Upcoming Events

PERSON-CENTERED TRANSITIONS OF CARE: CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES FOR DISCHARGE. PLANNING ACROSS THE CONTINUUM

09/24/08 - 8:00am

Schedule

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. Introduction

Anna Colello, Esq., Director, Regulatory Compliance/OHSM

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)

8:40 a.m. Welcome

John Morley, MD, FACP, Medical Director, OHSM

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)

8:50 - 9:50 a.m. Keynote

Transitional Care: Enhancing the Experiences and Outcomes of Chronically Ill Patients

Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, Director, New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

9:50 - 10:45 a.m. Partnerships and Strategies to Support Person-Centered Care Transitions

Sara Butterfield, RN, BSN, CPHQ, CCM, Director, Health Care Quality Improvement, IPRO

Diane Nanno, RN, BSN, Transition Coach, Senior Centered Care, Crouse Hospital

10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Medicare Post Acute Payment ReformInitiative - Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation Tool

Barbara Gage, PhD, Director, Post Acute Research, RTI International

11:45 - 12:30 a.m. Bringing a Guardianship to Accomplish a Hospital Discharge

Robert N. Swidler, Esq., Northeast Health

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch (provided)

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. New York State Agencies and Their Community Partners

Scott Edwards, Director of the Bureau of Housing and Shelter Services

Lisa Irizarry, Director of Special Needs Policy

Patricia Lincourt, LCSW-R, Clinical Services Unit

Mike Newman, Director of Housing Development and Support

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Best Practices

Optimizing the Role of a Nurse Practitioner in a Transitional CareModel Across Settings and Organizations

Success at Home: It Takes a Team

Addressing Difficult to Place Patients at the Community Level

3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD)

Waiver and Money Follows the Person (MFP)

Demonstration

Bruce Rosen, Director of NHTDWaiver and MFP Demonstration Project Director

3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Wrap up

Continuing Education Credits

This program has been approved by the NYS Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators for six (6) hours of continuing education credit for nursing home administrators.

Registration

Please complete Registration Form and mail or fax to register.

Hotel Information

Registrants who want an overnight room on 9/23/08 should call 1-800-Holiday. You need to ask for the NYS Health Facilities Association, Inc. roomblock at $125.00 plus 14%tax for one night.

Holiday Inn

205Wolf Rd.

Albany, N.Y. 12205

518-458-7264.