REMINDER!

PAHPM 2022 Board/Officer Elections


Each member is important to this organization and contributes in their own special way.  Please consider stepping up and offering your talent, leadership, and knowledge in this field by nominating yourself or others to the the PAHPM Board. Below are brief descriptions of the positions open this year.

Know that you're never alone, we all truly work together and help each other out.  So don't be shy!  This is a great way to build your CV and leadership skills while contributing to your field and sharing your own unique ideas to PAHPM. The link below will take you to our website page, login, and review the open positions in detail and please consider submitting your nomination!

Open Positions:

President-Elect (1)

Secretary (1)

Member-at-Large (3)

Student Board Member (1)

AAPA House-of-Delegates PAHPM Member (1)
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Drivers Ready? Start Your Engines!

AAPA 2022 Indianapolis--PAHPM is Ready!


The AAPA 2022 Annual Conference in Indianapolis is nearly upon us

We are excited to the ditch the webcam, and safely see each other again!

Whether you will be available to attend in person, or will be hard at work back home, we invite you stay connected with PAHPM.


For those who can attend, we are excited for a number of PAHPM events:
    • PAHPM Panel Discussions: Saturday, May 21 (see more below) 
    • PAHPM Constituent Organization (CO) Booth—check out CO Central in the Exhibit Hall Sunday & Monday—come connect with other members and PAs interested in HPM
    • AAPA CO Leadership Forum & Reception, Sunday 6-8pm
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    • PAHPM Annual Member Meeting Tuesday, May 24th, 6pm –Join us for our annual meeting to review and celebrate our accomplishments, connect our members, and discuss our future.
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    •  In addition, we will be organizing some informal get-togethers for coffee and/or drinks, so watch for updates on PAHPM.org!

    • If you cannot make it to Indianapolis this year, no worries!  

    • We still have ways for you to stay connected.

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    • Use our PAHPM Forum to ask questions and connect with others
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    • Run for Board Position, join a committee, or volunteer to just help out!
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    • Check out our growing Education Page for new learning resources
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    • Check out our resources to help answer those questions about PAs and hospice, including a coming Presentation Video with updates, and a Guiding Hands Podcast with AAPA on CMS Regulations for PAs and hospice.


    Help us in Indy!


    We need a pit crew! Would you like to support PAHPM and connect with current, interested and future members?  

    PAHPM will again have a Constituent Organization (CO) Booth in the CO Central Section of the Exhibit Hall in Indianapolis.  We need your help staffing the booth, whether it be just for an hour or longer.  It's easy, fun, and a great way to connect with other PAs interested in and already working in serious-illness care.  There's nothing like meeting that PA who realizes, "what, there's a group of people doing what I do?!?"

    Please select a time slot that works with your conference schedule.  Again, we'd love to see you there if you can spare an hour or even more!  You'll have support from a board member, sign up and start connecting!

    Once we compile a list, we will reach out with more details.

    Help Move PCHETA Forward! 

    Next week, the Senate plans to introduce the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) legislation previously passed in the House.  There is hope that this could be the year it gets passed.  This bill will help train and expand the HPM workforce, including PAs.  Please visit the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Advocacy Action Center for links to review the legislation and to contact your congressional leaders and share your support.

    PAHPM has joined our other coalition partners in support of this, and remain active in moving this important piece of legislation forward.
    Sign Up!

    PA Capstone Project: PAs in Palliative Medicine: An Exploration of PAs in Palliaitive in Iowa

    PAHPM Members!

    PA Student Member Madison Reynolds will be presenting her Capstone Project on:

    Physician Assistants in Palliative Medicine: An Exploration of Physician Assistants in Palliative Medicine in Iowa

    May 16, 2022 7pm CST

    Please mark your calendars and support Madison's efforts! Click below for more information and the Zoom Link!

    Hospice Questions? Confused?!?

    We've Got Answers! 

    Many of you have reached out to us for clarification about how PAs can interface with hospice. Please visit our PAHPM Education Page on Hospice Resources and a new Video with some discussion of what exactly PAs can do, and cannot do nationally.  While your state may still vary in hospice statutes and regulations, this is a place to start to understand what Medicare/CMS will allow.  

    United with this information, we can hopefully continue to make progress.  The momentum is there and building!

    Making Us Proud


    Going to Indy? Check out these PAHPM Member Presentations & ePosters. Kudos to Everyone!


    ·      Saturday 8-9am: IN22085 - PAHPM: Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care in 21st Century Medicine Work in the Great New Frontiers: PAs in Hospice, TH/TM and Home Medicine (Kris Pyles-Sweet, DMSc, PA-C, Christine Gardella, PA-C, Rose Direny-Jean, MS, PA-C, DsPH)


    ·      Saturday 915-1015am: IN22086 - PAHPM: PAs are Perfect for PAlliative Care: How to Demonstrate What You Already Know! (Jeanine Smith, MS, PA-C, Tracey Piparo, PA-C, Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD, Lorie Weber, MS, PA-C)


    ·      Saturday 1030-1130IN22087 - PAHPM: Developing and Recognizing Palliative Professional Competencies (Rebekah Halpern, PA-C, MPAS, RPA, DFAAPA, Rich Lamkin, MPH, MPAS, PA-C, Shelia Maudlin, MNM, ICE-CCP, Jeff Myers, MPH, MMSc, PA-C)


    ·      Sunday 1030-1130am: IN22093 - Only Leaves Should Fall: Preventing Falls in Older Adults (Kathy Kemle, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA)


    ·      Monday, 10-1045: ePoster: Advocacy and Physician Associates (Kris Pyles-Sweet, DMSc, PA-C)


    ·      Monday, 1030-1130am: IN22022 - Constipation: Implications and Actions (Gerald Simons, DFAAPA, PA-C)


    ·      Monday, 1115-12pm: ePoster: Grand Rounds Reborn: A Totally Interactive Course for Serious Illness Clinicians (Nadya Dimitrov, DPM, PA-C, DFAAPA, & Lorie L. Weber, MS, PA-C)


    ·      Monday 330-430pm: IN22079 - Level Up Your Hospice Skills: Hospice for the Non-Hospice Provider (Holly Pilewski, PA-C)


    Did we miss you? Email us at info@pahpm.org and we'll make sure others know!

    Making Us Proud

    Going to Indy? Check out these PAHPM Member Presentations and ePosters. Kudos to you all!



    ·      Saturday 8-9am: IN22085 - PAHPM: Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care in 21st Century Medicine Work in the Great New Frontiers: PAs in Hospice, TH/TM and Home Medicine (Kris Pyles-Sweet, DMSc, PA-C, Christine Gardella, PA-C, Rose Direny-Jean, MS, PA-C, DsPH)


    ·      Saturday 915-1015am: IN22086 - PAHPM: PAs are Perfect for PAlliative Care: How to Demonstrate What You Already Know! (Jeanine Smith, MS, PA-C, Tracey Piparo, PA-C, Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD, Lorie Weber, MS, PA-C)


    ·      Saturday 1030-1130IN22087 - PAHPM: Developing and Recognizing Palliative Professional Competencies (Rebekah Halpern, PA-C, MPAS, RPA, DFAAPA, Rich Lamkin, MPH, MPAS, PA-C, Shelia Maudlin, MNM, ICE-CCP, Jeff Myers, MPH, MMSc, PA-C)


    ·      Sunday 1030-1130am: IN22093 - Only Leaves Should Fall: Preventing Falls in Older Adults (Kathy Kemle, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA)


    ·      Monday, 10-1045: ePoster: Advocacy and Physician Associates (Kris Pyles-Sweet, DMSc, PA-C)


    ·      Monday, 1030-1130am: IN22022 - Constipation: Implications and Actions (Gerald Simons, DFAAPA, PA-C)


    ·      Monday, 1115-12pm: ePoster: Grand Rounds Reborn: A Totally Interactive Course for Serious Illness Clinicians (Nadya Dimitrov, DPM, PA-C, DFAAPA, & Lorie L. Weber, MS, PA-C)


    ·      Monday 330-430pm: IN22079 - Level Up Your Hospice Skills: Hospice for the Non-Hospice Provider (Holly Pilewski, PA-C)




    Making Us Proud

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    Stay well.  Take care.  Find some time and space for yourself.


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