“Best conference I have been to in >10 years. Excellent, timely, interdisciplinary and very adolescent focused. Great job. The worst part to the conference was having to decide between so many excellent workshops.” – 2015 Conference attendee
The UMHS Adolescent Health Initiative’s 2016 Conference on Adolescent Health, led by Maggie A. Riley, MD, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, will be held on April 18-19, 2016. Registration is now open with early-bird discounts available.
The annual conference, now in its third year, will include skill-building workshops aimed to improve clinical practices, breakout sessions focused on cutting-edge topics, plenary remarks, and a poster-viewing session. This is a multidisciplinary conference with an intended audience of medical professionals (physicians, NPs, PAs, RNs), other health professions (Health Education, Public Health, Nutrition, Social Work, etc.), researchers, and students. The Conference on Adolescent Health offers health professionals the opportunity to learn from multidisciplinary speakers in a multidisciplinary environment, gaining knowledge and skills that can be readily incorporated into practice.
The conference will be held at the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest. Early-bird registration rates are available through March 18, 2016. Registration discounts are also available for students, residents, and fellows. To view the complete schedule and to register for the event, please visit the conference website.
Dr. Riley is an adolescent health expert. In addition to her faculty position with the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine, she is the Medical Director of the Adolescent Health Initiative and the Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools, a system of six school-based clinics in middle and high schools in Washtenaw County, and the President of the Michigan Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
The Adolescent Health Initiative strives to transform the healthcare landscape to optimize adolescent and young adult health and well-being. AHI’s mission is to advance innovative adolescent-centered
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This webinar will discuss CPT coding and ICD10 coding to make sure you are getting the most detailed claims out the door for payment. We will also discuss the use of modifiers as to when they are needed as well as working denials on the back end. The cleaner the claims, the more consistent the revenue stream will be.
Join the School-Based Health Alliance and your peers from around the nation for three days of learning and networking—and a trip to Capitol Hill to let policymakers know that school-based health centers are redefining health for kids and teens!
This is your opportunity to advocate for school-based health centers with Michigan legislators. Don’t miss your chance – register by February 3rd!
To prepare:
1. Bring identification (e.g.: driver’s license) to enter the building.
2. Conference call for advocacy day participants will take place on Tuesday, January 31st at 1:30 p.m. The call-in number is: 1-800-617-4268. The pin number is 38589321#. A reminder will be sent prior to the call, but please mark your calendar.
3. Additional details, including your legislative appointments and parking information, will be sent prior to February 7th. Registration will close on February 3rd.
Youth – it’s YOUR turn! We had Advocacy Day in February to get to know our new legislators, and now it’s time to visit again, bringing our most important people to advocate – the youth we serve in our centers.
Youth Advocacy Day will be an opportunity to bring health center young people to the capitol, providing a full day of advocacy, networking, and legislative visits.
Please join us!
The 2nd Annual Community Conversation on Bullying, will bring together featured members of the Community including representatives from the fields of education, medical, legal, and mental health with the goal of supplying the information and tools necessary to engage educators, parents and students to be proactive in their anti-bullying efforts within their own communities.
