Registration now open. New Sessions Added!!
Schedule of Events
Date
Time
Session
Location
Sunday
Oct 6
11:00am – 4:00pm
Registration
Maryvale Foyer
11:30 – 12:30pm
Welcome to Phoenix Social Hour
Enjoy light refreshments as you catch up with NASL colleagues.
Sponsored by Aegis Therapies
12:30 – 2:00pm
Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Legislative and Regulatory Update
Alan Parver, Esq., Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Maryvale
2:00 – 3:30pm
LTPAC’s Role in Health Data Exchange - Will Our Turn Ever Come?
Terrence A. O'Malley, M.D.
Medical Director for Non-Acute Care Services
Partners HealthCare, affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University
Dr. O'Malley is one of the most influential players in health information exchange for LTPAC. He is directly involved with improving Massachusetts' Post-Acute Care Transfers (IMPACT) and serves on the S&I Framework Committee that is establishing standards for Health IT.
John Derr, RPh
Appointed to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources’ Federal Advisory Committee on Health Information Technology Standards, John Derr has his finger on the pulse of long term and post acute care’s role in the electronic exchange of health information.
Dr. O’Malley will join John Derr for this special presentation which will connect the clinical with the technological for NASL members.
3:30 – 4:00pm
Networking Break
Sponsored by Brookdale Senior Living
4:00 – 5:30pm
CMS’ Expanding Audit Empire
Nancy Beckley, Nancy Beckley & Associates
A nationally known compliance expert in the rehabilitation and DME arena who works with providers facing audits from MACs, RAs, ZPICs, etc., Nancy Beckley shares her knowledge on the ins and outs of dealing with CMS' Expanding Audit Empire.
5:30 – 7:00pm
NASL Opening Night Reception
Oculus
Monday
Oct 7
7:00 – 9:00am
7:00 – 8:00am
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by RehabCare
7:30 – 9:00am
The Status of the CARE Tool and Post-Acute Care Reform
Dr. Barbara Gage, Managing Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform of the Brookings Institute
Get the latest from a leading national expert in Medicare Post-Acute Care Policy issues, as Dr. Gage provides a report on her work on the development of the standardized CARE Item set and other post-acute reform projects.
9:00 – 11:00am
AHCA/NCAL Opening Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Benjamin Carson, named one of CNN’s and Time Magazine’s 20 foremost physicians in the world
Phoenix
Convention
Center
11:00am – 2:30pm
Expo Hall Open
Visit NASL at Booth 623.
3:00 – 5:30pm
Concurrent NASL Committee Meetings:
Medical Services Committee
IT Committee
Ahwatukee B
4:00-4:15pm
Sponsored by HCR ManorCare
Tuesday
Oct 8
7:30 – 9:30am
NASL President’s Breakfast and Annual Business Meeting
Sponsored by Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Garry Pezzano, President, NASL
President’s BreakfastIn a casual atmosphere of peer sharing, NASL’s Committee Chairs update you on the issues most important to their Committee members – issues that ultimately affect the patients we ALL serve. Then . . . they’re your fly on the wall at meetings, the people who go to bat for you at CMS and on the Hill, they’re the driving force behind NASL – they’re the NASL Staff. Join NASL President Garry Pezzano for an NASL President’s Breakfast with a twist as we turn the tables to get to know NASL’s powerhouse staff.
Annual Business Meeting
Participate in an annual reporting session on the state of NASL – it’s goals, plans and day-to-day operations – and meet the NASL Member of the Year and 2013-14 Board of Directors.
9:30 – 10:00am
Sponsored by Accelerated Care Plus
10:00 – 11:30am
Implementing the Affordable Care Act—An Update from the CMS Regional Administrator
David W. Saÿen, CMS Regional Administrator
San Francisco Regional Office (Region 9)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
With 30 years of Federal service and experience in health and human services programs, the CMS Regional Administrator gives us an update on the new health insurance marketplaces and implementation of other agency priorities in the Affordable Care Act.
11:30am – 2:30pm
2:00 – 5:00pm
NASL Board of Directors Meeting
Laveen A
The NASL 24th Annual Meeting is held in conjunction with the AHCA/NCAL 64th Annual Convention & Expo. Registration for the NASL 24th Annual Meeting includes admission to all AHCA opening and educational sessions.
Please note that entry into the Expo Hall is also available. Pre-registration and a daily fee of $50 is now required.*
Check the appropriate box(es) during the NASL registration process to indicate which day(s) you plan to visit the Expo Hall. Marker(s) will be placed on your NASL name badge to allow you entry to the Expo Hall, and the appropriate fee will be added to your meeting registration.
*Holders of AHCA exhibitor badges are exempt from this requirement.
Tickets for AHCA/NCAL Dinner and Gala featuring Foreigner will be available for purchase on-site at the member price.