2025 Maine Conference Handouts

CMSNE 2025 Maine Conference
Navigating Changing Times…. Updates and Insights for Case Managers
Saturday, September 27, 2025     8:00 AM – 4:45 PM
Elks Lodge, Portland, ME

Session I – Rural people, populations and health: Examining definitions and personal views of rurality
Katherine Simmonds, PhD, MPH, RN, WHNP-BC, FAAN
Clinical Professor, Roux Institute/Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

Session II – Navigating Changing Times – Government Affairs and its impact on national initiatives and local healthcare systems
Katie Fullam Harris, MS
Chief Government Affairs Officer, Maine Health

Session III – The Power of Palliative Care in Navigating Care Choices
Rebecca N Hutchinson, MD, MPH,
MaineHealth | Senior Medical Director of Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine Division Chief, Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center – Portland, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Lizzie Leclaire, LCSW, APHSW-C, Palliative Care Social Worker at Maine Medical Center

Session IV – The Perils of Fusion
Dr. Matthew Wilkening, NHOC

Session V – Gettin’ by – How Poverty Changes the Brain
Linda Riddell, MS
PLEASE NOTE – Copies of these will be available onsite.

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Special thanks and appreciation to conference exhibitor sponsors, their support has allowed CMSNE the opportunity to bring a quality educational program to our membership.  Acceptance of support from these sponsors in no way implies endorsement of their products and/or services by CMSNE or the program’s accreditation agencies.

 

 

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