Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, A voice for private physicians since 1943.

Thrive, Not Just Survive XXI JANUARY 9, 2015 NEW ORLEANS AGENDA & SPEAKER BIOS
1:00pm 1:05pm

Welcome & Introductions

1:05pm 1:35pm
Cash and out-of-network: good for medicine as free
agency is for sports.

Andrew Schlafly, J.D., General Counsel, AAPS

Andy Schlafly has been the General Counsel of AAPS for

nearly two decades, leading the legal effort to preserve
private medicine. He has argued numerous cases in trial
and appellate courts. In 2014 Andy helped win an
historic precedent against sham peer review in an
important case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit, establishing the full right of a victimized
physician to obtain discovery in litigation against
hospital administrators and he helped extend a unique
federal injunction against administrators at another
hospital to prevent them from reporting a sham peer
review to the National Practitioner Data Bank. Andy won
two jury trials for an AAPS member against Aetna in
2014. He also guided AAPS to file an amicus brief that
helped achieve a grant of cert by the U.S. Supreme Court
to review ObamaCare a second time, in King v. Burwell.
His college degree was in engineering, and his law
degree is from Harvard, where he was an editor of the
Harvard Law Review.

1:35pm 2:05pm
Opting Out of Medicare.
Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.

Dr. Huntoon is editor-in-chief of the Journal of American

Physicians and Surgeons. He is also a past president of
the AAPS, serves on the AAPS board of directors and is
chairman of the AAPS Committee to Combat Sham Peer
Review. He is an unrepentant lampoonist, whose
subjects have included Medicare bureaucrats, otherwise
known as the Blue Bunglers, managed care moguls, and
others who are intent on demeaning, devaluing,
attacking, and oppressing those who practice medicine.
In addition to his collection of managed care cartoons,
known as Huntoon Lampoons, his creations have
included the WEDONT CARE HMO Card, and his
collection of correspondence with HCFA and Medicare
bureaucrats, known as Little Frank, which now stands
over ten feet tall and weighs well over 200 pounds.
Trained as a medical research scientist with a Ph.D. in
neurophysiology, Dr. Huntoon is a practicing solo
neurologist who is opted out of Medicare and runs a
third party-free practice in the Buffalo area.

2:05pm 2:35pm
Self-Insured Employers Creating Opportunities for
Independent Physicians. Jay Kempton
KemptonGroup.com & MarketMedicine.org

In 1992, Joseph "Jay" Kempton started his journey with

The Kempton Group, which was founded in 1969 by his
father, Wayne Kempton. Mr. Kempton became the
President and CEO in 2003 and has diligently worked
with Oklahoma employers to ensure their employee
benefits fit the needs of our community. In 2011, Mr.
Kempton became aware of the free market medical
movement in Oklahoma and what it could mean for
healthcare in his community. Based on a true belief in
transparency, and a genuine desire to change how
employers and participants view and purchase
healthcare, Mr. Kempton started the Kempton Premier
Provider program. By partnering with free market
minded providers in Oklahoma, Texas, and surrounding
states, Mr. Kempton has helped his self-funded clients
save millions of dollars in just a few years. Because of
this program, now Mr. Kempton is asked to speak to
other TPAs, providers, and employers all over the
country about how to partner with free market
providers to improve employee benefits and lower
employer claims. Mr. Kempton is one of the founding
members of the Free Market Medical Association, a
board member of the Society of Professional Benefit
Administrators, and a member of the Health Care
Administrators Association. Mr. Kempton has a Bachelor
of Science degree in Business Administration from
Oklahoma State University and is Life, Health, AD&D,
and Property and Casualty Insurance licensed in multiple
states.

2:35pm 3:00pm

Q & A for Panel One

3:00pm 3:15pm

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3:15pm 6:00pm
Case Studies: Cash-Based Primary Care, Specialty Care

3:15pm 3:35pm
Josh Umbehr, M.D.
Atlas MD, Family Practice, Wichita, KS,
www.Atlas.md

Dr. Umbehr majored in human nutritional sciences at

Kansas State University, where he did research on the
effects of vitamin A on lung cancer. He received his
M.D. from the University of Kansas School of Medicine
and completed his family medicine residency at Wesley
Medical Center. After becoming a board-certified family
physician, he opened AtlasMD, a practice he had been
dreaming of for nearly a decade. In this practice, he is
able to shrug off the burdens and restrictions of
government and insurance regulation to focus solely on
patients and their needs. His oldest child, Katelyn, has
Down syndrome, and supporting the Down Syndrome
Society of Wichita is a key focus of AtlasMD.

3:35pm 3:55pm
Brenda Arnett, M.D.
Internal Medicine, Winchester, VA
www.ArnettMD.com

A native of Elkins WV, Dr. Brenda Arnett comes from a

long line of physicians. Her interest in medicine
developed during her several years of cancer research.
This interest soon led her to complete her MD degree
from West Virginia University and an Internal Medicine
Residency at Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington, DC. But as a doctor entrusted with the
care of patients, just having an interest isn't enough. It
takes sincere passion. A passion that has carried her
across the globe to China, Africa and Central America to
further her medical knowledge and to prepare her to
really care for what patients are passionate about
their health. As a board certified, Georgetown trained
internist, Dr. Arnett treats most adult medical problems
including diabetes, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, osteoporosis, depression, asthma, anxiety,
as well as women's health issues. Most importantly, Dr.
Arnett spends as much time as she needs with each
patient in order to provide the highest quality medical
care.

3:55pm 4:15pm
Lee Gross, M.D.
Epiphany Health, Family Medicine, North Port, FL
President, Docs4PatientCare Foundation
EpiphanyHealth.net & D4PCfoundation.org

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Gross received his

undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University.
Following 3 years of clinical research for the Cleveland
Clinic's cardiology program under the direct supervision
of Dr. Eric Topol, he attended Case Western Reserve
University's School of Medicine. He completed his
family medicine training as chief resident at University
Hospitals of Cleveland. He has been in private practice
in Florida since 2002. Realizing the critical needs of the
uninsured in their community, Dr. Gross and his
colleagues created an affordable solution outside the
boundaries of the traditional third-party payer system.
Their pioneering program, Epiphany Health, provides

access to affordable healthcare for those who have

been neglected by the system for decades. Dr. Gross
serves on the board of trustees of an HCA hospital, as
the president of his county medical society, as a
delegate to the Florida Medical Association, and is the
president of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation.

4:15pm 4:35pm
Elaina George, M.D.
Otolaryngology, Atlanta, GA
www.DrElainaGeorge.com

Dr. George is a Board Certified Otolaryngologist. She

graduated from Princeton with a degree in Biology,
received her Masters degree in Medical Microbiology
from Long Island University, and received her medical
degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr
George completed her residency at Manhattan, Eye Ear
& Throat Hospital. Her training included general
surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, pediatric ENT at The NYPresbyterian Hospital, and head and neck oncology at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As a solo
practitioner in private practice who is also a small
business owner, she has a unique perspective on the
problems of health care delivery, the true costs of
healthcare and viable solutions. Dr. Georges interest in
the politics of healthcare and the reform effort have led
her to become both a powerful voice for the practicing
physician and an advocate for the patient. She is a
contributor to a wide variety of websites including
Breitbart's BigGovernment.com and Amy Ridenours
National Center Blog. Dr George has been a recurring
guest on Your World with Neil Cavuto, and Newsmax,
and she has appeared on Frances & Friends to discuss
the consequences of Obamacare with a world wide
audience of over 500 million people. Dr. George hosts
her own show, Medicine On Call on Americas web
Radio and Liberty Express Radio, a weekly talk show
that explores health issues and the politics of medicine.

4:35pm 4:55pm
Gerard Gianoli, M.D.
Otolaryngology, Covington, LA
www.EarAndBalance.net

Dr. Gianoli graduated from Tulane University with a

degree in Engineering and subsequently matriculated
from Tulane University's Medical School in 1986. He did
an internship in General Surgery and an internship in
Pediatrics. Following a residency in OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery, he completed a fellowship in
Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the
Michigan Ear Institute. He was a full-time Associate
Professor at Tulane Medical School until July 2000
when he joined Ear and Balance Institute. He still
maintains a Clinical Associate Professor appointment at
Tulane in both the Department of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics. He
has published and lectured extensively in the field of
Neurotology and serves on multiple Editorial Review
Boards for the fields of Neurotology and
Otolaryngology.

4:55pm 5:10pm

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5:10pm 6:00pm

Q & A for Panel Two

------------------------------------------------Part II:

POLITICS and YOUR PRACTICE 2015

RECEPTION, DINNER, & BRIEFING
6:00pm 6:30pm Reception
6:30pm 6:40pm
AAPS Initiatives to Protect Private Medicine.
Jane Orient, M.D., Executive Director, AAPS

Jane M. Orient obtained her undergraduate degrees in

chemistry and mathematics from the University of
Arizona in Tucson, and her M.D. from Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1974.
She completed an internal medicine residency at
Parkland Memorial Hospital and University of Arizona
Affiliated Hospitals and then became an Instructor at
the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She has
been in solo private practice since 1981 and has served
as Executive Director of the Association of American
Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) since 1989. She is the
author of YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy Skepticism
about National Healthcare, Sutton's Law (a novel about
where the money is in medicine today), and the second
through fourth editions of Sapira's Art and Science of
Bedside Diagnosis. She is the editor of AAPS News and
is the managing editor of the Journal of American
Physicians and Surgeons.

6:40pm 6:55pm
Legislation Impacting Independent Physicians and
Their Patients and the 114th Congress. Charles Sauer

Charles Sauer, founder of the Market Institute, is the

AAPS boots-on-the-ground around Capitol Hill. Hes an
economist and policy specialist. On The Hill he is known
for developing free market solutions and effective
legislative coalitions. He has worked for a Governor, a
Senator, represented an academic think tank and is the
co-founder and Executive Director of the Free Market
Medical Association. Charlie has been published in
many mainstream media outlets in addition to writing
congressional testimony and speeches for politicians,
business owners, and academics. Last but certainly not
least, you can catch Charlie every other Monday on the
OneAmerica TV network talking with Graham Ledger on
The Daily Ledger.

6:55pm 7:15pm
The Physicians Declaration of Independence in 2015.
Richard Amerling, M.D., AAPS President, Associate
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, Attending Nephrologist,
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, New York

Dr. Amerling earned his medical degree at Catholic

University of Louvain in Brussels, Belgium. He
completed his internship and residency at New York
Hospital, Queens in Flushing, N.Y. He pursued a
Nephrology Fellowship at New York Hospital, Queens,
and at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia. Dr. Amerling is board certified by the
American Board of Internal Medicine for Internal
Medicine and Nephrology. He is a member of the
American Society of Nephrology, and is President of
the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Amerling is an invited presenter at numerous
medical conferences, both nationally and
internationally. As author or co-author, Dr. Amerlings
work has been published as chapters in textbooks and
also in peer-reviewed medical journals, including the
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

7:15pm 7:45pm DINNER SERVED

7:45pm 8:20pm
KEYNOTE: Reflections on the Practice of Medicine over
50 years and How to Deal with Politicians.
Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., J.D. IntrepidResources.com

Dr. Palmisano is a graduate of Tulane Medical School

(1963) and Loyola Law School (1982). He completed his
surgery residency at Tulane and is a board-certified
surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of
Surgeons. Dr. Palmisano is a former president of the
Louisiana State Medical Society (1984-85) and the
American Medical Association (AMA) (2003-04). He
teaches Leadership in Medicine as a clinical professor
at Tulane Medical School. A sought-after speaker on
leadership and health system reform at national
meetings, Dr. Palmisano frequently contributes Op-Eds
and media commentary on national TV and radio. He
serves on two editorial boards, The Journal of the
Louisiana State Medical Society and the Journal of
Patient Safety. Past boards include the American
Medical Association, the Joint Commission, and The
National Patient Safety Foundation. Currently he
serves on the board of The Doctors Company, a medical
liability company, and the advisory board of the Tulane
Medical School Simulation Center. He has delivered
over 1000 speeches and media interviews and testified
in Congress many times. He was a key participant in the
development and passage of Louisianas medical
malpractice legislation in 1975. His message about the
need for less government and third-party involvement
in medicine, as well as the need to fix the broken
liability system, has not changed since he first testified
to Congress on behalf of the Orleans Parish Medical

Society in 1976. Dr. Palmisano is a recipient of many

awards, including induction into the Louisiana State
Medical Societys Hall of Fame in 2000, Loyola
University New Orleans Presidents Medal in 2005 and
on October 4, 2013, he was awarded Tulane Medical
Alumni Associations highest award, Outstanding
Medical Alumnus 2013. While in the USAF, He received
the Commendation Medal for his "...outstanding
professional skill, knowledge, and leadership...in
accomplishing immediate evacuation and medical
treatment of the crew members and rescue personnel
injured in a major aircraft accident." (B-52 crash) He
tweets at @DJPNEWS, blogs at www.DJPNEWS.com,
and has www.onleadership.us for his acclaimed books,
On Leadership (2008 & 2011 2nd edition) and his new
book The Little Red Book of Leadership Lessons (2012).
His risk management and patient safety Website is

www.IntrepidResources.com. Dr. Palmisano is married

to Robin Spencer Palmisano, a health care attorney; has
3 grown children, 7 grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild. Dr. Palmisanos hobby is photography and
he grows bromeliads and any other plant that can
survive minimal care in his greenhouse. He resides in
Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans where he
was born.

8:20pm 8:50pm
Wrap-Up and More Updates on AAPS Legal Actions
Protecting Independent Physicians

Andrew Schlafly, J.D., General Counsel, AAPS

(see bio on first page)

8:50pm: ADJOURN
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