Maryland Medical Directors Association Annual Meeting
Reforming Nursing Home Practice: Focus on Safety & Quality
November 11-12, 2011
Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE*
Friday, November 11, 2011
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Registration Open
3:55 - 4:00 pm
Welcome Reception with Opening Remarks
Harold Bob, MD, CMD
President, MMDA
4:00 - 5:15 pm
Behavioral Disturbances in Dementia
Christopher Marano, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Panel: Anne Marie Barnett, RN, RAC-CT
President, MD NADONA/LTC
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Break
Heavy hors d'oeuvres
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Electronic Medical Records in LTC
William Russell, MD
Associate Medical Director, Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care of Maryland
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Advancing Excellence Campaign and LANEs
Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMD
Senior Vice-President for Advocacy, LeadingAge
Immediate Past President, AGS
Past President, AMDA
7:30 pm
Adjourn
Dine on your own & enjoy the milieu of historic Annapolis
Saturday, November 12
7:00 - 11:00 am
Registration
7:00 - 8:00 am
Exhibits
Breakfast
7:30 - 7:35 am
Welcome Day 2 & Announcements
Harold Bob, MD, CMD
President, MMDA
7:35 - 8:05 am
Update on DEA Issues
Kathleen M. Wilson, Ph.D
Director of Government Affairs
8:05 - 9:15 am
MDS 3.0
Shari M. Ling, MD
Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group
Division of Chronic & Post Acute Care
Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD
Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Clinical Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Care Center
Associate Director for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
Director, Osteoporosis Clinic
9:15 - 10:15 AM
Administrators' Expectations of Medical Directors
Brian Pabst, LNHA
Chairman, Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
Panel: Anne Marie Barnett, RN, RAC-CT
President, MD NADONA/LTC
Susan Levy, MD, CMD
Physician Representative, Board of Examiners of
Nursing Home Administrators
Vice President of Medical Affairs and Medical Director,
Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital
Immmediate Past President, MMDA
State Presidents Council, AMDA
10:15 - 11:00 am
Exhibits
Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
MOLST: Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Patricia Nay, MD, CMD, CHCQM, FAAFP, FAIHQ, FAAHPM
Medical Director, OHCQ
Debra J. Horton, RN, BSN, MBA, CDON, LNHA
Nurse Educator, OHCQ
Nancy Grimm, RN, JD
Director, OHCQ
Paul Ballard, Esq
Assistant Attorney General and Counsel for Health Decisions Policy
Counsel to OHCQ
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Business Meeting
Berman Award
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm
OBRA '87 Turns 25: Going Strong or Past Its Prime?
Steve Levenson, MD, CMD
Multi-Facility Medical Director
Past President, MMDA
Past President, AMDA
Author
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Break
Exhibits
2:25 pm
Drawing in Exhibit Hall
2:30 - 3:30
5th Annual Ethics & Public Policy Lecture: CMS's Initiative on Partnership for Patients
Allice Bonner, PhD, RN, GNP, FAAN
Director, Division of Nursing Homes, CMS
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Comprehensive Approach to Pain Management
Harold Bob, MD, CMD
President, MMDA
Acupunturist: Jenny Wang, MAc, Dipl., AC. Lac
4:30 pm
Wrap up - Closing Remarks, Adjourn
Merlyn Vemury, MD, CMD
Vice-President, MMDA
EXHIBITORS
For inquiries on display opportunities and the exhibitor application, please contact www.mmdawebsite@gmail.com with the subject line "Exhibitors" or call 410-539-0872 x.3303 and ask to speak with Debbie. Alternatively, check our exhibitor's page by clicking here.
AMDA's CME Mission Statement
The purpose of the continuing medical education (CME) program of the American Medical Directors Association is to enhance 1) the delivery of quality care to patients and 2) resident safety in the long term care continuum through high quality continuing education.
*Schedule subject to change.