Welcome To The California Clinical Laboratory Association
The California Clinical Laboratory Association (CCLA) was formed in November 1976 by a group of people representing both small and large laboratories who felt that the California lab community needed to have its own program and voice.
California Clinical Laboratory Association
2019 Annual Conference
Hilton, Costa Mesa
November 6-8, 2019
Wednesday - November 6
4-6:00 pm Conference Registration
Exhibit Set-up
6-7:30 pm Wine & Cheese
Meet our Sponsors
Thursday - November 7
7:30 am Registration- Continental Breakfast – Visit our Sponsors
8:30 am Welcome
Christine Sabol, President, CCLA
8:45 am Laboratory Policy and Market Trends: What’s Ahead for 2020
Dennis Weissman, President
Dennis Weissman & Associates, LLC, Falls Church, VA
9:30 am Sacramento Update
Michael Arnold,
Legislative Advocate
Kristi Foy, Legal Counsel
Arnold & Associates, CCLA
10:00 am The Da Vinci Project
Robert Dieterle, CEO Enable Care
10:30 am Break-
Meet our Sponsors
10:45 am
Tammy Ewers, Provider Education/Outreach, Noridian
11:15 am Provider Enrollment & Oversight
Zabeen Chong, Director, Provider Enrollment & Oversight Group Center for Program Integrity
Charles Schalm, CMS
12:00 pm Networking Luncheon
1:30 pm
Paul Gerrard, MD-MolDX Director of Clinical Science Palmetto GBA
2:15 pm Billing and Regulatory
Lâle White, CEO, XIFIN
3:00pm Managed Medicare
Dr. Kristine Bordenave, Corporate Medical Director, Humana
3:30 pm Break –
Meet our Sponsors
3:45 pm The New Era of Consumerism Facing Labs Today: Best Practices to Stay Competitive
Walt Williams, Director, Revenue Strategy & Optimization
QUADAX
4:15 pm EKRA and Other 4-Letter Words
David Gee, Partner
Caitlin Forsyth
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
5:00 pm Recess
5:00 pm CCLA Board Meeting
5:00-7:00 pm President’s
Networking Cocktail Reception
Friday - November 8
8:00 am Continental Breakfast-
Visit our Sponsors
8:30 am CCLA Annual Membership Meeting-
-Election Report
8:45 am ACLA Legal Update
Joyce Gresko, ACLA Legal Counsel, Alston & Bird
9:15 am Removing Laboratory Barriers to Chronic Kidney Disease Testing
Elizabeth Montgomery, Vice President, Learning Strategies and Primary Care Programs
National Kidney Foundation
9:45 am
Sheila D. Walcoff CEO & Founder
Goldbug Strategies LLC
10:15 am Break-
Meet our Sponsors
10:30 am
Patric Hooper, Founding Partner Hooper, Lundy & Bookman
11:15 am LFS Update
Robert J. Thomas, Chief
CA Lab Field Services; Nga Tran, Program Analyst
12:00 pm Meeting Conclusion
The California Clinical Laboratory Association (CCLA) was formed in November 1976 by a group of people representing both small and large laboratories who felt that the California lab community needed to have its own program and voice.
California Clinical Laboratory Association
2019 Annual Conference
Hilton, Costa Mesa
November 6-8, 2019
Wednesday - November 6
4-6:00 pm Conference Registration
Exhibit Set-up
6-7:30 pm Wine & Cheese
Meet our Sponsors
Thursday - November 7
7:30 am Registration- Continental Breakfast – Visit our Sponsors
8:30 am Welcome
Christine Sabol, President, CCLA
8:45 am Laboratory Policy and Market Trends: What’s Ahead for 2020
Dennis Weissman, President
Dennis Weissman & Associates, LLC, Falls Church, VA
9:30 am Sacramento Update
Michael Arnold,
Legislative Advocate
Kristi Foy, Legal Counsel
Arnold & Associates, CCLA
10:00 am The Da Vinci Project
Robert Dieterle, CEO Enable Care
10:30 am Break-
Meet our Sponsors
10:45 am
Tammy Ewers, Provider Education/Outreach, Noridian
11:15 am Provider Enrollment & Oversight
Zabeen Chong, Director, Provider Enrollment & Oversight Group Center for Program Integrity
Charles Schalm, CMS
12:00 pm Networking Luncheon
1:30 pm
Paul Gerrard, MD-MolDX Director of Clinical Science Palmetto GBA
2:15 pm Billing and Regulatory
Lâle White, CEO, XIFIN
3:00pm Managed Medicare
Dr. Kristine Bordenave, Corporate Medical Director, Humana
3:30 pm Break –
Meet our Sponsors
3:45 pm The New Era of Consumerism Facing Labs Today: Best Practices to Stay Competitive
Walt Williams, Director, Revenue Strategy & Optimization
QUADAX
4:15 pm EKRA and Other 4-Letter Words
David Gee, Partner
Caitlin Forsyth
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
5:00 pm Recess
5:00 pm CCLA Board Meeting
5:00-7:00 pm President’s
Networking Cocktail Reception
Friday - November 8
8:00 am Continental Breakfast-
Visit our Sponsors
8:30 am CCLA Annual Membership Meeting-
-Election Report
8:45 am ACLA Legal Update
Joyce Gresko, ACLA Legal Counsel, Alston & Bird
9:15 am Removing Laboratory Barriers to Chronic Kidney Disease Testing
Elizabeth Montgomery, Vice President, Learning Strategies and Primary Care Programs
National Kidney Foundation
9:45 am
Sheila D. Walcoff CEO & Founder
Goldbug Strategies LLC
10:15 am Break-
Meet our Sponsors
10:30 am
Patric Hooper, Founding Partner Hooper, Lundy & Bookman
11:15 am LFS Update
Robert J. Thomas, Chief
CA Lab Field Services; Nga Tran, Program Analyst
12:00 pm Meeting Conclusion