February 2015

The Frequency of Alcoholism in Patients With Advanced Cancer Admitted to an Acute Palliative Care Unit and a Home Care Program

• Sebastiano Mercadante,
• Giampiero Porzio,
• Amanda Caruselli,
• ...
• Nicola Girelli,
• Alessandra Casuccio
• on behalf of the Home Care-Italy Group (HOCAI)

Quality of Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Cancer in a Community Consortium

• Arif H. Kamal,
• Ryan D. Nipp,
• Janet H. Bull,
• ...
• Ashlei W. Lowery,
• Jonathan M. Nicolla,
• Amy P. Abernethy

Variability in Response to Drugs

• Robert Twycross,
• Joy Ross,
• Aleksandra Kotlinska-Lemieszek,
• Sarah Charlesworth,
• Mary Mihalyo,
• Andrew Wilcock

Reviewer Acknowledgment

Hospice Medical Director Update and Exam Prep (P01)

• Edward W. Martin,

• Shaida Talebreza,

• Joseph D. Rotella,

• Ronald J. Crossno,

• Timothy E. Quill

Addressing Goals of Care: Intensive Small Group Training (P02)

• Robert Arnold,

• Anthony Back,

• James Tulsky

AAHPM Leadership Forum: Ignite—Financial Decision-Making Approaches for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician Leaders (P03)

• Hugh W. Long

Fellowship Directors’ Program—What Keeps us Awake at Night: Addressing the Challenges of Palliative Medicine Fellowship Programs as the Next Accreditation System and the Match Become Reality (P04)

• Lori Earnshaw,

• Jeffrey Klick,

• Stacie Levine,

• Wayne McCormick,

• Gary Buckholz,

• Lindy Landzaat,

• Laura J. Morrison,

• Steven Radwany,

• Sumathi Misra

Precision Pharmacopalliation: A No-Nonsense, Boots-on-the-Ground Approach to Medication Management at the End of Life (P05)

• Mary Lynn McPherson,

• Michael J. LaPenta,

• Kat Walker,

• Christopher D. Kearney

Advanced Clinical Topics in Pediatric Palliative Care (P06)

• Jennifer Minarcik Hwang,

• Tammy Kang,

• Elissa Miller,

• Sarah Friebert,

• Gina Santucci,

• Wynne Morrison,

• Jeffrey Klick,

• Richard Goldstein,

• Kathie Kobler,

• Lindsay Burns Ragsdale,

• Joseph Rossano,

• Roxanne Kirsch,

• Samuel B. Goldfarb,

• Kathryn Dodds,

• Jeremy Hirst,

• John Giamalis,

• Charles Berde

ACHPN Certification Review Course—Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (P07)

CHPN Certification Review Course—Registered Nurse (P08)

Building Social Resilience in Providers, Patients, Families, and Systems: SRM’s Skills-Based Approach for Healthcare Practitioners (P09)

• Jan Jahner,

• Laurie Leitch

Responding to Suffering: An Introduction to Mindful Practice and Mindful Communication (P10)

• Ronald Epstein,

• Timothy E. Quill

The Art and Craft of Writing for Self-Care and Narrative Advocacy: A Workshop in Reflective and Public Writing (P11)

• Louise Aronson,

• William Schwalbe

Do No Harm: Compassionate and Practical Policies for Addressing Substance Abuse and Diversion in Hospice and Palliative Care Settings (P12)

• Joshua Barclay,

• James Ray,

• Paula Capobianco,

• Leslie Blackhall,

• Debbie Eggleston

Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Update: Practical Pointers, Policies, Programs, and Regulatory Pitfalls (P13)

• Kimberly Curseen,

• William Smucker,

• Jessica Kalender-Rich,

• Betty Lim,

• Paula Sanders,

• Cari Levy

Ethical Issues in Everyday Hospice and Palliative Care Practice (P14)

• Terry Altilio,

• Nessa Coyle,

• Timothy W. Kirk,

• Debra Wiegand

Evolving Role of Palliative Care and Hospice for Patients with Advanced Cardiac Disease (P15)

• Jatin Dave,

• Eldrin Lewis,

• Ellin Frair Gafford,

• Dan Matlock,

• Keith Swetz,

• Sara Wordingham,

• Sharene Hollenbach

Navigating the Maze of Physician Billing Documentation and Coding (P16)

• Jean Acevedo

Using “Action Methods” to Enhance Role-Play Simulations in Teaching Communication Skills (P17)

• Walter Baile,

• Kathleen Neuendorf,

• Rebecca Walters

Be the Change… An Advocacy Boot Camp (P18)

Sponsored by the AAHPM Public Policy Committee

• Sue Ramthun,

• Phillip E. Rodgers,

• Paul E. Tatum III,

• Ruth M. Thomson,

• Gregg K. VandeKieft

ER/LA Opioids: Achieving Safe Use While Improving Patient Care (P19)

Prognosticating the Survival of the Hospice Industry (P20)

• Judy Bartel,

• William Finn,

• Clement J. Hearey

All In: How High-Performing Teams Develop a Culture of Collaboration, Belief, and Renewal (101)

• Chester Elton

Walking the Line with Difficult Parents: Ethical Decision-Making with Families at the Fringes (TH300)

• Liza Marie Johnson,

• Deena Levine,

• Justin N. Baker

When Eating Problems Arise in Advanced Dementia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Communicating with Caregivers (TH301)

• Erika Manu,

• Caroline Vitale,

• Joseph Murray,

• Amy P. Lustig

Cultivating the Contemplative Clinician: The Practice and Pedagogy of Reflection in Palliative Education (TH302)

• Barbara Head,

• Tara Schapmire,

• Frank Woggon,

• Mark Pfeifer

A Health Plan’s Innovative Telephonic Case Management Model to Provide Palliative Care (TH303)

• Rebecca Yamarik,

• Romilla Batra,

• Lianne Matthews

The Evolving Role of Palliative Care in the Trauma Patient (TH304)

• Alan Roth,

• Angelo Canedo

Do Steroids Prolong Suffering? End-of-Life Care for Patients with Primary Brain Tumors (TH305)

• Ellen Olson,

• Velko Voynov,

• Robyn Anderson

Economic Evaluation of Specialist Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation Teams: Cost Effect Estimates Vary by Treatment Timeliness (TH306-A)

• Peter May,

• R. Sean Morrison

Analysis of Part B Physician Services by Hospice Beneficiaries (TH306-B)

• Michael Plotzke,

• Alyssa Pozniak

Economic Evaluation of Specialist Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation Teams: Treatment Effect Varies by Patient Complexity (TH306-C)

• Peter May,

• R. Sean Morrison

Carve in or Carve Out: Hospice Live Discharge Rates in Medicare Advantage Compared to Medicare Fee-for-Service (TH306-D)

• Joan Teno,

• Pedro Gozalo,

• Thomas Christian,

• Elizabeth Horn,

• Vincent Mor

Disability Trajectories at the End of Life Among the Very Old (TH307-A)

• June Lunney,

• Steven Albert,

• Diane Ives,

• Anne Newman,

• Suzanne Satterfield

Prospectively Identifying People with Serious Illness (TH307-B)

• Amy Kelley,

• Kenneth Covinsky,

• R. Sean Morrison,

• Christine Ritchie