CLE: End of Life Symposium
Present
End of Life Symposium
Friday, September 9, 2016
Thomas and Mack Moot Court Facility
1:30 - 5:10 p.m.
3.5 CLE credits and 3.0 CME (ethics) credits
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This program is $25.00 for attendees requesting CLE, CEU and CMU credits. Free to NSHE students, faculty and staff.
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Overview
This program aims to inform lawyers, healthcare professionals, as well as law, medical, and other students about some of the medical, legal, ethical, and social issues relevant to end-of-life care for seriously ill patients and their families. The program will explore effectively communicating serious clinical news to patients and families; the impacts of end-of-life care on quality of life and finances; utilizing community resources; measuring caregiver burden in end-of-life care; understanding end-of-life issues among certain vulnerable populations; defining hospice and describing basic services involved in hospice care; defining eligibility criteria for hospice care; discussing the burden the federal Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospice (42 c.f.r. Part 418), including requirements relating to patient eligibility for hospice; physician certification of terminal illness; the definition of terminal illness, and prohibitions relating to the submission of claims, as well as health care fraud and abuse cases involving hospice claims; and legal issues in executing and enforcing advanced directives, as well as ways to help clients clarify their desires.
Agenda
| 1:30-1:40 | Introduction | Professor Gakh, UNLV School of Community Health Sciences; Dr. Yoo, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine |
| 1:40-2:15 | Impact of end-of-life care on health outcomes and introduction of Nevada End of Life Study (NES) | Dr. Yoo, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine |
| 2:15-2:45 | Communications: How to break bad news/family meeting tips | Dr. Nakagawa, Columbia University |
| 2:45-3:15 | Barriers to hospice care | Professor Ko, San Diego State University |
| 3:15-3:25 | Break | |
| 3:25-3:55 | Hospice Overview and Medicare Regulation of Hospice Payment | Professor Tovino, UNLV Boyd School of Law; Nora Luna, Director of Diversity, Nathan Adelson Hospice |
| 3:55-4:25 | End-of-life in vulnerable populations - minority and limited literacy | Professor Yamashita, UNLV Department of Sociology |
| 4:25-4:55 | Advanced Directives | Carol Kingman, Attorneys Southern Nevada Senior Law Project |
| 4:55-5:10 | Questions, Answers & Closing Remarks | Dr. Yoo, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine |
For questions, please contact:
Associate Dean Christine Smith
William S. Boyd School of Law
(702) 895-1872
Christine.smith@unlv.edu