AAPPM has partnered with the Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center Podiatric Residency Program to present a comprehensive resident and new practitioner seminar on Thursday, May 15 from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. We have brought the leaders in the field of practice management for this first annual seminar. The focus will be on the essential information needed for the early years of practice. Registrations will be accepted at the door only.

Every attendee will receive a free pair of Crocs Rx and the buffet dinner is free, compliments of the meeting sponsors.

Some of the talks that will be presented include:
Technology Guideposts for New Practitioners
The Art of Patient Presentation
The Building Blocks of Coding and Billing
Taking Your Marketing to the Next Level
Associateships, Partnerships, and Buy-ins
Setting up a New Office
Integrating Ancillary Services in Your Practice
Introduction to Use of Durable Medical Equipment in the Office
Strategies for Securing Financing for New Practice Set-up and Buy-ins and Loan Consolidation

Click here to download the brochure.

Click here to download the brochure.  We will have an on-line registration form by the week of May 12th. 

Workshop Highlights

Whether you’ve been in practice many years, are a new practitioner, a podiatric assistant or an office manager, our Summer Boot Camp has something special for you.  

Optional workshops, lectures, pearls (short powerful lectures) and unique, highly interactive roundtables will provide you with dozens of proven ideas you can use to build and improve your practice beginning right now.

The AAPPM member registration fee of only $179 ($99 for AAPPM member APMA A1-4, new practitioners and staff) includes Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch and a full breakfast on Sunday and great networking, sharing and socializing every night at our free hospitality suites.  This is the best meeting value in podiatry!

20 Corporate Sponsor exhibitors featuring a wide variety of exceptional podiatric products and services that can help build your practice - and save hundreds or even thou­sands of dollars thanks to AAPPM member discounts. 

Free 30 minute consultations on practice marketing and management; EMR and practice management/coding and billing software; financial management; coding and billing; and technology issues.

Reservations at Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Hotel

Call the Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Hotel at 800-328-9297 or 412-788-8800 and ask for the special AAPPM group rate of $91 single or double occupancy – valid until July 23, 2008.  Please note that we must receive both your registration form and payment at least one week before the conference to complete your registration.

Special All Day Optional Sunday Residents Seminar

Please see the Residents Seminar schedule for topics and speakers.  Registration fees - $99 if registered for the entire Summer Boot Camp Workshop and the Sunday Residents Workshop, $49 if registering just for the Sunday Residents Seminar.

Maximum of 14.25 Continuing Education Contact Hours

AAPPM is an approved sponsor of courses by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) and Gary Adams is the Director of Continuing Education.  Please see the brochure for a listing of all of the continuing education objectives.

Fall Practice Management Workshop
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
November 6 to 9, 2008

A Great Practice Management Workshop In Paradise - It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!

Our AAPPM Fall Practice Management Workshop will provide you with proven, easy to implement practice management ideas and strategies that you can begin using immediately to improve your patient care, practice and profitability. With the beach, swimming pools, great restaurants and a wonderful spa all right at Lago Mar, and great shopping, sightseeing, boat trips and many of Florida's finest restaurants just minutes away, this is a great way to combine business with a relaxing family vacation under the Florida sun.

Unless you’ve attended one of our meetings, you will never fully understand how quickly we can inspire you and your staff and give you critical tools to make your practice more successful. We’ve done it for hundreds of others and we can do it for you. Come to our Fall Workshop!

Midwinter Workshop and Residents Workshop
Pittsburgh, PA
March 5 to 8, 2009

The AAPPM Midwinter Practice Management Workshop is 3.5 days jam packed with eye-opening, inspiring lectures, interactive roundtable discussions and short pearls – presented by the best speakers in podiatric practice management education. Highlights are dozens of winning practice management strategies to enhance patient care and to build your practice through lectures, power pearls (short lectures), hands on workshops and roundtable discussions. This meeting can change your practice - and change your life!

Special All Day Optional Sunday Seminar for Residents
Please see the schedule on the last page for topics. There is a separate registration fee to register just for the residents’ workshop.

This workshop has completely sold out for the last 4 years, so we recommend that you make your registration early. 

Click here to download the schedule from the 2008 Workshop.

Click here to download the schedule from the 2008 Resident Workshop.