Description

OCHCH has partnered with Healthcare Provider Solutions to provide this educational event at special pricing for OCHCH members and Education Pass holders. Members must register through the OCHCH website for this benefit.

If you have not renewed or purchased your Education Pass for 2025, now is the time! Visit this link!

* * * * *

Program Summary

The Hospice Final Payment Rule and Quality Updates Effective October 1, 2026. The Hospice Final Rule Updates the Payment Rates, Wage Index and Quality Reporting Requirements among other things. This webinar will prepare hospices for regulatory updates, define the rate changes for all levels of hospice care, and provide a review of the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) Requirements with updates to the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool and much more!  

Speaker

Melinda Gaboury, CEO, Healthcare Provider Solutions

Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 33 years in home care, has over 23 years of executive speaking and educating experience, including extensive day-to-day interaction with home care and hospice professionals.  She routinely conducts Home Care and Hospice Reimbursement Workshops and speaks at state association meetings throughout the country.  Melinda has profound experience in Medicare PDGM training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews and due diligence.  Medicare Review appeals with all Medicare MACs have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. Melinda is currently Chair of the The Alliance/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group, serves on the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors, and the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board of Directors. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E1 and Home Health Billing Answers, 2025.