NHPCO's 14th Clinical Team Conference and Pediatric Intensive

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

MDP

NHPCO's Hospice Manager Development Program Foundational Course
N. Joel Fry, MSW, LISW, Patricia Mehnert, RN, MN, CHPCA and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

PC01

Pediatric Palliative Care Training
Kathleen Davis, PhD, MSEd, Kelly Komatz, MD, MPH, Lizabeth Sumner and Pamela Mange, RN, CHPPN

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

MDP and PC01 Lunch

5:00 PM-8:00 PM

NHPCO Executive Committee Meeting

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

PC02

Transforming Caregiver Burden and Distress
Molly Guzzino, ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT

PC03

Hospice MDP Level II: Managing Systems and Programs: Financial, Trending and Reporting Mechanisms
Teresa Craig, CPA

PC04

Does Your Coding of Diagnoses Ensure Proper Payment? Exploring the New Coding Requirements
Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC and Ronald J. Crossno, MD, FAAHPM

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

MDP and PC01 Lunch

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Combined Board Issues Meeting w/NCHPP & Council of States

NHPCO, Foundation, HAN Board of Directors Buffet Lunch

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

PC05

Advanced Pain Management
Russell Portenoy, MD

PC06

Ethics for Hospice Managers (A Level I Module of the Hospice Manager Development Program)
Paul Longenecker, RN, MBA, PhD

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Foundation Board of Director's Meeting

HAN Board of Director's Meeting

5:30 PM-6:15 PM

Conference Orientation

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

CHIPPS Leadership Council Meeting

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

Hallmark Visitors Center Tour & Reception

Thursday, September 26, 2013

7:00 AM-5:30 PM

DCP Audio Sales Open

Marketplace Open

Reflection Room/Labyrinth Open

Registration and Events Desk Open

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Opening Plenary with Mark Nepo

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council of States Meeting

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Leaning Into Tough Times: Shifting Your Hospice Team Out of Resistance and Into New Possibilities
Sandy Jones-McClintic, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Rex Allen, MA, Valerie Hartman, RN, CHPN, CTRN, Tandra Chandler, CNAII, CHPNA, Bridget Montana, APRN, MS, FPCN, MBA, Melinda M. Graham, MBA, CFRE, Anne Hochsprung, CPA, Tracey Wheatley, RN, CHPN, Sue Zimmerman, Mary Lou Proch, BSN, MA, MSN, EdD, Bonnie Meyer, MDiv, DMin, BCC, Sandra Huster, BA, Gregory Wood, MS, LBSW, Robert Wahler, PharmD, CGP, FASCP and Bernice Burkarth, MD

Non-pharmacological Tools for Management of Pain, Anxiety and Dyspnea
Tamara Vesel, MD and Klara Seiger, RN, BSN, CHPN

Telemedicine Applications in Palliative and Hospice Care
Robert Weissinger, DO, CMO

Guided Imagery and Dream Processing: Providing Comfort Care and Support During Life's Final Journey
Gretchen Franklin, LISW-S

Minding Ourselves: Balance, Resilience, Sustainability
Martha Rutland, DMin and Jean Hopkins, MS, CT

Current Challenges and Dillemas in Grief Services
Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, LHD, RN, LPC

2012 Top CMS Survey Deficiencies
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

Follow the Yellow Brick Road : Let Your Ruby Red Shoes Help You Improve and Manage Change
Linda Beushausen, RN, PhD, CHPCA and Melinda M. Graham, MBA, CFRE

Integration of Palliative Care and Hospice Programs for Optimal Patient Care Across the Continuum
Melanie Cama, BSN, CHPN, Anna L. Brock, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN and Kimberly Skehan, RN, MSN

Pediatric Palliative Care and the Ethics of Communication
John Lantos, MD, Jennifer Linebarger, MD, MPH, FAAP and Brian Carter, MD

Culture's Impact on Optimal End-of-Life-Care
Kelly Komatz, MD, MPH and Alissa Swota, PhD

Compassion Fatigue: Caring for the Caregiver
Sharon McGloin, MSOD, MS, CTRS

10:15 AM-5:00 PM

Certified Nurse Assistants Drive-in Session

11:00 AM-5:00 PM

Remembering Galen Miller

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Complimentary Boxed Lunch

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

ALLIED THERAPIST - Innovating the Role of the Rehabilitative and Complementary Therapist in a Climate of Change

BEREAVENENT PROFESSIONAL - Keeping Afloat in Rough Seas

CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT - Hot Topics and How We Are Going Forward

CLINICAL AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - Leading Clinical Practice Along the Continuum of Care

DEVELOPMENT/PUBLIC RELATIONS/MARKETING

FINANCE/INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Changes on the Horizon: Billing and Reimbursement

NURSE & CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT - Continuing Excellent EOL Care in the Midst of Chaos

PHARMACIST - Coverage, Compounding and Controlled Substances: Open Forum

PHYSICIAN - Coping with the Limited Use of Adult Failure to Thrive and Debility, Unspecified in Hospice

QUALITY ASSESSMENT/PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT - Hospice Quality Report: Picking up Speed!

RESEARCH/ACADEMICS/EDUCATION - Promoting Trust in Uncertain Times

SOCIAL WORK - The Social Worker's Critical Role in Maintaining Agency Compliance

SPIRITUAL CAREGIVER - Results of the NHPCO Spiritual Caregiver Survey

VOLUNTEER/VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT - Hospice Volunteer Leadership: Elevating the Role of Volunteer Managers and Volunteers

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

When Pain Is More Than Physical: Implications for the Interdisciplinary Team
Nadine Reimer Penner, ACSW, LSCSW, CT, ACHP-SW and Victoria Snyder, RPh

Back to the Future: Interdisciplinary Medication-Therapy Management for Hospice
Deanne Sayles, RN, MN, CHPN and Mary Grace Mihalyo, BS, PharmD, CGP, BCPS

Decubitus Ominosis- The Kennedy Terminal Ulcer
Marsha Lynn, RN, CHPN, WCC

Leaving Your Legacy: Ethical Wills, a Priceless Gift
Samantha Bechtel, LISWS, ACHPSW, CTS, GCC

The Healer's Practice of Self-care and Listening
Mark Nepo

Maximizing Education Programs for Community Outreach and Networking
Lisa Veglahn, MFA and Cara McElhaney

Until the Crystal Ball for the Six Month Prognosis is Invented, You Have to Document for Eligibility
Charlene Ross, MSN, MBA, RN

Using Key Performance Indicators to Manage and Improve Hospice Clinical Practice and Operations
Kimberly Skehan, RN, MSN and Lisa Lapin

Preparing for ICD10: What You Need to Know Now
Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC

Exceptional Pediatric Palliative Care Services : Embracing the Mosaic of Hope
Maureen Horgan, LICSW

Caring For Our Youngest Ones: The Role of a Pediatric Volunteer and the Lessons They Embrace in Their Own Lives
Deborah Geffen-Jones, AA, NCBF

Sell is Not a Four-Letter Word: Engaging Clinicians in Marketing Your Hospice
Erika Tedesco, MA

Regulatory Office Hours

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

From Type A to Z(en): Disconnect to Reconnect
Sarah McKinnon, MA

Chemotherapy as Emotional Palliation: An Unintentional Barrier to Hospice and Palliative Care
Minnie Bluhm, PhD, MPH and Kathleen Bickel, MD, MPhil

Ten Drugs to Stop on Hospice
Richard Allen, MD, MPH

Suicidal Ideations and Hospice Care
Travis Young, MSW

Hope for Hispanic Patients in the Context of Hospice
Alberto Magana, Rev, Dr

OMG Talking to Teens about Dying
Jennifer Linebarger, MD, MPH, FAAP and Linda K. White, RN, MSN

Hot Regulatory Topics
Judi Lund Person, MPH and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

From Volunteer Hours to Volunteer Power: Maximizing the Impact of Volunteers on Patient Care and Satisfaction
Stacy Groff, MNM and Sandra Huster, BA

Palliative Care Across the Care Continuum
Lori Bishop, RN, CHPN, Leanne Burrack and Nadine Schlienz, RN, CHPN

Use of Methadone in Pediatric Hospice and Palliative care
Tamara Vesel, MD and Klara Seiger, RN, BSN, CHPN

Are We Losing Our Way? The Dangers of Medicalizing Suffering in the Context of Hospice Care
Richard Payne

Learner-Based Teaching in Hospice and Palliative Care
Paul Longenecker, RN, MBA, PhD

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Regulatory Office Hours

4:15 PM-5:00 PM

Memorial Service

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Welcome Reception with the Exhibitors

Friday, September 27, 2013

7:00 AM-8:15 AM

Membership Committee

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Morning Refreshments with Exhibitors

7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Reflection Room/Labyrinth Open

Registration and Events Desk Open

7:00 AM-5:30 PM

Marketplace Open

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

General Plenary II - Nicholas Christakis

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:15 AM-5:00 PM

Certified Nurse Assistant Drive-in Session

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

President's Forum with J. Don Schumacher

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

How We Can Save the IDT?
Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, LHD, RN, LPC

The Role of Bedside Spirometry and Other Tools in Promoting Optimal Respiratory Medication Use in End Stage COPD
Mary Grace Mihalyo, BS, PharmD, CGP, BCPS

Advanced Lung Disease Program: One Hospice's Method of Improving Quality of Life and Symptoms
Denise Sanders, APRN, ACHPN, Trisha Smith, RN, BSN, MBA, CHPN, Chuck Hallin, M.Div and Shannon Hess

Improving the Hospice Experience For Patients And Families With Innovative Intentional Visit And Communications Models
Robin Finkelstein, MBA and Mary McElroy, RN, BSN, MS

Spiritual Wellness Through the Care of Hospice
Claude Overall

Carter's Clubhouse: Hope and Healing for Grieving Children
Gayla McKinney, MSW, LCSW and Patricia Rhodes, RN, CHPN

Determining Hospice Relatedness
Terri Maxwell, PhD, APRN, Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC and Sara Krieger, RN, CHPN

The iPhone Experience: Engaging Nursing Assistants with Technology to Deliver Better Care
Erika Tedesco, MA

The Impact of Health Services Research on Policy and in Practice: The Case of Hospice Care in the U.S
Vincent Mor, PhD, MED

Maintaining Hope: Transitioning Infants, Children and Families from Intensive Care
W. Richard Boyte, MD, MA, Jodee Newell, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC and Christian Paine

Final Interventions: Ethical Distinctions Between VSED (Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking), Assisted Dying and Palliative Sedation
John Carney, MEd, PAHM

How Do You Implement the Federal Law AB2302 in Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care
Jamie Andrews, RN, BSN and Gay Walker, RN

11:45 AM-1:00 PM

Professional Education Commitee

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Pediatric Networking Meeting

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Networking Lunch with Exhibitors

1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Clinical Practice Plenary III with Joan K. Harrold

Clinical Practice Plenary IV - Brian Carter

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Regulatory Office Hours

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

Managing Workplace Positivity: What You Focus on Grows
Patricia A. Goodwin, ACSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW

The Challenge of Medication Management in End Stage COPD: Evidence-Based Information to Negotiate Decision-Making with Patients and Families
Bridget McCrate Protus, RPh, PharmD, CGP, MLIS

"I Can�t Let Mama Starve To Death;� Artificial Nutrition & Hydration at End of Life
Lana Riemann, MD, MPH and Helen Fitzgerald, CSW

The Dynamics of Dying
Barbara Karnes, RN

Music Therapy to Promote Spiritual/Emotional Expression
Amy Wilson, MA, MT-BC

A Facebook Support Group for Bereaved Hospice Caregivers: Psychosocial and Technical Lessons Learned
L. Gage, MSW and Megan Mooney, MSW

Effective Management and Oversight of Hospice Contracted Services
Maryanne Popovich, BSN, MPH

Hospice Care in the Nursing Home (NH): Understanding the NH Surveyor Guidelines
Cherry Meier, RN, MSN, LNHA and Susan Balfour, RN

Using Smart Phone Technology to Foster Comfort, Care and Communication for Hospice Families
Patrick Miller, RN, MBA, MHSA, FACHE, Marcie Hillary and Robert Kennedy

The Concurrent Care Requirement for Children with Life-Threatening Illness: Successful Strategies for Implementation
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN and Judi Lund Person, MPH

Un-clouding the Crystal Ball: Prognostic Tools and Research Updates
Pamela S. Harris, MD, FAAPMR and David Cassaret, MD

Developing a Statewide Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition: One State's Experience
Kathleen Davis, PhD, MSEd

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Eyes on the Prize: Excellence Through Engagement
Kelly Brooks, RN, BSN and Laila Waggoner

Wound Care Innovation: Improving Practice and Documentation
Cathy Emmett, PHD, ARNP, ACHPN and Barbara Kovach, RN, CHPN

Making Sense of Probiotics
Mary Lynn Guarino, ARNP-BC

Composing Meaning: Employing Music to Create Quality of Life in the Presence of Terminal Illness
Daryn Holdsworth, MDiv

Hospice Work as a Transformative Path
Fawn Hoener, RN, BSN, CHPN

Beginning Bereavement: Supporting Children Who are Losing a Loved One
Kathleen Davis, PhD, MSEd and Emily Riegel

Live Discharges: Getting It Right
Susan Balfour, RN and Charlene Ross

Helping New RN Graduates Transition to Practice in Hospice
Lillian Jones-Bell, RN, MS, PHN

Rehab In Hospice and Palliative Care: A Needed Specialty
Caryn McAllister, PT, DPT

Spiritual History of Children and Families in a Pediatric Palliative Care Program
Nancy Jaworski, DNP, RN, CNS

I Want to Go Home: Developing a Pediatric Palliative Care Transport Model
Vivian Broussard, Christy Dressler, RRT-NPS, C-NPT and Jennifer Linebarger, MD, MPH, FAAP

HIPAA Omnibus Rule
Heather Wilson, Ph.D.

Regulatory Office Hours

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

FHSSA Event: From Kansas City to Africa

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Evening Self-Care Event: Experience The Labyrinth

Saturday, September 28, 2013

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Complimentary Luggage Storage

Morning Refreshments

7:30 AM-11:30 AM

DCP Audio Sales Open

Marketplace Open

Registration Open

8:15 AM-9:45 AM

Closing Plenary with LeAnn Theiman

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

11A

Strengthening Teams through Reflective Discussion: Exploring Values, Deepening Connections, Responding Imaginatively
Catherine Deamant, MD, Catherine Tufariello, PhD and Joshua Hauser, MD

11B

Connecting the Dots: Improving Care for the Hospice Cancer Patient
Antonia S. Corrigan, MSN, OCN, ANP-C

11C

An Advanced Lung Disease Specialty Hospice Program
Clay Anderson, MD

11D

Person-centered Interventions & Care for Clients with Dementia
Anna Lehrke, MHR, SPHR

11E

Be Here Now: Bringing Present Moment Awareness to Our Work
Sarah McKinnon, MA and Robin Fiorelli, LCSW

11F

Understanding Ambiguous Loss
Matthew Benorden, MDiv

11G

Make or Break Hospice Documentation
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

11H

National Hospice and Palliative Nurse Certification: A Benchmark for Success
Bonnie Morgan, M.Ed, RN-BC, CHPN, FPCN

11I

Palliative Medicine Continuum: A Retrospective
Robert Parker, RN, MSN, Ed., CHPN

11J

Don't Abandon Me
Beth Nordfors, RN and Joan Sheetz, MD

11K

Rediscover the "Passion" in Compassion
Lisa Johnson, RN, BSN, CHPN

11L

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care in the Home - Continuing the Care
Patty Poore, RN, Jean Pyle, RN, BSN, BSBA, Joel Carmer, MS, MA and Lisa Templeton-Farmer, MA