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Thursday, March 13, 2025
6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
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Registration Open
6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
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Registration Open
7:45 AM – 5:45 PM
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Futures Program
7:45 AM – 5:45 PM
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Futures Program
Room: E221AB
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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(CME101) General Session 1: Opening Keynote
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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(CME101) General Session 1: Opening Keynote
Room: Richardson Ballroom AB
Keynote Speaker:
Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH
Credits: 1
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
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Break
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
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Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME102) Empowering Facility Staff: Education Unleashed
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME102) Empowering Facility Staff: Education Unleashed
Room: E217
Lead Speaker:
Jamie Smith, FNP-C
– Eventus Wholehealth
Speaker:
Will Sampson, PhD
– Eventus WholeHealth
Staffing
Credits: 1
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME103) Spiritual Care For The Skeptics: Evidence-Based Spiritual Care in PALTC
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME103) Spiritual Care For The Skeptics: Evidence-Based Spiritual Care in PALTC
Room: E218
Lead Speaker:
Gregory James, DO, MPH, CMD
– Optum / United Health Group
Speaker:
Alexandra M. Donovan, MFA; BCC (Board Certified Chaplain) (she/her/hers)
– Optum Health
Speaker:
Stephanie R. Nourollah, FNP-BC, ACHPN (she/her/hers)
– United Health Group / Optum
Communication with Patients and Families
Credits: 1
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME104) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Considerations for Skilled Nursing Facilities
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME104) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Considerations for Skilled Nursing Facilities
Room: E219AB
Lead Speaker:
Steven Merahn, MD
– LTC Provider Care, LLC
Leadership in Medical Direction
Credits: 1
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME105) Response to Falls with Head Trauma in Assisted Living
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME105) Response to Falls with Head Trauma in Assisted Living
Room: E219CD
Lead Speaker:
Daniel Haimowitz, MD, FACP, CMD (he/him/his)
– Pickering Manor/Living Branches/Arden Courts of Yardley
Speaker:
Josh Allen, Registered Nurse
– Allen Flores Consulting Group
Clinical Medicine
Credits: 1
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME106) Meaningful AI: Fueling Organizations and Elevating People
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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(CME106) Meaningful AI: Fueling Organizations and Elevating People
Room: Richardson Ballroom AB
Lead Speaker:
Chris Yakscoe, n/a
– Netsmart
Speaker:
Amanda Cohrs, CAHIMS, CEHRT (she/her/hers)
– Curana Healthcare
Speaker:
Jason W. Martin, MBA
– Long Term Care Specialists
Artificial Intelligence
Credits: 1
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Break (Lunch on Own)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Break (Lunch on Own)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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HOD Business Meeting
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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HOD Business Meeting
Room: E220EF
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Industry Expert Theater
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Industry Expert Theater
Room: E216ABCD
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME107) Narrative Medicine for Providers: A Generative Workshop
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME107) Narrative Medicine for Providers: A Generative Workshop
Room: E217
Lead Speaker:
Alexandra M. Donovan, MFA; BCC (Board Certified Chaplain) (she/her/hers)
– Optum Health
Speaker:
Sylvia K. Parker, APRN, MSN, GNP-BC (she/her/hers)
– Optum
Speaker:
Summer L. Galecki, MSN, APRN AGPCNP - BC
– Optum
Staffing
Credits: 1.5
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME108) Advocacy in Action: Collaborations, CMP/ARPA Funds, and a State Medical Director Registry
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME108) Advocacy in Action: Collaborations, CMP/ARPA Funds, and a State Medical Director Registry
Room: E219AB
Lead Speaker:
Daniel Haimowitz, MD, FACP, CMD (he/him/his)
– Pickering Manor/Living Branches/Arden Courts of Yardley
Speaker:
Amar Mohan, MD
– Transitional Care Physicians of America
Speaker:
Vicki L. Walker, MD, CMD, FAAFP (she/her/hers)
– Avel eCare
Speaker:
Charles Perry Kemp, PharmD LNHA
– Georgia Medical Directors Association
Speaker:
Lori Smetanka, JD
– National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
Leadership in Medical Direction
Credits: 1.5
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME109) Anatomy of an Award-Winning Memory Care Service
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME109) Anatomy of an Award-Winning Memory Care Service
Room: E219CD
Lead Speaker:
Ravindra Amin, MD
– Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center
Speaker:
Deepa Vinoo, DNP,RN,Gero-BC,CDP
– NY City Health +Hospitals/Coler
Speaker:
Howard J. Finger, D.O.. (he/him/his)
– Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center
Speaker:
Ann Wyatt, MSW (she/her/hers)
– Self-Employed
Clinical Medicine
Credits: 1.5
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME110) Billing and Coding
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
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(CME110) Billing and Coding
Room: Richardson Ballroom AB
Lead Speaker:
Dallas L. Nelson, MD, FACP, CMD (she/her/hers)
– University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Billing and Coding
Credits: 1.5
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
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(CME111) Optimizing Care Transitions Involving Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
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(CME111) Optimizing Care Transitions Involving Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Room: E218
Lead Speaker:
Sandeep R. Pagali, MD, MPH, SFHM, AGSF (he/him/his)
– Mayo Clinic
Speaker:
Lauren J. Gleason, MD, MPH, CMP (she/her/hers)
– University of Chicago
Speaker:
Cecilia Y. Cai, MD, CMD
– FutureCare Health & Management
Speaker:
Lea C. Watson, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
– University of Colorado School of Medicine
Speaker:
Jessica L. Kalender-Rich, MD, MHA, CMD (she/her/hers)
– The University of Kansas Health System
Speaker:
Sing T. Palat, MD, CMD (she/her/hers)
– Optum Senior Community Care
Transitions of Care
Credits: 3
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
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Break
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
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Break
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
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Industry Expert Theater
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
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Industry Expert Theater
Room: E216ABCD
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME112) Resolving PALTC Conflicts: Negotiation Skills to Use with Patients/Families, Staff, and Providers
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME112) Resolving PALTC Conflicts: Negotiation Skills to Use with Patients/Families, Staff, and Providers
Room: E217
Lead Speaker:
Lee A. Lindquist, MD MPH MBA CMD
– Northwestern University Feinberg School
Speaker:
Alaine Murawski, LSW (she/her/hers)
– Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Speaker:
Jeanette Cheng, MD
– Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Speaker:
Nevin Kamal, MD
– Northwestern University Feinberg School
Communication with Patients and Families
Credits: 1.5
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME113) Opportunities in Senior Housing as Part of Post Acute Care
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME113) Opportunities in Senior Housing as Part of Post Acute Care
Room: E219AB
Lead Speaker:
Barbara Resnick, PhD
– University of Maryland
Speaker:
Nicole Brandt, Pharm D, MBA (she/her/hers)
– University of Maryland
Speaker:
Sarah D. Holmes, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers)
– University of Maryland
Speaker:
Anne Hagan, MSN
– Universityof Maryland
Business of Medicine
Credits: 1.5
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME114) Caring for patients with opioid use disorder: Advocacy from hospital to discharge
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME114) Caring for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: Advocacy from Hospital to Discharge
Room: E219CD
Lead Speaker:
Noel Ivey, MD FACP
– Duke University Hospital
Speaker:
Dana Clifton, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)
– Duke University Hospital
Speaker:
Melissa Walker, LCSW, LCAS
– Duke University Hospital
Speaker:
Allison Korn, JD
– Duke University School of Law
Speaker:
Michael Krol, MD, CMD
– Dell Medical School, Austin Geriatric Specialists
Substance Use Disorder
Credits: 1.5
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME115) Breakthrough or Bust? IV vitamins, Amniotic membranes, Urine PCR, & Pharmacogenomic testing
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME115) Breakthrough or Bust? IV vitamins, Amniotic membranes, Urine PCR, & Pharmacogenomic testing
Room: Richardson Ballroom AB
Lead Speaker:
Monica Ott, MD, CMD
– Optum
Speaker:
Todd Sobol, MD, FACP, CMD
– CareBand
Speaker:
Elizabeth Schmalfeldt, FNP, WCC
– Optum
Speaker:
Karl M. Dauphinais, MD, MSS, FACP, CMD (he/him/his)
– Optum
Clinical Medicine
Credits: 1.5
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME116) Sepsis in Long-Term Care Facilities: From Public Health to Bedside
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
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(CME116) Sepsis in Long-Term Care Facilities: From Public Health to Bedside
Room: E220EF
Speaker:
Swati Gaur, MD MBA CMD AGSF
– Rainmakers Solutions Inc
Speaker:
W. Wyatt Wilson, MD, MSPH
– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Health Quality Promotion
Speaker:
Amy Ward, MS, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
– Alliant Health Solutions
Clinical Medicine
Credits: 1.5
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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Break
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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Break
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME117) Empowering Clinicians to Transform Nursing Homes through Research
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME117) Empowering Clinicians to Transform Nursing Homes through Research
Room: E217
Lead Speaker:
Debra Saliba, MD, MPH
– University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine
Speaker:
Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD
– University of Colorado School of Medicine
Speaker:
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers)
– University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work
Speaker:
Susan Hickman, PhD
– Indiana University Schools of Medicine and Nursing
QAPI
Credits: 1
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME118) Meaningful Communication with Residents and Families: Stopping the Runaway Train
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME118) Meaningful Communication with Residents and Families: Stopping the Runaway Train
Room: E218
Lead Speaker:
Swati Gaur, MD MBA CMD AGSF
– Rainmakers Solutions Inc
Speaker:
Carolyn A. Kazdan, MHSA, NHA, BCPA
– Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO)
Communication with Patients and Families
Credits: 1
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME119) The AI Revolution and its Impact in Long-Term Care
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME119) The AI Revolution and its Impact in Long-Term Care
Room: E219AB
Lead Speaker:
Amar Mohan, MD
– Transitional Care Physicians of America
Speaker:
Shannon D. Coffee, FNP-C (she/her/hers)
– Transitional Care Physicians of America
Artificial Intelligence
Credits: 1
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME121) Pharmacist Review Improves Transitions Outcomes From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME121) Pharmacist Review Improves Transitions Outcomes From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility
Room: Richardson Ballroom AB
Lead Speaker:
Cindy Leslie A. Roberson, PharmD
– Duke Population Health Management Office
Speaker:
Aubrey Jolly Graham, MD (she/her/hers)
– Hospital medicine, Duke University Hospital
Transitions of Care
Credits: 1
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
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(CME120) Cases and Conversations About Current Vaccine Recommendations
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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(CME120) Cases and Conversations About Current Vaccine Recommendations
Room: E219CD
Lead Speaker:
Elizabeth A. Sobczyk, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers)
– PALTmed
Speaker:
Ghinwa Dumyati, MD
– University of Rochester
Speaker:
David A. Nace, MD, MPH
– University of Pittsburgh / UPMC Senior Communities / UPMC
Infection Prevention and Control
Credits: 1
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
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Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
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Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Room: Hall C
