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Chris Darling

Geriatric Health Solutions
Business Advisor
Chris Darling

GeriatricHealthSolutions.com

Experienced executive with more than 30 years of health system and practice management experience.

Interests include identifying and deploying best practices in the delivery of onsite geriatric medical services.

1:00pm EDT

Pre-Conference Ticketed Program: Relevant Topics in Practice Management Texas 3-4

8:00am EDT

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 TH4 | Telemedicine in PA/LTC: How to do it and do it Well Texas 5-6Thomas Edmondson, MD, CMD • Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD • Murthy Gokula, MD, CMD • Steven Handler, MD, PhD, CMD TH5 | The Practical Application of MDS (Minimum Data Set) and Other Available Data to Improve Site-Specific Quality Measure Performance Dallas 5-6Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD • Ronald Crossno, MD, HMDC, CMD • Emily Jaffe, MD • Richard Feifer, MD, MPH • Steven Fuller, DO, PhD 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

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 TH8 | Managing Quality Reporting in PA/LTC Medicine: Strategies for Selecting, Capturing, and Reporting Quality Metrics in Your Practice Texas 3-4Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • Jean Butcher, MBA • Rikki Mangrum, MLS • Richard Feifer, MD, MPH • Kerry Weiner, MD, MPH • Alex Bardakh, MPP • Rod Baird, MS • Steve Buslovich, MD, MS

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

10:30am EDT

Job Fair in Exhibit Hall Longhorn Hall E

11:00am EDT

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 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 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Longhorn Hall E Product Theater - Provided by Lilly USA Inc. Grapevine Ballroom A

1:30pm EDT

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

3:00pm 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 FR28 | MACRA, MIPS and APM: Will the Nursing Home Practice Survive the Alphabet Tsunami Texas Ballroom CDaniel Haimowitz, MD, CMD • Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • Don Barbo, CPA • Rod Baird, MS

6:30pm EDT

State Chapter Business Meetings/Receptions See onsite program for meeting locations.

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

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 SA6 | Beyond 5-Star Quality Rating System, A Guide to Survive the New Changes Dallas 5-7Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, CMD • Ashkan Javaheri, MD, CMD • Irene Hamrick, MD SA8 | Lessons from Litigation: A Tool for Performance Improvement in PA/LTC Facilities Texas 3-4Randall Huss, MD, CMD • David Smith, MD, CMD SA4 | Billing and Coding in PA/LTC: How to do it Right! Texas Ballroom DAlva Baker, III, MD, HMDC, CMDR

12:30pm EDT

Lunch on Own TBA

12:45pm EDT

Product Theater - Provided by ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc Grapevine Ballroom A

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

7:30pm EDT

President’s Dessert Reception Center Pre-Function

8:30am EDT

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