Agenda of the 2025 Quality Symposium

Friday, June 6

6:30-8 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8-8:10 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Angela Beranek, Coordinator, Quality, Franciscan Senior Health & Wellness, Chair, NPA Quality Committee       

8:10-8:20 a.m.
Overview of Conference Objectives

  • Jill Goetzinger, RN, MSN, Interim Executive Director, Alexian PACE, Vice Chair, NPA Quality Committee

8:20-8:40 a.m.
Ice Breaker: The Quality Champion Challenge

  • Mia Phifer, MSJ, Senior Vice President, Quality and Compliance, National PACE Association

8:40-10:00 a.m.
Navigating CMS PACE Requirements: Best Practices for Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating PACE Quality Programs

  • Mia Phifer, MSJ, Senior Vice President, Quality and Compliance, National PACE Association

10-10:15 a.m.
Networking Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.
Reducing 30-Day Readmissions with Transitions Care Management

  • Breanna Khasky, RN, Utilization Review, Providence ElderPlace Washington 
  • Vantrang T. Nguyen, MD, Associate Medical Director, Providence ElderPlace PACE – Western Washington

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Connecting the Dots: An Order Monitoring Quality Improvement Project

  • Crissy L Flake, National Director, Quality and Compliance Programs, myPlace Health, Chair, NPA Quality Improvement Subcommittee of the Quality Committee

12:15-1:15 p.m.
Networking Lunch

1:15 -2:45 p.m.
Fostering Excellence: Intersection of Quality and Compliance in PACE

  • Jennifer Kennedy, Chief Compliance Officer, One Senior Care, Inc.
  • Laura Lyons, Chief Quality Officer, LIFE-NWPA

2:45-3:30 p.m.
Engaging and Training the PACE Workforce in Quality Improvement

  • Shelby Sheeder, Director, Training and Operational Development, LIFE-NWPA

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Networking Break

3:45-4:45 p.m.
Why Quality, Why PACE, and Why I Stay

  • Angela Beranek, Coordinator, Quality, Franciscan Senior Health & Wellness, Chair, NPA Quality Committee       
  • Crissy L Flake, National Director, Quality and Compliance Programs, myPlace Health, Chair, NPA Quality Improvement Subcommittee of the Quality Committee
  • Jill Goetzinger, RN, MSN, Interim Executive Director, Alexian PACE, Vice Chair, NPA Quality Committee

4:45 p.m.
Adjournment

6-8 p.m.
Welcome Reception