8:00 - 8:40 AM What is the Hospitalists Role in Avoiding Readmissions?
Kellee L. Randle, DO, FACOI

8:45 – 9:30 AM Being a Positive Force in the Health of Others
Kellee L. Randle, DO, FACOI

9:35 – 10:50 AM Improving the Hospitalist's Knowledge About Discharge and Planning Next Site of Care Decision Process
Ariana L. Peters, DO, FACOI

10:55 - 11:55 AM Post-Acute Follow-Up Visits
Ariana L. Peters, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Define and discuss the impact of inpatient providers on CDI metrics, discharges, readmissions, and length of stay.
-    Define the partnership between Care Management and inpatient providers.
-    Define the next site of care decision process.

12:00 -1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK

1:00 - 1:35 PM Telehealth Solutions
Rodney Bates, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Discuss the changing landscape of delivering healthcare via telemedicine.
-    Predict the future of telemedicine in the care of the hospitalized patient. 
-    Explore potential models for utilization of Telehealth services for inpatient care. 

1:40 - 2:05 PM DIC, Recognition and Management
Sara M. Nehring, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll:
-    Learn conditions associated with the development of DIC.
-    Understand how to diagnose DIC.
-    Learn how to mange DIC, both acute and chronic.

2:10 - 2:41 PM Avoiding and Justifying Unnecessary Testing
Sara M. Nehring, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Understand the impact of unnecessary testing.
-    Discuss reasons unnecessary testing is performed.
-    Review the “Choosing Wisely” campaign that targets unnecessarily testing. 
 

8:00 - 9:15 AM Management of COPD Exacerbation
Timothy J. Barreiro, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Introduce new and interesting issues related to the diagnosis, assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
-    Examine contemporary strategies to assess, manage, and reduce the burden of chronic obstructive lung disease.
-    Review treatment strategies for AECOPD.

9:20 - 10:05 AM Ethics
Douglas White, MD
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    To introduce two broadly accepted ethical goals when allocating scarce medical resources during a public health emergency (and the tension between them).
-    To highlight three real-world cases of inequity in how scarce health resources are being allocated in the U.S.
     --Scarce ICU beds/ventilators
     --Access to hospital care
     --Access to scarce COVID therapeutics
-    To propose strategies to promote equity in each of the three allocation challenges.

10:10 - 10:45 AM Hypothermia Post-Brain Injury
John Dahdah, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll:
-    Appreciate the cellular processes affected by targeted temperature management in traumatic brain injury.
-    Appreciate the attempted translation from successful animal models of traumatic brain injury into human models of traumatic brain injury with targeted temperature management.
-    Interpret clinical evidence to determine whether resource investment in targeted temperature management among traumatic brain injury patients is worth the clinical outcomes in that patient population. 

10:50 - 11:35 AM Atrial Fibrillation Treatment, Management, and Future Directions 2022
Chad A. Link, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-   Understand appropriate diagnosis and management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
-   Discuss various anticoagulant treatment options and new therapies on the horizon.
-   Discuss surgical options that are currently available to reduce thromboembolic events and maintenance of sinus rhythm.

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM Break for Lunch

12:40 - 1:20 PM HFpEF Therapies
Munir Janmohamed, MD
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Identify what is new in the treatment of Health Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
-    Identify what is new in the treatment of Health Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.
-    Understand strategies that can be implemented during hospitalization to prevent subsequent re-hospitalizations. 

1:25 - 2:10 PM Cardio-Renal Syndrome
Jack Waterman, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Define cardiorenal syndrome.
-    Discuss the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome.
-    Explore the treatment options for cardiorenal syndrome.

2:15 – 3:00 PM Diabetes Update: New Medications and Therapeutic Substitutes
Jack L. Snitzer, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Discuss the importance of discharging the patient on the medications that have been effective as an outpatient.
-    Discuss the importance of discharging the patient on medications on their formulary. 
-    Discuss medication that should be held in the hospital., and whether they should be resumed at home. 

3:00 - 4:00 PM What You Should Know About Your Transgender Patient 
Maurice Garcia, MD

8:00 - 8:35 AM Team Balance Strategies: Models for Team Structure in the Face of Reduced In-Patient Reimbursement
Robert G. Good, DO, MACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Understand that Hospital Medicine physicians are part of team, and they should be leaders of the team.
-    Appreciate the need for documentation of Medical Decision Making.
-    Understand the Medicare payment system with need for authorization. 

8:40 - 9:20 AM Bedside Ultrasound: Useful Techniques
Peter Bonadonna
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Discuss the many benefits of POCUS use in all disciplines of medicine for improved speed, accuracy, and patient satisfaction.
-    Analyze ultrasound images and clinical scenarios within the presentation to make proper diagnostic decisions.
-    Utilize techniques such as positioning, devices, and methods to acquire high quality, diagnostic POCUS images.

9:25 - 10:25 AM Hematologic Considerations in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Recognize the possibility for hematologic complications of COVID 19.
-    Implement new approaches to management.
-    Develop strategies for early identification of both bleeding and clotting problems. 

10:30 - 11:10 AM Acute PE Intervention Options
Brandon Hooks, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Understand how to classify Pulmonary Embolism.
-    Manage high risk pulmonary embolism patients.
-    Treat IVC filter indications.

11:15 - 11:40 AM Cardiology Portable Ultrasound: Useful Echo Assessments
Peter Bonadonna
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Apply standard POCUS methods to assure uniformity and reliability between scanners and quality assurance interpreters.
-    Compare ultrasound artifacts and findings that can cause misdiagnosis.
-    Explain the challenges to integrate this new technology into physical exam and patient care. 

11:45 - 12:25 PM Split-Shared Billing: What You Need to Know
Jill Young, CEMC, CDC, CIME, CEDC
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Discuss the new definition of split shared visits that CMS/Medicare implemented January 1, 2022.   
-    Discuss how this new definition of split shared visits affects teaching physicians.
-    Discuss how the new definition of Split Shared visits affects Critical care visits.

12:30 - 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Lessons from the COVID Pandemic
Mary R. Suchyta, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Understand the severity of COVID ICU illnesses. 
-    Understand the similarities and differences between other etiologies of ARDS and COVID as an etiology. 
-    Understand Post ICU syndromes and possible rehab. 

2:25 - 3:10 PM Fireside Chat: What’s Next in Hospital Medicine
John B. Bulger, DO, MBA, MACOI, Robert G. Good, DO, MACOI, and Rick A. Greco, DO, MACOI
In this session, you’ll:
-    Appreciate the need for hospitalists to be part of post-hospital care in future.
-    Understand that Hospitalists play in important role in value-based health care.
-    Understand that Pandemic medicine created changes that will continue into the future. 

3:15 - 4:50 PM Curbside Consultations: "Hey, Doc. Got a Minute?"
Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI, Moderator
Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, FACOI
L. Bing Liem, DO, FACOI
Ella M. Noel, DO, FACOI

8:00 - 8:45 AM Targeted Temperature Management
John Dahdah, DO
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Understand the physiology motivating consideration of targeted temperature management. 
-    Review indications and contraindications for targeted temperature management.
-    Implement targeted temperature management and strategies in managing complications.

8:45 - 9:35 AM Top 5 Articles in 2021-22 (COVID/Non-COVID)
Bob Aran, DO
In this session, you’ll learn how to: 
-    Discuss the findings and implications of a few of the popular journal articles that were published in 2021.
-    Highlight background of discussed new studies.
-    Relate how these studies affect your practice.

9:40 – 10:45 AM Wound Care – Latest Treatments and Avoiding Injury
Glenn D. Haraway, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to: 
-    Identify Types of Wounds and Wound classification for different types of wounds.
-    Physiology of wound healing.
-    Six Basic elements of wound care and wound care coordination.

10:50 – 11:35 AM Peri-Operative Clearance Guidelines
Joanne K. Baker, DO, FACOI
In this session, you’ll learn how to: 
-    Identify methods to determine Risk Stratification for noncardiac procedures.
-    Determine when perioperative medical therapy and testing is necessary.
-    Determine when to hold or continue anticoagulation for surgery procedures. 

11:40 – 12:00 PM Hospital at Home
Michael J. Maniaci, MD
In this session, you’ll learn how to: 
-    Cite three reasons why patients may prefer to have their care in the home setting.
-    Identify three advantages to setting up a virtual hospital ward.
-    Compare the three main objectives to the Advanced Care at Home program.