Spring Conference
& Congressional Fly-In
Watergate Hotel • Washington, DC
March 22–24, 2020 Register Today
March 22-24, 2020
It's time to come to Washington, DC! AMRPA wants to encourage all current and future medical rehabilitation leaders to attend our annual Spring Conference & Congressional Fly-In, being held March 22-24, at The Watergate Hotel, in Washington, DC. The conference itself is split into two parts – the Medical Directors Symposium and the Leadership Forum, which includes the Congressional Fly-In.
amrpa.org/spring-2020
The Medical Directors Symposium on March 22 is designed for physician leadership within medical rehabilitation units. Whether you're a new or experienced medical director, you will walk away from this symposium with skills and strategies to ensure that you are successful in your medical director role. Topics to be covered include: Navigating post-acute choice and Medicare red tape How to lower your acute discharge rate Practices to lower your 30-day readmission rates after discharge Medical director's impact on quality care delivery Takeaways from the CMS Quality Summit Following the Medical Director's Symposium, the Leadership Forum and Congressional Fly-In are rare opportunities to hear directly from federal policy makers and industry thought leaders who are diving crucial discussions about the medical rehabilitation industry. This year, AMRPA has secured high-level representatives from a number of federal agencies, including: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
28 AMRPA Magazine / March 2020
Adam Boehler, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, CMS Deputy Administrator and Director of the CMS Innovation Center, speaks on innovation in post-acute care at the 2019 Leadership Forum.
In addition, we will hear from the National Association of LongTerm Care Hospitals and National Association for Home Care and Hospice. Alison N. Cernich, PhD, is the Deputy Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institute of Health. In her presentation, she will discuss the fundamental shift occurring in rehabilitation, in respect to the overall approach to delivering care and the new technologies being integrated in care delivery. Cernich will cover potential implications of these advances and where the field should be poised during this time of transition. Also joining us for the Leadership Forum is Ben Harder, Chief
