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Denise ODonnell

Healthcare Management Solutions
Task Manager
Fairmont, WV

I am a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist with over 40 years of experience in LTC. I am also a NHA. I have worked for not only the private sector but also for the Veteran's Administration for 16 years; 5 of those years as the Director of Geriatric Services. Recently had the experience of working for CMS, Division of Nursing Homes, and assisting in the writing of the interpretive guidelines for the new federal regulations. Currently with Healthcare Management Solutions working on projects in collaboration with CMS, CDC and other agencies. Anxiously awaiting the opportunity to take the new LTC surveyor training program and test and begin surveying nursing facilities across the US.

1:00pm EDT

Formulate an Action Plan to Increase Adult Immunization Rates in Long-Term Care Austin 4-6Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP

8:00am EDT

TH1 | Basics of Value-Based Practice (VBP), Program Models, and Clinical Strategies for Success Texas 3-4Michelle Benedict, APN-C • Charles Crecelius, MD, PhD, CMD • Robert Reynolds, MD

11:30am EDT

PSTR | Poster Session Opens Texas Ballroom Pre-Function

11:45am EDT

Product Theater - Provided by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Grapevine Ballroom A

1:30pm EDT

TH13 | Thinking Right and Acting Right: How Medical Directors can Lead the way in Nursing Facility Improvement San Antonio 5-6Steven Levenson, MD, CMD • Jean Storm, DO

3:00pm EDT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Longhorn Hall E

5:00pm EDT

Poster Session - Q&A with Presenting Authors Texas Ballroom Pre-Function Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E

6:45am EDT

Product Theater - Provided by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Grapevine Ballroom A

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

11:00am EDT

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 FR7 | Value-Based Reimbursement and Care Redesign in the PA/LTC Settings Texas 3-4Richard Feifer, MD, MPH • Cory Woods, DNP, MHA, MSN, RN

12:15pm EDT

Product Theater - Provided by Lilly USA Inc. Grapevine Ballroom A

1:30pm EDT

FR14 | Advanced Care Planning: Using the PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly Model Practice) Dallas 5-7Renee Connolly, DNP, APRN • Luz Ramos-Bonner, MD, MBA, CMD • Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD FR16 | Antibiotic Stewardship in PA/LTC Facilities: Evidence-Based Approach on Starting and Sustaining a Successful Program Texas 3-4Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • Muhammad S. Ashraf, MBBS • Ghinwa Dumyati, MD • Elizabeth Frentzel, MPH • Philip Sloane, MD, MPH • Sarah Kabbani, MD, MSc

3:00pm EDT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E

3:30pm EDT

FR19 | Sepsis in LTC: Recognition and Appropriate Response Texas 1-2Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD • Sheila McLean, MBA, LNHA • Philip Sloane, MD, MPH • Theresa Rowe, DO, MS FR27 | Leading Change in LTC Grapevine Ballroom BJames Lett, II, MD, CMD • Susan Levy, MD, CMD • Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD 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 FR25 | Reports from the Front: Updates On the Approach to UTI From Three Stewardship Projects Grapevine 1-2David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD • Cees Hertogh, MD, PhD

6:00am EDT

SA1 | Meet the Expert Breakfast Session -- When the Benefits Outweigh the Risks: Managing Chronic Mental Illness in PA/LTC Texas Ballroom CMaureen Nash, MD, MS

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

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 SA5 | Making it Happen: Research Updates on Cultural Challenges to Antimicrobial Stewardship in PA/LTC Texas 5-6Ghinwa Dumyati, MD • Morgan Katz, MD, MHS • Robin Jump, MD, PhD

1:00pm EDT

ITT | In-the-Trenches: Peer Group Roundtable Discussion Texas Ballroom C

2:30pm EDT

SA16 | The Emergency Department Joins the Interdisciplinary Team: Strategies to Improve Acute Care Transitions and Reduce ED Capture Texas 3-4Firas Saidi, MD, CMD • Adam Perry, MD

4:00pm EDT

SA22 | Urinary and Fecal Incontinence: What to do About it in PA/LTC Texas 5-6Elizabeth Hames, DO, CMD • Kenya Rivas, MD, CMD • Suzanne Nall, RN, LNHA • Michael Felver, MD 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

8:30am EDT

SU3 | General Session III Texas Ballroom A-BMary Evans, MD, CMD • Arif Nazir, MD, CMD • Eleanor McConnell, PhD, RN