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5th Annual Healthcare Quality Improvement Awards Dinner

JAMES Q. CANNON MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT – EVENT OVERSOLD

Schedule of Events

2004 Annual Meeting & Technical Conference
Schedule of Events

Date/Time

Event

Location

MONDAY, MARCH 8

7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Conference Registration
Exhibit Hall Booth (2^nd floor)

8:00 am – 10:00 am
AHQA Legislative Affairs Committee (LAC) Meeting
Studio 1 (2^nd floor)

10:15 am –11:30 am
Finance Committee Meeting
Bacchus (4^th floor)

11:45 am – 12:45 pm
AHQF Board of Directors Meeting (working lunch)
Galarie 3 (2^nd floor)

11:45 am – 12:45 pm
AHQA Board of Directors Luncheon (meeting follows)
Galaries 1&2 (2^nd floor)

12:45 pm – 5:00 pm
AHQA Board of Directors Meeting
Galaries 1&2 (2^nd floor)

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
CEOX Dinner
Bacchus (4^th floor)

TUESDAY, MARCH 9

7:00 am – 12:30 pm 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Conference Registration
Exhibit Hall Booth (2^nd floor)

7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Task 3 Case Review Training SEPARATE REGISTRATION & FEE REQUIRED
Salon F-G (3^rd floor)

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast for CEO and MAS Meeting Registrants (only)
Discernment of Core Competencies Pilot Project
CEO Location: Galarie 3 (2^nd floor)
MAS Location: Galaries 1&2 (2^nd floor)

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
MedQIC QIOSC Meeting CLOSED MEETING Studio 7 (2^nd floor)

8:00 am – 4:30 pm Medical Affairs Section Meeting SEPARATE REGISTRATION & FEE REQUIRED

Breakfast Available for MAS Registrants at 7:00 am

Medical Affairs and CEO Section Joint Luncheon with Steve Jencks, MD, MPH at 12:30 pm
Galaries 1&2 (2^nd floor)
Joint Luncheon with CEOs Location: Studios 8-10

8:00 am – 4:30 pm CEO Section Meeting SEPARATE REGISTRATION & FEE REQUIRED

Breakfast Available for CEO Registrants at 7:00 am
Medical Affairs and CEO Section Joint Luncheon with Steve Jencks, MD, MPH at 12:30 pm
Galarie 3 (2^nd floor)
Joint Luncheon with MAS Location: Studios 8-10

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
CMS Steering Committee (no QIO staff) CLOSED MEETING Regent (4^th Floor)

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
SDPS Workgroup Co-Chairs CLOSED SESSION Studio 2 (2^nd Floor)

12:00 pm – 7:00 pm
QIOSC/CMS Workshop sponsored by QualisHealth CLOSED SESSION Studios 3&4 (2^nd Floor)

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
IFMC DELTEK User Group closed meeting
Iberville (4^th Floor)

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
AHQA/CMS Leadership Dinner CLOSED MEETING Studio 9 (2^nd Floor)

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Exhibit Set-up
Bissonet/Carondelet (3rd Floor)
(3rd Floor)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10

7:00 am – 12:00 pm 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Conference Registration
Exhibit Hall Booth (2^nd floor)

7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast
SEPARATE REGISTRATION FOR MEMBERSHIP COUNCIL REGISTRANTS ONLY
Bissonet/Carondelet (3rd Floor)
(3^rd Floor)

7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Opens
Bissonet/Carondelet (3rd Floor)
(3^rd Floor)

7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Speaker Ready Room
Iberville (4^th Floor)

8:00am – 12:00pm
MedQIC QIOSC Meeting CLOSED MEETING Audobon (5^th Floor)

8:00am – 5:00pm
SDPS Infrastructure Board Meeting CLOSED MEETING Bacchus (4^th Floor)

8:30 am – 10:30 am
Membership Council Opening Session (previously House of Delegates)
SEPARATE REGISTRATION & FEE REQUIRED Acadia (3^rd Floor)

10:30 am – 10:45 am
Morning Break
Bissonet/Carondelet (3rd Floor)

10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Quartile 1 Elections – Caucus Meeting (no election)
Studios 1&2 (2^nd Floor)

Quartile 2 Elections – Caucus Meeting (no election)
Studios 3-5 (2^nd Floor)

Quartile 3 Elections – Caucus Election
Galaries 1-3 (2^nd Floor)

Quartile 4 Elections – Caucus Election
Studios 7&8 (2^nd Floor)

11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Collaborative (CoP) Community of Practice sponsored by QualisHealth CLOSED SESSION Studios 9&10 (2^nd Floor)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch with Exhibitors for all conference participants
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
AHQA Organizational Board Meeting (w/lunch)
Salon D (3^rd Floor)

1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
CMS Opening Plenary Session
Stephen Jencks, MD, Gene Freund, MD, and Jim Poyer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Afternoon Break
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Leadership Workshop (for Board members, CEOs, COOs and physician leaders)– Part I: Financial and Legal Implications: The Ripple Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act & Financial Primer for Board Members’ of Non-profit Organizations, Ian Benjamin, CPA, American Express Tax and Business Services, Inc.
Studios 9&10 (2^nd Floor)

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm
CMS Concurrent Sessions (CM 1 – CM 4)

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
CM 1 – CM 4

CM1– Medicare+ Choice
Studios 1&2 (2^nd Floor)

CM2– Home Health Update: 7^th SOW & The Future – Part I
Galaries 1-3 (2^nd Floor)

CM3 – Best Practice Methods Special Project Update: Results of QIO Inpatient Practice Survey
Studios 3-5 (2^nd Floor)

CM4 – Beneficiary Protection: Mediation and Inter Rater Reliability – Part I
Studios 7&8 (2^nd Floor)

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
CMS Concurrent Sessions CM 5 – CM 8

CM5– Physician Office: 7^th SOW & The Future
Studios 1&2 (2^nd Floor)

CM6– Home Health Update: 7^th SOW & The Future – Part II
Galaries 1-3 (2^nd Floor)

CM7– Methods Effective in Activating Physicians Working in CV Improvement
Studios 3-5 (2^nd Floor)

CM8 - Beneficiary Protection: Mediation and Inter Rater Reliability – Part II
Studios 7&8 (2^nd Floor)

6:30 pm – 10:00 pm

EVENT OVERSOLD
More Information

5th Annual Healthcare Quality Improvement Awards Dinner - Sponsored by the James Q. Cannon Memorial Endowment

SEPARATE REGISTRATION & FEE REQUIRED
Musee Conti Wax Museum
(Questions, contact Lisa Weiss)

THURSDAY, MARCH 11

7:00 am – 12:45pm
2:00pm - 5:00 pm
Registration
Exhibit Hall Booth (2^nd Floor)

7:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

7:00am – 4:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

7:30am – 5:00pm
Speaker Room
Iberville (4^th Floor)

8:00 am – 11:30 am
Leadership Workshop (for Board members, CEOs, COOs and physician leaders)– Part II: Marketing for the Mission: The 21^st Century Approach to Managing Non-profits, Rebecca Leet, Rebecca Leet & Associates
Studios 9&10 (2^nd Floor)

8:00 am – 10:15 am
CMS Concurrent Sessions (CM 9 – CM 12)

8:00 am – 9:00 am
CM 9 – CM 12

CM9 – Nursing Home: 7^th SOW & The Future – Part I
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

CM10 – Hospital QI: 7^th SOW & The Future – Part I
Galaries 1&2 (2^nd Floor)

CM11 – Information and Communication: Communications QIOSC Update
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

CM12 – Beneficiary Protection: HPMP
Galaries 4-6 (2^nd Floor)

9:15 am – 10:15 am
CMS Concurrent Sessions (CM 13 – CM 16)

CM13 – Nursing Home: 7^th SOW & The Future – Part II
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

CM14 – Hospital QI: 7^th SOW & The Future – Part II
Galaries 1&2 (2^nd Floor)

CM15 – Information and Communication: 2a Approval Process & Style Manual
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

CM16 – Beneficiary Protection: Case Review and the 8^th Scope of Work
Galaries 4-6 (2^nd Floor)

10:30 am – 11:30 am
CMS Concurrent Sessions (CM 17 – CM 20)

CM17 – Underserved and Rural Beneficiaries: 7^th SOW & The Future
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

CM18 – Hospital Reporting: 7^th SOW & The Future
Galaries 1&2 (2^nd Floor)

CM19 – SDPS Priorities
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

CM20 – Beneficiary Protection: Medicare+ Choice and BIPA
Galaries 4-6 (2^nd Floor)

11:30 am – 11:45 am
Mid-morning Break
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Keynote Address

Quality Improvement In Cardiology: Ending Business as Usual, Eric Peterson, MD, Division of Cardiology at Duke University
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Box Lunch with Exhibitors
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Luncheon Plenary Session

Linking with Professional Societies' Quality Initiatives, Robert O. Bonow, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Bruce Ferguson, MD, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Ralph Brindis, MD, American College of Cardiology

Gap Project in Michigan PowerPoint Presentation, Cecelia K. Montoye, MSN, CPHQ
Marriott’s Preservation Hall (2^nd Floor)

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
WVMI Group Discussion CLOSED SESSION Bacchus (4^th Floor)

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Plenary Session
Implications of the National Healthcare Quality Report, Carolyn Clancy, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Plenary Session

Searching for Signs of Intelligent Organizational Life, Stephen D. Small, MD, Director, Developing Center for Patient Safety, University of Chicago - Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Mid-afternoon Break
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Mini-Plenary I
Transformation: Creating “Centers of Excellence” in Quality, Dan Stryer, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Carlo Diclemente, Ph.D., Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, and Stephen Small, Director, Developing Center for Patient Safety, University of Chicago - Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Mini-Plenary II
The Final Frontier: Implementing Information Technology and EMRs in Physician Offices Tony Linares, MD, Lumetra, William Rollow, MD, CMS, and Paul Tang, MD, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Galaries 1-3 (2^nd Floor)

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Individual Member/ PAC Reception

Bissonet/Carondelet (3rd Floor)

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

7:00am – 11:45 am
12:45 pm -- 5:00 pm
Registration
Exhibit Hall Booth (2^nd Floor)

7:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

7:00 am – 1:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

7:30am – 5:00pm
Speaker Room
Iberville (4^th Floor)

8:00 am – 10:00 am
Effective Use of Consumer Advisory Councils
SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Studios 2&3 (2^nd Floor)

8:30 am – 10:30 am
Facilitated Problem Solving Round Table Discussions SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Long Term Care (all topics)
Galarie 1 (2^nd Floor)

Leadership
Galarie 2 (2^nd Floor)

M+C, U, PO QIOSC (all topics)
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

Physician Office Projects (all topics)
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

Interventions/MedQIC - The Medicare Quality Improvement Community website (all topics)
Galarie 5 (2^nd Floor)

Performance Improvement (all topics)
Galarie 6 (2^nd Floor)

Hospital Reporting (all topics)
Studios 8 & 9 (2^nd Floor)

HPMP (all topics)
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

Communications (all topics)
Galarie 5 (2^nd Floor)

NHC QIOSC (all topics)
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

Inpatient Project Activities (all topics)
Studios 8 & 9 (2^nd Floor)

Home Health (all topics)
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

10:30 am – 10:45 am
Morning Break
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

10:45 am – 11:45 am
Concurrent Sessions A1 – A7

A1: HCQIP Track – 8^th Scope of Work: Preventing Surgical Complications, David Hunt, CMS, Linda McKibben, CDC, and R. Scott Jones, University of Virginia Health System
Galarie 1 (2^nd Floor)

A2: HCQIP Track – Can Quality Improvement Be Improved? Kevin Kennedy, HealthInsight & Donna Thorson, HealthInsight
Galarie 2 (2^nd Floor)

A3: HCQIP/Communications Track – Empowering Consumers to Drive Quality Improvement, David Lansky, FACCT, and Michael Tooke, MD, Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

A4: Analytic Track – Measuring Quality Using the CAHPS MFFS Survey, Larry Campbell, RTI, Shula Bernard, RTI, Arthur Bonito, RTI, Lee Mobley, RTI and Edward Sekscenski, CMS
Studios 8&9 (2^nd Floor)

A5: Communications Track – Implementing a Social Marketing Campaign to Enhance Mammography Rates in a Rural/Underserved Region, Diane Bender and Lisa Williams, Kansas Foundation for Medical Care
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

A6: Finance/HR/Leadership Track – New Federal Regulations and Affirmative Action Plans, Ralph Zatzkis, Esq., Fisher and Phillips
Galarie 5 (2^nd Floor)

A7: Case Review/HPMP Track – Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) in Case Review – A Key QIO Method for Achieving Improvements in Health Care, Mary Giammona, MD, Lumetra, Christine LaRocca, MD, Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Connie Gilman, BSN, MHA, CPHQ, Michigan Peer Review Organization, and Andrea Goldstein, RN, MS, IPRO
Galarie 6 (2^nd Floor)

11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Lunch with Exhibitors/Prize Drawing
Bissonet/Carondelet (3^rd Floor)

11:45 am – 12:45 pm
TriRegional Planning Committee
Baccuhus (4^th Floor)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions B1 – B7

B1: HCQIP Track – Evaluation of QI Programs: Using “Collaboratives” as a Model for Improvement, Donna Daniel, Qualis Health, Judith Schaefer, Group Health Collaborative 1, and Cindy Hupke, RN, BS, MBA, Health Disparities Collaboratives
Galarie 1 (2^nd Floor)

B2: HCQIP Track – Human Factors and Health Care Quality Improvement, Michael Silver, HealthInsight, and Carla J. Alvarado, Ph.D., CIC, Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement
Galarie 2 (2^nd Floor)

B3: HCQIP Track – State of the AHRQ: Using Evidence-Based Prevention Information for Improvement, Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, AHRQ
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

B4: IT Track – Lessons Learned in Effective Collaboration, David Boan, PhD, Delmarva Foundation & Donna Daniel, QualisHealth
Studios 8&9 (2^nd Floor)

B5: HCQIP Track – How to Promote Culture Change in Nursing Homes – Part I Mary Jane Koren, The Commonwealth Fund, Nancy Fox, Eden Alternative, Barbara Frank, PPI, Steve Shields, Pioneer Network, Gayle Sheridan, Tealwood Care Communities, Jill Scott, and Blaise Mercadante, Bev

B6: Finance/HR/Leadership Track – FIVS – Financial Information and Vouchering System, Malcolm Holley, Virginia Health Quality Center
Galarie 5 (2^nd Floor)

B7: Case Review/HPMP Track – Substantial Violations in a Substantial Number of Cases: A Quality Sanction Horror Story, Melody Petrul, RN, Michigan Peer Review Organization, and Jeffrey Deitch, Michigan Peer Review Organization
Galarie 6 (2^nd Floor)

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Coral Initiative Group
Bacchus

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions C1 – C7

C1: HCQIP/Communications Track – Public Reporting 2003: An Update: What’s Coming? Nancy Foster, American Hospital Association, and Thomas Reilly, CMS
Galarie 1 (2^nd Floor)

C2: HCQIP Track – CMS-QIO Hospital Patient Safety Learning Pilots: Building Patient Safety Partnerships and Practices, Stephen Jencks, MD, MPH, CMS, Stormy Sweitzer, HealthInsight, Jan Miltenberger, Health Care Excel, Deborah Huber, HealthInsight and Mary Brueggeman, MetaStar
Galarie 2 (2^nd Floor)

C3: HCQIP Track – Resources Aimed at Improving Health Indicator Performance Rates, Sheryl Strasser, University of Alabama, Eugene Marsh, Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, Robert Kristofco, University of Alabama, and Joan Wimberly, Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

C4: IT Track –All Aboard the New Vendor – Departure: Novell Platform; Arrival: Microsoft Platform, Laurie Christopher, Oregon Medical Professional Review Organization (Acumentra) and Kevin Koziol, Microsoft Corporation
Studios 8&9 (2^nd Floor)

C5: HCQIP Track – How to Promote Culture Change in Nursing Homes (Continued), Mary Jane Koren, The Commonwealth Fund, Nancy Fox, Eden Alternative, Barbara Frank, PPI, Steve Shields, Pioneer Network, Gayle Sheridan, Tealwood Care Communities, Jill Scott, and Blaise Mercadante, Beverly Enterprises
Acadia (3^rd Floor)

C6: Communications Track–SESSION CANCELLED Galarie 5 (2^nd Floor)

C7: Finance/HR/Leadership – DCAA – Review of the ICE, Audit Close-Outs, and DHHS 565 (Property and Equipment Inventory), John Sroka, DCAA
Galarie 6 (2^nd Floor)

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Afternoon Break
Galarie Foyer (2^nd Floor)

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions D 1 – D 7

D1: HCQIP Track – Evaluating Readiness for Change: The Transtheoretical Model, Carlo Diclemente, Ph.D., Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland
Galarie 1 (2^nd Floor)

D2: HCQIP Track – SESSION CANCELLED Galarie 2 (2^nd Floor)

D3: HCQIP Track – State of the AHRQ (Part II): Improvements in Patient Safety: The Future is Now, Eileen Hogan, MD, Jim Battles, PhD, and Chunliu Zhan, MD, PhD, AHRQ
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

D4: IT Track – SESSION CANCELLED Studios 8&9 (2^nd Floor)

D5: Analytic Track – New Frontiers: There is Life Outside of the 7^th SOW

Adapting AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators to QIO Data, Charles Schade, West Virginia Medical Institute, Jocelyn Andrel, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, and Patricia Ruddick, West Virginia Medical Institute

Uncharted Territory: Exploring the Content and Characteristics of Medicare ED Claims, Neal Traven, Qualis Health, Sen Dimas, Qualis Health, Karen Benson-Huck, Qualis Health, and Fred Drennan, Qualis Health

The Impact of Diabetes: Costs and Resource Utilization, Lisa Bearden, Ph.D., Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, and David Bradford, MD, Medical University of SC

Studios 2&3 (2^nd Floor)

D6: HCQIP/Leadership Health Care Quality Track – AHQA Government Affairs Update: Life After Medicare Reform, Todd Ketch and Christine Bechtel, AHQA
Galarie 5 (2^nd Floor)

D7: Case Review/HPMP Track – Paving the Way to New Frontiers in Hospice Care, Mary Helderman, Health Care Excel, and Joe Rotella, Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville
Are You a Lumper or a Splitter?
Joe Rotella M.D., Alliance of Community Hospices & Palliative Care Services

Galarie 6 (2^nd Floor)

4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions E 1 – E 7

E1: IT Track – Abstract Presentations

Segregating Your LAN from the Public, Yet Allowing Internet Access and Maintaining Patient Data Privacy, Julie Santinga

Data Collection that Helps Reduce Paper Work, Improve Data Accuracy and Reduce Costs, Srihari Nemani

Physician Office Quality Initiatives Facilitated By Rapid Cycle Improvements in Internet-Based Communication, William Reagan, and Janette Vajda

How a Re-engineered Website Helped Improve Project Efficiencies, William Reagan, David Svec

Galarie 1 (2^nd Floor)

E2: Analytic Track – Abstract Presentations

Improving the Timeliness and Focus of Home Health Technical Assistance, John White, Robert Boudreau, Carol Roy, Annette Holmes, Terri Lindsey

Using DDE to Automate Senior Leader Reports Data Compilation and Analysis, Dima Turkmani, Steve Rosebrook

Producing Data Summary Reports for a Rapid Cycle Surgical Infection Collaborative, Josh Young

Galarie 2 (2^nd Floor)

E3: Communications Track – Abstract Presentations

Media That Works, Carmella Gutierrez

Beneficiaries and Caregivers Don't Understand Medicare Services: Focus Group Results and Strategies for Improvement, Robin Wolfgang

Preparing QIO Staff to be Ambassadors for Public Reporting, Michael Cheadle

Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

E4: Case Review/HPMP Track – Abstract Presentations

Applying Process Design Methodology to Improve Letter Writing, Jennifer Bitterman

Getting Hospital Buy-in: Ways to Identify Hospitals for Intensive HPMP Interventions, Mary Ralston, Mary Giammona, and Terry Ramirez

Medicare’s Postacute Care Transfer DRG Initiative, Kelly Porter

Identifying and Developing Payment Error Reduction Strategies from Case Review Data, Sean Hunt

Studios 8&9 (2^nd Floor)

E5: HCQIP Track – Abstract Presentations

Assessing Treat and Ship Performance: Adding Value to a Small Rural Hospital Collaborative, Barbara Okerson

New Frontier in the Outpatient Rapid Assessment (OPRA): Using Medicare Claims as an Outcome Evaluation Measure, Tony Sun and Jack Olden

The Collaborative Model: Success at Breaking Ground on the New Frontier of Surgical Infection Prevention (SIP), Sam Markello, Ed Ellerbeck, Nadyne Hagmeier, Joan Bay, and Mike Shipley

Plowing New Ground: The “EyeCare Alabama” Initiative, Joan Wimberly and Wonsuck Kim

Studios 2&3 (2^nd Floor)

E6: HCQIP Track – Abstract Presentations

Collaboration Between a QIO and Their State in the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, Renee Beniak

Using Positive Reinforcement to Motivate Quality Improvement in Nursing Homes, Holly Colwell

Using a Hands-on Breakout Session to Teach Pressure Ulcer Staging and Treatment, Jennifer Brezinski

Galarie 5 (2^nd Floor)

E7: Finance/HR/Leadership Track – Moving Beyond Medicare: Looking for Business Opportunities Outside QIO Work, Arja Adair, CFMC, Marcia Petrillo, Qualidigm, Andrea Goldstein, IPRO, and Larry Pitman, Kansas Foundation for Medical Care
Galarie 6 (2^nd Floor)

SATURDAY, MARCH 13

7:00am – 9:00 am
Registration
Exhibit Hall Booth (2^nd Floor)

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Network Breakfast
Galarie Foyer

8:00 am – 12:00 pm
AHQA Network Meetings

Analytic
Galarie 3 (2^nd Floor)

Communications
Galarie 2 (2^nd Floor)

Finance/HR
Galarie 1 (2^nd Floor)

HCQIP
Studios 9&10 (2^nd Floor)

IT
Studios 3&4 (2^nd Floor)

Case Review/HPMP
Studios 1&2 (2^nd Floor)

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