EVENTS
2024 NAHC Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo
Speaker(s): Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO & Victoria Barron, MBA, BSN, RN, COS-C
Category: Conference
Speaker(s): Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO & Victoria Barron, MBA, BSN, RN, COS-C
About the Speaker(s)
Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 30 years in home care, has over 22 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. UPIC, RA, ADR & TPE appeals with all Medicare MACs have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as the Chair of the NAHC/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for both the Home Care Association of Florida & Tennessee Association for Home Care. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers, 2023.
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About the Event
Sunday, October 20, 2024
How Strong Comprehensive Hospice Assessment Skills Support Ongoing Eligibility
2:50 PM – 3:50PM EST
Speaker: Victoria Barron, MBA, BSN, RN, COS-C
Thorough hospice RN assessments that capture the “why” each patient is electing hospice AND clearly support hospice eligibility are essential to support eligibility throughout the hospice election and guide the IDG and Plan of Care updates to ensure the patient and their caregivers needs are met. This session presents tips and guidance that clearly support the patient’s terminal prognosis, address all required elements and meet the conditions of participation.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Home Health VBP: Improving HHCAHPS Scores
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
This session will take a deep dive into the specific questions associated with the HHCAHP Survey measures that make up 30% of the Total Performance Score in Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP). Patient Satisfaction is at the forefront of HHVBP & Home Health Quality Reporting Program and is at the core of how our patients are responding to the care being provided to them. This session will detail each question utilized in measure calculations and provide best practices to improve scores.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Home Health Top 5 Medical Review Denials and How to Avoid
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
Home Health Medical Review is escalating daily. Both the volume of audits as well as the negative results continue to affect more and more agencies. It is imperative agencies scrutinize their processes and identify any gaps in the gathering of and submission of clinical charts/documentation for medical review. Recovery Audit Contractor requests for records is on the increase and Targeted Probe & Educate is at an all time high. Agencies must protect their reimbursement.