PFA’s 54th Annual Symposium and Exhibition
October 31 – November 2, 2013
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center and the Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, MA
 
Schedule at a Glance

Schedule, speakers and programming subject to change. 

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
   
10 AM – 5 PM: Optional educational fieldtrip to Vibram/Quabaug Corporation facility in North Brookfield, MA
  [Registration fee for this event will include round-trip transportation, lunch at Quabaug Corporation’s factory and laboratory facility tour and CEUs.  Participants must register for this event by September 30, 2013.  PFA reserves the right to cancel this event if a minimum number of attendees is not met by this date.]
 

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3 PM – 7 PM: Registration Open (Exhibit Hall D Pre-Function)
   
7:30 PM – 9 PM: Optional Happy Hour with the PFA Board of Directors at Boston’s historic Union Oyster House
  [Registration fee for this event will include round-trip transportation, one complimentary drink ticket and hors d’oeuvres.  Participants must register for this event by September 30, 2013.  PFA reserves the right to cancel this event is a minimum number of attendees is not met by this date.]
   
   
Thursday, October 31, 2013
   
To 6 PM: Exhibitor Set-up (Exhibit Hall D)
   
7 AM – 6:30 PM: Registration Open (Exhibit Hall D Pre-Function)
   
7 AM – 7:45 AM: Continental Breakfast (Ballrooms A/B Pre-function, Ballroom A)
   
8 AM – 9 AM: OGS1:Opening General Session – (Ballroom B)
  Dr. Thomas C. Michaud, DC
   
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM: GS2:  General Session - (Ballroom B)
  Medicare DMEPOS Documentation and RAC Audits:  An Overview of Recent Findings and an Update on What to Expect Next
  Zita Upchurch, Provider Outreach and Education Sr. Analyst
  CGS Administrators, LLC
   
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break (Ballrooms A/B Pre-function)
   
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: GS3:  General Session - (Ballroom B)
  Pedorthic Assessment and Treatment of Sagittal Plane Deformities
  Dr. James B. McGuire, DPM, PT, C. Ped.
 

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11:30 AM – 12:15 PM: Lunch (Ballrooms A/B Pre-function, Ballroom A)
   
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM: GS4:  General Session – (Ballroom B)
  Dr. Pierre d’Hemecourt, MD
   
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Breakout Sessions (A)
                                             
  A1:  (Room 200)
  An Indepth Review of Medicare Documentation Issues, Findings of RAC Audits, and Best Practices Using Actual Case Studies
  Zita Upchurch, Provider Outreach and Education Sr. Analyst
  CGS Administrators, LLC
   
  A2:  (Room 207)
  Essentials of Business Anatomy:  An Introduction to Core Structural Aspects – Legal and Tax – of the Principal Life Stages of a Privately Held Business
  Allen J. Weiner, Esq.
   
  A3:  (Room 208)
  Marketing Your Pedorthics Facility
  Doug Chartier
   
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall D Pre-function)
   
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM: Breakout Sessions (B)
   
  B1:  (Room 200)
  Physician/Supplier Requirements to Accurately Submit Therapeutic Shoe Claims to the
  Jurisdictional DME MAC
  John Shero, COF, C. Ped.
   
  B2:  (Room 207)
  Pedorthic Referrals Outside of the Diabetic, Medicare, and Third Party Insurance World
  Robert S. Schwartz, C. Ped.
   
  B3:  (Room 208)
  Do Private Insurance Contracts Have a Place in Pedorthics?
  Aaron Sorensen, CPO
   
4 PM – 5 PM: Breakout Sessions (C)
   
  C1:  (Room 200)
  Alternative Management for Foot and Ankle Conditions
  Frank Caruso, CO, LO
   
  C2:  (Room 207)
  A Tale of Two Pathologies:  CTEV Fifty Years Apart
  Dean Mason, C. Ped., CO
   
  C3:  (Room 208)
  The Foot Bone’s Connected to the Hip Bone
  William Smith, MSPT, C. Ped.
   
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM: Breakout Sessions (D)
   
  D1:  (Room 207)
  Modern Athletic Shoe Construction and How Pedorthists Can Reduce Increasing Injury Rates
  Jeremy Long, BOC Pedorthist
   
  D2:  (Room 200)
  Core Casting Management of the Pro-Athlete
  William Meanwell, C. Ped.
   
  D3:  (Room 208)
  The Vertical Foot Alignment System
  Neil Smith, C. Ped.
   
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall D)
 

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Friday, November 1, 2013
   
7 AM -5:15 PM: Registration Open (Exhibit Hall D Pre-Function)
   
7 AM – 7:45 AM: Continental Breakfast (Ballrooms A/B Pre-function, Ballroom A)
   
8 AM – 9 AM: GS5: General Session (Ballroom B)
  Energetic Consequences of Forefoot and Rearfoot Running
  Dr. Allison Gruber, Ph.D.
   
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM: GS6: General Session (Ballroom B)
  It Really IS All About Quality…The Government’s Pursuit of Medical Necessity and Quality of Care Cases
  George Breen, Esq.
   
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM: Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall D)
 

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10:15 AM – 11:15 AM: PFA’s Annual Membership Meeting (Room 202)
   
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM: Uninterrupted Exhibit Hall Time (Exhibit Hall D)
   
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall D)
   
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM: Uninterrupted Exhibit Hall Time (Exhibit Hall D)
   
1:15 PM – 7 PM: Exhibit Hall Open for VIP Hours
   
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: GS7: General Session (Ballroom B)
  Minimalist Shoes and Barefoot Running:  A Final Verdict?
  Dr. Roy Lidtke, DPM
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2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall D Pre-Function)
 

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2:45 PM – 3:45 PM: Breakout Sessions (E)
   
  E1:  (Room 200)
  Biomechanics of the Foot and Knee:  Treating Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) as a Pedorthist
  Dr. Roy Lidtke, DPM
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  E2:  (Room 207)
  Triple Arthrodesis:  When Patients Consider It
  Nancy Naftalin, C. Ped., Surgical Assistant
   
  E3:  (Room 208)
  Functional Gait Analysis & Foot Typing Methodology
  Dr. Louis J. DeCaro, DPM
   
4 PM – 5 PM: Breakout Sessions (F)
   
  F1:  (Room 200)
  Effects of Specialized Footwear on Joint Loads in Osteoarthritis of the Knee
  Dr. Roy Lidtke, DPM
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  F2:  (Room 208)
  Age-specific Orthotic Protocols for the Podopediatric Patient:  From the Time They Walk Until High School Graduation
  Dr. Louis J. DeCaro, DPM
   
  F3:  (Room 207)
  Total Contact Casting for Charcot Management
  Dr. Louis Iannuzzi, PT, DPT, C. Ped.; Adam Dreyfus
   
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM: Breakout Sessions (G)
   
  G1:  (Room 200)
  Medicare Policy Overview:  Practical Applications
  Aaron Sorensen, CPO
   
  G2:  (Room 207)
  Weird Diagnoses:  You Have What???
  Erick Janisse, CO, C. Ped.
   
  G3:  (Room 208) 
  Current Healthcare Economics and Market with Positive Response from the VA Perspective
  Dr. Anthony Lazzarino, DPM, Peter Wong, C. Ped.
   
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM: ABC Certificant Meeting (Room 204)
   
Evening: On Your Own
   
Saturday, November 2, 2013
   
7 AM – 3 PM: Registration Open (Exhibit Hall D Pre-Function)
   
7 AM – 7:45 AM: Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall D Pre-Function)
    
8 AM – 9 AM: Breakout Sessions (I)
   
  H1:  (Room 200)
  Using Social Media to Develop Relationships with Baby Boomers
  Dr. Melodie Phillips, Ph. D.; Aaron Sorensen, CPO
   
  H2:  (Room 207)
  The Modern Financial Challenges in Working with the Therapeutic Shoe Benefit
  Jeremy Long, BOC Pedorthist
   
  H3:  (Room 208)
  Taking Steps in the Right Direction:  Building Your Pedorthic Practice
  Dr. John Mina, DPM; Tara Evans, C. Ped.
   
8:15 AM – 9 AM: Exhibitor Review Meeting (Exhibit Hall D – Social Media Lounge)
   
9 AM – 10:15 AM: Uninterrupted Exhibit Hall Time (Exhibit Hall D)
   
9:00 AM – 10:45 AM: Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall D)
   
10:45 AM – 12 Noon: Uninterrupted Exhibit Hall Time (Exhibit Hall D)
   
12:15 PM – 7 PM: Exhibit Hall Breakdown (Exhibit Hall closes at 11 AM)
   
12:15 PM – 1 PM: Lunch (Ballrooms A/B Pre-function, Ballroom A)
   
1 PM – 2 PM: GS8: General Session (Ballroom B)
  Advanced Composite Insoles for the Reduction of Stress Fractures
  Dr. Steven King, DPM, C. Ped.
   
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM: GS8: General Session (Ballroom B)
  Keep Your Eye on the Foot
  Dane LaFontsee, C. Ped. 
   
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break (Ballroom A/B Pre-function)
   
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: CGS10: Closing General Session (Ballroom B)
  Clinical Relevance of Pedorthic Foundation Funded Foot Biomechanics Research
  Dr. Geza Kogler, Ph. D.
   
Sunday, November 3, 2013
   
7 AM – 9 AM: Registration Open (Outside of Room 200)
   
8 AM – 1 PM: Optional Post-Symposium Course (Room 200)
  CPR for Healthcare Providers
  Robert Sobel, C. Ped., EMT-P