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Conference Agenda

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
12:00 noon – 4:30 pm Registration
1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Pre-Conference Workshop – IDT Approaches to Address Acute Suffering and Distress –
Gary Gardia, MEd, MSW, LCSW

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Opening Reception: Hor d’ Oeuvres /Exhibitors/Poster Sessions

Thursday, May 2, 2019
7:00 am – 4:30 pm Registration
7:00 am – 3:00 pm Exhibit Hall/Poster Sessions
7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast with Exhibitors/Poster Sessions
8:00 am – 9:15 am Keynote – Are You Interdisciplinary? Maybe Not but Here is the Fix – Gary Gardia, MEd, MSW, LCSW
9:15 am – 9:45 am Break with Exhibitors/Poster Sessions
9:45 am – 11:15 am Session 1
1-A Regulatory Update for Hospice Providers (Part I) – Jennifer L. Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC
1-B Common Pharmacomistakes in Advanced Illness Opioid Conversion MISCalculations!
Achieving Pain Relief Quickly AND Safely – Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, BCPS, CPE
1-C Trauma Informed Approach When Managing Psychological Distress at End of Life – Rhonda McMahon, LCSW
1-D Spirituality and Social Work, The Yin and Yang in Patient Care – Lauren Geldon, MSW, LSW;
Jason Vanderburg, BA, MA, Lehigh Valley Health Network
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Session 2
2-A Hospice Quality Reporting Update for Hospice Providers (Part II) – Jennifer L. Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC
2-B Medication Interactions: When One Plus One Equals Three! – Mary Lynn McPherson,
PharmD, MA, BCPS, CPE
2-C Building a Community Health System Palliative Care Program: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
(The Butler Health System Experience) – Kathy J. Selvaggi, MS, MD, FAAHPM and Dillon J. Stein, DO
2-D Spirituality, the Unseen Essential in Patient Care – Laura L. Barry, BS, MBA, M.Msc and
Dawn Seiders, BS, MS, MD
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Awards Luncheon
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm Break with Exhibitors/Poster Sessions
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Session 3
3-A Staying Compliant With the Hospice Regulations and What New Regulations Can Hospice Expect –
Judy L. Connelly, RN, MSN; Susan Smith, MSN, CHPN, and Jeannie Vogt, RN, MSN, MBA, CHPN
3-B Encountering Opioid Use Disorder in the Seriously ill Patient: Determining Best Practice for the Palliative
Care Provider – Molly Hanson, MSN, CRNP
3-C The Long Death: Travelling the Long and Winding Road – Deana Deeter, CRPN; Michelle Freeman, MD;
Nicole Hahnlen, RN and Megan Youtz, LPC
3-D Narratives and Grief – Jane Williams, Ph.D
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner and Entertainment – Join us for dinner and an entertainment with John Mulder, FAAHPM, HMDC, MD.
An evening to honor your Team of hospice and palliative workers and the people that they serve.

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