2025 Summit Schedule: Day 2

2025 CALTCM Summit for Excellence: Friday, October 24, 2025

7:00 AM Registration/Exhibits Open
7:00 AM Wellness Activity
8:00 AM Breakfast (45 minutes)
   
9:00 AM Welcome & Introductions
  Speaker: Barbara Hulz (Executive Director), Ashkan Javaheri, MD, CMD (President) & Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD (Education Chair)
   
9:10 AM What's Happening in PALTC? 
  Speaker: Ashkan Javaheri, MD, CMD (President) and Program Faculty
   
9:30 AM Keynote: The Future of PALTC
  Speaker: Alex Bardakh, MPP
   
10:30 AM Break/Exhibits (30 Minutes)
   
11:00 AM Ethical Cases: Risk Management
  Moderator: Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD and IDT Panel
   
12:00 PM Lunch Break/Exhibits
   
12:10 PM Lunch Break (45 Minutes): Product Theater (No CME) 
   
1:10 PM Federal Regulatory Updates
  Speaker: Alex Bardakh, MPP
   
1:40 PM CAHF Wrap Session: California Nursing Homes
  Speaker: Cassie Dunham
   
2:10 PM California Regulatory Updates
  Speaker: Michael R. Wasserman, MD, CMD
   
2:40 PM HSAG Outlook: Advancing Quality Together
  Speaker: Jennifer Wieckowski, MSG
   
2:55 PM Improving SNF Quality: CALTCM CMD Program for California Medical Directors
  Speaker: Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, HEC-C
   
3:15 PM Policy Panel: Advocacy in CA and Beyond
  Speaker: Alex Bardakh, MPP, Cassie Dunham, and Mike Wasserman, MD, CMD
   
3:45 PM Break/Exhibits (30 Minutes)
   
4:15 PM In-The-Trenches: Topics and Speakers
  1.) Behavioral Health in LTC; George Woods, MD, LFAPA and Glen Xiong, MD, CMD
  2.) Challenging Medical Cases; Meenakshi Patel, MD , FACP, MMM, CMD 
  3.) Medical Treatment for SUD in SNF; Soraya Azari, MD
  4.) Open Evidence; Katherine Trintchouk, MD
  5.) Wounds; Program Faculty
   
4:20 PM In-The-Trenches: Round 1
5:00 PM In-The-Trenches: Round 2
   
5:45 PM Poster Session: & Cocktail Reception
6:45 PM Adjourn