Date: Thursday\, September 10th
Time: 9:00 AM &ndash\; 10:00 AM MT
Virtual Event
Pricing:
- Members do Not Need to Register
- Non-Members: \;$49
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently. PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
September 10 &ndash\; Hospice Medical Review Hot Topics \; (Melinda Gaboury)
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. \;What is the HOT TOPIC of reviews?
Meet the Speakers
Melinda A. Gaboury\, COS-C\, is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Provider Solutions. 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 extensive experience in Medicare Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) training\, billing\, collections\, case-mix calculations\, chart reviews\, and due diligence. Medicare appeals (UPIC\, RA\, ADR\, and TPE) with all the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have become the forefront of Melinda&rsquo\;s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as the Chair of the National Association for Home Care &\; Hospice (NAHC) Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) Advisory Board and Work Group\, Treasurer of the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors and serves on the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers 2024.
Victoria Barron\, MBA\, BSN\, RN\, COS-C\, is a Clinical Consultant for HPS. She provides support and solutions to home health and hospice agencies nationally to achieve regulatory compliance. With more than 37 years of nursing and healthcare experience\, the majority of Victoria&rsquo\;s career has been in the home services arena including home health\, hospice\, home care\, and home infusion where she has served in various roles. In home health and hospice\, Victoria has served as agency administrator\, interim administrator\, clinical director\, surveyor\, mock surveyor\, QAPI team member and consultant. In private duty she has served as agency administrator\, and in home infusion as marketing director and infusion Registered Nurse. Victoria has led and participated in the start-up of hospice\, home care and home infusion agencies and has successfully led teams through the initial Certification and Accreditation process as well as renewals of existing Certification/Accreditations. She is experienced in operations\, clinical and billing compliance\, data analytics\, and process development and implementation. Victoria strives to support agencies achieve regulatory compliance and clinical success to provide quality care to patients across all service lines. Victoria is a licensed Multistate Registered Nurse and is CHAP certified as a Hospice and Home Health Consultant.
Tammy Stewart\, RN\, CPHQ\, COS-C\, is a Clinical Consultant for HPS. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality and holds a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) certification. As a part of the HPS clinical consulting team\, Tammy provides support and solutions to home health and hospice agencies across the country to achieve regulatory compliance. \;Tammy&rsquo\;s commitment to service and compassionate nursing care started 30 years ago as a home health nurse. Her experience includes successfully starting a Hospice QAPI program and serving as a Hospice Quality Manager. Tammy has experience as a Home Health Clinical Manager as well as case management of home health patients. Tammy has provided education and leadership for home health\, hospice\, and acute care settings throughout her nursing career. Her knowledge of Federal and State Regulations along with her clinical experience motivates her to continually seek solutions to the barriers of healthcare in all settings. Tammy&rsquo\;s experience includes developing and implementing quality and performance improvement programs for home health and hospice in addition to performing data analysis\, clinical chart reviews\, onsite billing audit reviews and provider education.
2026 Hospice Hot Topics Full Schedule
- January 8 &ndash\; HOPE (Victoria Barron)
- February 12 &ndash\; QAPI Data Highlights (Tammy Stewart)
- March 12 \;&ndash\; Hospice Revenue Cycle Management \;(Melinda Gaboury)
- April 9 &ndash\; If it was not Documented\, It was NOT Done! \; (Victoria Barron)
- May 14 \;&ndash\; The 2027 Hospice Proposed Rule (Melinda Gaboury)
- June 11 &ndash\; Hospice Eligibility \;(Tammy Stewart)
- July 9 &ndash\; Effective Hospice Plan of Care (Victoria Barron)
- August 13 &ndash\; Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) (Melinda Gaboury)
- September 10 &ndash\; Hospice Medical Review Hot Topics \;(Melinda Gaboury)
- October 8 &ndash\; Hospice Foundations &\; Compliance \;(Tammy Stewart)
- November 12 \; &ndash\; What is Hot in Survey Compliance? \;(Victoria Barron)
- December 10 &ndash\; Hospice Compliance with Face-to-Face &\; CTI (Melinda Gaboury)