
Annual Clinical and Leadership Conference: Embracing Change & Leading the Way
February 24 - February 26, 2021
About the Conference
This year's theme,"2021: Embracing Change and Leading the Way" provides a broad platform from which to discuss the changes in our system of care delivery while focused on leadership and clinical topics including regulatory compliance, process improvement, quality, and ethics from a variety of local, regional and national experts.
How to Register
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At-A-Glance Agenda
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Pre-Conference
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Session
Presented By: Judi Lund-Person, BA, MPH, CHC
Break | 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm
1:10 pm - 2:10 pm
Session
Presented By: Judi Lund-Person, BA, MPH, CHC
Break | 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
Session
Presented By: Judi Lund-Person, BA, MPH, CHC
Break | 3:20 pm - 3:30 pm
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Session
Presented By: Judi Lund-Person, BA, MPH, CHC
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Concurrent Sessions
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
4-1: Integration of Palliative Care in ALS
Presented By: Holy Doe, RN
4-2: Care Planning and Eligibility
Presented By: Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN
4-3: Consent/Guardianship: Complex Care Decisions
Presented By: Kara Silverman
4-4: Virtual Sales-RFP
Presented By: Melynda Lee
Break | 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
5-1: Palliative Care Footprint (Panel Discussion)
Presented By: Anna Skold, MD; Huda Sayed, MD; Petti-Jeanne Sheldon, RN
5-2: Improving Quality with HIS and CAHPS
Presented By: Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN
5-3: Implicit Bias
Presented By: Kim Curseen, MD
5-4: Legality of Phone/Email
Presented By: Jason Bring
Break | 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
6-1: Health Literacy in Palliative Care
Presented By: Courtney Cawthon, MPH, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC
6-2: Respiratory/ Post-COVID
Presented By: Nehal Bhatt, MD, FCCP
6-3: A Survey to Understand the Moral Awareness and Use of Ethics Consultation Service in a Hospice Program
Presented By: Steve Shields
6-4: Pediatric Administration
Presented By: Khaliah Johnson, MD, MS
Friday, February 26, 2021
Keynote Session
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Keynote : Palliative Care Futurist: Matching Care to Our Patient's Needs
Presented By: Diane E. Meier MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Concurrent Sessions
9:00 am - 10:00 am
7-1: Palliative Care in the Neuro-ICU, A Transdisciplinary Approach
Presented By: Jabeen Taj, MD
7-2: GIP Clinical Updates
Presented By: Kelly Erola, MD, FAAHPM, FAAFP
7-3: Great Conversations Start with "Hello": Using and End of Life Conversation Game to Encourage Advance Care Planning
Presented By: Martha Hage, LCSW; Eric Nelson, LCSW
7-4: The Secret World of the HIS Measures- How CMS Validates and Changes Your Answers
Presented By: Annette Lee, RN, MS, HCS-D, COS-C
Break | 10:00 am - 10:15 am
10:15 am - 11:15 am
8-1: Safe Opioid Prescribing in Palliative Care
Presented By: Jimi S. Malik, MD
8-2: Pain Management Fentynal Conversation
Presented By: Richard Ackermann, MD
8-3: Terminology of Grief
Presented By: Patricia Shearer, MD, MS, FAAP; Alex Allen, LCSW; Lanise Shortell, RN, CHPPN, CPLC
8-4: Top 10 Hospice Survey Deficiencies
Presented By: Melanie Simon
Break | 11:15 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
9-1: Palliative Care- Lessons Learned During COVID-19
Presented By: Joanne Kuntz, MD; Amanda Lou Newton, LCSW; Jessica Chicken, MDiv, M.S., BCC
9-2: Symptom Management: Dypsnea
Presented By: Richard Ackerman, MD
9-3: What the Zoom?!? Enhancing Your Bereavement Program through Tele-Mental Health
Presented By: Dave Gladson, BCC; Miquel Shanine, LPMT, MT-BC, NMT
9-4: CyberSecurity
Presented By: Chris Paravate, MBA, PMP, CHCIO, CPHIMS
Plenary Speakers

Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC
Vice President, Regulatory and Compliance

Diane E. Meier MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care
Sponsors and Exhibitors
Exhibitors
