Kansas Home Care & Hospice Association upcoming events

Home Health Hot Topics: How Outcome Programs... (Tuesday, July 07, 2026)

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

The Kansas Home Care & Hospice Association is pleased to bring you this educational program through an agreement with the Home Care Association of Florida.

How Outcome Programs Impact Reimbursement

Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently. As a valued benefit of your KHCHA membership, this informative program delves into the latest hot topics within the Medicare home health sector and is offered for free to KHCHA members!

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July's Hot Topic:

How Outcome Programs Impact Reimbursement

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM) (CDT) - Login at 10:45

Description

Numerous factors contribute to the calculation of Medicare reimbursement under the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), as well as various other programs that can also impact reimbursement. This session will review the details of these programs and how they directly impact reimbursement for home health agencies.

Meet the Speaker

Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 35 years in home care, has over 24 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 Chair of the Alliance/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group and is serving on the board of the Home Care Association of Florida and the Tennessee Association for Home Care. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E2 and Home Health Billing Answers, 2025.

Registration Fees

Registration fees per session for this series are as follows:

KHCHA Members: FREE
Non-Members: $50

An additional registration fee will be charged for each additional non-member login. Participants are encouraged to log in at least 15 minutes before the program begins. Following the webinar, a link to the recording will be emailed to all registrants (typically within a week).

Hospice Hot Topics: Effective Hospice Plan of Care (Thursday, July 09, 2026)

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT

The Kansas Home Care & Hospice Association is pleased to bring you this educational program through an agreement with the Pennsylvania Homecare Association.

Effective Hospice Plan of Care

Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently. As a valued benefit of your KHCHA membership, this informative program delves into the latest hot topics within the Medicare hospice sector and is offered for free to KHCHA members!

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July's Hot Topic:

Effective Hospice Plan of Care

Thursday, July 9, 2026 (10:00 - 11:00 AM) (CDT) - Login at 9:45

Description
This session addresses the required elements of a hospice plan of care and the various ways a plan of care can be updated and includes the development of a bereavement plan of care.

Meet the Speaker

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’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.

Registration Fees

Registration fees per session for this series are as follows:

KHCHA Members: FREE
Non-Members: $50

Volunteer Coordinators Roundtable (Thursday, August 13, 2026)

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:30:00 GMT

After a successful May meeting, we will be meeting again in August!

The Volunteer Coordinators Roundtable brings together volunteer coordinators from KHCHA member hospices for quarterly virtual meetings. These sessions provide a forum to share best practices, exchange ideas, and strengthen volunteer programs that support patients, families, and caregivers.

Please note the link will be emailed to all who have expressed interest in participating. Please email kada@kshomecare.org if you would like to be added to the list.

Medicare Bootcamp for Clinicians - Hospice & HH - On Demand Recordings (Tuesday, September 01, 2026)

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMT

7.5 hours of training!

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Note: The series dates listed to the left and on the registration page are the last days to register/purchase the on-demand recordings. Hospice -- last to day to register is September 1 (with recording available through September 30. Home Health -- last day to register is December 1 (with recording available through December 31).

EXHIBITOR - 2026 KHCHA Annual Conference (Tuesday, September 15, 2026)

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Invitation to Exhibit

Medicare Bootcamp for Clinicians - Hospice & HH - On Demand Recordings (Tuesday, December 01, 2026)

Tue, 01 Dec 2026 06:00:00 GMT

7.5 hours of training!

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