Business & Leadership: From Setups to Spreadsheets - Navigating Salary, Operational and Capital Budgets as a New Administrator.
Jine Maroney, MBA, RT(R)(T), CMPE, St. Mary's Healthcare
To share information and tips on how to manage departmental budgets as a new administrator.

Business & Leadership: Implementing Remote Work Schedule for Radiation Therapists in a Multi-Campus Academic Radiation Oncology Department
Maxine Washington, Emory Healthcare
The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate how to delineate clinical and ancillary responsibilities for the radiation therapist to create a remote work schedule.

Business & Leadership, Quality & Safety: Building an Operational Quality Enterprise for Radiation Oncology: Approaches, Tools, and Techniques
Jennifer Willyard, PhD, PMP, CPHQ, Dartmouth Cancer Center
The goal of this presentation is to introduce attendees to the concept of an operational quality enterprise and model structures, tools, and techniques to establish and maintain that enterprise.

Business & Leadership: Building and Sustaining Trust: What does it take?
Aaron Helton, MSIOP, Integrated Leadership Systems
The goal of this session is to convey the importance of trust within your organization and how it enables individuals to rely on each other, fostering a cohesive and supportive work environment where people feel valued and respected.

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Enhancing Survivorship Care with Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Bradlee Robbert, FACHE, UF Health Proton Therapy Institute; Kristin A. Heath, DBA, MBA, MHA, UF Health Proton Therapy Institute
The goal of this presentation is to provide our experience navigating the challenges that radiation oncologists are currently facing and explore innovative solutions to alleviate the strain of increased patient volumes due to the decline of physicians.

Business & Leadership: Reduce Radiation Oncologists Burnout: Hire APPs
Roxanne Hale, The University of Kansas Health System
To share our experience in reducing Radiation Oncologists' burnout by hiring APPS in the Radiation Oncology setting.

Quality & Safety: Navigating Care of Inpatients Safely in Radiation Oncology
Amy Hicks, DNP, RN, ACCNS-AG, NEA-BC, Atrium Health Levine Cancer
The goal of the presentation is to explain one organization's approach to safely transporting and caring for inpatients in radiation oncology departments.

Business & Leadership: Tools & Tips to Build Your Referral Base
Michele Krohn, Full Circle PR
Learn proven, cost-efficient tactics to increase your patient base from referring providers.

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Unleashing the Transformative Power of AI in Radiation Oncology:  An AI Primer
Christel Smith, Fuse Oncology; Yusuf Elnady, Fuse Oncology; Matthew Terry, Fuse Oncology; David Wiant
The goal of this abstract is to introduce the audience to general concepts in AI and to provide a framework for the potential applications of AI in radiation oncology.

Transition to Linear Accelerator based Stereotactic Treatment: Strategies implemented by a community focused cancer center to maximize workforce efficiencies and enhance patient care
Liz Hyde, MBA, RTT, CTR; Sara Cook RTT, Manager of Radiation Services at OCSRI
OCSRI is committed to providing patients with state-of-the-art technology and comprehensive community cancer care. Since its inception it has been focused on serving the local communities and offering the best cancer care available. Over the years OCSRI has learned to evolve to compete with the consolidation of hospitals in the region.  Creatively integrating service lines and leveraging technology to gain efficiencies in the competitive and shrinking workforce. In this workshop we will review various strategies implemented by a community focused cancer center to maximize workforce efficiencies and enhance patient care.

Payer Trends: REIMBURSEMENT AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES: CURRENT, FUTURE AND MOST PAYOR CHANGES AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATES YOU NEED TO KNOW IN RADIATION THERAPY
James E Hugh, III, MHA, AMAC
To provide the attendees the most current information on updates in regulations, reimbursement issues in Radiation Oncology

Business & Leadership: Grow Your Practice by Marketing Benign Disease Treatments
Steven Castle, SVP, Clinical Operations, Radiation Business Solutions; Denise Gerlach, VP, Marketing and Business Development, Radiation Business Solutions
This presentation will provide radiation oncology programs with a strategy to promote radiation therapy for benign diseases (including plantar fasciitis), providing a potential new patient base and new revenue source.

Theranostics: a roadmap for the future
Kristin Plichta, MD, PhD and Jana Grienke, MHA
Theranostics, a portmenteau of therapy and diagnostics, involves the use of radiopharmaceuticals to both diagnosis and selectively treat various cancers.  The clinical use of theranostics has increased in recent years, with the FDA approval of new radionuclide therapies.  This talk will focus on the joint effort between Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Oncology at University of Iowa Health Care to provide seamless, integrated care from the start of imaging through post-treatment management of patients receiving radiopharmaceutical therapies.

Jan McInnis
Get ready to transform the way you and your team deal with change! The pace of change is faster than ever, leaving many leaders and organizations feeling overwhelmed and uncertain. Jan shows you how to turn tension into laughter and get your point across with ease. She’ll equip you with the humor tools to diffuse tension instantly, initiate those tough conversations, and facilitate communication through using well-placed, appropriate humor. By using Jan’s tips, you will not only keep your teams more engaged, but also more likely to remember the message.  You will walk away with a fresh perspective on change, and best of all, you'll be laughing all the way to the next level of success.

Business & Leadership: What Do I need to Know: Legal and Health Policy
Jordan M Johnson, MSHA, Bridge Oncology
To ensure that you are aware and understand which health policies and legalities influence the radiation oncology service line.

Business & Leadership: Burnout in Medical Physics, How to identify and find solutions to reduce/prevent it
Rajen Mahendra Patel, Metis Organizational Solutions, UNC Healthcare
Burnout in Medical Physics: Identifying solutions to reduce/prevent it

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Streamlining the CT Simulation Experience: Empowering Radiation Therapists
Alexandra Kudlacik, Lifespan
Improve department flow of CT contrast simulation patients by implementing process change through education and skill development for radiation therapists.

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Isotopes to Impact: Unlocking the Potential of Radiopharmaceuticals
Laurie Conrad, Voximetry
To demonstrate the clinical and financial benefits of adding dosimetry to a radiopharmaceutical program and provide a roadmap for successful implementation.

Quality & Safety: Learning Together: A decade dedicated to quality improvement & patient safety through RO-ILS
Ksenija Kujundzic, American Society for Radiation Oncology; Tara Kosak, Dana Farber Brigham Cancer Center
Provide an overview of the RO-ILS program and identify mechanisms to support incident learning and leverage national data.

Biggest Struggle Workshop
Join your peers to help solve their biggest struggles.  This interactive session aims to create a diverse mix of administrators from all timelines of this career path.  Some will have been in this role for years, others decades, others a few months or days.  All should come with an open mind and problem solving skills while we discuss the biggest struggles we have faced or are currently facing and gather advice and solutions from others.  This session is an in-person extension and expansion to our monthly zoom mentoring calls.  Learn about ways to utilize SROA in creating your very own “Tactical Teammates” with whom you can support and gain support from.

Business & Leadership: Beyond Boundaries: A Model for Boosting Staff Retention and Morale through Career Mobility
Tiffany Hughes, MBA, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Mr Robert Ghafar, MBA, RTT, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Abigail Caudle, M.D., University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Share the experience of a large academic medical center's approach to creating a transparent career mobility model that is poised to enhance employee development, morale, satisfaction, and retention.

Business & Leadership, Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Making Financial Analytics Work for You to Make the Practice More Efficient and Profitable
Ron DiGiaimo, Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies; Ashley Hunter, RCCS
Introduce the Audience to the Benefits of Financial Analytics

Quality & Safety: Beyond the Beam: Revolutionizing Therapy Policies for Success
Paige Kajkowski, MBA, RT(T), Penn Medicine; Jacqueline Matson, RT(R)(T)
The purpose of this course is to demonstrate how the Penn Medicine Therapy Policy and Procedure Governance team addressed the gap in updated policy and procedure knowledge among new and existing therapists at Penn Medicine.

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: The Radiation Oncology Clinical Specialist Role - A Radiation Therapist Growth Opportunity
Lorrie A. LeGrand, MHSc, RTT; Monique Lockhart-Chisem, MSML, RTT, Miami Cancer Institute
Define the role of a radiation oncology clinical specialist and how it has a positive impact on the team, as well as offers growth opportunity within the institution for radiation therapists.

Business & Leadership: Development and Implementation of a Single Room Proton Therapy Center
Darrin Kistler, MBA, RT (R) (T), The University of Kansas Cancer Center
To assist administrators in the planning and development of a single gantry proton center.

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Implementation of Radiogland Therapies within Radiation Oncology
Joe Reczek, Northwestern Medicine
Provide attendees information on how to successfully implement radiogland therapies into a radiation oncology department.

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services, Quality & Safety: Challenges within the Radiation Oncology Profession, an American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD) Perspective
Mark  Littell, Innovative Oncology Services, American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
Listeners will be able to understand how recent staffing changes and challenges are affected by COVID, AI/Technology, Education Programs and changes in the workforce.

Topic Forum: Payer Trends

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Utilizing Virtual Care to Expedite Palliation
Jessica VanMarter, Atrium Health - Levine Cancer; Michael T. Smith, Atrium Health - Levine Cancer
The goal of our presentation will be to educate the audience on how we used our clinical, technical, and operational expertise to leverage current technology to expedite the provision of radiation therapy to palliative patients..

Technology, Clinical & Ancillary Services: Hypofractionation: The Impacts of Clinical Advancements
Regina Hargrove, Radiation Business Solutions
To discuss the interplay between reimbursement dynamics, technological innovations, and clinical practice, this presentation aims to provide valuable insights for radiation oncology administrators grappling with the complexities of hypofractionation.

Business & Leadership: Revolutionizing Employee Retention Strategies
Donique Williams, UTMDACC; Tiffany Hughes, MD Anderson Cancer Center
We offer insights into overcoming challenges, implementing effective strategies, and distilling key lessons from rebuilding high-performing teams amidst organizational restructuring, staffing shortages, and the shift to hybrid work environments.

Topic Forum:Productivity