career Blues:How Coaching Can Help Improve Career Satisfaction, Physician Retention, and Decrease Burnout Roundtable 26: Things Doctors are Never Taught: Balancing Personal Finances as a New Attending Roundtable 27: Cost Containment Without Compromise: The AI-Driven Future of Anesthesia RCM Roundtable 28: Negotiating Win-Win Partnerships with ASCs, Revisited: Updated Strategies for Anesthesiologists Roundtable 29: Many Paths, One Profession: The Great Anesthesia Practice Model Debate Roundtable 30: NORA Roundtable 31: The Algorithmic Anesthesiology Practice: A Roadmap for Strategic AI Integration Roundtable 32: Tales From the Crypt - Contract Negotiations Gone Bad Roundtable 33: Practical Approaches to Incivility in the Workplace
Session 2: 2:45 - 3:15 p.m.	Roundtable 37: Clinician as Developer: Building AI-Powered Apps Without a Computer Science Degree Roundtable 38: Troubled Waters: Mitigating Risk in Anesthesia Compliance Roundtable 39: Beyond Mortality: Rethinking the Metrics That Define Safety in Anesthesiology Roundtable 40: The WISH List: Validated Data Driving Anesthesiologist Retention...and Departure Roundtable 41: Advanced Analytics: Beyond FCOTS and Turnovers Roundtable 42: Leadership in Anesthesiology: Military Lessons for Civilian Practice Roundtable 43: Early Leadership in Anesthesiology: Catalyst for Innovation or Risk to Professional Development? Roundtable 44: Negotiating Win-Win Partnerships with ASCs, Revisited: Updated Strategies for Anesthesiologists Roundtable 45: Tales From the Crypt - Contract Negotiations Gone Bad Roundtable 46: Ticking Time Bombs in Exclusive Contracts
Saturday, January 23	Discussion Forums
Session 1: Noon - 12:30 p.m.	Discussion Forum 7: The economic value of Artificial Intelligence in anesthesiology and Medicine Discussion Forum 8: Proposed CMS Changes 2028: CJR-X -- Applying Lessons from the CJR Bundled Payment Program to the New Medicare TEAM Model Discussion Forum 9: Financial Support Negotiation Unpacked: Valuation Models, Legal Strategy, and Behavioral Economics
Session 2: 2:45 - 3:15 p.m.	Discussion Forum 11: Don't Strike Out: Navigating Labor Disruptions Discussion Forum 12: Everything Anesthesiologists Need to Know About CMS Value-Based Models: From Policy to Practice

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