Objectives:

To acquaint attendees with secular trends critical to developing and maintaining thriving house call practices in a variety of practice settings

To assure that attendees understand key practice management issues critical in developing and maintaining thriving house call practices in a variety of practice settings

8:30–8:40 a.m.	Opening Remarks Bruce Leff, MD Board of Directors, AAHCP Johns Hopkins Care Center Baltimore, MD
8:40-8:45 a.m.	"What I Do - Why I'm a Home Care Provider" Alan Kronhaus, MD Doctors Making Housecalls Chapel Hill, NC
8:45-9:15 a.m.	The World in Which We Practice George Taler, MD Board of Directors, AAHCP Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC
9:15-10:30 a.m.	Plenary Panel Presentation and Discussion Linda DeCherrie, MD Mt. Sinai Visiting Doctors Program, New York, NY
	What Makes a Thriving House Call Practice? Robert Sowislo, MD Visiting Physicians Association Farmington Hills, MI Margaret Rathier, MD VA Connecticut Healthcare Newington, CT Bill Zafirau, MD Akron, OH
10:30-10:35 a.m.	"What I Do - Why I'm a Home Care Provider" II Peter DeGolia, MD University Hospitals Cleveland, OH
10:35-11:00 a.m.	Break - Networking Session I
11:00-12:00 p.m.	House Call Education Robert Kaiser, MD, MHSc Washington DC VA Med Ctr Geriatrics & Extended Care Washington, DC Rebecca Conant, MD UCSF San Francisco, CA Jennifer Hayashi, MD Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Arlington, VA
	Practice Management Basics C. Gresham Bayne, MD Past-President, AAHCP Janus Health, Inc. San Diego, CA
12:00-1:00 p.m.	LUNCH AND ANNUAL MEETING Annual Report of the President House Call Doctor and Clinician of the Year Awards
1:00-1:05 p.m.	"What I Do - Why I'm a Home Care Provider" III Thomas Cornwell, MD Board of Directors, AAHCP HomeCare Physicians Wheaton, IL
1:05-1:45 p.m.	Homecare Literature Review Colin Thomas, MD VA San Diego Healthcare San Diego, CA
1:45-2:25 p.m.	The Roads Not to Travel in Building a Thriving House Call Practice C. Gresham Bayne, MD
2:25-2:55 p.m.	Realistic Technology for the House Call Practice Edward Ratner, MD Board of Directors, AAHCP University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
2:55-3:15 p.m.	BREAK - Networking Session II
3:15-3:20 p.m.	"What I Do - Why I'm a Home Care Provider" IV Scharmaine Lawson Baker, DNP, FNP-BC Advanced Clinical Consultants New Orleans, LA
3:20-3:50 p.m.	Improving Transitions in Care: Avoiding the Fumbles Jean A. Yudin, MSN, RN, CS Secretary, Board of Directors, AAHCP University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA Kathy A. Kemle, MS, PA-C Board of Directors, AAHCP Family Health Lizella, GA
3:50-4:10 p.m.	Housecall Clinical Pearls 2009 Karl Eric DeJonge, MD Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC
4:10-4:30 p.m.	Where Do We Go From Here? Joe Ramsdell, MD President, AAHCP UCSD Medical Center San Diego, CA