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Ruth M Weber

MUSC
Charleston SC

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

1:30pm EDT

FR11 | 'Worthless Care': Medical Necessity and the False Claims Act Texas 1-2Jonathan Evans, MD, MPH, CMD • David Jackson, MD, PhD

3:30pm EDT

FR22 | Medical Director Collaboration to Yield a More Meaningful Meeting (and Fun) for all Participants Dallas 5-7Thomas Edmondson, MD, CMD • Richard Rethorst, MD, CMD • Frank Caruso, LNHA • Eric Hutchins, LNHA, MBA • Denise Wassenaar, RN, MSN FR26 | Stopping Eating and Drinking by Advance Directives: Choose Your Injustice San Antonio 4-6M. Rosina Finley, MD, BSN, CMD • Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD • Peter Jaggard, MD, CMD • Fatima Naqvi, MD, CMD • James Wright, MD, PhD, CMD 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

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

SA4 | Billing and Coding in PA/LTC: How to do it Right! Texas Ballroom DAlva Baker, III, MD, HMDC, CMDR 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

2:30pm EDT

SA13 | Innovative Approaches to Implement Evidence Based Deprescribing Practices in PA/LTC Setting Texas Ballroom DKamal Wagle, MD, MPH, CMD • Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • John Derr, RPh 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

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 SA24 | Creating Memorable Experiences for Residents, Families, and Staff: What Nursing Facilities can Learn From Disney Texas 3-4Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD • Paige Hector, LMSW • Patricia Bach, PsyD, MS, RN

6:30am EDT

SU1 | Red Eye Rounds: Medical Direction Challenges Texas Ballroom CRebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD • Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD • Susan Levy, MD, CMD • Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD • Meenakshi Patel, MD, MMM, CMD