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2017 AMDA Conference

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Thomas Sames

3:00pm MST

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall 6 (North Building)

6:45am MST

Product Theater TBA

7:30am MST

The Foundation's Futures Program TBA

8:00am MST

INF1 | SHEA/CDC/AMDA Infection Prevention in PA/LTC Certificate Course Grapevine B TH4 | Telemedicine in PA/LTC: How to do it and do it Well Texas 5-6Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD • Murthy Gokula, MBBS • Steven Handler, MD, PhD

11:30am MST

Cash Lunch in Exhibit Hall Longhorn Hall E-F

1:30pm MST

TH12 | Unleash the Power of Performance Improvement in Your Facility by Stopping the Madness of Data Insanity Dallas 5-6Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD • Paige Hector, LMSW

5:00pm MST

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E-F

5:45pm MST

Product Theater TBA

10:30am MST

Job Fair in Exhibit Hall Longhorn Hall E-F

11:00am MST

FR8 | Parkinson's Disease: A Video is Worth 1.8 Million Words San Antonio 4John Dean, MA, CCC-SLP • Nora Reznickova, MD FR2 | Are we Doing Enough? A Need for New Approaches to Address Transitions of Care for the Older Adults Across Continuum of Care Texas 1-2Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD • Fatima Sheikh, MD, MPH, CMD

12:15pm MST

Product Theater TBA

1:30pm MST

FR16 | Antibiotic Stewardship in PA/LTC Facilities: Evidence-Based Approach on Starting and Sustaining a Successful Program Ft. Worth 5-7Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD • Ghinwa Dumyati, MD • Elizabeth Frentzel, MPH

3:00pm MST

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E-F

3:30pm MST

FR24 | Managing Heart Failure Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Addressing the Complex Cardiovascular Disease, and Knowing When and how to Incorporate Palliative Care (AGS/AMDA Joint Session) Ft. Worth 5-7Keith Swetz, MD, MA, HMDC • Rebecca Boxer, MD • Nicole Orr, MD 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

5:15pm MST

Product Theater TBA

11:00am MST

SA4 | Billing and Coding in PA/LTC: How to Do it Right! Texas 3-4

12:30pm MST

Lunch on Own TBA

1:00pm MST

ITT | In-the-Trenches: Peer Group Roundtable Discussion Texas D

2:30pm MST

SA12 | Why is Mom Dying? A Communication Method for Helping Families and Nursing Home Staff Cope with Natural Dying Process of Dementia Diagnoses Texas 1-2Lauren Templeton, DO • Tommie Farrell, MD

4:00pm MST

SA23 | Addressing the Needs and Challenges of Younger Adults in LTC Dallas 5-6Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD • Robert Gibson, JD, PhD

7:30pm MST

President’s Desert Reception TBA

6:30am MST

SU1 | Red Eye Rounds: Medical Direction Challenges Texas Ballroom CRebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD • Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD • Susan Levy, MD, CMD • Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD • Meenakshi Patel, MD, MMM, CMD