Announcing Caring In The Carolinas 2021

October 9-10, 2021
Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Concord Golf Resort & Spa
5400 John Q. Hammons Drive NW, Concord, NC 28027

We are going virtual!* CPALTC is pleased to announce that registration is open for our Virtual Symposium October 9-10, 2021! Due to COVID-19, our conference was cancelled in 2020, but we’re back this year with an online 2 day program you won’t want to miss. Please support your Society and plan on attending- and tell your colleagues and friends. Although we will not be in-person, we are excited to be together online for a weekend of learning and friendship!
AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™5 management hours and 6.5 clinical hours toward certification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. The CMD program is administered by the ABPLM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and CPALTC. AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Topics include COVID-19 Vaccine Update, Dementia and Emerging Treatment, Transitions of Care and much more. See below for full schedule.
Hope to see you there!

Registration fees:
Member Physicians- $125
Member Advance Practitioners and Affiliates- $100
Nonmember Physicians- $240
Nonmember Advance Practitioners and Affiliates- $175
Residents and Fellows- free

Caring in the Carolinas: 2021 Virtual Symposium on Geriatrics and Post-Acute Care Program

A CME event of the AMDA Chapter for North Carolina and South Carolina*
October 9 - 10, 2021

Saturday, October 9, 2021

8 am – 9 am

Beyond the Diagnosis: Addressing Complex Geriatric Syndromes in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Setting

Milta Little, DO, CMD

9 am – 10 am

There Is “HOPE” For Improving Hospital to SNF Transitions

Colette Allen, NP and Aubrey Jolly Graham, MD

10 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 11:30 pm

Medicare Reimbursement Issues

Michelle Schmerge, DNP

11:30 pm – 12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Dementias: Review and Emerging Therapies

Mark Pippenger, MD

1:30 pm – 2 pm CPALTC Business Meeting and Raffle
2 pm– 3 pm

Racial Disparities & Inequities in PALTC – The challenges Revealed & Exacerbated by COVID-19

Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD

3 pm– 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm– 5:00 pm

The Year in Review

Fellows, Regional Geriatrics Fellowship Programs

Sunday, October 10, 2021

7 am – 8 am

Red Eye Rounds: COVID-19 Debriefing

Moderator: Timothy Beittel, MD, CMD

8 am – 9 am

Pragmatic Innovation: Making Small Changes to Improve Practice Outcomes

Philip Sloane, MD, CMD

9 am – 10 am

Things That Make You Itch: Bedbugs, Headlice and Scabies

Scott Sheldon, MD, CMD

10 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 – 11:30 am

COVID-19 Vaccine in the SNF Setting

Tony Caprio, MD

11:30 – 1:00 pm

Provider Resilience and Mental Health First Aid

Ericka Ellis-Stewart