12th Annual Gulf Coast Home Care Conference & Exhibition
Ingenuity and Innovation: Home Care At Its Best
July 31, 2012 - August 2, 2012
Grand Hotel Marriott Resort - Point Clear, Alabama

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Hotel Information: Room Block Full, but hotel still has rooms available.
Grand Hotel Marriott Resort
One Grand Boulevard
Point Clear, Alabama 36564
1-800-544-9933
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ptlal-grand-hotel-marriott-resort-golf-club-and-spa/

Conference Agenda:
Tuesday, July 31
8:00am to 12:00pm - Pre-Conference:  Charles Canaan & Sharon Briggman's "2012 Palmetto GBA Home Health Workshop"
1:00pm to 1:15pm - Opening/Welcome
1:15pm to 2:15pm - Keynote:  David Rendall's "Dead Leaders: Lessons from the Lives and Violent Deaths of the World’s Most Influential People"
2:15pm to 2:30pm - Break
2:30pm to 4:00pm - Breakout sessions:  David Rendall's "CREATE! Initiating Change and Inventing the Future" & Jennifer Warfield's "OASIS, ICD Coding and Plan of Treatment"
4:00pm to 5:30pm - Opening Reception with Exhibitors

Wednesday, August 1
7:30am to 8:30am - Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30am to 10:00am - General Session: Nancy Roberts' "CMS and The Three-Part AIM:  What It Means for Home Health Care Providers"
10:00am to 10:15am - Break
10:15am to 11:30am - Breakout Sessions:  Nancy Roberts' "An Innovative and Collaborative Practice Model: Home Health and Primary Care" & Pam Albers' "Safety for Visiting Homecare Staff - National Survey Results and the Way Forward"
11:30am to 1:00pm - Lunch with Exhibitors
1:00am to 2:30pm - Breakout Sessions:  Melissa Stewart's "Ingenuity in Patient Education - Preventing Re-hospitalization through Patient Literacy" & Nick Seabrook's "2013 PPS Proposed Rule for Home Health: Details of Proposed Changes, Strategies to Adapt"
2:30pm to 2:45pm - Break
2:45pm to 4:00pm - Breakout Sessions: Patricia Hanks & Mary Ellen Conway's "CMS Patient Characteristics Reports & Nutritional Innovation to Reduce Hospitalization" & Barbara McAfee's "Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence"

Thursday, August 2
7:30am to 8:30am - Breakfast
8:30am to 9:30am - General Session: Aaron Beam's "Healthcare Fraud and HealthSouth - The Wagon to Disaster"
9:30am to 9:45am - Break
9:45am to 11:00am - General Session:  Duane Blackwell's "ACOs, Post Acute Care Bundling, Medical Homes - Where is Home Care's Puck Going to Be?"
11:00am to 11:15am - Break
11:15am to 12:30pm - Closing Session:  Al Dobson's "Post Acute Bundling: Clinically Appropriate and Cost Effective Placement - Research on Home Healthcare"

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