Agenda

October 27, 2020

October 28, 2020

October 29, 2020

October 30, 2020

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Please note that October 27 will contain our Pre-Summit programming.
The schedule below refers to the U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

October 27, 2020

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11:00 am–4:00 pm	Bridging the Gap: Enhancing the Model for Complex Illness Management (Presented by HCCI) Sandra Gomez, MD, Rachel Zimmer, DNP, Michael Kurliand, MS, RN, Brianna Plencner, CPC, CPMA, Jill Slaboda, PhD, Liane Wardlow, PhD This pre-Summit session, hosted by the Home Centered Care Institute, focusing on the value and opportunities of bringing together home-based primary care and home-based palliative care
12:00 pm–4:00 pm	Payment Accelerator (Presented by CAPC) Laura Patel, MD, Anna Gosline, Tom Gualtieri-Reed, MBA This pre-conference session, hosted by the Center to Advance Palliative Care, takes the lessons learned from pioneering organizations to define key success factors for strong payer relationships.
4:15 pm–4:30 pm	Pre-Summit Kick Off: Honoring Essential Workers in Our Communities Join your fellow attendees before the start of the 2020 Summit for a faith service honoring essential workers in our communities who have played a crucial role amid COVID-19.

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October 28, 2020

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12:00 pm–12:50 pm	Opening & Virtual Plenary From navigation of the Virtual Summit site to insightful and challenging keynote presentations to set the stage, begin the dialog and move toward commitment. The day’s host creates the continuity for this unified opening.
12:50 pm–1:00 pm	Transition A brief break to get settled in for focused, engaging sessions.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	Caring for the Most Vulnerable Through Community Models Torrie Fields, Meena Seshamani, Christy Whitney Borchard The COVID-19 pandemic and our country’s awakening around systemic injustices illustrate the need for more community care models. Learn about the latest models and the policy changes affecting them.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	LGBTQ Patients and Families in Hospice and Palliative Care: Provider Experiences, Personal Reflections Gary L. Stein, JD, MSW, Cathy Berkman, Kimberly Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, CWE This session will present recent research findings on disrespectful, inadequate, and abusive care experienced by LGBTQ patients and families while receiving hospice and palliative services; and personal reflections on family care received near the end of life.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	Promise and Presumption: Implementing Lay Healthworkers in Historically Underserved Communities Elizabeth Kvale, MD, MSPH, Myeisha Hutchinson This session will feature experts with experience in implementing lay healthworkers as members of cancer care teams. We will explore the lessons learned from this project, identify opportunities for positive disruption and examine the policy considerations relevant to this effort.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	Recognizing and Supporting the Needs of Diverse Family Caregivers Rita Choula This session will present findings from new research examining the needs of diverse family caregivers and strategies for supporting them.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	The Grief of Poverty Sandra Crewe, PhD, Robert Cosby, PhD Join this session to explore how small faith communities with minimal financial resources can support members navigating grief.
1:50 pm–2:10 pm	Transition Personal time and the opportunity to visit the array of virtual exhibitor presentations that are available and relevant to the C-TAC Summit experience.
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Examining Models to Boost Access to Palliative Care Through Provider Education Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN This session will examine innovative models for addressing a shortfall of palliative care providers by promoting primary palliative care education.
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Exploring Conversations Between Patients and Clinicians Around Transitioning Toby Weiss, Rev. Dr. Denise Parker Lawrence During this session, attendees will share their own experiences and learn new strategies for creating a compassionate dialogue between clinicians and those living with serious illness.
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	State-Level Serious Illness Policy Innovation: Designing and Scaling Best-Practices During a Pandemic Kitty Purington, JD, Judy Thomas, JD, Joy Soares Learn about current serious illness policy innovations on the state level and cutting-edge approaches to service of everyone with serious illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Tackling Inequity in Health Through Community Health Worker Engagement Alisa dePedro, Susan Steppe, Twinette Brown During this session, experts will share findings from a pilot project that aims to foster health equity by building relationships with community health workers.
2:50 pm–3:20 pm	Transition A second opportunity for personal time and the encouragement to visit the virtual exhibitor presentations that are part of the C-TAC Summit experience
3:20 pm–4:35 pm	Creating New Community Models Catherine Sevier During this lab, experts will collaborate with attendees to identify new ways that we can expand new community models to improve serious illness care.
3:20 pm–4:35 pm	Reimagining Advance Care Planning Erik K. Fromme, MD, MCR, FAAHPM, Stephanie Anderson, DPN, RN, Tiffany Callender, MSW, Anna Gosline This Lab will be framed by experts on how they measure the impact of advance care planning in order to help you apply best practices to activities in your community.
4:35 pm–4:45 pm	Transition Personal time and the segue to the day’s final thoughts
4:45 pm–5:00 pm	Closing Thoughts The day’s host offers a quick recap of the day, invites a closing keynote comment from an industry leader.

October 29, 2020

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12:00 pm–12:50 pm	Opening & Virtual Plenary From navigation of the Virtual Summit site to insightful and challenging keynote presentations to set the stage, begin the dialog and move toward commitment. The day’s host creates the continuity for this unified opening.
12:50 pm–1:00 pm	Transition A brief break to get settled in for focused, engaging sessions.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Messaging Marian Grant, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, RN, Anthony Back, MD This session will summarize lessons from research involving over 9,000 consumers about how health systems, payers, community organizations, and clinicians can introduce serious illness care using a messaging approach grounded in empirical research and a population health approach.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	Building Community with Caring and Practical Engagement Pastor Alma Wooley, Elder Angela Overton, Rev. Adrian Baker This session will explore needs related to serious illness care support in underserved communities and offer a firsthand look at findings and lessons learned from C-TAC’s Faith Leader Engagement Model of Care.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	Can We Talk? Putting People at the Heart of Health Care Melissa Williams, MPH, Rebecca Kirch, JD Learn about an innovative communication skills-building initiative that helps patients, caregivers and providers have meaningful goals-of-care conversations.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	Comparing Outcomes of Collaborative Care Approaches for People with Depression Kenneth B. Wells, MD, MPH, Felica Jones, Bowen Chung, MD, MSHS Join a panel of experts as they share strategies that can help us face healthcare inequities and support our work to ensure a high quality of life for everyone living with serious illness.
1:00 pm–1:40 pm	No Person Left Behind: Making Sure the Telehealth Revolution Works for Those with Serious Illness Walkitria Smith, MD, Sean Cavanaugh This session covers policy innovation around telehealth for those with serious illness and how it has changed the care delivery and payment landscape.
1:40 pm–2:10 pm	Transition A second opportunity for personal time and the encouragement to visit the virtual exhibitor presentations that are part of the C-TAC Summit experience
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Advanced Illness Care in Long-Term Care Facilities: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Mairead Painter, Mollie Gurian, Gelila Selassie The COVID-19 Pandemic has had its most tragic impact in our nation’s long-term care facilities, with disproportionate infection and death rates for both residents and staff. This panel will provide insights from resident advocates and providers.
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Community Collaboration to Reduce Fracture Risk Caused by Osteoporosis Alison Kocanda, Keyla Brooks Only 20% of patients who experience a fracture caused by osteoporosis are assessed and or treated for the underlying cause for that fracture. Due to the fact that there is a 5x higher risk of another fracture within 12 months following a fracture, it is imperative that we find a way to close this care…
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Faith Leaders Partnering to Support Caregivers Marilyn French Hubbard, PhD, Rita Hubbard-Robinson, JD Join this session to learn about the innovative strategies used to convene faith leaders in Buffalo and Detroit in order to provide vital support for caregivers.
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Meeting the Workforce Challenge in Care for People with Advanced Illness Jennifer Ballentine This session will explore pressing workforce challenges facing advanced illness care and present a variety of current and developing solutions.
2:10 pm–2:50 pm	Mind, Body and Soul: Clinical and Spiritual Care for Older Adults Sheik N. Hassan, MD, FCCP, Rev. LJ Jackson, M.Div., Rabbi Dr. Shira Stern, MC Sullivan, RN, MTS, JD This session will observe the importance of faith inclusion in patient’s care, particularly as it relates to older adults experiencing advanced illness amid COVID-19.
2:50 pm–3:20 pm	Transition Personal time and the opportunity to visit the array of virtual exhibitor presentations that are available and relevant to the C-TAC Summit experience.
3:20 pm–4:35 pm	Public Engagement for All This Lab will be framed by experts that serve difference audiences and will share their approaches to reach new audiences in order to help you apply best practices to activities in your community.
3:20 pm–4:35 pm	Reimagining Long-Term Care Joanne Lynn, MD, Salina Patel, RN, BSN, Robyn Stone, DrPH Experts with differing points of view will discuss on the future of skilled nursing facilities, and the lab will serve as a space for attendees to identify policy options for future models.
4:35 pm–4:45 pm	Transition Personal time and the segue to the day’s final thoughts.
4:45 pm–5:00 pm	Closing Thoughts The day’s host offers a quick recap of the day, invites a closing keynote comment from an industry leader and previews Friday’s concluding day of the 2020 C-TAC Virtual Summit.

October 30, 2020

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12:00 pm–12:50 pm	Opening & Virtual Plenary The theme of the day is set by an invitation and challenge from a representative from one of the groups must impacted by the inequities in healthcare that have been identified and discussed. Then, what have we heard? What have we learned? Where do we go from here? The day’s host navigates through a series…
12:50 pm–1:00 pm	Transition A brief break to get settled in for the opportunity to observe C-TAC member organizations to offer their responses, their commitments to the C-TAC “Moonshot” goal of assuring that, by 2030, 12 Million Americans have equal access to the care they deserve and desire.
1:00 pm–1:50 pm	2021 and Beyond: The Election’s Impact on Health Policy for Underserved Communities Romilla Batra, MD, MBA, Andrew MacPherson, Bob Blancato This session will feature a panel of policy experts who are well connected in the political world, who will explore possibilities for public policy in whichever administration emerges from the presidential election.
1:50 pm–2:00 pm	Transition A brief break to get settled in for the opportunity to observe C-TAC member organizations to offer their responses, their commitments to the C-TAC “Moonshot” goal of assuring that, by 2030, 12 Million Americans have equal access to the care they deserve and desire.
2:00 pm–2:40 pm	Commitments Comments and commitments to action by members of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care. Interspersed with the commitments, we will share insights gained as the overwhelming effort to provide health equity gains attention, momentum and impact.
2:40 pm–3:00 pm	Closing Thoughts Hosted by the day’s master of ceremonies, final thoughts, moments of inspiration, offers to communicate and share, capped with a preview of the 2021 C-TAC Summit on Advanced Care Illness, scheduled for Washington, DC in October, 2021.

National Summit on Advanced Illness Care

Pre-Conference: Oct. 27, 2020
Summit: Oct. 28-30, 2020