OCHCH is committed to providing valuable educational and career development programming to Ohio’s care community. We offer two lines of content – the Education & Events Calendar and the HHA Training Program. Members with an Education Pass or HHA Training Pass can register for most events at no additional cost. Members without a pass can register at discounted rates, and we offer reasonable pricing for non-members. Click for details or contact us to purchase a Pass or inquire further.
Session 01 – Maintaining a Leadership Compass: Navigating Professional Boundaries in Healthcare at Home Leaders
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Location
The Guild Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Jessica Iorio - MPH, CEHCH, CDP, Hospice Director, The LTM Group
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Katherine Morrison - MSN, RN, CHPN, CCS-HH, Director, Hospice Consulting Operations, WellSky
Summary
Setting sail through the sometimes-turbulent waters of healthcare-at-home, leaders function as skilled captains of compassion and professionalism. Effective boundary setting for leaders' safeguards against hazards and mitigates the risks for professional relationships, ensuring smooth sailing in those challenging waters. Join us as we explore the importance of leadership boundaries and identify those actions that put us at risk of running aground as well as identifying strategies that can guide us like a lighthouse in the dark to protect leaders, teams, the agency, and patients and families.
Session 02 – The New World of Home Health Surveys in 2024: Focus on CMS State Operations Manual Appendix B Updates
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Location
The Franklin Gallery 2nd floor
Speakers
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Lisa Goodlow - Director, Accreditation, CHAP
Summary
More than ever, home health leaders need to understand the importance of key survey readiness priorities to avoid CMS survey citations, survey enforcement remedies and ensure regulatory compliance. This interactive session focuses on the top home health survey deficiencies in 2024, recent updates to CMS State Operations Manual Appendix B including survey process and standards changes that will shape surveys for years to come. Specific strategies home health agencies can implement to demonstrate agency-wide compliance will be discussed.
Session 03 – Hiking Down the Audit Response Trail: Responding to Hospice Audit Requests and Appeals
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Location
The Assembly Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Jennifer Durbin - RN, MSN, CHPN, CHPCA, CADDCT, CDP, VP Quality and Compliance, Hospice of Northwest Ohio
Summary
This presentation will discuss many of the audits facing hospices today. Best practices for audit responses will be discussed along with responding to the five levels of appeals for hospices. Finally, strategies for documentation best practices will be shared.
Session 04A – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Wound Care Room
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Location
The Apartment 2nd floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 04B – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Clinical Support Services Room
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Location
East Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 04C – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Value of Virtual Care Room
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Location
West Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 05 – State Capital Tour & Advocacy 101: Learn How to Testify in Front of The Legislature (offsite via shuttle bus, includes offsite lunch after tour)
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Location
Meet in Junto Front Lobby
Summary
NOTE: This experience is limited to 20 attendees at a time. Each tour will be identical so please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: This unique breakout session will take you to the Ohio Statehouse, guided by museum staff and the Hicks Partners team who will highlight specific items such as hearing rooms, testimony, and direct engagement with legislators/staff. You will learn a brief history of the Ohio Statehouse and general education of state government, the legislative process and how a bill becomes a law, and how effective advocacy & lobbying impacts public policy, state regulation and funding. The historic Ohio Statehouse is the seat of Ohio’s state government and is a magnificent monument to the people and the period during which Ohio’s democracy was founded and formed. The building provides the meeting places of the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate as well as working government offices. It is a wonderful example of Greek Revival architecture and includes art and historic artifacts on display. Additionally, if your schedules permit you may also visit the Statehouse Museum as well as the Museum Gift Shop.
No Breakout
Breakouts 1: Day One, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Summary
Select this option if you are not planning to attend a breakout during this time slot.
Session 06 – Strategies to Combat Workplace Violence in the Home Care Setting
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
The Guild Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Amy Magee BS, HACP - Project Manager, Cleveland Clinic Information Technology Department
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Sarah Gromek OTR/L, MBA - Assistant Rehabilitation Manager, Program Manager of 911Cellular, Cleveland Clinic-Center for Connected Care
Summary
Cleveland Clinic Center for Connected Care (CCC) leadership identified that caregivers needed a platform for sharing and reporting safety concerns. The foundation for this stage was initiated through the development of a Workplace Violence (WPV) Committee. Despite the lack of a regulatory requirement, leadership recognized the opportunity and swiftly formed a committee. The committee is multidisciplinary and is co-led by Quality and Human Resources. Through the work of the WPV committee, in one year, CCC increased reporting by over 100%. Furthermore, we implemented many interventions to protect our caregivers, also called the WPV toolkit. The WPV toolkit includes a caregiver/patient partnership pledge, scheduling notifications, virtual emergency notifications, identification signs for caregiver cars, de-escalation training and scripting, policy and procedure revision, administrator on-call, and the implementation of a mobile panic device. The most recent intervention, the mobile panic device was initiated in 2023. Over the year, CCC leaders and Cleveland Clinic Police collaborated to review emergency management vendors. The objective would be to identify a device that would allow caregivers to notify and dispatch 911 services to their current location without picking up their phone. 911Cellular was the vendor of choice. It allows caregivers to wear a panic alarm discreetly, and when triggered, it dispatches the police directly to the caregiver's location. After a successful pilot, CCC started to issue panic devices to all field-based caregivers. By year end of 2024 there will be over four hundred and fifty devices distributed. Future state includes increased follow-up resources, standardized post WPV event debriefs and ongoing education. As a part of our commitment to caregiver safety, we have partnered with Cleveland Clinic enterprise as well as national partners at National Association for Home Care & Hospice, (NAHC) to share resources and best practices.
Session 07 – Empowering Home Health Clinicians: Leveraging Advance Care Planning for Optimal Performance in HHVBP
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
The Franklin Gallery 2nd floor
Speakers
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Cindy Campbell MHA, BSN, RN, CCS-HH - Senior Director Advisory Services, WellSky
Summary
As the contemporary Japanese writer Haruki Murakami noted: “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” Often battling our instincts to help patients get better, informed, and competent advocacy for both home health patients and agencies is made stronger when advance care planning conversation becomes a core competency. This session will provide advance care planning conversation skills and their importance within person-centered, value-based home health. Sharing leaders’ direct experiences in improving advance care planning conversations, and their aligned use of prognostic tools, we will discuss how teams have helped the people they serve to navigate complexities of illness or face end of life decisions. From case conference processes to embedded, focused education, we will share how agencies have achieved better HHVBP performance, from lowering hospitalization and improving satisfaction to yielding an efficient, effective transition of care between home health, advanced illness management, palliative care, and hospice.
Session 08 – Exploring Why African Americans Tend Not to Use End-of-Life Hospice Care
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
The Assembly Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Darthula Young MBA - CEO & Founder, Rooted in Dignity
Summary
This presentation explores the underutilization of hospice care among African Americans, focusing on cultural, systemic, and healthcare provider-related factors. It highlights cultural beliefs, religious practices, and family dynamics that shape attitudes towards end-of-life care. Systemic barriers, including socioeconomic disparities, healthcare inequities, and historical mistrust of the medical system, are examined. The presentation also addresses the impact of implicit biases among healthcare providers and the importance of culturally sensitive communication. Strategies for community engagement, collaborative care planning, and advocacy are discussed to promote awareness and acceptance of hospice care in African American communities. The goal is to foster cultural competence, improve patient outcomes, and support initiatives that enhance healthcare equity and access to quality end-of-life care.
Session 09A – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Wound Care Room
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
The Apartment 2nd floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 09B – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Clinical Support Services Room
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
East Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 09C – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Value of Virtual Care Room
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
West Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 10 – State Capital Tour & Advocacy 101: Learn How to Testify in Front of The Legislature (offsite via shuttle bus, includes offsite lunch before tour)
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Meet in Junto Front Lobby
Summary
NOTE: This experience is limited to 20 attendees at a time. Each tour will be identical so please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: This unique breakout session will take you to the Ohio Statehouse, guided by museum staff and the Hicks Partners team who will highlight specific items such as hearing rooms, testimony, and direct engagement with legislators/staff. You will learn a brief history of the Ohio Statehouse and general education of state government, the legislative process and how a bill becomes a law, and how effective advocacy & lobbying impacts public policy, state regulation and funding. The historic Ohio Statehouse is the seat of Ohio’s state government and is a magnificent monument to the people and the period during which Ohio’s democracy was founded and formed. The building provides the meeting places of the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate as well as working government offices. It is a wonderful example of Greek Revival architecture and includes art and historic artifacts on display. Additionally, if your schedules permit you may also visit the Statehouse Museum as well as the Museum Gift Shop.
No Breakout
Breakouts 2: Day One, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Summary
Select this option if you are not planning to attend a breakout during this time slot.
Session 11 – Producing Single-digit Readmissions in Home Health
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Location
The Franklin Gallery 2nd floor
Speakers
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Arnie Cisneros PT - President, Home Health Strategic Management
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Kimberly McCormick RN/BSN - Executive Clinical Director, Home Health Strategic Management
Summary
Volume to Value (V2V) reforms have rewired the Home Health model in terms of care development and delivery since the introduction of PDGM. Earlier this year, Value-based Purchasing was installed for Home Health, connecting payment levels to outcomes for the first time in our industry. A review of the requirements for the VBP bonus reveals outcomes rarely seen to date in HHCAPS, Readmission, Timeliness, and Clinical Outcomes. HH Readmissions must be in the single-digits if a Provider hopes to qualify for the VBP bonus, and most Providers post readmit levels in the mid-teens. This session will review agencies who have posted single-digit readmits under PDGM to identify best-practices that reduce readmissions to single-digits. Case studies will outline how to start on the path to single-digit readmissions in your agency.
Session 13 – Employment Law Update
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Location
The Assembly Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Bryan Meek - Partner and Co-Chair, Employment & Labor Law Group, Brennan, Manna & Diamond
Summary
Are you ready to stay ahead of the curve in human resources for your healthcare employees? Join us for an exclusive presentation where we delve into the major updates transforming the HR landscape: New Fair Labor Standards Act Changes for Exempt Employees, Federal Trade Commission's Nationwide Ban on Non-Competes, Marijuana Legalization in Ohio and How it Impacts Ohio Employers, Changes in federal enforcement of Discrimination and Harassment Laws, and Changes to Workplace Accommodation Requirements. Discover how these groundbreaking changes will impact your organization and what you need to do to ensure compliance. This is a must-attend event for healthcare employers looking to protect their companies and support their employees.
Session 14 – Optimizing Your Operations in the New Ohio EVV Landscape
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Location
The Guild Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Kristy Pyles - Senior Consultant, In Your Corner Consulting
Summary
In light of the recent Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) program updates implemented on July 1st, 2024, we understand home healthcare providers are navigating new operational requirements. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest EVV landscape, including a review of the implemented changes and their impact, key compliance considerations to ensure ongoing program adherence, the latest program updates since the initial rollout, and real-world troubleshooting scenarios to equip your team with actionable solutions. Empower your team to thrive in the evolving EVV environment.
Session 15A – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Wound Care Room
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Location
The Apartment 2nd floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 15B – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Clinical Support Services Room
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Location
East Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 15C – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Value of Virtual Care Room
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Location
West Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 12 – 2024 CMS Hospice Special Focus Program (SFP) Updates
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Location
Brass Eye Rooftop Restaurant 8th floor
Speakers
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Jeana Singleton - Member and General Counsel, Brennan, Manna & Diamond
Summary
As the largest reimbursement source for hospice care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has tremendous interest in assuring that hospice providers are providing high quality, efficient, and effective patient care. One of the tools in CMS' toolbox is the CMS Hospice Special Focus Program. Please join us as we review the market and regulatory pressures leading to the creation of the Hospice Special Focus Program. We'll then discuss the issues that the program hopes to address. Finally, let's look at some strategies to help hospice providers successfully complete the program.
No Breakout
Breakouts 3: Day One, 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Summary
Select this option if you are not planning to attend a breakout during this time slot.
Session 18 – HOPE is on the way!
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
The Assembly Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Sara Nigro - Director of Channel Partnerships, BetterRX
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a patient assessment tool to replace the Hospice Item Set (HIS) and enhance hospice quality reporting. Unlike the HIS, which only collects data at admission and discharge, this tool will gather comprehensive, real-time information on hospice patients' clinical, psychosocial, spiritual, and emotional needs throughout their stay. CMS has proposed two initial quality measures focused on timely reassessment of pain and non-pain symptoms, with plans for additional measures as more data is collected. Importantly, the tool's development involved extensive engagement with hospice providers to ensure it meets their needs. By understanding this new hospice assessment tool's key features and objectives, leaders can prepare for its implementation and leverage the data to drive continuous quality improvement efforts that enhance the end-of-life experience.
Session 16 – Impactful Leadership for Home Health Care Organizations
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
The Franklin Gallery 2nd floor
Summary
Leadership plays a crucial role in shaping and influencing an organization. Effective leadership has a significant impact on various aspects of an organization, including its culture, performance, and overall success. In this course, we will cover all the aspects of adopting and executing strong leadership, while setting a powerful example for training future leaders within the organization as well.
Session 17 – Home Health RCD Focus
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
The Guild Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Melinda Gaboury - CEO, Healthcare Provider Solutions
Summary
The Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) has officially been approved to continue past the original demonstration end date of 05/31/2024. This session will detail review the current status of RCD, share experiences from pre-claim review and discuss some of the prevalent processes within your agency that may need to be tweaked. We will navigate through the TOUGH topic of Face-to-Face encounters and the coding of the primary reason for home care that is causing so many issues. This session will review success stories as well.
Session 19A – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Wound Care Room
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
The Apartment 2nd floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 19B – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Clinical Support Services Room
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
East Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 19C – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Value of Virtual Care Room
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
West Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 20 – AI in Healthcare – The Intersection of Employment Law and Healthcare Compliance Regulations
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
Brass Eye Rooftop Restaurant 8th floor
Speakers
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Jeana Singleton - Member and General Counsel, Brennan, Manna & Diamond
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Rachel Stermer - Associate Attorney, Brennan, Manna & Diamond
Summary
One of the hottest topics in healthcare is the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) resources and how they affect the healthcare workplace. Please join us as we discuss how AI affects healthcare organizations from both the perspective of employer and the perspective of provider. We'll start with the basics - What is AI? Then we'll discuss what issues are triggered by AI under current employment laws, as well as healthcare compliance regulations. Finally, we'll wrap up with some strategies to promote responsible use of AI in the healthcare workplace and how to maintain compliance with applicable employment and healthcare compliance laws and regulations.
No Breakout
Breakouts 4: Day Two, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Summary
Select this option if you are not planning to attend a breakout during this time slot.
Session 21 – Looking Into CMS’ Crystal Ball: Tying GG Items, Quality Measure and VBP to a Goal of Unified PAC Payment
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
The Franklin Gallery 2nd floor
Speakers
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Jennifer Osburn RN, HCS-D, COS-C - Clinical Consultant, Healthcare Provider Solutions
Summary
A 2022 Report to Congress outlined a prototype Unified Post-Acute Care prospective payment system. This glimpse into the report will outline the importance of data accuracy for current and future state Quality Metrics, VBP, and payment as Home Health Care measures continue to be aligned with other post-acute care settings' measures. This session will outline plans for continued standardization of data elements such as OASIS GG Items, as well as management of Medicare spending per beneficiary - topics that have continued to make headlines since 2014's IMPACT Act became law.
Session 22 – Ohio Medicaid Update for Home Care and Hospice Providers
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
The Guild Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Daphne Kackloudis - Member, Brennan, Manna & Diamond
Summary
During this presentation, the speaker will share Ohio Medicaid updates relevant to Ohio home care and hospice providers that will inform the way providers do business and provide services to their patients and clients. Attendees will understand updates to Medicaid reimbursement for home care and hospice services, changes to the EVV policy and process required by Ohio Medicaid, and other Ohio Medicaid-related policy and reimbursement changes, including updates on the Next Gen Medicaid managed care program.
Session 23 – Hospice Final Rule
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
The Assembly Room 2nd floor
Speakers
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Melinda Gaboury - CEO, Healthcare Provider Solutions
Summary
The Hospice Final Payment Rule and Quality Updates Effective October 1, 2025. 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!
Session 24A – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Wound Care Room
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
The Apartment 2nd floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 24B – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Clinical Support Services Room
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
East Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 24C – Education on the Move Tour - Starting in Value of Virtual Care Room
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
West Loft 8th floor
Summary
NOTE: Selecting Session A, B, or C indicates your starting location in a rotation through 3 rooms, with 10 attendees each, rotating every 30 minutes. There will be no difference in content based on your starting room. Tour sessions throughout the day will be identical - meaning you do not need to sign up for multiple Education on the Move Tours. Please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: Take an educational tour through three interactive rooms to learn about the latest innovations in clinical care, value-based care, and technology to support your agency’s best practices! This experience will allow you to interact in small groups and learn more about innovation in our industry. • Wound Care Room: Medicare guidelines, managing wound supply cost, ordering appropriately, new rules in lymphedema care and management. • Clinical Support Services Room: See some of the most innovative services to connect you with home health physicians/nurse practitioners and other health care clinicians to support your clinical outcomes and extend your workforce. Explore the newest Technical solutions for documentation review and streamlining operations including AI services. • Value of Virtual Care Room: learn about value-based care models, pilot programs, and how payer sources, agencies, and technology are working together to create positive outcomes for all involved.
Session 25 – State Capital Tour & Advocacy 101: Learn How to Testify in Front of The Legislature (offsite via shuttle bus)
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Meet in Junto Front Lobby
Summary
NOTE: This experience is limited to 20 attendees at a time. Each tour will be identical so please only sign up for one to allow others to attend. SUMMARY: This unique breakout session will take you to the Ohio Statehouse, guided by museum staff and the Hicks Partners team who will highlight specific items such as hearing rooms, testimony, and direct engagement with legislators/staff. You will learn a brief history of the Ohio Statehouse and general education of state government, the legislative process and how a bill becomes a law, and how effective advocacy & lobbying impacts public policy, state regulation and funding. The historic Ohio Statehouse is the seat of Ohio’s state government and is a magnificent monument to the people and the period during which Ohio’s democracy was founded and formed. The building provides the meeting places of the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate as well as working government offices. It is a wonderful example of Greek Revival architecture and includes art and historic artifacts on display. Additionally, if your schedules permit you may also visit the Statehouse Museum as well as the Museum Gift Shop.
No Breakout
Breakouts 5: Day Two, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Summary
Select this option if you are not planning to attend a breakout during this time slot.
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