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setting This will include approach to the family, who are often present in the operating room, when support is withdrawn, together with discussion of the legal and ethical issues surrounding DCD. The authors have experience using high-fidelity simulation to teach aspects of end-of-life care that are not possible to use at the patient bedside. This seminar will present a simulator scenario created by the authors for teaching withdrawal of care in a DCD setting in the operating room using the high-fidelity simulator. The simulator has been successfully utilized in training physicians in aspects of palliative medicine and provides a unique and safe environment for trainees to practice skills needed in the management of DCD. There will be a discussion in the legal and ethical issues surrounding DCD and the management of the bereavement process in the event of a failed donation after cardiac death. Integration of organ donation into end-of-life care management and discussion of organ donation with family members will also be addressed. There will be an interactive question and answer session at the end of the session, with the panel centered on case histories as examples. Domain All domains
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the government’s list of targeted healthcare providers. This session will review fraud and abuse laws and explore how healthcare reform has exponentially increased the need for providers to understand how these laws may require changes in operational practices. We will examine the ‘‘hot’’ areas of potential exposure as identified in recent enforcement actions and government releases, such as the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan and other OIG reports. We will also discuss the proliferation of governmentcontracted Medicare and Medicaid auditors such as the Recovery Auditor Contractors, Medicaid Integrity Contractors, Zone Program Integrity Contractors, Medicare Administrative Contractors, and state Medicaid Fraud Control Units with a focus on how you should prepare for them. By the end of this program, you will be in a stronger position to identify your risk areas and effectively minimize your exposures. By understanding the government’s expectations about compliance programs you will also be positioned to evaluate the effectiveness of your own organizations and programs as you prepare for the heightened government scrutiny and oversight of hospice and palliative care providers. Domain Structure and Processes of Care
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3:30e5 pm How to Prepare for the Fraud Initiatives Focused on Hospice and Palliative Care Providers (427) Paula Sanders Post & Schell, PC, Harrisburg, PA. (Sanders has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.) Objectives 1. Recognize how healthcare reform has enhanced the government’s focus on healthcare fraud and abuse, and the impact of those changes on hospice and palliative care providers. 2. Identify specific practices the government has targeted as especially vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. 3. Examine how to improve your practices to minimze your risk of exposure. New mandates, new regulations, new enforcement, new oversight, and new penaltiesdrecent healthcare reform has significantly enhanced the government’s fraud-fighting arsenal and hospices and palliative care providers rank high on
Concurrent Sessions 2011 Interactive Educational Exchange: Sharing Innovative Teaching Materials and Methods (428) Laura Morrison, MD FAAHPM, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. Elise Carey, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Pamela Fordham, DNS FNP-C FAANP, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Shirley Otis-Green, MSW ACSW LCSW OSW-C, City of Hope, Duarte, CA. (All speakers for this session have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with the following exception: Otis-Green is on the speakers bureau and received an honorarium from Genentech.) Objectives 1. Identify model programs of palliative care education from different health professions disciplines.
Schedule with Abstracts
setting This will include approach to the family, who are often present in the operating room, when support is withdrawn, together with discussion of the legal and ethical issues surrounding DCD. The authors have experience using high-fidelity simulation to teach aspects of end-of-life care that are not possible to use at the patient bedside. This seminar will present a simulator scenario created by the authors for teaching withdrawal of care in a DCD setting in the operating room using the high-fidelity simulator. The simulator has been successfully utilized in training physicians in aspects of palliative medicine and provides a unique and safe environment for trainees to practice skills needed in the management of DCD. There will be a discussion in the legal and ethical issues surrounding DCD and the management of the bereavement process in the event of a failed donation after cardiac death. Integration of organ donation into end-of-life care management and discussion of organ donation with family members will also be addressed. There will be an interactive question and answer session at the end of the session, with the panel centered on case histories as examples. Domain All domains
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the government’s list of targeted healthcare providers. This session will review fraud and abuse laws and explore how healthcare reform has exponentially increased the need for providers to understand how these laws may require changes in operational practices. We will examine the ‘‘hot’’ areas of potential exposure as identified in recent enforcement actions and government releases, such as the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan and other OIG reports. We will also discuss the proliferation of governmentcontracted Medicare and Medicaid auditors such as the Recovery Auditor Contractors, Medicaid Integrity Contractors, Zone Program Integrity Contractors, Medicare Administrative Contractors, and state Medicaid Fraud Control Units with a focus on how you should prepare for them. By the end of this program, you will be in a stronger position to identify your risk areas and effectively minimize your exposures. By understanding the government’s expectations about compliance programs you will also be positioned to evaluate the effectiveness of your own organizations and programs as you prepare for the heightened government scrutiny and oversight of hospice and palliative care providers. Domain Structure and Processes of Care
SIG Symposium
3:30e5 pm How to Prepare for the Fraud Initiatives Focused on Hospice and Palliative Care Providers (427) Paula Sanders Post & Schell, PC, Harrisburg, PA. (Sanders has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.) Objectives 1. Recognize how healthcare reform has enhanced the government’s focus on healthcare fraud and abuse, and the impact of those changes on hospice and palliative care providers. 2. Identify specific practices the government has targeted as especially vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. 3. Examine how to improve your practices to minimze your risk of exposure. New mandates, new regulations, new enforcement, new oversight, and new penaltiesdrecent healthcare reform has significantly enhanced the government’s fraud-fighting arsenal and hospices and palliative care providers rank high on
Concurrent Sessions 2011 Interactive Educational Exchange: Sharing Innovative Teaching Materials and Methods (428) Laura Morrison, MD FAAHPM, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. Elise Carey, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Pamela Fordham, DNS FNP-C FAANP, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Shirley Otis-Green, MSW ACSW LCSW OSW-C, City of Hope, Duarte, CA. (All speakers for this session have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with the following exception: Otis-Green is on the speakers bureau and received an honorarium from Genentech.) Objectives 1. Identify model programs of palliative care education from different health professions disciplines.