Practice Management

(MO02) General Session III: Health Policy Update

Monday, March 11, 2024

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT

Room: Stars at Night Ballroom B1

CME: (1) MOC: (1) CMD Management: (1) NP Pharmacology Hours ()

Session Chair(s)

Victoria L. Walker, MD, CMD, FAAFP (she/her/hers)

Medical Director
Avel eCare Senior Care
Vermillion, South Dakota

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Speaker(s)

Alex Bardakh, MPP

Director of Public Policy and Advocacy
AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
Columbia, Maryland

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Timothy J. Holahan, DO, CMD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester
hilton, New York

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Christian Bergman, MD, CMD

Assistant Professor
VCU, Richmond, VA
Richmond, Virginia

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Dallas L. Nelson, MD, FACP, CMD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY

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Thomas Lehner, MD, FAAFP, CMD

Akron, Ohio

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Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN (she/her/hers)

Senior Advisor for Aging and Chair, Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Westborough, MA

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Paige Hector, LMSW

Author | Speaker | Educator
Paige Ahead Healthcare Education & Consulting, LLC
Tucson, AZ

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Anne Montgomery, BA, MS

Director
Altarum
Washington, District of Columbia

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Jessica Coleman

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Carolyn Kazdan

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Milta O. Little, DO, CMD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Duke University
Hillsborough, NC

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THE SOCIETY'S TOP POLICY ISSUES OF 2024
Updates on the top Society activity on policy issues including the following: legislative advocacy, communications with government agencies, updates on the health care reform implementation efforts and on proposed changes to PALTC facilities requirements for participation.

MOVING FORWARD COALITION: PROGRESS AND UPDATES
Join leaders of the Moving Forward Coalition to discuss the Coalition’s progress and accomplishments over the past 18 months. The Coalition's mission is to improve nursing home quality through action around policy and practice. Moving Forward is a diverse and growing group – with over 1,500 individuals and supporting organizations from across the country. The Coalition has developed and is testing and promoting action plans to advance priority 2022 NASEM report recommendations on nursing home quality. Panelists will discuss ownership data transparency, workforce issues, resident councils and addressing resident goals, preferences, and priorities, as well as efforts to build a network of state-based teams.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

List the Society's top policy issues in 2024
Discuss the Society's advocacy on legislative initiatives, health care reform and payment policy
Identify how at least one challenge in nursing home quality can be addressed in a specific and time-bound way
Access language and resources to talk about nursing home quality improvement in their own organizations and communities
Better understand the power that medical directors have in influencing national and local quality improvement efforts