Sunday, August 01, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

901. Home Health Summer Camp 2021
  • Room: Sheraton 1 - 3
RECORDING FOR THIS SESSION IS NOT AVAILABLE A regular feature of the Financial Management Conference, people new to the industry, as well as veterans in home health services, will benefit from the detailed understanding of the fundamental financial tools and operational strategies for developing and maintaining positive financial outcomes offered in... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
David Macke MBA, CHFP, FHFMA
Director of Reimbursement Services
VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm
Faculty
Gina Mazza MBA, BSN, RN, CPHQ
Founder and CEO
Mazza Consulting & Coaching
Faculty
Maria Warren
Vice President
McBee
Faculty
Melinda Gaboury COS-C
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.
Track(s)
902. Hospice Summer Camp 2021
  • Room: Chicago 8-10
RECORDING FOR THIS SESSION IS NOT AVAILABLE Getting back to the basics has never been more important, as hospice continues to grow and mature as a health care program. This preconference provides an updated and thorough overview of the financial aspects of hospice, including discussion of emerging national economic and policy... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Christine Lang MBA
Director, Data Consulting
SimiTree
Faculty
David Macke MBA, CHFP, FHFMA
Director of Reimbursement Services
VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm
Faculty
Melinda Gaboury COS-C
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.
Faculty
Mike Simione MBA
Director
SimiTree
Track(s)

Sunday, August 01, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

100. Washington Update: New Challenges, New Opportunities
  • Room: Sheraton Chicago 4-7
Health care is in the midst of a revolution. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered significant innovations with health care shifting to patients’ homes as a primary outcome. Policymakers and the marketplace have refocused attention to health care at home in terms of public benefit programs and business ventures. Among the... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
William Dombi Esq.
President
National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
Track(s)

Monday, August 02, 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM

101. PDGM: What Have We Learned After 18 Months? (Part 1)
  • Room: Sheraton 1-3
PDGM was implemented as the new Medicare HH prospective payment system in CY 2020. Assessing the trends and benchmarks of PDGM is an important step to determine how your agency is performing under this new program. COVID-19 definitely complicated the PDGM roll-out and tracking these changes is important. For CY... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Chris Attaya MBA
Vice President, Product Strategy
Strategic Healthcare Programs
Faculty
Mark Sharp CPA
Partner
FORVIS
Faculty
Mike Dordick
President
McBee
Track(s)
102. Hospice Revenue Cycle
  • Room: Sheraton 4-5
This session will assist agencies in evaluating the effectiveness of their revenue cycle. Session will review business office structure checks and balances, technology optimization, and tools to ensure maximum hospice revenue. Commercial support provided by Healthcare Provider Solutions....
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Brian Harris
Consulting Director
SimiTree
Faculty
M. Aaron Little CPA
Managing Director
FORVIS
Track(s)
103. Use Data Analytics to Drive Operations
  • Room: Chicago 6-7
Home health and hospice leaders use performance data to track business trends, revealing agency strengths and weaknesses. Leaders need to better understand how to best move the needle on performance metrics. Accelerated performance can be gained through identifying key performance behaviors (KPBs) which, when hard-wired into practice, yield desired impact... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Kim Campbell MA, MHP
Manager of EDI Operations
Palmetto GBA
Faculty
Wes Little MBA
Chief Analytics Officer
WellSky
104. Home Health Financial Operations Success with Benchmark Comparisons for Expenses and Revenues
  • Room: Chicago 8-10
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THIS SESSION RECORDING Successful home care financial operations are more challenging than ever for agencies of any side and all over the country. Financial, clinical, and managerial leaders will benefit from the tools and comparative data covered in this session, including benchmark metrics, revenue, and expenses.  ...
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Brandy Sparkman-Beierle MSN, RN
Chief Clinical Officer
Homecare Homebase
Faculty
Nicholas Lamb MHI
VP of Revenue Cycle Management
Homecare Homebase
Faculty
Nick Seabrook
Managing Principal, Founder
SimiTree
Faculty
RJ Gagnon DBA, MBA, CHFP, CSAF
Chief Financial Officer
Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice/Maine Center for Palliative Medicine
Track(s)

Monday, August 02, 9:50 AM - 10:40 AM

201. Telehealth, Technology, and ROI
  • Room: Sheraton 1-3
Learn how to use technology, advanced remote monitoring platforms, and focus on changing patient behavior to reduce readmissions and improve clinical outcomes. Discover how telehealth, including disease-specific engagement kits that are customized with educational video, care plans, and medication reminders while integrated with Bluetooth peripherals, improves clinical outcomes and engages... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Dave Davis RN-BC, CMGT-BC, BSN, MA, ACRN
VP of Clinical Solutions and Integrity, AccentCare, age 49, died unexpectedly last Friday December 2nd.
Accent Care
Faculty
Stephen Emery
Director of Sales and Business Development
Synzi
202. Medicare Advantage VBID: Update on Medicare Advantage (MA) & Hospice Demonstration
  • Room: Sheraton 4-5
Hospice has historically been a traditional Medicare benefit ONLY. Participating Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) will have Hospice included in their benefit packages throughout the 4-year demonstration. It is expected that additional MAOs will be added to the demonstration as it progresses. Hospices need to understand key elements of working with... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Melinda Gaboury COS-C
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.
Faculty
Zaundra Ellis
Vice President of Hospice Professional Services
Axxess
Track(s)
203. Financial Land Mines Caused by Clinical Operations
  • Room: Chicago 6-7
Clinical leaders require financial acumen. Whether the leader’s role is administration or clinical, the need for financial education and understanding has become an inescapable reality. Historically, most decisions within health care organizations have been based on clinical and patient outcomes, but today’s decisions are being scrutinized for their economic impact... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Diana Dee Kornetti PT, MA, HCS-D, HCS-C
Owner/Founder
Kornetti & Krafft Health Care Solutions
Faculty
Mr  Robert Markette JD
Attorney
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
Faculty
Sharon Harder HCS-C
President
C3 Advisors

Monday, August 02, 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

300. Home Care & Hospice Leadership Panel: Embracing the Expanding Opportunities
  • Room: Sheraton Chicago 4-7
This General Session presents a diverse group of leaders in health care, including home care and hospice, who offer their views and insights on the growing opportunities for health care at home. The pandemic has triggered a shift of health care into patient’s homes, blending high touch and high tech... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Beth Slepian MBA, PT
President/CEO
Granite VNA
Faculty
Brent Korte MHA
CEO
Frontpoint Healthcare
Faculty
Keith Myers
Chairman/CEO
LHC Group Inc.
Faculty
Susan Ponder-Stansel ACSW, QCSW, ACHE, MSW
President & CEO
Alivia Care, Inc.
Track(s)

Monday, August 02, 2:15 PM - 3:55 PM

301. PDGM: What Have We Learned After 18 Months? (Part 2)
  • Room: Sheraton 1-3
Building off Part 1, this session will explore PDGM through the lens of operations, sales, and analytics. The speakers will highlight operational challenges and how organizations prevailed to live after PPS, along with how organizations engaged their home health operations to achieve sustainability, while being successful under PDGM. This session... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
David Hoover
Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management
Axxess
Faculty
Nick Seabrook
Managing Principal, Founder
SimiTree
Faculty
Robert Simione CPA
Principal
SimiTree
Track(s)
302. Hospice Compliance and Regulatory Update
  • Room: Sheraton 4-5
An overview of the current compliance and regulatory landscape for hospices will be provided along with an eye towards the future.  The COVID-19 pandemic was the cause for modified reviews for hospice claims from Medicare contractors.  The nature and scope of current risks will be shared along with a forecast... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Katie Wehri
Director, Home Care & Hospice Regulatory Affairs
National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
Faculty
Theresa Forster
Vice President for Hospice Policy and Programs
National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC)
Track(s)
303. Review Choice Demonstration (RCD): Lessons for Home Health
  • Room: Chicago 6-7
The Review Choice Demonstration continues to rollout for home health agencies across the nation. It is crucial to properly prepare for its impact and develop a fully compliant process. Fortunately, many states have gone before us and worked through the chaos this demonstration can bring. These pioneers have given the... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Melinda Gaboury COS-C
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.
Faculty
Summer Napier BSN, RN, HCS-C, HCS-O
President & CEO
Healing Hands Healthcare, LLC
Track(s)
304. Workforce and Capacity Management
  • Room: Chicago 8-10
Balancing the goals of agency growth and managing capacity is a constant struggle for home health agencies. Successful management of capacity requires teamwork between the clinical and financial leaders. The purpose of this session is to explore how the various compensation plans impact capacity. We will also review other key... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Eric Scharber
Managing Principal
SimiTree
Faculty
Hannah Patterson
Vice President & General Manager Workforce Management
Netsmart
Faculty
J'non Griffin MHA, HCS-D, COS-C, HCS-H, HCS-C
Principal/SVP Coding Department
SimiTree
Track(s)

Monday, August 02, 4:05 PM - 4:55 PM

401. Home Health and Hospice Mergers and Acquisitions: Buckle Up for Change
  • Room: Sheraton 1-3
Emerging from COVID and round 2 of PDGM, the mergers and acquisitions environment for home health and hospice is particularly dynamic. 2020 saw a record number of hospice transactions — at record valuations. Home health recorded its lowest deal volume since 2005, but this is not unusual as M&A activity... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
David Berman CPA, CVA, CGMA
Managing Principal
SimiTree
Faculty
Jennifer Maxwell M Ed.
Founder and CEO
Maxwell Healthcare Associates
Faculty
Kristopher (Kris) Novak
Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions
The Braff Group
Faculty
Michael (Mike) Prost CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, ASA
Partner
Wipfli LLP.
Faculty
Rich Tinsley JD, MBA, CPA, CNA
President and CEO
Stoneridge Partners
402. Managing Hospice Cap Into the Future
  • Room: Sheraton 4-5
An increasing percentage of Hospice providers are exceeding the aggregate Medicare Hospice Cap at the same time that the number of hospice providers is also on the rise. MedPAC has also taken note of the increased spending in Medicare hospice. This session will focus on the factors driving Cap issues,... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Amber Popek CPA
Partner
FORVIS
Faculty
Ted Cuppett CPA
Director
The Health Group LLC
Track(s)
403. Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Expansion
  • Room: Chicago 6-7
CMS announced in January 2021 it intends to expand the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model (HHVBP) through rulemaking beginning no sooner than January 2022. The model is currently implemented in nine states and has resulted in an average 4.6 percent improvement in home health agency quality scores and an approximate... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Chris Attaya MBA
Vice President, Product Strategy
Strategic Healthcare Programs
Faculty
Sue Payne MBA, RN, CHCE
Home Care Strategies Advisor
Corridor Group
Track(s)
404. Diversifying Lines of Business Into Private Duty
  • Room: Chicago 8-10
The term “Private Duty” covers a range of services that includes self-paid professional and paraprofessional care, Medicaid Waiver programs, and other innovative arrangements outside the traditional Medicare benefit. While these “adjacent” services may be attractive to home health and hospice organizations, they are distinctly different service lines that require specific... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Stan Massey
Partner; Chief Strategy Officer
Transcend Strategy Group
Faculty
Stephanie Johnston MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Transcend Strategy Group
Track(s)

Tuesday, August 03, 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM

501. Improve Hospice Financial Operations Through Benchmarking
  • Room: Sheraton 1-3
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THIS SESSION RECORDING Hospice organizations benefit from a periodic review of financial and revenue cycle operations to identify and address concerns about performance and viability. While employing the right benchmarks to assess revenue, expenses, and the operational statistics that drive them, the keys to being a MAD... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Mark Sharp CPA
Partner
FORVIS
Faculty
Zaundra Ellis
Vice President of Hospice Professional Services
Axxess
Track(s)
502. Home Health Revenue Cycle Management: Optimization of PDGM and Medicare Audit Defense
  • Room: Sheraton 4-5
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THIS SESSION RECORDING The home health revenue cycle continues to be affected by new threats to cash flow and compliance. The transition to “no-pay” Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) for Medicare and Medicare Advantage directly impacts all aspects of revenue cycle operations and presents a new threat... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Mr.  Andrew Wachler Esq.
Managing Partner
Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Faculty
Melinda Gaboury COS-C
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.
Track(s)
503. Build Connected Teams During A Crisis: Leading with Excellence
  • Room: Chicago 6-7
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THIS SESSION RECORDING The world has changed and yet stayed the same for groups of individuals who want to produce great results with amazing teams. What creates a culture where people continue to do their job without knowing the future? What culture creates a team that becomes... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Carolyn Flietstra BSN, RN
MAC Legacy
Faculty
Marcylle Combs MS, RN, BS, CHCE
Owner & President
MAC Legacy
Track(s)
504. Home Based Care Budget Analysis and Proforma
  • Room: Chicago 8-10
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THIS SESSION RECORDING This session will provide the background to properly prepare budgets and forecasts, identify invaluable tools for managing and growing your agency, best practices, and appropriate metrics to review....
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Beau Sorensen
COO
VisionBound
Faculty
Mike Simione MBA
Director
SimiTree

Tuesday, August 03, 9:50 AM - 10:40 AM

601. Successfully Navigating Medicare Advantage in Home Health
  • Room: Sheraton 1-3
The number of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans is growing year over year; over 50% of all Medicare beneficiaries are expected to be enrolled in MA plans by 2026. Home health agencies must develop confidence in relationships with MA plans and understanding how to effectively balance revenue versus... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Michael Puskarich MBA
Director - Advisory Consulting
McBee
Track(s)
602. Managing Diagnosis Coding and Impact on Revenue
  • Room: Sheraton 4-5
Diagnosis coding is a top driving factor in the PDGM model. The primary diagnosis establishes the Clinical Grouping and the secondary diagnosis provides added reimbursement through the Co-Morbidity Adjustment. How are agencies adjusting for the operational monitoring of diagnosis coding and the impact on revenue? Agencies need to optimize opportunities... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Cindy Keim
Director of Clinical, Regulatory and Quality Affairs
Corridor Group
Faculty
J'non Griffin MHA, HCS-D, COS-C, HCS-H, HCS-C
Principal/SVP Coding Department
SimiTree
Track(s)
603. Develop an Engaged Workforce: Resources for Recruitment, Retention and Leadership
  • Room: Chicago 6-7
Home health and hospice leaders must be adept at attracting, engaging, and promoting talented employees. COVID-19, changing workforce demographics, and generational differences all present new challenges and opportunities for leaders. What are the best emerging resources and ideas for successful recruitment, effective employee engagement, and functional leadership development? This session... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Jess Stover
Principal, Program Director of Revenue Cycle Outsourcing
SimiTree
Faculty
Kristen Yntema MBA, MHSA
President/CEO
AuthoraCare
Faculty
Stephanie Johnston MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Transcend Strategy Group
Track(s)
604. Performing Financial Analysis and Measuring Performance in Private Duty
  • Room: Chicago 8-10
Private duty services include many different service types and can involve many different payer sources. Financial analysis and measuring performance can be difficult for such diversity in services and payer mix, and a lack of rich performance benchmarks can pose challenges in interpreting your performance levels. Despite these challenges, private... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Bob Roth
Managing Partner
Cypress HomeCare Solutions
Faculty
Marissa Muller
VP Marketing & Communications
Honor Home Care
Track(s)

Tuesday, August 03, 10:50 AM - 11:40 AM

701. Innovative Programs Within Home Health
  • Room: Sheraton 1-3
Innovation, leadership, and resilience in a rapidly changing health care world are crucial, and the home care industry has never been as poised to rise to the occasion. The recent Public Health Emergency has placed the home care industry front and center and proven it is resilient, transformative, and ready... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Charles McDonough MHA
CEO
Interim HealthCare of the Upstate
Faculty
Joseph Brence PT, DPT, MBA, FAAOMPT
Head of Home & Community Care Strategy and Solution
MedBridge
Track(s)
702. Top Five Reasons Why Post-Acute Deals Fail and What to Do About Them
  • Room: Sheraton 4-5
Post-acute providers, including home health and hospice providers, are increasingly looking for acquisitions, sales and joint venture arrangements in order to deal with market forces and the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic. All of these transactions have the potential for success or failure or something in between. This session will... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Alan Schabes JD
Partner
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Faculty
Kurt Baumgartel MPT
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Home Health and Infusion
Compassus
Faculty
  Mark Kulik MAMI
Managing Director
The Braff Group
Faculty
Mike Dordick
President
McBee
703. Six Year Lookback Audits: What You Need to Know
  • Room: Chicago 6-7
The ACA mandates that providers perform six-year lookback audits when notified that an overpayment exists. Now post-payment audits are more common since CMS reinstated audit activity during the pandemic and both contractors and OIG are instructing providers to perform these reviews once an audit is completed and an overpayment has... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
Kelly Grahovac MBA
General Manager
The van Halem Group
Faculty
Wayne Van Halem CFE, AHFI
President
The van Halem Group
704. Staffing a Private Duty Home Care Agency
  • Room: Chicago 8-10
Growth of private duty agencies is almost completely dependent on sufficient caregiver staffing. “Home care aide” tops the list of the highest demand jobs over the next 5 years. What’s the most effective staffing model to meet the often-competing priorities of home care aides and the clients they serve? Learn... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
C. Sam Smith Baylor University, Economics, 1976
Chief Executive Officer
BRC Access Care
Faculty
Dr.   Emilie Bartolucci Ed. D, MPA, CPXP
Executive Director, Private Duty Home Care at NAHC
NAHC
Faculty
Eric Carter
Director of Support Services
Caring Senior Service
Track(s)

Tuesday, August 03, 12:10 PM - 2:00 PM

800. Financial Managers Open Forum
  • Room: Sheraton Chicago 4-7
The Open Forum is the traditional closing session of FMC and your chance to ask HHFMA experts any question you have related to home care and hospice management and finance. The 2021 Open Forum will focus on three primary topics: Opportunities in health care at home; Home Health PDGM; and... Read More
Speaker(s)
Faculty
William Dombi Esq.
President
National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
Track(s)
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