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Full Schedule

  • Monday, March 11, 2024
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CT
    (71) Registration Open
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM CT
    (72) In-The-Trenches Roundtable Discussions
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    (73) General Session III: Health Policy Update
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    (75) Break in Exhibit Hall
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CT
    (74) Exhibit Hall Open
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    (76) Current Challenges in Wound Care for Medical Directors and Practitioners in PALTC
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    (77) Evaluation of Care Facility Resistance to Implementing Advance Directives with Dementia Patients

    Session Chair/Speaker: Gianna R. Strand, MS, DBe – Columbia University and The Completed Life Initiative

    Speaker: David Nathaniel Hoffman, JD – Columbia University

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    (78) Improving Public Education with the Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit

    Session Chair/Speaker: Marian Grant, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN – MessageLab

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    (79) Low Burden, High Impact Strategies Strengthening PALTC Front Line Staff Retention

    Session Chair/Speaker: Alyssa Pischel, LNHA, DHA – The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence

    Speaker: Beth Hercher, CPHQ – Constellation Quality Health

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    (80) The "Why" Behind the "What" of Antibiotic Stewardship: Structure, Regulations, & Safety

    Session Chair/Speaker: Jessica Zering, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, CAPM – Washington State Department of Health

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    (81) The Confident Trial: A Study to Increase Long Term Care Vaccine Confidence

    Session Chair/Speaker: Timothy J. Holahan, DO, CMD – University of Rochester

    Speaker: Jacqueline Pogue, MA, MPH – The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

    Speaker: Branden L. Fillbrook – Trilogy/ Orchard Grove

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    (82) Value-Based Care: How Can the Dollars Make Sense?

    Session Chair/Speaker: Cathy Lipton, MD, CMD – Optum

    Speaker: Laurent Adler, MD – Optum Sr Community Care

    Speaker: Brent Cantrell – Optum

    Speaker: Erik Peloquin

  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    Lunch in Exhibit Hall
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Spotlight Stage Session: Collaborative Strategies in Value-Based Care in Exhibit Hall
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    Industry Expert Theater - Assessing and Managing the Impact of TD in Residents at Long-term Care (LTC) Facilities
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (83) “But I Read This Online!”: Addressing Misinformation with Residents, Families and Staff

    Session Chair/Speaker: Leslie B. Eber, MD, CMD – Rocky Mountain Senior Care/ Abode Care Partners

    Speaker: Victoria L. Walker, MD, CMD, FAAFP – Avel eCare Senior Care

    Speaker: Erin O'Brien, MA, RN – AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (84) Animal-Assisted Therapy in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Benefits and Opportunities
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (85) Antibiotic Stewardship in Long Term Care: Walking Through Tools for Feasible Implementation

    Session Chair/Speaker: Morgan Katz, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins

    Speaker: Robin L. Jump, MD, PhD – VA Pittsburgh

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (86) Building a Culture to Support Appropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care

    Session Chair/Speaker: Ahmed Vanker, MD – Extendicare

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (87) Empowering Long-Term Care Facilities: The Unique Role of Quality Improvement Organizations

    Session Chair/Speaker: Jean M. Storm, DO, CMD, CHCQM – Quality Insights

    Speaker: Debra Wright, RN, BSN, RAC-CT – Quality Insights

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (88) Legal and Practical Perspectives on Medical Director Agreements

    Session Chair/Speaker: Sean Fahey, JD – Hall Render

    : Sean Fahey, JD – Hall Render

    Speaker: Shivani Chopra, MD – Centennial Geriatrics

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (89) Revisiting an Interdisciplinary Intervention to Reduce Readmissions to Hospital from PALTC Facilities

    Session Chair/Speaker: Edward D. Gometz, MD – Rush University Medical Center

    Speaker: Magdalena Bednarczyk, MD – Rush University Medical Center

  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    (90) Break
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    (92) Atrial Fibrillation, Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Bleeding, Oh My!
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    (94) Do No PHarm: Achieve Deprescribing Success through Person-Centered Communication Strategies

    Session Chair/Speaker: Magdalena Bednarczyk, MD – Rush University Medical Center

    Speaker: Nivedita Gunturi, MD – Rush University Medical Center

    Speaker: Alexander Sasha Rackman, MD – Florida Atlantic University

    Speaker: Andrea J. Landi, MD – University of Chicago

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    (95) Ethical Issues in Nursing Homes: Best Practices for Maintaining a Moral Environment

    Session Chair/Speaker: Deborah E. Theis, PhD – Deer Oaks The Behavioral Health Solution

    Speaker: Barbara Wise, MD, MS – Cape Fear Valley Health System

    Speaker: Brenda Sprinkle, PhD – Deer Oaks-The Behavioral Health Solution

    Speaker: Thomas Bainter, MD, MPH – Cape Fear Valley Health

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    (96) Identifying Primary and Secondary Neurological Diagnoses in the Dementia Resident
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    (97) Using Technology to Reduce Hospital Admissions from Nursing Homes: Promises and Pitfalls

    Session Chair/Speaker: Joseph G. Ouslander, MD – Schmidt College of Medicine Florida Atlantic University

    Speaker: Heidi Wold, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC – Longevity Health Plan

    Speaker: Sara Elizabeth Hamm, DNP, RN – Lifespace Communities, Inc.

    Speaker: Jeffrey Wilcox – PointClickcare

    Speaker: David Chess, MD – Tapestry Health

    Speaker: William Russell, MD – Conviva Physicians, Palm Beach County

  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    (91) House of Delegates Meeting