2016 Annual Convention Handouts

2016 Annual Convention Handouts

Below are handouts that are available for the 2016 Annual Convention educational sessions, September 27-29, at the Lancaster County Convention Center. Please keep checking back for updates prior to convention. New handouts will be added as they are received. The 2016 Annual Convention Program Book includes a calendar of all the sessions, a description of each of the sessions and a map of the exhibit hall with a listing of exhibitors.

Updated as of September 23 at 5:00 pm.

Session Name
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – 8:30 – 9:30 am
Session A: Select Menus:  The Challenges and the Payoffs
Session B: Fire and Life Safety in a Regulated Environment
Session C: Systematic Overview of Mental Health for Therapy Practitioners
Session D: Dodge Those Flying Monkeys! Keeping Yourself Aloft in Post-Acute Care
Session E: Current Skilled Nursing Financing Environment
Session F: CJR: Collaborate*Join Together* Results
Session G: The Patient Safety Movement, Quality Initiatives and Value-Based Purchasing, Implications for LTC Providers
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – 9:45 – 10:45 am
Session H: Better Behavior Interventions:  Solutions Other Than Antipsychotic Drug Use
Session I: SNF-Value-Based Purchasing – How Reducing Re-Hospitalizations Impacts Revenue and Margins
Session J: Managing Medication Errors
Session K: Improved Quality Measures Through Comprehensive Pain Assessment
Session L: Starting Your Own Advantage Plan
Session M: Achieving Your Occupancy Goals – The Magic Formula
Session N: Active Shooter Incidents in Health Care Settings: Planning for Prevention and Response, Part 1 of 2 (Same handouts for Session N and U)
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Session O: Best Practices to Align with ACOs, BPCIs, & Managed Care
Session P: “Elder, Older Adult, Seniors” Optimal Diabetes Management in Long-Term Settings for AL/PC
Session Q: Customer Service – “What Would Johnny Do?”
Session R: Don’t Miss the Mark – Psychotropic Documentation a Must
Session S: Getting Connected as LTPAC Health Information Technology (HIT) and Interoperability Evolves
Session T: Advocate vs. Litigate
Session U: Active Shooter Incidents in Health Care Settings: Planning for Prevention and Response, Part 2 of 2 (Same handouts for Session N and U)
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – 12:15 – 1:45 pm
Session V: Opening Lunch: HERO Awards, 2016 Clinton vs. Trump and Other Key Election Updates (No Handout)
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Session W: OHSA Update
Session X: Becoming a Professional Humanitarian
Session Y: Best Practices in Quality
Session Z: The Conundrum of Employment Practices
Session AA: Medical Assistance Eligibility: Top Ten Recommendations to Increase a Facility’s Likelihood of Obtaining Payment From the Medical Assistance Program
Session BB: Falls: Prevention – Mitigation – Litigation
Session CC: Update on CMS and DOH Survey Initatives
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – 3:45 – 5:00 pm
Session DD: Opening General Session – Facing the Future with Humor
Wednesday, Sept. 28 – 8:00 – 9:30 am
Session EE: PHCA State of the Assocation & Business Meeting And The Evolving Health Care Landscape and Long-Term/Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Providers: YOUR Future is Now
Wednesday, Sept. 28 – 9:45 – 10:45 am
Session FF: PA Department of Health and Life Safety Code Update
Session GG: PA Department of Human Services BHSL Update for AL and PC (No Handout)
Session HH: POLST – Pennsylvania Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Wednesday, Sept. 28 – 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Session II: Leadership in Action:  Who’s Driving the Bus?
Session JJ:  Clinical and Business Strategies for Success in an ACO World
Session KK:  Quality Monitoring with “CPR”  -Coding, Payback and Reporting to the OIG
Session LL:  Collaborative Efforts in Elder Abuse
Session MM:  Taking Control of Your Managed Care Destiny
Session NN:  ACTIONtivities
Wednesday, Sept. 28 – 2:15 – 3:15 pm
Session OO: LGBT Older Adults – Unique Issues and Healthcare Needs
Session PP: Creating an Antipsychotic Reduction Program in Your Community
Session QQ: CSI for Drug Diversion (Presenter Bringing Handouts)
Session RR: Community HealthChoices (CHC): Transforming Pennsylvania’s Delivery System for Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)
Session SS: 21st Century Market-Driven Health Care
Session TT:  New Issues Impacting Collections for Nursing Facilities:  UDAAP, CFPB and Other Acronyms that Must Become Part of Your Culture of Compliance
Wednesday, Sept. 28 – 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Session UU: De-escalation of Agitated Residents and Increasing Frontline CNA Staff Morale
Session VV: LTC Trend Tracker for AL and PC
Session WW: Culture/Employee Engagement’s Impact on your Bottom Line, and How to Improve It
Session XX: Is There Danger in Your Dining Room?
Session YY: Community HealthChoices (CHC): An Introduction to the Phase I MCO’s and Discussion on Issues Critical to LTPAC Providers and Their Residents
Session ZZ: The Goalposts Are Moving:  What Long-Term Care And Senior Service Providers Need to Know (And Do) About The Ever-changing Employment Law Landscape
Thursday, Sept. 29 – 8:00 – 9:00 am
Session AAA: The Upside and Downside for the Continuum and Alternative Payment Models
Session BBB: A Conversation with CMS: HCBS Transitions
Session CCC: What a Pain!…Pain Management
Session DDD: Recruitment/Retention in SNF
Session EEE: CMS’s New Cardiac and Orthopedic Episode Payment Models – Understanding the Policy, Operational and Financial Opportunities
Session FFF: Reducing Re-Hospitalization Rate Through Virtual Home Safety Assessment
Thursday, Sept. 29 – 9:15 – 10:15 am
Session GGG: Sexuality and Dementia: Successfully Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls
Session HHH: Real Life Critical Thinking and Root Cause Anaylsis
Session III: Data Analysis in Today’s Skilled Nursing Facilities: How Data is Driving Reimbursement and 5-Star Ratings
Session JJJ: Bundled Payment Experience in Multiple States: Why Do You Need to Know What Happened Somewhere Else?
Session KKK: The Keystone Challenge – New Medicaid MLTSS and Medicare Quality Issues for Providers
Session LLL: Facility Renovations 101
Thursday, Sept. 29 – 10:30 – 11:30 am
Session MMM: The Fine Art of Digital Aging
Session NNN: Eight Simple Rules for Caring for My Residents
Session OOO: Bridging from Bronze to Silver…Is Your Organization Ready to Continue the Journey?
Session PPP: Revenue Cycle and Reimbursement Management
Session QQQ: Creating a Maze of Claim Barriers: The Grievance Process and Decisive Documentation
Session RRR: Legal Implications of Social Media in the Workplace
Thursday, Sept. 29 – 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Session SSS: Closing Keynote – THINK Don’t Sink Your Healthcare Career

 

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