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"New Initiatives for Chronic Care Management:
Independence at Home and Other Models"

April 30, 2008
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
8:30–5:00 PM


8:30–8:50 a.m. Introduction to IAH — Concepts and Status
James C. Pyles, Esq.
Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC, Washington, DC
Board of Directors, AAHCP
8:50-9:00 a.m. Introduction to IAH — Practice Management Implications
Kevin Jackson, MD
President, Geriatric Solutions, Phoenix, AZ
Board of Directors, AAHCP
9:00-10:00 a.m. Practice Management Update: FFS and IAH Trends, Near Term Survival Strategies Technology, Managing under IAH and related demonstrations and programs
Kevin Jackson, MD
10:00-10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:15-11:00 a.m. IAH: Preparing your Practice Using MC Advantage Experiences
Brent T. Feorene
House Call Solutions, Westlake, OH
11:00-11:30 a.m. Update on Billing, Coding and LCD issues
Peter Boling, MD
Past-President and Board of Directors, AAHCP
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Where do we go from here with IAH? — Panel
    Technology and IAH — C. Gresham Bayne, MD
    Past-President and Board of Directors, AAHCP
    CMO, Janus Health, Inc., San Diego, CA

    Relationships to other providers — Stephen Holt, MBA
    President & CEO, VNA of Greater Philadelphia, PA
    Treasurer, Board of Directors, AAHCP

    Q and A from audience
12:00-1:00 p.m. LUNCH AND ANNUAL MEETING
    Annual Report of the President

    House Call Provider of the Year Awards,
    in association with Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative (PMHI)

    Special interest group roundtable discussions

1:00-1:15 p.m. Homecare Literature: The Year in Review
Colin Thomas, MD, MPH
Acting Section Chief, General Internal Medicine and
Geriatrics, VA San Diego Healthcare
1:15-1:30 p.m. Overview of Clinical Issues in IAH
Joe Ramsdell, MD
President, AAHCP
1:30-2:45 p.m. Current Clinical Management Approaches to IAH-like Programs
2:45-3:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion
3:00-3:15 p.m. BREAK
3:15-4:15 p.m. Case Studies — The Contrasts in Management of Patients, now and under IAH
Kevin Jackson, MD
Jon Salisbury, MD
Edward Ratner, MD
4:15-4:45 p.m. Remaining Clinical Issues in Implementing IAH: Prognostications for the Future
Peter Boling, MD
George Taler, MD
4:45-5:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion


Registration:

    Cost per day: $175 for members; $200 for non-members.

    Registration will take place through the American Geriatrics Society. Advance Programs will be mailed in early January or you may register online at www.americangeriatrics.org.

The Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative is a research and educational program committed to the study and enhancement of the patient-physician relationship in the United States and around the world. Since it was founded in 1997, the Initiative has provided significant support through scholarships, grants and awards that strengthen the medical profession and enhance the relationship patients have with their physicians and other caregivers.