Vol. 37 No.3 March 2009
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Schedule with Abstracts Wednesday, March 25 8 am–5 pm AAHPM Preconference Workshops Hospice Medical Director Course—Module C: Administrative Issues and Challenges (P1) Scott Bolhack, MD MBA CMD CWS FACP FAAP, TLC HealthCare Companies, Tucson, AZ; Bruce Chamberlain, MD FACP FAAHPM, Palliative Consultations, Orem, UT; Gary Garner, MD RPh, VistaCare, Salt Lake City, UT; John Manfredonia, DO FACOFP FAAHPM, Odyssey, Tucson, AZ (All speakers for this session have disclosed no relevant financial relationships; Garner will discuss off-label use) Objectives 1. Identify the skills required in the role of the hospice medical director. 2. Discuss the clinical and administrative issues faced by the hospice medical director. 3. Describe the hospice medical director’s role on the interdisciplinary care team. In this increasingly regulated environment, the hospice medical director faces numerous clinical, regulatory, and administrative challenges. This session will include presentations and interactive sessions on budgeting, billing and reimbursement, pharmacy management, and improving your performance. This is one part of AAHPM’s three-part course offering a core curriculum for hospice medical directors. Domain Structure and Processes of Care
CPC Social Worker Workshop: Updates in Health Care Ethics (P11) Gary L. Stein, JD MSW, Wurzweiler School of Social Work Yeshiva University, New York, NY (Stein has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.) Objectives 1. Understanding of recent issues in health care and clinical ethics 2. Understanding of innovative approaches to ad-
vance care planning 3. Appreciation of new paradigms for planning, such as Physician’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Part of the Social Work Preconference Ethics Panel, this presentation will provide an update of key recent issues in health care and clinical ethics, including end-of-life decision-making and innovations in advance care planning, such as Physician’s Order for Life Sustaining Treatment. Domains Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care; Structure and Processes of Care
HPNA Preconference Workshops Generalist Clinical Review: Train-theTrainer (P14) Nancy L. Grandovic, MEd BSN RN, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Pittsburgh, PA (Grandovic has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.) (Only nursing contact hours will be granted for this session.) This 1-day workshop is for experienced hospice and palliative RNs who wish to become HPNAApproved Educators. In a train-the-trainer format, participants will be taught facilitation skills to prepare them to teach the Clinical Review. Included with the course materials will be a copy of the Core Curriculum, Study Guide, and a CD-ROM with the Generalist Clinical Review. Participants must be members of HPNA. An application is required. For more information and an application, go to www.hpna.org or call the HPNA National Office at 412/787-9301.
Withholding/Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatments (P15) Peg Nelson, MSN APRN BC-PCM, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac, MI; Margaret L. Campbell, PhD RN ACHPN® FAAN, Detroit Receiving Hospital & Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; Christy Torkildson, MSN RN PHN, George Mark Children’s House, San Leandro, CA (All speaker for this sessions have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.)