EVENTS
KHCHA 2025 Hospice Winter Conference – Day 1
Speaker(s): Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
Category: Hospice
Speaker(s): Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
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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February 4, 2025
List the Eligibility Requirements for Initiating Hospice and Billing to Medicare
8:30 am – 10:00 am CST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
- Review eligibility requirements for the Hospice Benefit.
- Review Benefit Periods & Eligibility
- Review Notice of Election details
Detail criteria for Hospice Election Statement and Billing Claims to Medicare
10:30 am – 12:00 pm CST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
- Review the requirements of the Election Statement & Addendum
- Review Sequential billing requirements
- Review current VBID billing and what happens 1/1/2025
February 6, 2025
Detail Specific Medicare Regulatory Issues Affecting Hospice Reimbursement
8:30 am – 10:00 am CST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
- Review Hospice Face-to-Face Requirements
- Review Certificate of Terminal Illness details
- Audit Risks – CMS Targeted Probe & Educate, SMRC, UPIC & RAC
List the Data Claims Used in the Hospice Quality Reporting Program and Medical Review Decisions
10:30 am – 12:00 pm CST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
- Review details of HQRP Compliance including details of the Hospice Care Index and how data is from claims
- List the most recent Target areas for Hospice PEPPER and the use of the data and review steps agency should take for improvement in scores