8:30-8:45	INTRODUCTION TO CONFERENCE Kevin Jackson, MD President, Geriatric Solutions, Phoenix, AZ Board Member, AAHCP
8:45-10:45	Home Medical Care Business Basics Kevin Jackson, MD President, Geriatric Solutions, Phoenix, AZ Board Member, AAHCP
10:45-11:00	BREAK & VIEW EXHIBITS
11:00-12:30	The Future of Home Care: Prognostications from a Master Home Care Physician George Taler, MD Director of Long-Term Care, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC Past President, AAHCP
12:30-1:30	LUNCH & VIEW EXHIBITS
1:30-2:30	Information Technology for the Mobile Practice-How to be Profitable and Remain Compliant! James H. Collins CEO, Janus Health, Inc. San Diego, CA
2:30-3:30	An Update on E&M Codes Peter Boling, MD Past-President and Board Member, AAHCP Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
3:30-4:30	Home Care Providers and Hospice: Working Towards Excellence in End of Life Care Joel Policzer, MD Senior Vice President and National Medical Director, VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Miami, FL
4:30-5:00	Panel: Making Hospice and Home Care Work in Your Practice
5:00	CONFERENCE SUMMARY/ CONCLUSION

The Academy wishes to thank the following Exhibitors & Sponsors for their support of this Session:

• Advanced Clinical Solutions
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Florida Medical Directors Association
• Janus Health, Inc.
• KCI
• Nightingale Home Healthcare
• Visiting Physicians Association

10:00-11:30	View Exhibits
11:30-11:35	Welcome and Introductions Gresham Bayne, MD, President Joe Ramsdell, MD, Program Chair and President-Elect
11:35-12:00	Homecare Literature: The Year in Review Colin Thomas, MD, MPH Acting Section Chief General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics VA San Diego Healthcare
12:00-12:30	Lunch and roundtables View Exhibits
12:30-1:00	Annual Meeting and House Call Provider of the Year Awards, in association with the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative (PMHI) Gresham Bayne, MD, President, presiding Andrew W. Lyons, MD       Eric Baron House Call Doctor of the Year Deborah Bryant, RN, MSN, NP-C       House Call Clinician of the Year Scharmaine M. Lawson, APRN, FNP-C       House Call Clinician of the Year
1:00-1:45	Public Policy Update The Perfect Storm: Sicker Patients, Unsustainable Growth And Healthcare Costs, The Baby Boomer And A Desperate Congress James C. Pyles, Esq. Powers, Pyles, Sutter and Verville, PC Washington, DC AAHCP Board Member
1:45-2:00	Discussion
2:00-3:00	Home Care Medicine and Healthcare Systems Home Care In The VA System Thomas E. Edes, MD Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC AAHCP Board Member Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region Adult Foster Home Visit Program Arthur Hayward, MD Medical Director Continuing Care Services Kaiser Permanente NW Portland, OR Hospital in the Home: Is it Ready for Prime Time? Bruce Leff, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
3:00-3:30	Discussion
3:30-4:30	A Case Study: How Differing Systems And Private Practice Might Handle A Home Care Problem Drs. Colin Thomas, Bruce Leff, Arthur Hayward Kathy Kemle, MS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics Department of Family Medicine Mercer University School of Medicine Macon, GA AAHCP Board Member Benneth Husted, DO Executive Medical Director Housecall Providers, Inc. Portland, OR

The Academy wishes to thank the following Exhibitors & Sponsors for their support of this Annual Meeting:

• Advanced Clinical Solutions
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Florida Medical Directors Association
• Janus Health, Inc.
• KCI
• Nightingale Home Healthcare
• Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative
• Senior Care of Colorado
• Visiting Physicians Association

The Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative is a research and educational program committed to the study and enhancement of the patient-physician relationship in the United States and around the world. Since it was founded in 1997, the Initiative has provided significant support through scholarships, grants and awards that strengthen the medical profession and enhance the relationship patients have with their physicians and other caregivers.