PRE-CONFERENCE TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Advanced Pain Management

Tamara Bowman, APRN

Moral Distress, Grief and Resilience for Professional and Family Caregivers

Risa Hanau, LCSW

Compliance:  New Survey Guideline and Best Practice Tips

Sylvia Singleton, RN, CHC

& Jennifer Yonke, RN

ANNUAL CONFERENCE PLENARY SPEAKERS

Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, FAAHPM  

Director Emeritus at Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC

Vice President, Regulatory and Compliance

NHPCO

Professor Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW, APHSW-C, FGSA 

NC State School of Social Work, Head

John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, Co-Editor

Kimberly Skehan, RN, MSN, HCS-D, COS-C

Director of Compliance, Regulatory & Quality

SimiTree Healthcare Consulting

Presenting with

Jason E. Bring, Partner

 Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

ANNUAL CONFERENCE BREAKOUT SESSIONS

INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM CARE DELIVERY

Dysphagia: Implications on Medication Administration in Serious Illness

Ellen Fulp, PharmD, MSPC, BCGP Director of Pharmacy Education AvaCare, Inc

Implementing High Acuity Protocols for Hospice Care 

Bridget Hiller (Earle), MD, HMDC, FAAHPM Atrium Health- Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County; Hospice of Union County

Redesigning Heart Failure Care in Hospice 

Lisa Carvin, MSN, RN, CHPN

Virtual Reality, Hypnosis, and Palliative Care: Past, Present, and Future of Care

Lauren King, LMSW, APHSW-C, BCH, RBPR-C

PHYSICIANS/APRNS

Dr. Diane Meier, MD, FACP, FAAHPM 

Building Bridges: Good Stewardship of Pain Management in Patients with Terminal Illness and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder

Ben Thompson, MD Prisma Health

Ventilation Withdrawal in Terminally Ill Patients: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Approach

Andres F. Leone, MD, AGSF, FAAFP, FAAHPM Prisma Health Palliative Medicine - Univ. of South Carolina School of Medicine

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Mark A Fox, MD FACP FAAHPM HMDC Kindred at Home

Ethical Decision Making in EOL Care: A Focus on Palliative Sedation

Michelle Mikus, PharmD Delta Care Rx

A Comprehensive Review of Wound Care for the Palliative Practitioner

David Violette, MD CWSP FACS

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND STAFFING

Personal Wellness in the Midst of a Pandemic and Beyond

Jennifer Yonke, RN, BSN, CHPN, Certified Health and Wellness Coach

Filling the Gap – 300-Hundred Nursing Students at a Time

Carrie L. Cormack, DNP, APRN, CPNP, Christina L. McDaniel, DNP, RN, CHPPN, Patrick Coyne, MSN, ACHPN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, FPCN, Kathleen Oare Lindell, PhD, RN, ATSF, FAAN, Linda Weglicki, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, MUSC

Using Evidence-based Principles to Improve Messaging about Care for Serious Illness

Marian Grant, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN C-TAC

BASICs of the Ideal Visit 

Patty Brown, BSN CHPN & Shelly Hyde, BSN CHPN Novant Health Hospice

REGULATIONS & COMPLIANCE

Understanding and Avoiding the Enforcement Remedies for Hospice Providers

Lisa S. Meadows Accreditation Commission for Health Care-ACHC

Hospice Quality Reporting Program from A-Z

Annette Kiser, RN, MSN, NE-BC, CHC, Chief Compliance Officer

Hospice Payor Audits: Tips and Strategies to Increase Success

Alice V. Harris & Jenna K. Godlewski Attorneys at Nexsen Pruet, LLC 

Ten Tips for Giving Corrective Feedback 

Elizabeth A. Higgins MD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine