Schedule (Eastern Time)

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

11:00 am – 11:05 am

Welcome & Introductions

11:05 am – 11:50 am

Regulatory Updates

Kate Beller, JD, President, ‎AMRPA

11:50 am – 12:20 pm

Prior Authorization and Medicare Advantage – Strategies to Succeed

Renee Alsop, PT, DPT, MRMC, Manager, Rehabilitation Authorizations and Appeals, Atrium Health – Carolinas Rehabilitation

12:20 pm – 1:05 pm

Navigating Nursing Shortages with Strategy and Structure

Lela Hickonbottom, DNP, MSN, MBA, CRRN, Chief Nursing Officer, DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

‎1:20 pm – 2:05 pm‎

The Rehab Physician Gap: Staffing, Compliance, and the Cost of Being Unprepared

Jeffery S. Johns, M.D., Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Dept of PM&R, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Director, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, & Executive Medical Director, Rehabilitation & Pain Medicine Patient Care Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Darryl Kaelin, M.D., University of Louisville Endowed Chair of Stroke and Brain Injury Rehab, Professor and Chief of PM&R, University of Louisville, Medical Director of Frazier Rehab Institute, Past President AAPM&R

‎2:05 pm – 2:50 pm

Inspiring Collaboration in Inpatient Rehabilitation:  A Journey of Trust, Teamwork, and Transformation

Lisa Schmelz, OTR, Post Acute Services Education Specialist, HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement

Tyler Huish, MPT, NCS, Therapy Manager, Utah Valley Hospital, Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit

2:50 pm – 2:55 pm

Closing Remarks

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

11:00 am – 11:05 am

Opening Remarks

‎11:05 am – ‎‎11:50 am

EMR Compliance in the Age of AI

Jane Snecinski, MBA, ‎FACHE, MRMC, President ‎and Principal Consultant, ‎‎Post Acute Advisors

Christopher Thorson, PT, ‎MRMC, CCCE, Rehabilitation ‎Manager, Essentia Health ‎Miller-Dwan Rehabilitation ‎Services ‎

Michael Sperl, DO, Essentia ‎Health Miller-Dwan ‎Rehabilitation Services

‎11:50 am – 12:35 pm ‎

Improving Outcomes through Accurate & Consistent GG Scoring

Lisa Werner, MBA, MS, SLP, ‎Director of Consulting ‎Services, Fleming AOD

‎12:50 am – ‎‎1:35 pm

IRF QRP, Reporting Requirements, and Publicly Reported Outcomes

Troy Hillman, Director of ‎Quality and Health Policy, ‎AMRPA ‎

Janet Pue, DPT, NCS, FACHE, Director of Rehabilitation Services at Carolinas Rehabilitation-Northeast, EQUADR PSO Coordinator

Alicia L. Ancarrow, MSPT, ‎MSHA, Senior Clinical Director, Post-Acute Services- Acute ‎Inpatient Rehabilitation, HCA

‎1:35 am – ‎‎2:20 pm

Successfully Leading Yourself and Others Through Change 

Jan McCafferty, RN, MBA, ‎PCC, Managing Director, ‎Tandem Solutions

2:20 pm – 2:25 pm

Closing Remarks