Registration is now open for the 5th Annual HASC Palliative Care Conference, themed Growing Continuum Conversations, February 26, 2013 at Hilton Pasadena. Confirmed speakers include Robert Bear, MD and Richard Brumley, MD, with more to come!

Sign up for the latest on how continuum providers are linking with supportive care models in California and across the nation.

Thank you 2013 Sponsors!

About the Event

Start the conversation with a new partner in the care continuum at the 5th Annual Palliative Care Transitions Conference. The conference strives to break down barriers inhibiting optimal care delivery at all points in the care continuum.  Attendees gain information about pioneering efforts at expanded physician-to-physician conversations as well as health plan perspectives on achieving  “triple-aim” payer-provider reimbursement alignment. Enhance your knowledge and share your team skills with others guiding the development of new service delivery models in supportive care.

• Hear from physicians about their personal transformations and how better listening has improved the quality of their practice
• Learn about productive physician/physician conversations in patient management
• Understand the critical tipping point of choosing between “comfort care” and general inpatient care (GIP)
• Recognize how the term “supportive care” is more helpful in obtaining advance care planning goals

Plus panel presentations and group networking opportunities will present best practices and concrete strategies from your peers highlighting:

• The pharmacist’s contribution
• How a home health provider achieved a 4% hospital readmission rate
• The patient/family advocate role
• Re-energizing your team
• Obtaining executive buy-in

Who should attend?  

We are inviting physician groups, home health and hospice providers, hospitals, health plans, and skilled nursing facilities to attend.  This includes physicians, administrators, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, pharmacists, chaplains, and consultants representing key stakeholders in a coordinated, integrated continuum of providers needed to increase the awareness of the economic and quality of life benefits supportive care options provide for chronically ill patients and their families.

Agenda

Keynote Speakers 

The speakers and tentative presentation topics for this year’s event include:

Robert Bear, MD -  How a Nephrologist Became a Palliative Care Medicine Champion through Personal Epiphany and Change Leadership

Dr. Bear practiced as a nephrologist (kidney specialist) for over 30 years. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and subsequently at the University of Alberta. He also held senior management positions in several health care organizations, worked broadly as a health care consultant, and published widely in the medical sphere. 

He will be signing his book Sorrow’s Reward.

Richard Brumley, MD, Chief Medical Officer, GeriNet - Patient Dilemma: Aggressive Care vs. Supportive Care – My Wishes, and Physician to Physician: Approaching the Reluctant Physician

Dr. Brumley has worked on numerous grants and projects to further the specialty of Palliative Care. He was the head of the Hospice and Palliative Care teams at Kaiser Permanente before joining HealthEssentials as Chief Medical Officer. HealthEssentials serves the frail elderly through the GeriNet Medical Group, home health, and hospices. He has written numerous published articles on palliative care and end-of-life care.

Pat Forman, Consultant, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare – Schwartz Rounds

Pat is a health care consultant offering advance care planning trainings and workshops for organizations; organizational consulting to health care agencies and organizations; and life coaching for individuals seeking to make positive changes in their lives.

Mark Livingston, PharmD, CareRx –  The Optimizing Role of the Pharmacist

Mark is a clinical pharmacist with an extensive background in clinical and consulting pharmacy, including hospital pharmacy management, long-term care consulting, and clinical advisory services to health care professionals. He is responsible for CareRx operations involving clinical advisory service and for consulting with clients regarding compliance with Federal and State regulations.

Mark Leenay, MS, MD, National Medical Director & Senior Vice President, OptumHealth – Post-Acute Transitions in Patients with Complex and Chronic Conditions

Dr. Leenay is responsible for clinical policy in wellness, case management, disease management and specialty networks. Board certified in family medicine, geriatrics, and hospice and palliative care, he previously served as director of palliative care for a large system and served 10 years in family practice. 

Glen Komatsu, MD, Director, Edmond R. and Virginia G. Doak Center for Palliative Care, Little Company of Mary Hospital – Torrance - Comfort Care vs. General Inpatient Care (GIP) … Who’s Getting G.I.P.’d

Dr. Komatsu became medical director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for Little Company of Mary Hospital in the South Bay area in 1985. With an interest in bioethics and palliative care, he has also served as the director of Bioethics, Little Company of Mary Service Area since 1993.

Sponsorship

The Palliative Care Transitions Conference delivers access and unmatched networking value for supporters and exhibitors, as well as educational excellence and for hundreds of attendees.  Reach an audience that includes:

• Organizations: Physician groups, home health and hospice providers, hospitals, health plans, and skilled nursing facilities
• Providers: Physicians, administrators, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, pharmacists, chaplains, consultants and anyone with an impact on the delivery of quality end-of-life care to patients and family caregivers

Ensure your participation at the 2013 conference. Please contact us to reserve your space.

Thank you to those organizations so far committed to supporting the 2013 Palliative Care Transitions Conference.

PLATINUM SPONSOR – $5,000

• Recognition as keynote speaker sponsor
• Four (4) full conference registrations
• Banner featuring company logo
• An 8’ x 10’ exhibit booth space with a six-foot table and two chairs in a premier location
• Prominent recognition on a digital display

RUBY SPONSOR – $3,000

• Recognition as a sponsor of (select one): breakfast (2 available), lunch (2 available) or breakout room (2 available)
• Two (2) full conference registrations
• A six-foot table and two chairs
• Recognition on a digital display

GOLD SPONSOR – $1,500

• One (1) full conference registration
• A six-foot table for a tabletop display in the conference vendor area
• Recognition on a digital display

SILVER SPONSOR – $1,000

• One (1) full conference registration
• Recognition on a digital display
• No vending opportunity is offered at this level