Leading the Way: Opportunities to Meet the Needs of Those with Serious Illness
Chicago Regional Leadership Summit for Supportive Care
May 1, 2015
7:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Hamburger University at McDonald’s Campus
2715 Jorie Boulevard, Rooms 134/136
Oak Brook, Illinois
AGENDA
Objectives:
1. Understand palliative care and the needs of those with serious illness, both from a national and local
perspective.
2. Understand the impact of palliative care, including how palliative care can support organizational goals
and the development of accountable care.
3. Understand the essentials of starting or expanding a palliative care program.
4. Build internal and external relationships to meet the workforce needs in the Chicago region.
Time
Topic
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Presenters
Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:00 – 8:15 AM
Welcome
Stacie K. Levine, M.D.
Sean O’Mahony, MB BCh BAO, MS
8:15 – 9:00 AM
Meeting the Needs of Those with Serious
Illness: National Trends in Palliative Care
Tom Gualtieri-Reed, M.B.A.
Meeting the Need Locally: Challenges
and Opportunities in the Chicago Region
Sean O’Mahony, MB BCh BAO, MS
Amir Jaffer, M.D., M.B.A.
Anthony J. Perry, M.D.
Ileana Leyva, M.D.
Kevin C. McCune, M.D.
9:00 – 10:15 AM
10:15 – 10:45 AM
10:45 – 11:45 AM
Break & Networking
11:45 – 12:30 PM
12:30 – 1:30 PM
1:30 – 2:00 PM
Tom Gualtieri-Reed, M.B.A.
Sean O’Mahony, MB BCh BAO, MS
Business Plan Essentials
Lunch & Networking
Private Payer Perspective
on Palliative Care
Jonathan Miller, M.S., L.P.C., C.C.M.
Sharing Best Practices, Building the
Workforce, and Sustaining Growth
Stacie K. Levine, M.D.
Sean O’Mahony, MB BCh BAO, MS
This event is supported by a grant from the Coleman Foundation of Chicago.
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Presenters and Panelists:
Tom Gualtieri-Reed, M.B.A., is a healthcare consultant with Spragens & Associates, LLC.
Amir Jaffer, M.D., M.B.A. is the Associate Chief Medical Officer; Division Chief of Hospital Medicine and Senior
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Associate Chief Medical Officer; Division
Chief, Hospital Medicine
Stacie K. Levine, M.D. is the Director of Palliative Medicine Fellowship; the Director of Hospice and Palliative
Medicine Education; and Co-Director of the Palliative Medicine Program, in the Section of Geriatrics and
Palliative Medicine at the University of Chicago. She is Co-Director of the Coleman Palliative Medicine Training
Program.
Ileana M. Leyva, M.D. is the Medical Director for Palliative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage
Hospital in Winfield, IL.
Kevin C. McCune, M.D. is the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Management at Advocate
Medical Group in Oak Brook, IL.
Jonathan Miller, M.S., L.P.C., C.C.M. is the Senior Manager of Clinical Business Solutions at Enterprise Clinical
Operation Improvement, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), Blue Cross/Blue Shield of IL, MT, NM,OK, TX.
Sean O’Mahony, MB BCh BAO, MS is the Director of the Section of Palliative Medicine at Rush University Medical
Center in Chicago; the Medical Director of Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Inpatient Services;
and the Co-Director of the Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program.
Anthony J. Perry, M.D. is Vice President for Population Health and Ambulatory Services and Division Chief of
Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
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