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Anneka J. Gaffney

8:00pm EDT

Foundation Futures/ABPLM CMD Welcome Reception TBA

7:30am EDT

The Foundation's Futures Program Grapevine 1-2

8:00am EDT

FR1 | General Session I Texas Ballroom A-BChristopher Laxton, CAE • Mary Evans, MD, CMD • Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD • Heidi White, MD, MHS, MEd, CMD • Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMDR • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP

10:30am EDT

Job Fair in Exhibit Hall Longhorn Hall E

11:00am EDT

FR6 | Rural LTC: A Crossroads in Medical Director Management and Clinical Support Austin 4-6August Anneberg, MD, CMD • Fred Feinsod, MD, CMD • Cynthia Works, MD, CMD FR2 | Are we Doing Enough? A Need for New Approaches to Address Transitions of Care for the Older Adults Across Continuum of Care Texas 1-2Fatima Sheikh, MD, MPH, CMD • Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD • Alicia Arbaje, MD, MPH, PHD FR10 | Apples to Apples: A Review of the Society's Efforts in Defining Meaningful Quality Measures for Practitioners in PA/LTC Texas Ballroom CDheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • Rikki Mangrum, MLS • Alex Bardakh, MPP

12:15pm EDT

Product Theater - Provided by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Longhorn Hall E

1:30pm EDT

FR12 | Demonstrating Improvement in Pain Management Through a Novel, International Collaborative Approach to QI Texas Ballroom DPaul Katz, MD, CMD • Jennifer Plant, MSc • Tammy Retalic, MS, RN

3:30pm EDT

FR24 | Managing Heart Failure Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Addressing the Complex Cardiovascular Disease, and Knowing When and how to Incorporate Palliative Care (AGS/AMDA Joint Session) Texas 3-4Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD • Keith Swetz, MD, MA, HMDC • Rebecca Boxer, MD • Nicole Orr, MD FR23 | Reducing Re-Hospitalizations Through Pharmacist-Physician Collaboration (ASCP/AMDA Joint Session) Austin 4-6Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD • Lori Aronson, NHA, MBA • Chad Worz, PharmD • Marylee Grosso, RPh

8:00am EDT

SA2 | General Session II Texas Ballroom A-BAlan Abrams, MD, CMD • Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD • Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD • David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD • Alex Bardakh, MPP • Joan Teno, MD, MS

11:00am EDT

SA11 | The “How To” Implementation of Pain Management, Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds, and Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines in PA/LTC Grapevine Ballroom BGabriel Brandeis, MD, CMD • Gwendolen Buhr, MD, MEd, CMD • Robert Hogikyan, MD, MPH, CMD • Manisha Parulekar, MD, CMD • Deborah Way, MD, CMD • Victoria Nalls, GNP SA3 | To D/C or Not to D/C: Implementing Deprescribing Into Your Clinical Practice Texas 1-2Jennifer Pruskowski, PharmD, CGP • Steven Handler, MD, PhD, CMD SA9 | What the Multidisciplinary Team in Nursing Homes Need to Know About Changing Models of Healthcare in the Community Grapevine 1-2Camille Infussi Dobson • Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, GNP • Steven Counsell, MD

4:00pm EDT

SA21 | Dementia Care Conversations Texas Ballroom DVictoria Hornyak, DPT • Rollin Wright, MD, MS SA20 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Infection Prevention and Control: Three Perspectives on the Reform of Requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Texas 1-2Joseph Marek, RPh, CGP • Robin Jump, MD, PhD • Deborah Burdsall, PhD, RN