UPCOMING EVENTS

2020 Midwinter Conference

Jan. 25, 2020
Birmingham Marriott
3590 Grandview Pkwy
Birmingham, AL 35243

Individual Membership and Conference Registration

Accommodations:
The ALMDA Room Block Rate is $139. Reserve a room by calling (888) 426-5171.
Room cutoff is Jan. 3, 2020.

Hotel Registration.

Conference Agenda

Exhibitors Please Join Us!

The Alabama Medical Directors Association depends on the support of vendors that exhibit their products/services at our meetings. The Association leadership is extremely grateful for the companies who support our conference. This support allows us to continue our educational offerings to our members and attendees.

Exhibitors Information

2019 Annual Conference Wrap-up

AGENDA

THURSDAY, JULY 25

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: ALMDA Board Meeting

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Registration/Reception with Exhibitors

FRIDAY, JULY 26

7:30 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.: Advisory Committee Meeting of ALMDA’s Board of Directors, ANHA and ADPH

7:30 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.: Registration/Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.: Welcome

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Pre-admission Screening Residential Review
Angela Howard, Director, OBRA PASRR, Alabama Department of Mental Health

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Managing Common Neuromuscular Diseases in LTC
Victor Sung, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama - Birmingham

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Morning Break with Exhibitors

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: AMDA Update
Chris Laxton, Executive Director, AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Reducing Unnecessary Hospital Transfers from the Long-term Care Setting
Jimmy Davis, MD, CMD, Medical Director, AQAF

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch and Membership Meeting

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Common Dermatological Issues in the Elderly
Lauren Graham, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama - Birmingham

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Risk Reduction Strategies
William Ashley, JD, Senior Risk Resource Advisor, ProAssurance

SATURDAY, JULY 27

7:30 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.: Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.: Announcements

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Common Infections in Long-term Care: Using McGeers Criteria to Diagnose and Treat
Todd McCarty, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama - Birmingham

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Opioid Prescribing Part 1
Steve P. Furr, MD, CMD, Family Physician; and Boyde J. Harrison, MD, CMD, Family Physician

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Morning Break with Exhibitors

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Opioid Prescribing Part 2
Steve P. Furr, MD, CMD; and Boyde J. Harrison, MD, CMD

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Reducing Unrealistic Family Expectations ( = 1 hours)
Robert Webb, MD, Medical Director, Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital
Lunch on your own

SUNDAY, JULY 28

7:30 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.: Continental Breakfast

8:25 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Announcements

8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Strategies and Requirements for Medication Use in Long-term Care - Part One
Hyperpharmacotherapy - Part Two
Marilyn Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, Associate Clinical Professor, Auburn University School of Pharmacy; and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Alabama - Birmingham School of Medicine and University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Deciding What’s Best Care when Dementia is Present
Robert Webb, MD, Medical Director, Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital

11:30 a.m. Evaluation and Adjourn

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AMDA Webinars
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