MHA Spring Conference & Vendor Fair Best Western Heritage Inn Great Falls, MT March 24 - 26, 2010

Plan To Attend

Who Should Attend the Conference?

Each health care professional in Montana plays an important role in determining and improving the health of the citizens of our state.

MHA’s Spring Conference has sessions to address the educational needs and current issues of all extended care staff-CAH DONs, administrators, directors, department managers, home health and hospice specialists, dietary and activity professionals. In addition, we will again this year be providing sessions for Human Resources professionals and bringing back the Nurse Leadership Forum.

The conference will continue to build on its theme of leadership and communication, with sessions designed to address specific disciplines, and some that are applicable to everyone in their quest for improved leadership skills!

Nurse Leadership Forum

The Nurse Leadership Forum, in its third year, will continue at the Spring Conference this year. The Forum continues to be a successful and popular program and this year’s track will not disappoint! The Forum promises to tackle the biggest issues facing nurses today with better knowledge, skills, and more takeaways. We promise it will send you home feeling renewed, refreshed, and ready to face even the most challenging situations with an opportunity for follow up education.

This year’s Nurse Leadership Forum features Debra J. Parsons, MD, a nationally-known speaker and team member of the Bedside Collaborative, created by Dr. Brian Wong.The morning session of the Nurse Leadership Forum focuses on defining and changing your relationships and communication with your physicians and coworkers, the most important and difficult relationships for nurse leaders. This dynamic and thoughtprovoking session introduces you to the Bedside Project and its Cultural Operating System, and how you can apply these concepts quickly and effectively to your communication and relationships with others in your facility.

You will not want to miss the afternoon sessions of the Nurse Leadership Forum, jam-packed with sessions ranging from wound care, to communication, to a little comic relief with our keynote speaker, Bobbie Staten. There is something for everybody!

New Track Added to Spring Conference

Now more than ever, our facilities need the most up-to-- date information on emergency planning. MHA will be adding a full track for Emergency Preparedness Planners at this year’s Spring Conference.

Conference Agenda & Events

Featured Speakers (just a few of many!)

JUDY ADAMS, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, Larson Allen, LLP, is a wellknown health care consultant and speaker with over 30 years of health care experience and extensive experience in home care and home health management. Judy holds the Homecare Coding Specialist— Diagnosis (HCS-D) certification from the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and a Certificate for OASIS Specialist—Clinical from the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board.

JAN BUTTREY is the Coordinator for the UDOH Bioterrorism Preparedness Program and Deputy Division Director of the Division of Health Systems Improvement. Within this capacity, she directs all aspects of Emergency Medical Services within the state of Utah and directs the Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness program, the Statewide Critical Incident Stress Management Program and oversees the CDC Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism program. She also acts as Department of Health Disaster Coordinator including being responsible for all planning, exercise development and implementation, and coordinator of incident management.

DEBRA J. PARSONS, MD, FACP is currently a lead faculty of the Bedside Trust. In her twenty year career as an internist, chief of staff, clinical professor and consultant, Dr. Parsons has worked and visited many overwhelmed, inefficient organizations all lacking the same thing...the culture needed to understand, discuss and cure their problems. Her strength lies in her ability to comprehend the layers of relationships within organizations, and provide them with tools to bring their people together as a self-propelled workforce that best serves patients. With her unique background as a physician/ educator, Dr. Parsons motivates nurses, physicians and managers to listen and learn from each others’ perspectives to find common ground. Her teachings lead to self-organized, problem solving cultures that raise performance, build trust and directly increase operational efficiency.

SHERYL ROSENFIELD, RN,BC is the Director of Clinical Services for Zimmet Healthcare Services Group, LLC. Sheryl has provided consulting services to SNF providers in over 40 states and has been a trainer of the MDS since 1990. Sheryl served on the CMS Technical Expert Panel, a task force mandated by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to evaluate the implementation and impact of PPS on SNFs. She was a member of the clinical standards and training team for the federal DAVe project from 2002-2006. Sheryl also served as a “Technical Expert” to CMS on various MDS projects in 2002 and 2003. She co-wrote the script for several CMS MDS training programs.

Sheryl is a founding board member and master trainer for AANAC, the national association for MDS Coordinators. Sheryl speaks and trains extensively on MDS around the country.

BOBBIE STATEN, RN, MS, began her career as a nurse and has held positions of head nurse, nursing supervisor and psychiatric nursing instructor. She opened a nursing practice in 1988 to help others caught up in the “I can’t” mode, where she helped thousands reach their personal health goals. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Public Health from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bobbie’s topics are a result of her personal battle with life, health, and finding happiness. For years Bobbie felt unfulfilled, working in positions that didn’t especially match her talents or natural tendencies. She was unhappy and it showed. She talks of turning life around; having the courage to take responsibility for finding one’s own happiness. First-hand knowledge provides her with a special insight that helps audiences find the courage to take the plunge! Bobbie’s health philosophy is based on each individual’s responsibility for self-care, guided by -but not controlled by -health care professionals. Bobbie has been speaking professionally since 1986 and now pursues this full time. She has earned the coveted Certified Speaking Professional credential of the National Speakers Association. During her nursing career, Bobbie joined Sigma Theta Tau (the National Scholastic Nursing Honor Society), and the American Nurses Association.

STEPHEN WRIGHT has been involved in the sales, marketing, development and market research areas serving the active adult, senior housing and longterm care industries for over 25 years. Wright formed Wright Mature Market Services fourteen years ago and has worked on hundreds of senior housing research, design, strategic marketing and sales projects throughout the United States and Canada.

Prior to forming Wright Mature Market Services, Mr. Wright was Vice President - Marketing and Sales for Leisure Care, Inc. for eight years. There, Wright developed marketing systems enabling one of the largest privately held seniors housing companies to achieve unprecedented census growth.

Stephen is an instructor for University of Washington’s Construction and Development Graduate Program and is a frequent contributor to many industry publications. Wright was voted one of the 100 most influential people in long-term care by McKnight’s Long- Term Care News and frequently speaks at regional and national programs on various mature market issues.

Important Details

Continuing Education

Participants are responsible for turning in their Attendance Verification Forms prior to leaving the convention or by mailing within seven (7) days to MHA.

Attendance Verification Forms will be provided on-site at the Registration Desk. Blank certificate forms will not be available after the conference.

All other disciplines may apply on an individual basis with the appropriate accreditation organization. Although we cannot guarantee other accreditation, MHA sessions usually qualify for other educational credits.

MHA does not apply for continuing education credits for individual accreditations. If you would like to apply for continuing education, please send the Certificate of Attendance to your respective accreditation organization for consideration.

Conference Materials

Conference materials will not be pre-mailed; you will receive a confirmation e-mail acknowledging your registration was received by MHA. Name badges, Certificates of Attendance, and a complete conference booklet will be available on-site at the MHA registration desk.

Handouts

Paper handouts for education sessions will NOT be distributed at the conference. Download and print copies of your session materials from the MHA website at www.mtha.org. Materials will be posted on MHA’s Web site starting 10 days prior to the beginning of the conference. AdobeAcrobat Reader (free software) is required to view/print the handouts.

Registration Information

“Early Bird” Registration Deadline
MARCH 10, 2010
Registrations must be postmarked by or received (via mail, fax or online registration) on or before March 10, 2010. After March 10, higher fees apply.

Cancellation Deadline
MARCH 18, 2010
Cancellations must be made in writing and received at the MHA office by 5 pm on March 18.

Cancellations must be submitted by fax (406.443.3894) or e-mail to: mharegistration@mtha.org. NOTE: If you registered on-line, you may also cancel your registration on-line. Telephone cancellations will not be accepted.

Refunds
All refunds will be made after the conference, less a $20 per person processing fee. Cancellations received after March 18 will not be refunded.

Confirmation of Registration
MHA will send each individual registrant a confirmation of their convention registration at the e-mail address provided on their registration form. If an e-mail address is not provided, a confirmation will not be sent.

Registration Fees

NOTE: NEW FEE STRUCTURE THIS YEAR! PLEASE READ INFORMATION BELOW CAREFULLY.

PER PERSON FEES
All convention registrants will be charged a mandatory $195 per person fee for members and $295 per person for non-members, whether attending one day or all three days. See full registration schedule below.

REBATES
In order to keep the registration process as smooth as possible, MHA will offer rebates after the conference to any qualifying facility, based on the tiers listed on the registration form. These rebates will allow everyone to register online or by paper registration, will reduce labor and confusion, and will allow MHA to account for all cancellations and on-site registrations before doing a final tally of registrants from your facility.

Payment of Registration Fees
All member participants registering for the MHA Spring Conference will pay the $195 per person fee. Fees can be paid by check or credit card.

Any rebates will be calculated and mailed to each facility approximately 30 days after the convention.

Note: Non-member registration fees MUST be paid prior to the start of the conference.

CAH DON Registration

CAH DONS attending the Spring Conference and the DON Forum will receive $100 off their Spring Conference per person registration fees. If you are attending the conference as an invited CAH DON, the $100 will be deducted from your single registrant fee for a total fee of $95. Be sure to mark your registration for the CAH DON Forum on the Spring Conference registration form.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR HARD COPY REGISTRATION

1. EVERY PARTICIPANT MUST COMPLETE A REGISTRATION FORM
• Provide all items as requested. Please be sure all information is legible, accurate and complete. Name badges will be printed from the information on this form.
• Additional copies of the brochure and registration form can be downloaded directly from MHA’s Web site at www.mtha.org.
• Photocopies of the registration form will also be accepted.
  
  
2. SELECT THE WORKSHOPS AND SESSIONS YOU WILL BE ATTENDING.
• If you plan on attending a multi-part session, be sure to select that workshop in every session block.
• If you do not pre-register for a workshop, you may be denied access if the workshop is full.
• Be sure to mark your attendance for the CAH DON Forum (invitation only).
  
  
3. SUBTOTAL YOUR FEES IN THE SPECIFIED BOX ON PAGE 1 OF THE REGISTRATION FORM.
   
   
4. MAIL OR FAX YOUR REGISTRATION TO MHA
• See the registration form (pg 19 -20) for MHA’s contact information.
  
  
5. REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION
   • You will receive a confirmation within 48-72 hours of registration via e-mail.
   • If you do not receive a confirmation within 48-72 hours contact MHA at (406) 442-1911.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION

If you register online, DO NOT SUBMIT A HARD COPY.

1. PROVIDE ALL ITEMS AS REQUESTED. PLEASE BE SURE ALL INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE.
   
   
2. SELECT THE WORKSHOPS AND SESSIONS YOU WILL BE ATTENDING.
   
   
3. SELECT PAYMENT TYPE.
• You may now pay by credit card online!
  
  
4. REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION
   • You will receive a confirmation within 24 hours of registration via e-mail.
   • If you do not receive a confirmation within 24 hours contact MHA at (406) 442-1911.

Questions? Call Kim Wiens at (406) 442-1911. Email: kim@mtha.org