LECTURE SCHEDULE

      - Upcoming Lectures by Orbovich & Gartner Lawyers -

Barb Blumer:
Monday, March 24, 2008, 1:30p - 3:30p, "Overview of Current Issues and Challenges for Providers under the EW" for MHHA's Elderly Waiver Program, "A Virtual Learning Bootcamp"!
Location:  Participation by phone
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Barb Blumer:
Thursday, April 3, 2008, 10:00a - 12:00n, and 1:30p - 3:30p, "Landlord Tenant and Fair Housing Laws, and Their Impact on Seniors in Minnesota" for Minnesota Department of Human Services, Aging and Adult Services' Senior Housing Rights Training Seminar
Location:  444 Lafayette Road, St. Paul
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Sam Orbovich:
Wednesday/Thursday, April 9-10, 2008, "Conducting Internal Investigations" for Care Providers' Spring Leadership Conference
Location:  Minneapolis Airport Marriott, Bloomington
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Barb Blumer:
Wednesday/Thursday, April 9-10, 2008, "Assisted Living, including Leases and Evictions" for Care Providers' Spring Leadership Conference
Location:  Minneapolis Airport Marriott, Bloomington
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Sue Schaffer:
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 12:00p - 1:00p (CST), "Anatomy of a Nursing Home Discharge" for Minnesota CLE Webcast
Location:  Live via the Internet (www.MinnCLE.org) -- 1 hour MCLE Credit!
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Sue Schaffer:
Tuesday/Wednesday, April 15-16, 2008, "Preparing the New LTC DON for a Successful Future" for Minnesota Health & Housing Alliance
Location:  Little Falls, MN
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Barb Blumer:
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 10:45a - 12:00n, "Who Does What?  Hospice in Assisted Living" for Hospice Minnesota's End of Life Conference
Location:  Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake
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Barb Blumer:
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 11:00a - 12:00n, "Advance Care Planning:  Your Decisions Matter" on National Healthcare Decisions Day
Location:  Eagan Seniors Room, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan
For additional information, please call 651-675-5515.

Barb Blumer:
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 8:00a - 4:00p, "Understanding Housing-With-Services", with Angie Swetland, for MHHA's 2008 HWS Management Certification Program
Location:  MHHA Offices, Suite 350 South, 2550 University Ave W, St. Paul
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Barb Blumer:
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 8:00a - 11:30a AND 2:00p - 4:00p, "The Legal Framework of Relationships in Senior Housing", for MHHA's 2008 HWS Management Certification Program
Location:  MHHA Offices, Suite 350 South, 2550 University Ave W, St. Paul
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Barb Blumer:
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 10:00 - 11:30a and 12:30 - 4:00p; "Understanding the Setting You're Working In" with Becky Conway, and "Health Care Decision Making, Advance Directives, and Right to Refuse Services", both for The Foundation for Your Home Care Program, MHCA/MHHA's Nurse Managers in Home Care Settings certificate series
Location:  U of M Conference Center, St. Paul
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Sue Schaffer:
Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 8:30a - 12:00n, "The Role of the Nurse in Home Care", with Jeanette Mefford, for The Foundation for Your Home Care Program, MHCA/MHHA's Nurse Managers in Home Care Settings certificate series
Location:  U of M Conference Center, St. Paul
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Sue Schaffer:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008, "Supervision and Delegation in Home Care", with Jeanette Mefford, for The Foundation for Your Home Care Program, MHCA/MHHA's Nurse Managers in Home Care Settings certificate series
Location:  U of M Conference Center, St. Paul
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     - Past Lectures by Orbovich & Gartner Lawyers -

Sam Orbovich:
•   "How to Manage and Challenge DPNAs and Other Survey Remedies Imposed by CMS and MDS, for CPOM Convention
•   "Navigating the Related Party Conundrum and Other Rate-Setting and Payment Issues" for Care Providers' Convention
•   "Anti-Fraud Compliance under Section 6032 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005" for ARRM training and for MHHA
•   "How to Negotiate and Challenge Negative Surveys and Maltreatment Determinations Successfully Through the Informal and Formal Appeals Process" for CPOM's Annual Convention
•   "2006 Medicaid Eligibility Changes: What Do They Mean?", co-presenter with Frances Long for CPOM's Annual Convention
•   "What to Do if the Big One Hits: a brief discussion on how to respond if an unexpected human disaster strikes an assisted living facility" for CPOM's Managing Your Nursing Practice in Assisted Living and Senior Housing program
•   "Criminal Background Checks" for MHHA
•   "OHFC Overview" for MHHA (co-presenter with Sue Schaffer)
•   "The Regulatory and Liability Impact of Elopements from Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities and Suggestions for Avoiding Harm to Wandering Residents" for CPOM

Susan Schaffer:
•   "How to Manage and Challenge DPNAs and Other Survey Remedies Imposed by CMS and MDS, for CPOM Convention
•   "Nursing Practice Update for Nurses in Assisted Living" for Care Providers' Convention
•   "Supervision, Delegation and Leadership" for MHHA
•   "Legal Issues related to Policies and Procedures for DONs" with Tom Skorczeski for MHHA Institute
•   Co-presentor with Jeanette Mefford of "Supervision and Delegation in Home Care" for MHHA'
•   "Preparing for and Surviving your Survey" for Twin Cities Consulting Dietitians
•   "The Role of the Nurse In Home Care" with Jeanette Mefford for MHHA
•   "Professional Licensing and Reporting for Staff and Consulting Personnel" for the University of Minnesota
•   "Director Of Nursing program" for MHHA
•   "OHFC Overview" for MHHA (co-presenter with Sam Orbovich)

Tom Skorczeski:
•   "Survey Your Personnel Practices to Avoid Discrimination Claim Surprises" for Care Providers' Convention
•   "Elder Heal Thyself: The Coming of Age of Familial Responsibility in Health Care" for MSBA
•   "Legal Issues related to Policies and Procedures for DONs" with Sue Schaffer for MHHA Institute
•   "Medical Records Requests and More: Behind the Scenes with HIPAA" for CPOM
•   "Avoiding Legal Problems with Employees" (co-presenter with Sue) for ARRM
•   "Negotiating and Challenging Erroneous Government Decisions that Affect Your Mission, Reputation and Business" (co-presenter with Sam) for ARRM
•   "Putting HIPAA Privacy Into Practice" for MHHA
•   "Managing Your Business Relationships Through Contracts" for MHCA and MHHA
•   "Preparing for the Third Half of HIPAA: Security of Protected Health Information" for MHHA

Barb Blumer:
•   "Legal and Practical Issues in Health Care Planning:  How Can You Better Help Your Clients and Their Families?" for North Memorial Continuing Education
•   "Can I Require my Tenants to be Safe?" for Care Providers' Convention
•   "Law, Medicine & Ethics at the End of Life and Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America (with William Colby) for William Mitchell College of Law
•   "End of Life Decision Making and Planning; Fair Housing" for CPOM's Annual Convention
•   "Senior Housing, Assisted Living, and Fair Housing Issues" for Catholic Eldercare Senior Housing and Home Care
•   "End of Life Planning Tools" and "Assisted Living Legislation and Fair Housing" for Minnesota CLE's Elder Law Institute
•   "Assisted Living Legislation Training" for MHHA
•   "Fair Housing and Assisted Living Legislation" for Walker Methodist Housing staff
•   "Assisted Living Legislation Training" for CPOM Assisted Living Town Hall
•   "Fair Housing and Assisted Living" for SW Senior Housing Professionals

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