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Schedule of Events
Please note that we can no longer accept new requests for Hill visits on February 12. If you would like to visit members of Congress and did not previously sign up, please contact NASL at 202-803-2385; you may possibly be able to join another member's meetings.
NASL 2014 Winter Legislative & Regulatory ConferenceAgenda
Monday, February 10
11:30am - 4:00pm
Registration Open
12:00 - 2:00pm
Early Bird Workshop – Advocacy 201
This year's Winter Conference will again offer an Early Bird Workshop, Advocacy 201. A professional advocacy consultant will build on last year's Advocacy 101 to help your communications to Capitol Hill stand out from the crowd.
Speaker: David K. Rehr, Ph.D. With over 25 years of experience in advocacy through leading major trade associations, Dr. Rehr will help attendees leverage their influence on Capitol Hill, based on research he has conducted with Hill staff through the Center for Principled Political Leadership at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management.
**This special workshop is included in your conference registration.**
2:15 - 4:15pm
ONC Speaker & NASL IT Committee MeetingWhat do "interoperability" and "health information exchange" mean - and why do LTPAC providers need to understand both? All NASL members will benefit from hearing ONC Chief Science Officer Doug Fridsma. Even though he is one of the chief architects of the federal government's effort to advance health IT adoption and use, Dr. Fridsma has a knack for speaking plainly and understandably about very complex concepts, including federal policy timelines that will affect LTPAC providers.
Speaker: Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, Chief Science Officer and Director of the Office of Science and Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
All are invited to attend, including Medical Services and Medical Products Committee members.*
4:30 - 6:30pm
NASL Medical Products Committee Meeting
and DME Roundtable
All are invited to attend.*
NASL Board of Directors Meeting
6:30 - 8:00pm
NASL Opening Night Reception
Tuesday, February 11
7:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00am
NASL Medical Services Committee Meeting
Speaker to be announced.
All are invited to attend, including Medical Products and IT Committee members.*
10:00 - 10:30am
AM Networking Break
10:30-11:00am
US Representative Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Co-Chair, Medical Technology Caucus and Member of the House Ways & Means Committee
Join us as we honor Congressman Paulsen with NASL’s 2014 Congressional Leadership Award.
11:00am-12:30pm
CMS’ Medicare Inpatient/Outpatient Status and the Two Midnight Rule
Marc Hartstein, Director, Hospital and Ambulatory Care Policy Group, CMS
12:30 - 1:30pm
Luncheon
1:30 – 3:00pm
Variation in Cost and Outcome: What it Means for the Post Acute
Reg Warren, Ph.D., nationally recognized expert on the relationships between payment methodology, cost and measurement of clinical outcomes in post-acute care, recently retired from NaviHealth.
3:00 – 3:30pm
PM Networking Break
3:30 – 5:00pm
The CMS Perspective on LTPAC in 2014
John Kane, Division of Post-Acute Care, CMS
With the focus on rehab RUGs and CMS gearing up to make changes to the way it accounts for therapy within the payment system, John will provide the CMS perspective on policy development in this area, the policy updates recently announced by CMS in response to the Jimmo settlement, and other policy on the Part A side.
5:30-6:30pm
Participatory Roundtable on State Practice Act and Supervision Reform Issues
If individual state Practice Act requirements and/or supervision regulations are creating problems of patient access and service efficiency in various states where you deliver therapy services, please attend and share your concerns. Moderated by Garry Pezzano, Genesis Rehab Services
Wednesday, February 12
8:00 – 9:00am
How a Culture of Compliance Can Protect You in Government Investigations of Long-Term Care Facilities
Sarah Lord, Esq.
David Pearce, Esq.
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
9:00 - 10:30am
Legislative & Regulatory Update
Final Hill Preparation and Briefing
Alan Parver, Esq., NASL Policy CounselPartner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL
John Derr, R.Ph., Strategic Clinical Technology
10:30am
Adjourn to Capitol Hill for Visits with Members of Congress
*At the 2014 Winter Legislative & Regulatory Conference we are experimenting with a slightly different committee meeting structure designed to allow attendees to participate in multiple NASL committee meetings.
This Agenda is subject to revision. Sessions and details will be added as they are confirmed.
