In this session you'll learn:

• The differences for split shared visits in 2024
• Physician rules for supervision in 2024
• The new Hospital and Observation Services codes and guidelines

Jill M. Young, CPC, CEDC, CIMC, Principal Consultant, Young Medical Consulting, LLC

In this session you'll learn:

• Scripting options to counsel patients/families facing serious illness
• What assistance is available to have difficult conversations
• Preemptive and management strategies for each conversation

Annette T. Carron, DO, MACOI (she/her/hers), Director Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital

In this session you'll learn:

• The key challenges and factors influencing the transition from inpatient to outpatient management in chronic pain patients
• Best practices for developing personalized care plans to facilitate seamless transitions and improve patient outcomes
• Challenges associated with transitions and solutions to overcome barriers for more effective chronic pain management

Jean Storm, DO

In this session you'll learn:

• The metrics commonly used in an acute care setting
• The importance of these metrics to a hospital provider, and how they can impact them
• The financial metrics important to the C-suite and hospital finance/revenue cycle teams

Ariana L. Peters, DO, FACOI, Medical Director, Care Management, Mayo Clinic Arizona

In this session you'll learn to:

• Identify the clinical signs and symptoms supporting the diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis
• Recognize the potential morbidity associated with untreated giant cell arteritis
• Define the treatment options for polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis including strengths and limitations of medication choices

Linda Brecher DO, FACOI, FACR (she/her/hers), Associate Professor of Medicine, Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine

In this session you'll learn to:

• Understand and maintain the Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) process
• Gather information necessary to encourage osteopathic board certification
• Understand AOBIM board initiatives and opportunities

J. Rico Blanco, Certification Director, American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine