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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About the Event
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
Thursday, September 10
11:15am – 12:15pm
Guiding Your Team to VBP Excellence in 2026
CMS is rolled out sweeping Home Health VBP and payment changes effective January 1, 2026, bringing the biggest shift in years to how quality, cost, and functional outcomes shape agency reimbursement. With payment cuts, new performance measures, and higher expectations for data accuracy, agencies that fail to prepare early will feel the impact fast. In this session, Melinda Gaboury will decode the 2026 rules and translate them into practical strategies your agency can implement immediately. You’ll discover how these changes affect clinical operations, therapy utilization, financial stability, and your agency’s standing in the Value-Based Purchasing model. Most importantly, you’ll leave with a clear action plan to strengthen outcomes, safeguard revenue, and outperform competitors in the new environment.
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Hospice Medical Review Hot Topics
This session will take agencies through the winding road of Medicare scrutiny. While billing the Medicare benefit and getting paid relatively easy, there is always a risk of things being reviewed at some point and what can you do to avoid denials. Participants will be able to define the levels of Medical Review that are currently active: including, UPIC, SMRC, MAC ADR, and RAC. The session will review how to respond to any level of medical review that may occur. Attendees will take away information that will assist in assuring that your hospice truly is accurately documenting. The current focus of hospice medical review will be reviewed.