Did I hear someone say "outlet mall"?

Now if you are a shopper, then you will want to get over to the Grapevine Mills.  It has so many stores...I can't even begin to list them, but here are a few:

Ann Taylor Factory Store

J. Crew Factory

Kenneth Cole Outlet Store

Loft Outlet

Neiman Marcus Last Call

Nike Factory Store
SAKS Fifth Avenue Off 5th

Wilson Leather Outlet

Grapevine Mills is the largest outlet and value retail shopping center in North Texas.  It provides more than 180 outlet stores to purchase gifts  for your kids and a little somethin' for yourself.  From the Gaylord Texan, Grapevine Mills is 2.8 miles or 10 minutes away...so close.

Grapevine Mills
3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy
Grapevine, Texas 76051

Open:
Mon - Sat 10 am to 9:30 pm
Sunday 11 am to 7 pm

What happens at conference....stays at conference!

If you are dying to let your inner child out.....then you MIGHT be interested in spending some time at SIX FLAGS!  Now, you may be asking, how does that relate to the Dallas Regional Conference.  Well...it turns out Six Flags is 20 miles from the Gaylord Texan.  Great news, right?

Tickets at the Park:

General Admission $62.99

Child under 48" $47.99

2 & Under Free

So if you are into the thrills of fast roll coasters, gut-wrenching drops, and nauseating flips then you will want to check-out Six Flags while you are at AAPC's regional conference.

Let's talk food....

Dallas is known for its barbecue, authentic Mexican, and tex mex cuisine.  The Gaylord Texan offers two food options for barbecue and tex mex cuisine.  The Texan Station open for lunch and dinner has traditional bar snacks and burgers along with the BEST BBQ in Texas.  Then there is Riverwalk Cantina, an open-air cafe, that is old world mexico meets authentic Tex-Mex.

Riverwalk Cantina

Riverwalk Cantina's Menu

Texan Station Menu

Book your flight to Dallas today and save!

Are you planning on attending the Dallas Regional Conference, September 26-28? If you book your flight through Southwest today you can take advantage of their Fall Flights Sale and save yourself a bundle of cash!

Southwest Airlines is offering a special discount on flights booked before midnight today. One-way flights to Dallas start at $49!

You don't have to be signed up for conference to access these low prices, but you should check out the great pre-conference events to determine your schedule before you book your flights.

DALLAS, TEXAS....AAPC's next regional conference

Oh man, this was a long time coming.  We are very excited to host a regional conference in the lone star state.  At the end of September we are headed to the Gaylord Texan, the finest hotel establishment in Dallas.    The educational experience at this conference is going to outstanding not to mention the industries finest, teaching and networking with all of our great attendees.  I am getting excited just talking about this event.

GAYLORD TEXAN

Conference Details

September 26-28, 2013

Nonmember Price - $595 $495*

Member Price - $495 $395*

*$100 off for Early Bird until August 5

Gaylord Texan

Hotel/Night  - $225

Pre-conference

We have some great pre-conference events lined up for you at this conference. Do you need ICD-10 training, take our ICD-10 General Code-Set boot camp.  Are you an instructor (CPC-I) and need your ICD-10 training, take the Train the Trainer course. Also, we will have the CPC-H Boot Camp, always a big hit.  Biller...practice manager, don't feel left out, we have events for you too!
Check out all the details for the pre-conference events. 

To see more details or to register, click here.

Disney Movie T-shirt Quiz

This year at conference we did something fun.  On the back side of the conference t-shirt we put a diagnosis with a code and you had to guess the Disney movie that it described.  This was a big hit and everyone is asking for the answers.  So here they are......

Abuse of steroids or hormones (F55.3) Hercules
Food poisoning (T62.93XA) Snow White
Congenital malformation of nose (Q30.8) Pinocchio
Injured while dancing with Mop (Y93.41) Fantasia
Superficial foreign body (splinter) of right hand (S60.521A) Tarzan
Crushed by non-venomous snake (W59.13XA) Jungle Book
Kleptomania (F63.2) Aladdin
Lack of Caring - apathy (R45.3) Lion King
Narcolepsy (G47.419) Sleeping Beauty
Congenital kyphosis (Q76.413) Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gender identity disorder (F64.1) Mulan
Near-decapitation (S08.89XA) Alice in Wonderland
Marcrotia (Q17.1) Dumbo
Bone transplant status of legs (Z94.6) Little Mermaid
Spots of unknown etiology (L81.8)  101 Dalmations
Overworked; exhaustion (R53.83) Cinderella
Immature personality disorder (F60.89) Peter Pan
Hirsutism - excessive hair growth (L68.8) Tangled
Bitten by alligator (W58.01XA) Rescuers

Thanks for all of you that joined in on the fun of the contest.

Behind the scenes

Conference is coming together this year without a hitch. We need to thank the army of volunteers that make this event happen.  The Greater Orlando Local Chapter has been a tremendous help today at bag-stuffing.  They stuffed all 2,200 bags with flyers and goodies.  The Local Chapter Association Board also joined us for the fun at bag-stuffing helping the chapter conquer all the bags in two hours.

 Way to go everyone!