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TAHC&H 55th Annual Meeting: Bring Care Home Conference
Speaker(s): Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
Category: Conference
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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
Wednesday, September 11
Hospice Medical Review: How to Avoid Denials!
11:15 am – 12:15 pm CST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
Hospice is on the hot bed of Medical Review in 2024. This session will take agencies through the winding road of Medicare scrutiny. While billing the Medicare benefit and getting paid relatively easily, there is always a risk of things being reviewed at some point and what can you do to avoid denials. Don’t be caught in the comfortable position of believing that everything is okay. Attendees will take away information that will assist in assuring that your hospice truly is prepared for an call for medical review of their charts. This session will review the top 5 medical review denial reasons and best practices to avoid these denials.
Continuing Education: 1.0 clock hours continuing education for Administrators/Alternates;1.0 contact hour Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
Home Health Proposed Rule – What does the future hold?
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CST
Speaker: Melinda A. Gaboury, CEO
This session will provide a detailed review of the 2025 Proposed Rule for Home Health. The many changes that are set to be implemented for 2025 will be reviewed with best practices for implementation. This session will include the changes proposed & finalized to be implemented January 1, 2025 for the HH Value Based Purchasing Expansion. The significant rate changes and updates to the wage index & case mix weights will also be highlighted. Lastly a quick review of the Requests For Information that were included in this rule be conducted.
Continuing Education: 1.0 clock hours continuing education for Administrators/Alternates;1.0 contact hour Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)