SCHCA 2025 Trade Show Tentative Education & Event Agenda 

(14 CEU Hours Applied For through the SC Board of Long Term Health Care Administrators for CRCF, Dual, SNF Licenses)

Sunday April 27th

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm         SCHCA Convention Registration (Hampton Room)

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm        “What’s Happening with Surveys in South Carolina” (Windsor Ballroom)

Speaker: Kim Wilkerson, RN, SCHCA

Session Description: Come explore recent trends in survey in South Carolina. This session will explore common trends in citations with a focus on immediate jeopardies that have occurred in South Carolina. In addition, we will explore how to lessen your facility’s risk.

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm      “The Importance on Deprescribing in Older Adults”  (Windsor Ballroom)

Speakers: Tamara Schell, PharmD, and Elizabeth Balusek, LBSW, LNHA, CDP, OmniCare

Session Description: Prescribing for older adults requires a nuanced understanding of their comorbidities, physiological changes, and potential medication interactions. This in-service aims to highlight the importance of appropriate prescribing, address common scenarios where deprescribing may be necessary, and improve communication among prescriber pharmacists, healthcare providers, and older adults and their families.

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm      “SCHCA Board Meeting” (Somerset Room)

6:30-9:00 pm     “Welcome Reception” 

Please join us on the rooftop of Black Drum to mingle with sponsors and other long-term and post-acute care professionals. Our welcome reception will have great food, drinks, and entertainment! Don’t miss this opportunity to network with sponsors, who are invested in helping you find solutions to your operational and care challenges!

Monday April 28th

8:00 am – 4:00 pm            SCHCA Convention Registration (Hampton)

8:30 am – 9:30 am    “The Magnet Advantage: Becoming a Team of Retention Champions”

Speaker: Shelonda Darling, Magnet Culture

Session Description: This session will energize and empower your entire team to reduce “us versus them” conflicts at work. Participants will leave this powerful, engaging session with a renewed sense of commitment to the organization and ownership in the retention solution. Our people are our greatest retention advocates, so let’s all attract others onto our teams, instead of repelling the talent we can’t afford to lose.

9:45 am – 10:45 am          “Membership Meeting”

11:00 am -12:00 pm        “A Facility Assessment Approach to Behavioral Health” 

Speaker: Sherri Creel, Alliant Health

Session Description: Discover a practical approach to conducting a nursing facility behavioral health needs assessment. Learn to systematically identify the behavioral health demographics and needs of a facility’s resident population and a method for evaluating a facility’s current behavioral health services. Explore the range of behavioral health services and support that can be offered in and out of a facility to increase capacity to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm          Lunch On Your Own

1:00 pm -2:00 pm        “It’s Not About Birth Year: The Evolution of Employees from A to GenZ”

Speaker: Shelonda Darling, Magnet Culture

Session Description: Instead of fueling the “us versus them” fire on your team, it’s time to explore the “why” behind the unique mindsets of our multigenerational workforce. Understand how Baby Boomers, GenX, Millennials, and GenZ were raised differently and the impact of their upbringing on the employer-employee relationship. We will also dispel myths about younger workers’ perceived lack of professionalism and work ethic. Magnet Culture’s award-winning generational lens provides valuable insights to navigate key challenges and opportunities presented by today’s new workforce. It’s time to create a workplace that more effectively manages multi-generational teams, as one-size leadership styles no longer fit all.

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm        “Dental Services in LTC: Groovy Guidelines and Far-Out Practices” 

Speakers: Kathy O’Leary and Elizabeth   Balusek, Excelhealth

Session Description:  This session will focus on  the regulatory requirements for dental services in long term care. A review of best dental health practices will be explored.

2:10 pm -3:10 pm                “How Does Discharge Function Score Function”    

Speaker: Joel VanEaton, Broad River Rehab

Session Description: The SNF QRP required discharge function score measure is the GG replacement measure for the section G based short stay improvement in function. Since January 2024, CMS has been calculating the new discharge function score on IQIES reports. The new measure began to affect 5 star ratings in January 2025 and will affect the Value Based Purchasing incentive multiplier in October 2026. This session will help providers to become familiar with how this measure is calculated, how it will impact each SNF quality program, and how to use the results for quality improvement.

2:10 pm -3:10 pm                “ Stepping Toward Stability: Reducing Fall Injuries in Long-Term Care”

Speaker: Kevin O’Neil, MD, LifeSource of NC, Inc.

Session Description: Reducing falls with injury is essential. This session will explore how to identify both intrinsic and extrinsic contributing factors through root cause analysis. In addition, tools for fall risk will be reviewed as well.

Tuesday, April 29th

8:00 am – 10:00 am         Convention Registration (Hampton)

8:30 am-9:30 am          “ Tearing Down the Risk in Managed Care” 

Speaker: Tabitha Faulk, Managed Care Consultants of America

Session Description: Managed Care has had a financial impact in America. Our future success or demise can be written by how well we adapt and thrive in the Managed world. Learn to prevent financial loss and only take the calculated risk that will put you and your company in the green!

8:30 am- 9:30 am   “Nonpharmacological Interventions for Nursing Home Residents: Preparing for 2025 CMS Regulations”

Speaker: Dr. Wayne Tasker, Team Health

Session Description: Medication management plays a critical role in the care of nursing home residents, but there are many effective nonpharmacological interventions that can complement or replace pharmacological approaches. With the 2025 CMS regulations emphasizing behavioral health and holistic care, facilities have an opportunity to align their practices with these standards. This presentation will explore innovative non-drug strategies, highlight the importance of collaboration between prescribers and therapy teams, and introduce person-centered care approaches that address mental health needs. Attendees will learn how to manage behaviors, improve symptoms, and reduce PRN medication use or emergency hospitalizations, all while meeting new regulatory expectations.

9:45 am – 10:45 am    “Opioid Crisis & Pain Management in the Post Acute Setting”

Speakers: Scott Stewart and Alicia Marquis, PharmD, Pharmcare USA

Session Description: Many residents are faced with short term and chronic conditions which result in pain. The opioid crisis and the resulting regulatory safeguards to decrease long term opioid use can be challenging when dealing with pain management. This session will assist attendees’ knowledge of pain management in the post-acute setting.

9:45 am – 10:45 am  “ HVAC Control Strategies to Help Reduce the Spread of Infectious Disease”

Speaker: Ben Buelow, HarrisISI

Session Description: Come learn what makes up a BMS system and how BMS systems can be used to help reduce the spread of infectious diseases.

11:00 am- 12:00 pm      “ South Carolina Medicaid Eligibility Updates”

Speaker: Becky Hewitt, Hall, Booth, Smith

Session Description: The Medicaid Eligibility Appeals process can be difficult for Long-term Care Residents and Providers but is often necessary . HBS will walk providers through the Medicaid fair hearing request and appeal procedures step by step from submission to the final ruling. Attendees will gain knowledge related to South Carolina Medicaid policies and strategies used to prepare for a hearing. Our team will share valuable insight from real cases and scenarios facing South Carolina’s Medicaid applicants and providers. Providers will learn best practices to prevent Medicaid denials but also recognize when a fair hearing is unavoidable. Participants will become a skilled resource not only for their company, but for residents and family members as well.

11:00 am- 12:00 pm    “Navigating the Latest CMS Guidance: Key Updates to Appendix PP”

Speaker: Hawley Hunt, MBA, MHA, LNHA, Senior Director, Regulatory and Quality Services

Session Description: On November 18, 2024, CMS announced updated guidance to several regulations. They made additional updates to guidance with the release of a January 15, 2025, QSO memo. This session will review recent revisions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) interpretive Guidance in Appendix PP. The recent updates are effective March 24, 2025. Through this session, learners will be provided with action items to prepare for the effective date. In addition, tips will be provided for preparation ahead of the effective date, through a review of the updated Critical Element Pathways.

12:00 pm-2:00 pm            Attendee Lunch

12:00 pm-3:30 pm            “Celebrating 70 Years of Groovy Solutions in LTC Trade Show”

4:00 pm- 6:00 pm             Disco Fever Reception

Please join us on the rooftop of Black Drum to celebrate the end of another successful event! Enjoy great food and drinks while you network and catch up with colleagues.

Wednesday, April 30th

8:30 am – 9:30 am          “ Where Do SNFs Reside in the New ACO Hospital World?” 

Speaker:  Frank Newlands, M.D., Physicans Services Group

Session Description: Take a deep dive into the role of skilled nursing in ACOs from the hospital point of view. Attendees will explore key metrics that affect hospital referrals. In addition, learn keys to successful transitions.

9:45 am – 10:45 am        “Revamping Nursing Facility Compliance: Risk Areas and Best Practices Identified in Recent OIG Industry Guidance”

Speakers: Alice Harris and Lauren De Moss, Maynard Nexsen

Session Description: Do you know what your facility’s compliance risk are? This session will focus on risk areas identified by the OIG. Learn how to strengthen your facility’s compliance programs and processes.

Hotel Information:

The Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach will once again host the

2025 SCHCA Showcase.

Hotel Oceanside Condominium        

Ocean View King                   $232

Ocean View 2 double Bed     $232

North/South Hampton – 2 Bedrooms   $236

North/South Hampton – 3 Bedroom     $281

Brighton Tower

2 Bedroom                         $273

3 Bedroom                         $330

Plantation Villas

2 Bedroom                         $190

3 Bedroom                         $255

***In order to receive our special rates, please be sure to mention CHC (Embassy) or CHA (Kingston) when making your reservations. The reservation number is (800) 876-0010.

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