Pre-registration has now ended. On-site registration opens Sunday, October 7, at 7:00am at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Indigo West Foyer. Join us in thanking the sponsors of the NASL 29th Annual Meeting. Agenda Session details will be added as they are confirmed; please check back often.
Sunday, October 7
7:00am
NASL Registration Open
7:30am – 12:30pm
NASL/AHCA Fifth Annual Rehabilitation Therapy Symposium This is a separate ticketed event.
Rapidly shrinking fee-for-service payment models, and an increasing emphasis on achieving quality outcomes with all payers means that SNFs should re-think how therapy professionals can contribute to overall SNF operations and quality achievement. Back for a fifth year, NASL and AHCA bring you this important half-day session featuring the most current information on evaluating benchmarking data and change care processes to improve outcomes for residents with the most complex and costly conditions. This targeted event will include SNF operators and therapy professionals sharing their experience in leveraging therapy staff to achieve successful interdisciplinary outcomes for short- and long-stay residents on high-impact quality metrics. This is a separate, ticketed event. Add-on fee with your NASL Annual Meeting registration is $125. Registration for this event only is $299 and available here. Click here for Symposium Agenda. Approval for 4.50 CEUs has been requested.
12:30 – 1:30pm
NASL Welcome to Cali Luncheon
1:30 – 3:30pm
RUG-IV to PDPM - Policy, IT & Therapy Impact An educational presentation by therapy and health IT experts who have studied the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) proposed by CMS, including patient and provider concerns and key aspects of the model:
Presenters:
3:30 - 4:00pm
Networking Break
4:00 - 4:45pm
PDPM: Town Hall Meeting for Member Discussion and Dialogue Continue the discussion and get answers to your questions at this Town Hall Meeting on the Patient Driven Payment Model.
4:45 – 6:00pm
Contracting in a Non-Minute World Panelists: Josh Pickus, Optima HCS Brian Hickman, Partner, BKD, LLP Andy Page, CPA, Partner, DHG Healthcare Glenn Hendrix, Esq., Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
6:30-8:00pm
NASL Opening Night Reception
Monday, October 8
7:00
7:00 – 8:30am
NASL Breakfast
8:00-9:00am
NASL Annual Business Meeting
9:00 – 11:30am
NASL Medical Services Committee Meeting PDPM Open Discussion Moderator: Michael Barnett, NASL
Cognitive Based Care: IMPACT of Outcomes, PDPM, and EBP Renee Kinder M.S. CCC-SLP RAC-CT, Director of Clinical Education, Encore Rehabilitation
9:30 – 11:30am
AHCA Opening General Session and Keynote
11:30am – 3:00pm
AHCA Expo Hall Open Expo Hall admission may be purchased at the time of your NASL registration for a fee of $65 per day.
3:00 – 5:00pm
NASL IT Committee Meeting
5:00 – 6:00pm
MACRA, MIPS, APMs & Possible Alignment with SNF QRP: Can physicians & facilities report the same measures?
A practical look at the post-acute/long term care physician's experience with quality reporting as MIPS and APMs take effect. How does LTPAC fit into MIPS and APMs or not? What are the challenges for physicians who bill Part B for their nursing facility patients. Can physicians and facilities report using the same measures? Learn more about CMS' Quality Payment Program and quality reporting for clinicians in LTPAC settings - before physical and occupational therapy providers become MIPS-eligible clinicians. Presenters: Michelle Dougherty, MA, RHIA, CHP Senior Informatics Research Scientist RTI International Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, FACP, CMD, CIC, CHCQM President and CEO Chicago Internal Medicine Practice and Research (CIMPAR, SC)
Tuesday, October 9
7:00 – 8:00am
8:00 – 9:00am
Risk Assessments in Social Media Activity, Telehealth and Other Hot Topics in Compliance
Presenter:
Nancy Beckley, President Nancy Beckley & Associates, LLC
9:00 – 10:30am
Policy Update The latest from Capitol Hill and CMS, including an up-to-the-minute report on the mid-term elections.
11:00am – 2:00pm
2:30 – 5:00PM
NASL Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, October 10
8:30 – 10:30am
AHCA Closing General Session and Keynote
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