2025 Summit Schedule: Day 2

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

7:30 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) & 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 Why is California Regulatory Education Important
  Speaker: Michael R. Wasserman, MD, CMD
   
3:10 PM Policy Panel: Advocacy in CA and Beyond
  Speaker: Alex Bardakh, MPP, Cassie Dunham, and Mike Wasserman, MD, CMD
   
3:40 PM Break/Exhibits (30 Minutes)
   
4:10 PM In-The-Trenches: Topics and Speakers
  1.) Behavioral Health in LTC; George Woods, MD, LFAPA and Glen Xiong, MD, CMD
  2.) Wounds; Program Faculty
  3.) Open Evidence; Program Faculty
  4.) Methadone & Semiglutide; Program Faculty
  5.) Age Friendly Healthcare; Program Faculty
   
4:20 PM In-The-Trenches: Round 1
5:00 PM In-The-Trenches: Round 2
   
5:40 PM Poster Session: & Cocktail Reception
   
6:45 PM Adjourn