NHPCO’s 29th Management and Leadership Conference

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

6:30 AM-6:00 PM

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

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

9:00 AM-4:30 PM

Leadership Matters: Skills, Competencies and Strategies for New Hospice Executives
Claire B. Tehan, MA, Jeannee Parker Martin, RN, MPH and Rafael Sciullo, MA, LCSW, MS

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Goverance Committee Meeting

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Morning Refreshments

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Foundation Board of Director's Meeting

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

NCHPP Executive Committee Meeting

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

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

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

PC01

Developing the 3-D Leader
Claire B. Tehan, MA

PC02

Ethics for Hospice Managers (An MDP Level 1 Module)
Marion Keenan, MA, MBA

PC03

Re-Examining the Hospice - Nursing Home Partnership: Now Is the Time
Susan Balfour, RN, Cherry Meier, RN, MSN, LNHA and Meg S.L. Pekarske, JD

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

Combined NHPCO Boards of Director's Luncheon

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

PC04

Managing Systems and Programs: Financial, Trending and Reporting Mechanisms (An MDP Level II Module)
Teresa Craig, CPA

PC05

HIPAA, HITECH, Omnibus OH MY! The New Normal for Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals
Shallie Bryant, CHP, CHPC

PC06

The Hospice Quality Reporting Program: Preparing To Implement The Hospice Item Set (HIS)
Carol Spence, PhD and Franziska Rokoske, PT, MS

PC07

Taking Hospice Care in Nursing Homes to the Next Level
Jennifer Aitken, MBA, Bill Musick, BS, MBA, CHC, Jeanne Dennis, MSW, Jamie O'Malley, MS, RN, Anne M. Evans and J. Wayne Brannock, CPHQ., CPHRM

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

NHPCO Board of Director's Meeting

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Public Policy Open Forum Meeting - CMS Issues and "Part D" Discussion

Thursday, March 27, 2014

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

The FHSSA Breakfast

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Morning Refreshments

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

DCP Audio Sales Open

Registration, Marketplace, Events Desk and DCP Audio Sales Open

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Opening Plenary Session with Nancy L. Snyderman

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Regulatory Office

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Dying for a Good Leader
Ron Culberson, MSW, CSP

Hospice Regulatory Primer - Part I
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

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

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

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

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

Development of a Hospice Experience Survey for National Implementation
Rebecca Anhang Price, PhD, Joan M. Teno, MD, MS and Melissa Bradley

Hospice Medical Director Development: An Often Overlooked Means to Optimal Hospice Performance
Ronald J. Crossno, MD, FAAHPM and John Manfredonia, DO, FACOFP, FAAHPM

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

Marketing The Best Kept Secret In Healthcare
Katherine Brandt, MS

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

President's Forum with J. Don Schumacher and Nancy L. Synderman

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

FHSSA Council Meeting

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Complimentary Boxed Lunch

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Allied Therapist - TBD

Bereavement Professional - TBD

CEO/Executive Director/President - Leading Through Crisis Using Humor

Clinical and Operations Management - Preparing Clinical Leaders to Lead Through Uncertain Times and Get Quality Results

Development/Public Relations/Marketing - Leading and Mobilizing: The Successes and Challenges of Development/PR/Marketing in These Times

Ethics Advisory Council Meeting

FHSSA Committee Meeting

Finance/Information Systems - TBD

Nurse and Nursing Assistant - The RN and Hospice Aide Partnership: What is Working Well and What Needs Our Attention

Performance Improvement/Quality Assessment - Hospice Item Set - Are You Prepared?

Pharmacist - Living with a New Reality: Addressing Medication Coverage Based Upon CMS Guidance

Physician - Medication Coverage in Hospice Patients

Research/Academis/Education - Tips for Teaching EMR: What Works and What Does Not

Social Worker - Good Supervision: Do You Have It? What Would Help?

Volunteer/Volunteer Management - Meeting the Volunteer Needs of a Changing and Challenging Hospice Environment: Short Lengths of Stay, Reduced Staffing, New Programs

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Spiritual Caregiver - Utilizing the 2013 Spiritual Caregivers Survey Data, and Other Documents, to Advocate for Quality Spiritual Care

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Corporate Foundation Council Meeting

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Quality Assessment for Hospice Governing Bodies
Anne Kissel, PhD, NCC and Patrice Moore, BSN, MSN, ARNP

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

Top Ten Fundamentals of Fundraising
William R. Crowe, MBA, PhD and Deborah Crowe, BA, LNHA

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

Building a Customer Service Focused Referral Process - It All Starts Here!
Katherine Northcutt, RN

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

Leadership Life Lessons: Self - Management for the CEO in You!
Sarah McKinnon, MA

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

Ask the Contractors
Judi Lund Person, MPH, Kim Campbell, Harry Feliciano, MD, Shonda Brummer and Jennifer Brown

Reinventing/Rebranding: Ensuring Relevance in the Emerging Healthcare Environment
Lise Lambert, David Rehm and Doug Bennett

Reaching the Top of the Pyramid - Achieving Balanced Fundraising Success
Michael R. Morse II, MS, CHA

@HOMe Support™: The Missing Piece in Healthcare Reform
Dorothy Deremo, RN, MSN, MHSA, FACHE and Gregory Berger, MD

Quality Reporting Update
Carol Spence, PhD

Understanding the Impact of Values on Organizational Culture
Paul Longenecker, RN, MBA, PhD

Hospice and Palliative Care for the Incarcerated: Clinical, Ethical, Legal, and Policy Considerations
Ben Rich, JD, PhD and Kandyce Powell, RN, MSN

Changing American Beliefs About Death: Is it OK to Die?
Monica Williams-Murphy, MD

Accountable Care Payors : What are the New Rules of Engagement for Hospice and Palliative Care Providers
Jade Gong, MBA, RN and Nicolas Priscu

4:30 PM-5:00 PM

"We Are NHPCO" Meet and Mingle

5:00 PM-7:30 PM

Welcome Reception with the Exhibitors

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Regulatory Committee Dinner Meeting

Friday, March 28, 2014

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Morning Refreshments

7:00 AM-2:00 PM

Events Desk Open

7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Registration, Marketplace, Events Desk and DCP Audio Sales Open

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Morning Break with Exhibitors

Regulatory Office

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Occupy Healthcare: How Hospice Can Take Back the Night
Julia Bartel, MSN, ACHPN, CHPCA, FPCN and William Finn, MBA

Hospice Regulatory Primer - Part II
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

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

Strategic Community Engagement - Because Hospice Marketing is Different from Healthcare Marketing
Stan Massey, BA

To Hire or Not to Hire: The Value of Full-time Physicians to the Hospice Team
Deborah Crowe, BA, LNHA and Sally Parnell, RN, MSN

You Can’t be Extraordinary Without an Extraordinary People Development System
Andrew Reed, CPA

Preparing for and Surviving a ZPIC Audit
Paula G. Sanders, JD and Diane Baldi, RN, CHPN

Utilizing Social Workers to Promote Regulatory Compliance in Hospice Agencies
Sandy Jones-McClintic, LCSW, ACHP-SW and Dona Reese, PhD, MSW, LCSW

Medical Marijuana: The Ethics of Evidence Based Practice vs. Quality of Life
Brian Jones, DHSc, CHPCA

Walking the 990 Tightrope
Nicole Bencik, CPA, MST and Richard Calcote, CPA

Advanced Illness Management – A New Continuum for Hospice
Michael Jasperson, MBA, MSA and Stephanie Cerney, CPA

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Quality and Standards Committee Meeting

12:00 PM-2:30 PM

Hospi-Script - Affiliate meeting

Networking Lunch with Exhibitors

12:15 PM-1:45 PM

Professional Education Commitee Meeting

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Beyond Board Fundamentals - Sharpening Expectations to Tap the Full Potential of Your Board
Bill Musick, BS, MBA, CHC

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

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

Competency Evaluation for the Hospice Physician in Smaller or Rural Hospices
Cheryl Arenella, MD, MPH and Dianne Vallee

Hospice Cost Report Reform: Ready or Not?
Lisa Lapin

Ice To Eskimos: Strategies For Demonstrating The Value Of Hospice Care To A Death-Averse Audience
Stephen A. Leedy, MD, FAAHPM and Rebecca Lewis, BS, PharmD, MBA

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

A Unified Presence
Njekwa Y. Lumbwe, RN, RM, Michelle Webb, RN and Janet Bull, MD

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

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

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

3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Hospice Entity Restructuring Activities – Why, What’s Involved, and How to Execute
James Ridenour, CPA, Phil Marshall, MBA, Anne Hochsprung, CPA and Nicole Bencik, CPA, MST

Medicaid Managed Care: The Latest Trends and Challenges for Hospice
Steven Gardner, MPA, PAHM, Cherry Meier, RN, MSN, LNHA and Judi Lund Person, MPH

CMS Enhancements to Hospice Cost Reporting
William Cuppett, BSBA

KY Appalachian Transition Services--Developing a Transition Program
Susan Swinford and Gretchen Brown, MSW

"A Woman's Prerogative--Are You Connected?"
Dee Vandeventer, CFRE, CFRE, MA

Maxims of Hospice and Palliative Medicine: A Teaching Tool
J. Andrew Probolus, MD, FAAFP

Measuring Social Work Outcomes with the Social Work Assessment Tool (SWAT)
Dona Reese, PhD, MSW, LCSW

He Did What?!? Handling Disruptive Behavior From Physicians In Your Program
Lyla Correoso-Thomas, MD and Christian Sinclair, MD

Organizational Response to the Ethical Dilemma: Drug Diversion
Eugenia Smither, RN, BS, CHC, CHE, CHP

Mobilizing New Referral Strategies to Engage Physicians and Hospital C-Suites
Stan Massey, BA and Kelly Brooks, RN, BSN

Installing The Mandatory Upgrade To Hospice Version 2.0: Completing Your Transition To A Full-Fledged Post Acute Care Organization
Stephen A. Leedy, MD, FAAHPM, Jamey Boudreaux, MSW, MDiv, Warren Hebert Jr., RN, MSN, CAE, Cordt Kassner, PhD and Donna DeBlois, RN, BSW, MBA, MSB, AHAC

3:30 PM-4:45 PM

Pharmacy Meeting

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

NHF VIP Reception

7:00 PM-11:00 PM

National Hospice Foundation Gala

Saturday, March 29, 2014

7:30 AM-12:00 PM

Luggage Storage

Registration, Marketplace and DCP Audio Sales Open

8:30 AM-9:45 AM

Closing Plenary Session with Kayrn Buxman

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Signature Events Council Meeting

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

10A

Who and What is Killing Your Change Initiative?
Cathy Stauffer Wozniak, MPH, MBA and Michelle Smagacz, RN, BSN, MBA

10B

Hospice Care in the Nursing Home – Navigating the Regulatory Challenges
Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN and Charlene Ross, MSN, MBA, RN

10C

Medicare Part D and Hospice
Judi Lund Person, MPH and Jason Kimbrel, PharmD, BCPS

10D

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

10E

Fund a Need Secrets: How Your Fundraising Gala Can Raise an Additional $5k, $50k or $100k+ in 15 minutes
Sherry Truhlar, MA, CMP, BAS, CAI

10F

Spiritual Caregiver Survey Report
Carla Cheatham, MA, MDiv, PhD, TRT

10G

Auditing GIP
Joan M. Teno, MD, MS and Carol Spence, PhD

10H

Managing Workplace Conflict- Organizational Growth Through Mediation
Janice Kopec, BA and Jeff Stanicki, BA, CDP

10I

Live Length of Service – What Discharge Analysis Overlooks
Robert Seipel, CPA, MBA, Kelly Dennis, CPA and Franco Insana, CPA, MBA

10J

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

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Regulatory Office

10:30 AM-1:00 PM

CE/CME Information Desk and Silent Auction Item Pick-up Desk Open

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

11A

(CANCELLED Enterprise Risk Management For Hospice – How To Identify What Is Needed And How To Implement?
James Ridenour, CPA and Jennifer Burke

11B

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

11C

Significant Developments in Medicare and Medicaid Audits Affecting Hospices
Andrew B. Wachler, Esq

11D

From Census 300-650 - The Road Ahead for Successful Program Expansion
Beth Huber, BSW, LNHA, MS and Caron Tucker, RN, CHPN

11E

What CMS Really Wants of the Hospice Industry: Totally Competent Medication Therapy Management (MTM) !
Mary Grace Mihalyo, BS, PharmD, CGP, BCPS

11F

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

11G

Achieving Cultural Competence: Weaving Culture into the Fabric of Your Hospice
Lisa Rucker, LSW

11H

The SNF / Hospice Relationship – Apples and Oranges Do Not Make a Fruit Salad…
Shannon Drake, ESQ

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Closing Gathering and Reception