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8:00am

TH2 | Updates in Management of Common Infections in PA/LTC Facilities Texas 1-2Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • Muhammad S. Ashraf, MBBS • Ghinwa Dumyati, MD • Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, MPH • Sharon Bradley, RN

1:30pm

TH9 | Demystifying the Basic Metabolic Panel Texas 1-2Meenakshi Patel, MD, MMM, CMD • Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD • T.S. Dharmarajan, MD TH12 | Unleash the Power of Performance Improvement in Your Facility by Stopping the Madness of Data Insanity Dallas 5-6Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD • Paige Hector, LMSW TH10 | An Evolution in Transitions: Improving the Skilled Nursing Facility and Emergency Department Relationship Texas Ballroom DLeslie Eber, MD, CMD • Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD • Marianna Karounos, DO • William Jaquis, MD • Robert Burke, MD, MS

5:00pm

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E

8:00am

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

FR8 | Parkinson's Disease: A Video is Worth 1.8 Million Words Grapevine 1-2John Dean, MA, CCC-SLP • Nora Reznickova, MD 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

1:30pm

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 FR18 | Coming Soon to Your Town: Post-Acute Networks and APMs Texas Ballroom CCharles Crecelius, MD, PhD, CMD • Rajeev Kumar, MD, CMD • Robert Reynolds, MD • Kerry Weiner, MD, MPH

3:30pm

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 FR27 | Leading Change in LTC Grapevine Ballroom BJames Lett, II, MD, CMD • Susan Levy, MD, CMD • Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD

6:00am

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

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

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

6:30am

SU2 | Red Eye Rounds: Clinical Quandaries Texas Ballroom DDebra Bakerjian, PhD, APRN • Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD • David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Christopher Patterson, MD, CMD • Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD • Peter Winn, MD, CMD

8:30am

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