90-minute Session

Thursday, March 27, 2014

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


2A
Dying for a Good Leader
Ron Culberson, MSW, CSP

2C
Beyond the ADR: Avoiding and Defending Against Increasing Numbers of Hospice Audits
Meg S.L. Pekarske, JD and Katherine A. Proctor, JD

2D
The Hospice/LTC Partnership: How the Relationship has Evolved Under New LTC Regulations
Connie A. Raffa, JD, LLM and Rachel Hold-Weiss, RPA-C, JD

2E
Practical Considerations for Developing a Palliative Care Program
Bill Musick, BS, MBA, CHC, Amber B. Jones, BA, MEd, Robert Parker, RN, MSN, Ed., CHPN and Diana Franchitto

2F
The Heart of Hospice: Core Competencies for Reclaiming the Mystery
Brenda Clarkson and Myra Lovvorn, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

2I
Race, Poverty, and Dying in Urban America
David Moller, PhD

2J
Marketing The Best Kept Secret In Healthcare
Katherine Brandt, MS

2K
Outpatient Palliative Care in a Community Clinic Setting: An Innovative Approach
Sally Adelus and Sue Wells, MSW

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


3B
CMS Update
Judi Lund Person, MPH, CMS Faculty TBA and Zinnia Harrison

3D
What, Me Worry? Considering the Perils of Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS)
Ira R. Byock, MD

3F
Finding Harmony in Dissonance: Moral Distress in the IDT and How to Promote Moral Courage
April Perry, APN, MEd

3:15 PM-4:15 PM


4B
The OIG and Hospice Compliance Programs- Establishing a Useful Framework
Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN and Charlene Ross, MSN, MBA, RN

Friday, March 28, 2014

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


6C
Looking at Hospice Relatedness Determinations through the Legal Lens: Substantiating Your Decisions to Stand Up to Government Scrutiny
Mary H. Michal, JD and Katherine A. Proctor, JD

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


7B
Hot Regulatory Topics
Judi Lund Person, MPH and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

7C
Palliative Care Legal Requirements, New State Laws and How to Partner with ACOs and Medical Homes
Connie A. Raffa, JD, LLM and Kathy McMahon, BA

7G
Having the Difficult Conversation: We Need to Discharge You From Hospice
Lisa Meadows, MSW

7I
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: An Ethical Conversation About Organizational Policy Development
Timothy Kirk, PhD, Judith Schwarz, RN, MSN, PhD, Patrick Smith, MDiv, MA, PhD(c) and Elizabeth J. Collins, MD

7J
Hungry for Good PR? Your Recipe for a Successful PR and Media Program
Natasha Beauchamp, MSc, Amy Tribbett, Greg Jena and Beverly Crowl, BSc

7K
Be@Ease - Building Community Partnerships for Advance Care Planning
Sylvia Boeder, Laurie Kennedy, Bob Lee and Sarah Bealles

Saturday, March 29, 2014

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


10J
Referral Partner Barometer: Sophisticated Approach to Growing Physician Referrals with Less Cost
Michael Ferris

11:15 AM-12:15 PM


11B
The Admission Decision - Who is on First?
Julia Maroney, RN, MHSA, CHCE and Ruth Recchia, RN, CHPN

11F
Through the Eyes of the Surveyor - Continued Survey Readiness is Possible and Realistic !
Sharon M. Litwin, RN, BS, MHA