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Digital Series
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Session 1
Track 1
LTACH
LTACH

Wednesday, September 30-LIVE DIGITAL SERIES: Accelerating interoperability in the post-COVID digital revolution

Earlier this year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published their final rule, 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program. This rule is designed to further promote interoperability and give patients and their healthcare providers secure access to health information. The writing is on the...

Speakers

Therasa Bell

President & CTO

Kno2

Jon Elwell

Chief Executive Officer

Kno2

Alan Swenson

Vice President of Interoperability

Kno2

Also included in

LTC
Behavioral Health
Track 2
Personal Care
Personal Care

Wednesday, November 18-LIVE DIGITAL SERIES: Creating value through predictive analytics to improve health outcomes and drive new revenue

Research shows that collaboration between clinical and personal care providers can unlock lower-cost, higher-value care - especially for patients with chronic conditions. Two of the biggest barriers to playing a role in the broader care continuum are:    Tracking patient health status and hospitalization risk Translating data and analytics into real insights   The solution? A predictive analy...

Speakers

Kunu Kaushal

Founder & CEO Senior Solutions Home Care, Founder of Independent Home Care Alliance (IHCA), and Past President of the Tennessee Association for Home Care (TAHC)

Home Care Alliance (IHCA)

Andy Tysinger

Chief Operating Officer

Seniorcorp

Maureen O'Connor

Product Manager, Applied Insights

WellSky

Kerin Zuger

Chief of Strategic Growth

Right at Home

Day 1 - Monday Sept 14
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Session 1
Track 1
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

LIVE WellSky Aging & Disability update: New features and roadmap review (Aging & Disability)

This session will highlight the next generation screens in production, as well as additional enhancements and integrations in the Aging & Disability Solution. We will review the upcoming work included on our roadmap and describe our build process and release schedule.

Speakers

David Jones

Director of Account Management

WellSky

Kyle Perras

Solutions Analyst / Owner

WellSky

Also included in

Aging & Disability
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Session 2
Track 1
Blood Management
Blood Management

LIVE WellSky Transfusion roadmap planning

Join the WellSky Transfusion Solutions team as we review the current and planned roadmap features. We’ll review the priority of new features and voting towards planning of the upcoming release versions of WellSky Transfusion. This will be an interactive session so come prepared with your suggestions for enhancements.

Speakers

Tina Keefer

Solutions Manager

WellSky

Creighton Miller

Senior Director, Project Management

WellSky

Track 2
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

LIVE WellSky Human Services update: New features and roadmap review (Human Services)

Please join Debbie Gilbert, Senior Solutions Manager for WellSky Human Services, for an overview of recent enhancements and improvements to WellSky Human Services. She’ll also provide a glimpse into the future.

Speakers

Debbie Gilbert

Sr. Product Manager

WellSky

Track 2
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

LIVE WellSky Community Services update: New features and roadmap review (Community Services)

This session will highlight the next generation screens in production, as well as additional enhancements and integrations in the Community Service Solution. We will review the upcoming work included on our roadmap and describe our build process and release schedule.

Speakers

David Jones

Director of Account Management

WellSky

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Community Services
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Session 3
Track 1
Blood Management

Get the most from your Beaker and Transfusion solutions

Join experts from Epic, WellSky, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville in a roundtable discussion on topics important to hospital labs and blood banks. These include new Epic Beaker transfusion management features; how Beaker & Transfusion can work together for transfusion work-ups; strategies for managing trauma events with Epic and WellSky; and managing impleme...
Track 1
Blood Management

Common challenges for cell and biotherapies programs

This roundtable discussion facilitated by Cherie Grishin, Operations and Quality Management Consultant at HemaOrigins, and Jonathan Wofford, General Manager - Biotherapies at WellSky will focus around common challenges for cell and biotherapies programs. Topics include strategies for Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development, regulatory considerations for audits and new products, managing cli...

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Cell Therapy
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Scaling and succeeding through performance-based relationships
Take part in this exclusive, interactive roundtable discussion to share your perspectives and learn from growth-minded providers, operational experts, and technology innovators in home health and hospice. Participants will discuss the focus required to succeed and scale in the new landscape of value-based payment models, including strategies to manage risk, achieve clinical excellence, improve pat...
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Session 4
Track 1
Cell Therapy
Cell Therapy

LIVE Biotherapies 2021 Roadmap Planning

This session will provide an overview of planned updates for the 2021 Biotherapies Clinic and Lab application releases and allow clients the opportunity to voice their enhancement requests.  Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, attendees will understand the focus and scope of functional enhancements to be included in the Biotherapies Clinic and Lab 2021 application releases. ...

Speakers

Jonathan Wofford

Solutions Manager

WellSky

Track 2
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION Close Loop Referral Initiatives (Aging & Disability, Human Services, and Community Services)

Over the past several years, there has been growing interest across the healthcare continuum on closing the loop on referrals to community based organizations.  Health care organizations are wanting to more easily identify and refer patients to social service organizations – the primary providers of services targeting the Social Determinants of Health.  This session will provider participants with...

Speakers

Jay Bulot

Vice President, Business Development

WellSky

Nanette Relave

Senior Director

National Information and Referral Support Center

June Simmons

CEO

Partners in Care Foundation.

Also included in

Aging & Disability
Track 2
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: HMIS, healthcare, and COVID-19 (Community Services)

This session will look at how continuums of care can adapt to the “new normal” through enhanced data sharing with community partners and applying CARES funds effectively. You will hear examples of different ways  governments, healthcare providers, and non-profits collaborate to address the crises hitting their communities. Your input on how the economic downturn is affecting homelessness will also...

Speakers

Gabriel Cate

Vice President, Business Development

WellSky

Dennis Culhane

Professor of Social Policy

The University of Pennsylvania

Also included in

Community Services
Track 3
LTACH
LTACH

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: Is a DPU Right for you? Understanding what a DPU is and how it can diversify and grow your LTACH case-mix

LTACHs are unique. These facilities serve a very specific group of high-acuity patients, making it difficult to diversify patient mix. Join experienced LTACH leaders for a discussion on distinct part units. During this networking session, you’ll learn how to establish and operate these physically and clinically distinguishable units, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages they can bring to y...

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LTC
Rehabilitation
Day 2 - Tuesday Sept 15
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Session 1
Track 1
Home Health
Home Health

LIVE WellSky Home Health & Hospice roadmap session 

Join the WellSky Home Health and Hospice solutions team for a review of the strategy and solution roadmap for WellSky Home Health and WellSky Hospice for the next year.  The Solutions Management team will provide a short recap of the innovations delivered in the past year and share the strategic direction for enhancements in the year to come. 

Speakers

Michelle Justiss

Vice President of Solutions Management

WellSky

Chris Gregg

Senior Solutions Manager

WellSky

Juliana Richard

Senior Solutions Manager

WellSky

Also included in

Hospice
Track 2
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

LIVE The road ahead. Solutions innovations for 2020 and beyond

Come see the future of Rehabilitation and Scheduling solutions for the next year.  View the product roadmaps and updated strategy for the future.

Speakers

Al Fiandaca

Sr. Solutions Manager

WellSky

Dennis Stevenson

Director, Platform Solutions, Post-Acute Care

WellSky

1:00PM - 2:00PM
Session 2
Track 1
Blood Management
Blood Management

LIVE Blood centers solutions roadmap

What does the future hold for WellSky Blood Centers? Molecular vs. serological RBC antigen typing – what, when and why. Selective RBC antigen labeling, why? See how WellSky Blood Centers may help you save time and dollars. Objectives: Users will be able to articulate the molecular/serological RBC antigen module updates, understand the RBC antigen data exchange between blood centers and transfusion...

Speakers

Marsha Senter

Solutions Manager

WellSky

Track 2
Rehabilitation, LTACH, LTC, Behavioral Health
Rehabilitation, LTACH, LTC, Behavioral Health

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: The impact of COVID-19 on post-acute care

COVID-19 has impacted every facet of post-acute care. From staffing to operations, and everything in between. How has your organization fared? Have you excelled? Have you struggled? This session will allow you to discuss your successes and failures with your peers, and learn how you can implement best practices that will help you provide safe and efficient care to your patients as the public healt...

Speakers

Jane Snecinski

President

Post Acute Advisors

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LTACH
LTC
Rehabilitation
1:15PM - 2:15PM
Growth through care coordination and cross-referrals
This engaging discussion led by Geoff Nudd, CEO of ClearCare, will provide a deep dive into the tremendous growth opportunities available to home-based care providers through the onset of advanced, integrated care models. Facilitators and participants will come together to shed light on the strategic relationships, protocols, and technologies required to harness care coordination as an engine of g...
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Session 3
Track 1
Blood Management
Blood Management

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: Strategies to manage and excel during and after COVID-19

COVID-19 has led to many changes across our personal and professional lives. Share and learn from your peers on how the pandemic has impacted your day-to-day work, any challenges that have arisen, and lessons learned. In addition, share strategies for solution upgrades during these unusual times, and provide insight into how WellSky can better engage and support you. Join Nathan Wright from WellSk...

Speakers

Lynne Briggs

Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Versiti

Jeanette Byrne

Senior Application Analyst

Children's Hospital Colorado

Nathan Wright

Sr. Director, Solutions Management

WellSky

Track 2
Hospice
Hospice

LIVE WellSky Consolo roadmap session 

Join the WellSky Consolo Hospice Solutions team as they present the strategy and roadmap for the next year. This session covers a short review of the innovative solutions delivered in the past year and shares the strategic direction for the year to come.

Speakers

Juliana Richard

Senior Solutions Manager

WellSky

Track 3
Rehabilitation, LTACH, LTC, Behavioral Health
Rehabilitation, LTACH, LTC, Behavioral Health

LIVE WellSky Interactant (Long-Term Acute Care, Long-Term Care, and Inpatient Behavioral Health) roadmap

Navigate the highway to the future with WellSky Interactant. Join the WellSky Interactant solutions management team for an interactive discussion regarding our product roadmap and strategy for the future.

Speakers

Darren Yonkin

VP Solution Management

WellSky

Also included in

Behavioral Health
LTACH
LTC
Track 4
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME

LIVE CareTend roadmap

WellSky’s Home Care solutions provide support for our Specialty and Infusion Pharmacy and our Home Medical Equipment providers. In this session you will learn about the future direction and continued transformation of the CareTend application, update on developed items since CareFourm in 2019, and planned roadmap for the coming year. Session objectives: -Learn about recently developed enhancement...

Speakers

Steve Ward

Vice President, Solutions Management

WellSky

Also included in

Home Infusion
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Session 4
Track 1
Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: The changing landscape of behavioral health

Join other behavioral health leaders as we discuss some of the biggest drivers of change in the behavioral health space. We’ll look at how these drivers are impacting your organization and those you serve. 

Speakers

Stuart Archer

CEO

Oceans Healthcare

Track 2
Home Health, Hospice
Home Health, Hospice

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: Moving the money in home health and hospice: Essential tips for effective revenue cycle management

Establishing an efficient revenue cycle has never been more important – or more challenging – for home health and hospice providers. Join this highly interactive networking session, led by a team of revenue cycle experts, to learn and share essential tips for achieving revenue cycle efficiency. The session leaders will walk you through the flow of a patient referral to dropping a final claim, prov...

Speakers

Windy Adams

Director of Client Experience & Strategic Partnerships

Forcura

Diane Poole

VP of Revenue Cycle Services

WellSky

Also included in

Home Health
Hospice
Track 3
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: Caregiver stress during the COVID-19 pandemic (Aging & Disability)

This discussion will look at ways to identify those caregivers at greatest risk of burnout, as well as strategies for referring home-based services that can extend independence and delay nursing home placement of loved ones. The session will also include details on the upcoming integration of TCARE and WellSky Aging & Disability. Your experiences, lessons learned, and questions will be an importan...

Speakers

Ali Ahmadi

CEO

TCARE Inc.

Also included in

Aging & Disability
Track 3
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: Coordinated entry

This networking time will look at the recent HUD changes to coordinated entry requirements, and the many methods continuums of care are using to meet those requirements. The session will also cover features in WellSky Community Services that can help you streamline your coordinated entry implementation. Your experiences, lessons learned, and questions will be an important part of this interactive ...

Speakers

Candice Wiseman-Hacker

Solutions Architect/Manager, Industry Compliance

WellSky

Also included in

Community Services
Track 4
Personal Care
Personal Care

LIVE ClearCare personal care solutions roadmap

In this session, the ClearCare leadership team will share their vision for where the personal care industry is heading and the next generation technologies that will be integral in addressing those emerging trends in home care. Innovation will be a centerpiece of this discussion. Input and feedback is encouraged during this session.

Speakers

Moyra Miller

Vice President, Client Success

WellSky

Ajay Kale

Director, Product Management

WellSky

Track 5
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: Digging deeper – Discussing telehealth in rehabilitation

Join leaders from across the post-acute continuum of care as we discuss the best practices and opportunities associated with the emergency Telehealth provisions.  Engage across post-acute settings of care to share experiences and success stories from workflow and financial changes made for delivering care via telehealth. Networking sessions offer attendees an opportunity to talk with their peers ...

Speakers

David Glaser

Fredrikson & Byron's Health Law Group

Also included in

LTACH
LTC
Track 6
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: Tackling all areas for infusion, specialty, and HME providers: A look into the financial, clinical, and operational business

The infusion, specialty pharmacy, and HME industries are all different, but they share many of the same foundations and many of our clients support more than one of these lines of businesses.  Join us for an interactive discussion with subject matter experts and your peers across the areas to share, collaborate and brainstorm on a number of focused topic areas Networking sessions offer attendees ...

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Home Infusion
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
Day 3 - Wednesday Sept 16
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Live executive roundtable with Bill Miller, WellSky CEO and Andy Slavitt, Former CMS Acting Administrator (2015-2017) and Board Chair of United States of Care

Join Andy Slavitt and Bill Miller for an interactive, roundtable discussion about the COVID-19 paradigm shift and how collaboration, technology, and analytics will empower the right interventions, delivered at the right time and in the right settings, to improve clinical outcomes.

1:00PM - 2:00PM
Session 1
Track 1
Home Health
Home Health

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION Care navigation across home health, palliative, and hospice care

Now more than ever, palliative care is emerging as a key element in the successful navigation of the care continuum. Whether you are an experienced palliative care provider or simply looking to learn more about the future role of palliative care and serious illness programs, this collaborative conversation will allow you to hear from your peers, sharing successful approaches to advanced care plann...

Speakers

Lisa Nicola

Manager of Professional Services

WellSky

Kelly Phillips

Sr. Client Relationship Exective

WellSky

Julia Quigley

Solutions Support Specialist

WellSky

Juliana Richard

Senior Solutions Manager

WellSky

Also included in

Hospice
Track 2
Human & Social Services

Community Services round table

Moderated by Gabe Cate and Vince Vecchiarelli

Also included in

Community Services
Track 3
Personal Care
Personal Care

LIVE NETWORKING SESSION: ClearCare personal care experts

This networking session will allow the ClearCare expert community to share their personal experience with ClearCare solutions and how it led to improved business performance. To keep a level of focus, the roundtable will key in on three discussion topics; COVID-19, analytics benchmarking and business insight, and operations. Customer input and feedback is highly encouraged during this interactive ...

Speakers

Moyra Miller

Vice President, Client Success

WellSky

On Demand
On Demand
Keynote address: Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | Plenary session: Bill Miller, CEO, WellSky: Advancing innovation in provider-payer value-based partnerships
10 ways to have a better conversation, Celeste Headlee Every day, we’re having difficult conversations with patients, families, caregivers, and employees. They’re concerned about their health and what COVID-19 means for them, anxious about racial bias and injustice, and uncertain about how to get along with others during an election year. Join award-winning journalist and best-selling author Cele...

Speakers

Celeste Headlee

Award-Winning Journalist, Author, Professional Speaker, and Vocalist

Bill Miller

Chief Executive Officer

WellSky

Kunu Kaushal

Founder & CEO Senior Solutions Home Care, Founder of Independent Home Care Alliance (IHCA), and Past President of the Tennessee Association for Home Care (TAHC)

Home Care Alliance (IHCA)

Steve Morgan

Chief Operating Officer

WellSky

Geoff Nudd

President of ClearCare, a WellSky company

WellSky

On Demand
Panel: Systemic inequities in healthcare and community care, Keynote address: Being open to transformation in challenging times, and Closing remarks: Bill Miller, CEO, WellSky
Panel: Systemic inequities in healthcare and community care: How organizations can lead long-term change  The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement have exposed long-standing systemic inequities impacting the health and wellness of individuals and communities across the U.S. This panel of health and community care experts will share insights on how they’re addressing the f...

Speakers

Christena Cleveland Ph.D.

Director

Center for Justice + Renewal

Linda Goler Blount

President and CEO

Black Women’s Health Imperative

James Moorhead

Aging Services Manager

Maine DHHS-OADS

David Rendall

Author and Speaker

Bill Miller

Chief Executive Officer

WellSky

Shoma Sarkar Thomas

Chief Marketing Officer

WellSky

On Demand
Conference welcome: Investing in your success
Conference welcome: Investing in your success, Bill Miller, CEO, WellSky. 2020 has introduced extraordinary challenges for organizations across the care continuum. COVID-19, changing regulations, and racial inequities have resulted in profound shifts in how you care for and protect your business, staff members, and the people you serve. Join WellSky CEO Bill Miller as he shares how WellSky is dri...

Speakers

Bill Miller

Chief Executive Officer

WellSky

Anne Grady

Author and Speaker

Anne Grady Group

Ellie Hollander

President and CEO

Meals on Wheels

Andrea Morgan

Executive Director

The WellSky Foundation

On Demand
Keynote address: Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation
10 ways to have a better conversation, Celeste Headlee Every day, we’re having difficult conversations with patients, families, caregivers, and employees. They’re concerned about their health and what COVID-19 means for them, anxious about racial bias and injustice, and uncertain about how to get along with others during an election year. Join award-winning journalist and best-selling author Cele...

Speakers

Celeste Headlee

Award-Winning Journalist, Author, Professional Speaker, and Vocalist

On Demand
Keynote address: Being open to transformation in challenging times and Panel: Systemic inequities in healthcare and community care
Keynote address: Being open to transformation in challenging times,  David Rendall Winston Churchill once said that “the farther backward we can look, the farther forward we are likely to see.” Unfortunately, in times of crisis, we often forget the lessons that we learned from surviving and then recovering from previous experiences. How can we identify those lessons from the past? How can we appl...

Speakers

David Rendall

Author and Speaker

Christena Cleveland Ph.D.

Director

Center for Justice + Renewal

Linda Goler Blount

President and CEO

Black Women’s Health Imperative

James Moorhead

Aging Services Manager

Maine DHHS-OADS

On Demand
Keynote address: Time for a resilience reset, Anne Grady
  Keynote address: Time for a resilience reset, Anne Grady Anne Grady will follow up with her keynote address. With anxiety and stress at an all-time high, healthcare workers are at a heightened risk of burnout. Organizations that have the ability to embrace uncertainty, navigate ambiguity, and use adversity as a tool for growth have teams with higher engagement, improved performance, and better...

Speakers

Anne Grady

Author and Speaker

Anne Grady Group

On Demand
Session 1
Track 1
Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health

Maximizing clinical pharmacy services: Critical checkpoints in medication management in behavioral health

In this session, Dr. Deal will use her 20 years of experience as a nurse, pharmacist, and senior leader to review and navigate the critical checkpoints in clinical pharmacy practice and medication management. The objectives include: Understanding critical regulatory requirements regarding national patient safety goals, Hospital-Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services (HBIPS), and core measures; analy...

Speakers

Lisa Deal, Pharm.D., FASHP, BCACP, B.S.N., R.N.

Director of Pharmacy

Sun Behavioral Delaware

Track 2
Blood Management
Blood Management

Emerging technologies - platelet activation effects: Assessing value in a complex environment

A new medical technology has been developed to measure Platelet Activation in transfusable blood products. Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) allows simple accurate rapid measurement of MicroParticles in small samples as a measure of cell activation. This session provides a background on platelet physiology, describes the effects of platelet activation on the Platelet Concentrate Product, and the clin...

Speakers

Dr. Wm. Andrew Heaton

Transfusion Medicine Teacher & Consultant

HeatonDx Consulting, Blood Centers of the Pacific

Track 2
Blood Management
Blood Management

Integrated quality management with WellSky Quality & Compliance

This session describes the seamless integration between WellSky Quality & Compliance and the Transfusion, Biotherapies and Blood Centers solutions. Learn how this integration automates the handling of exceptions and deviations, streamlines the maintenance of instruments and equipment, and makes document management a breeze. In addition to improving every day efficiency, the integrated functionalit...

Speakers

Doug Norvell

Solutions Manager

WellSky

Track 2
Blood Management
Blood Management

WellSky client session: Innovation with WellSky Transfusion solutions

See the new and exciting innovative solutions now available! Learn what significant accomplishments we’ve achieved and what’s planned for the future. Get first-hand experience with WellSky Bacterial Platelet Testing and Blood Emergency Issue and learn how an intuitive workflow can provide efficient solutions for your organization.

Speakers

Tina Keefer

Solutions Manager

WellSky

Creighton Miller

Senior Director, Project Management

WellSky

Track 2
Blood Management
Blood Management

Blood & Biotherapies General Manager Welcome and State of the Industry: Emerging transfusion transmitted infections

General Manager Michael Anania will set the stage with welcoming our valued partners/clients followed by a state of the industry session led by Dr. Jed Gorlin.

Dr. Gorlin’s presentation will cover emerging blood-borne pathogens, what blood centers can and cannot test for, and mitigation strategies including travel limitations, screening tests, and pathogen inactivation.

Speakers

Michael Anania

VP & GM

Wellsky

Jed Gorlin

Vice President of Medical and Quality Affairs

Memorial Blood Center and Nebraska Community Blood Bank

Track 2
Blood Management
Blood Management

Mass-scale red cell genotyping: From donor testing to historical information in the blood supply chain

Alloimmunization to minor red cell antigens results in risk to chronic transfusion recipients. Antigen matching provides additional safety for several clinical situations and a growing number of patients benefit from avoidance of alloimmunization. Providing such red cell products to the hospital creates significant challenges from the maintenance of active donors in the blood establishment compute...

Speakers

Gregory Denomme

Senior Director, Immunohematology and Innovation, Senior Investigator, Blood Research Institute

Versiti

Track 2
Blood Management
Blood Management

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: Getting healthcare IT initiatives right, and then doing it again

Dr. Afzal  Chaudhry, Chief Medical Information Officer of the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) oversaw the first end-to-end implementation of Epic Systems in Europe. In this session, Dr. Chaudhry will provide an overview of the eHospital initiative behind that effort, including key reasons for moving to a new system, where they struggled, and what they learned along the wa...

Speakers

Afzal Chaudhry BSc(Hons) MA(Med Ed) MA(Cantab) PhD FBCS FHEA FRCP FAcadMEd FFCI

Consultant Nephrologist and the Director of Digital and Chief Clinical Information Officer

Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust

Track 3
Cell Therapy
Cell Therapy

Stem cells and transplantation tolerance

A review of stem cells and transplantation tolerance.

Speakers

Curtis L. Cetrulo, Jr., M.D., FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Track 3
Cell Therapy
Cell Therapy

Leveraging digital solutions to enhance patient and donor engagement and treatment plan adherence

Current processes for patient follow-up in post-acute settings following hematopoietic cell transplant, typically rely on methods such as phone calls, emails, and in some cases, searching social media for basic information such as survival.  Through collaboration with Citus Health, WellSky’s Biotherapies system will now deliver new options for care providers in this space to support ongoing commun...

Speakers

Rob Stoltz

VP Business Development

Citus Health

Track 4
Home Care
Home Care

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: How home infusion and specialty pharmacy providers can use technology to achieve clinical excellence

Join Logan Davis, Director of Franchise Development at Vital Care Inc., and Chris Newlin, PharmD, MBA, CSP, CNSC, BCSCP, Director of Corporate Outreach at Vital Care Inc., discuss how their team has continued Vital Care’s clinical excellence through out the COVID-19 pandemic. Attend and learn: ·         Overview of Vital Care’s organization, franchise, areas of focus, and strategic initiatives  ...

Also included in

Home Infusion
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
Track 5
Home Health
Home Health

Case management in home health: Providing quality, efficient care in the PDGM/COVID-19 environment 

Effective case management is essential to quality care and financial success. This session will provide essential guidance for front-line case managers in establishing the plan of care, with the goal of optimizing discipline utilization and establishing goals and interventions that lead the best outcomes possible. The discussion will also cover how to manage the episode thru the two, 30-day billin...

Speakers

Jill Dyer

Owner/consultant

JID Consulting and Coding, LLC

Track 5
Home Health
Home Health

Getting ready for 2021: PDGM lessons learned

2020 has been a tumultuous year. No one could have predicted that home health agencies would be dealing with the dual challenge of a pandemic and new payment system, simultaneously. This session will cover key points about how providers are faring under PDGM, new rules arising from the pandemic that impact reimbursement, and how to make sure your agency is moving in the right direction for the res...

Speakers

Sharon Harder

President

C3 Advisors, LLC

Track 5
Home Health
Home Health

PDGM and successful care management

The Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and the unstoppable movement toward value-based care compels home health providers to understand the concept of episode-productivity and achieving the best clinical outcome at the lowest cost. At WellSky, we call that intelligent care management, fueled by CareInsights and best practice methods of integrating data into day-to-day clinical and care planning...

Speakers

Katrina Lanier

Chief Operations Officer

Choice Health at Home

Track 5
Home Health
Home Health

The payer perspective: A panel discussion on population health management

Payers are increasingly focused on incentivizing better care, for more people, at lower costs. This offers healthcare providers the opportunity to improve the health of the populations they serve, while elevating the overall success of their organizations. During this panel discussion, representatives from UnitedHealth Group will answer some of the most pressing questions that providers may have a...

Speakers

Tim Ashe, RN, MS

Chief Clinical Officer

WellSky

Wanda Coley

VIce President of Strategy, Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

Victor Chang

UnitedHealthcare

Chief Medical Officer for North Carolina, Medicare & Retirement

Michael Zeglinski

Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer

Optum Specialty and Infusion Pharmacies

Also included in

Home Infusion
Hospice
LTC
Personal Care
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
Track 5
Home Health
Home Health

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: What COVID-19 has taught us: Legal, operational, & regulatory perspectives for home health & hospice providers

The events of 2020 have produced information and regulatory overload for healthcare providers across the nation. Not only have events spurred by COVID-19 and economic concerns unfolded at an unprecedented pace, but also the federal and state directives regarding a wide range of regulatory updates and aid packages have frequently changed. Home health and hospice providers have been faced with month...

Speakers

Jill Dyer

Owner/consultant

JID Consulting and Coding, LLC

Sharon Harder

President

C3 Advisors, LLC

Robert Markette

Of Counsel

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.

Also included in

Hospice
Track 6
Home Health, Hospice
Home Health, Hospice

Transforming ourselves, revitalizing our culture, and preserving resources through trauma-informed care 

Research indicates approximately 2/3 of persons have experienced some form of personal and/or medical trauma, and this number only increases as we face injury, illness, and aging. The resulting post-traumatic stress can require significant resources of time, energy, money, and emotional labor for all involved. The better we understand the prevalence, potential sources, symptoms, and responses to t...

Speakers

Dr. Carla Cheatham

Principal and Lead Trainer

Carla Cheatham Consulting Group, LLC

Also included in

Aging & Disability
Blood Management
Behavioral Health
Cell Therapy
Community Services
Home Health
Home Infusion
Hospice
Human & Social Services
Human Services
Long Term Services & Support (Medicad)
LTACH
LTC
Personal Care
Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehab
Behavioral Health
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
Track 6
Home Health, Hospice
Home Health, Hospice

Point of care documentation in home health and hospice: Unlocking the door to engagement and efficiency 

In home health and hospice, documentation at the point of care or directly adjacent to the visit has been an area of wide practice variance, nationally. This variance in practice has far-reaching and potentially negative impacts, including clinician engagement and turnover, accuracy in revenue capture, the quality of a patient risk assessment, the resultant plan of care, clinical outcomes achieved...

Speakers

Diane Logan

VP of Clinical Services

Healthy Living at Home

Also included in

Home Health
Track 6
Home Health, Hospice
Home Health, Hospice

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: Transforming ourselves, revitalizing our culture, and preserving resources through trauma-informed care 

Research indicates approximately 2/3 of persons have experienced some form of personal and/or medical trauma, and this number only increases as we face injury, illness, and aging. The resulting post-traumatic stress can require significant resources of time, energy, money, and emotional labor for all involved. The better we understand the prevalence, potential sources, symptoms, and responses to t...

Speakers

Dr. Carla Cheatham

Principal and Lead Trainer

Carla Cheatham Consulting Group, LLC

Also included in

Aging & Disability
Blood Management
Behavioral Health
Cell Therapy
Community Services
Home Health
Home Infusion
Hospice
Human & Social Services
Human Services
Long Term Services & Support (Medicad)
LTACH
LTC
Personal Care
Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehab
Behavioral Health
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
Track 7
Home Health, Hospice, Personal Care
Home Health, Hospice, Personal Care

Home Health & Hospice General Manager Welcome and State of the Industry: The unexpected year in Washington

Join our General Managers for an update from WellSky followed by the State of the Industry discussion with NAHC's President Bill Dombi and WellSky's Chief Clinical Officer, Tim Ashe. Bill Dombi and Tim Ashe will recap the unprecedented events of this year, plus an insightful forecast of what’s to come for home health and hospice care in the rest of 2020. PDGM, hospice carve-in, review choice demo...

Speakers

Ben Chapman

Sr. VP & GM

WellSky

Geoff Nudd

President of ClearCare, a WellSky company

WellSky

Bill Dombi

President

National Association for Home Care & Hospice

Tim Ashe, RN, MS

Chief Clinical Officer

WellSky

Also included in

Home Health
Hospice
Personal Care
Track 8
Home Infusion
Home Infusion

A solution for today's infusion market and positioned to grow into tomorrow’s

The infusion industry, like most things in the world right now, is rapidly changing. And it requires the one’s working to have more attention to detail than ever before. The ability to communicate, schedule, track, educate, and manage a team should be all in one place so you can run your business efficiently and care for your patients as effectively as possible.   WellSky’s CareTend offers an ext...

Speakers

Kevin Harrell

Solutions Consultant

WellSky

Also included in

HME/DME
Track 9
Home Infusion, Specialty Pharmacy
Home Infusion, Specialty Pharmacy

The digital front door is no longer a luxury, it’s now a survival strategy

As we continue to progress through the COVID-19 crisis and look ahead to the future we know that the “new normal” is going to be with us for some time come. Healthcare providers must now consider that enabling secure virtual patient and caregiver engagement and digital care team collaboration are essential. Join Shahid Shah, leading healthcare IT expert and Co-Founder and CTO for Citus Health for ...

Speakers

Melissa Kozak, RN, CRNI

CEO, Co-Founder

Citus Health

Shahid Shah

Chief Technology Officer

Citus Health

Also included in

Home Infusion
Specialty Pharmacy
Track 9
Home Infusion, Specialty Pharmacy
Home Infusion, Specialty Pharmacy

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: Finding financial success during changing times for infusion, specialty pharmacy, and HME providers

Join Timothy Warner, Director for Home Care Pharmacy Services at University of Rochester Medical Center, discuss how he and his team increased their revenue, alongside their continued clinical and operational success.  Attend and learn: ·         Overview of the University of Rochester Medical Center organization, areas of focus, and strategic initiatives  ·         Industry changes they have e...

Speakers

Timothy Warner

Director for Home Care Pharmacy Services

University of Rochester Medical Center

Also included in

Home Infusion
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
Track 10
Hospice
Hospice

Safely navigating COVID-19: An interview with infection control expert Mary McGoldrick  

COVID-19 has brought a new dimension to the practice of safely providing healthcare and caregiving at home. From the office to the field, this public health emergency has raised the bar on our performance in managing excellence in infection prevention and control. We are honored to be able to bring your most frequently asked questions to an expert in the field of infection prevention and control i...

Speakers

Mary McGoldrick, MS, RN, CRNI®

Home Care and Hospice Consultant

Home Health Systems, Inc.

Also included in

Home Health
Track 10
Hospice
Hospice

Advance care planning in hospice: Focus on COVID-19 and CPR

This presentation will share guidance and demonstrate the importance of advance care planning in hospice during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Dr. Levetown will review up-to-date epidemiology of risk in COVID-19 and how it applies to hospice patients and others living with chronic illness, provide a clear picture of clinical critical illness in COVID-19, and discuss the outcomes of critical illness in ho...

Speakers

Marcia Levetown, MD, MMM, HMDC, FAAHPM

CEO

HealthCare Communication Associates

Track 11
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

Enhancing collaboration with your AAA provider network (Aging & Disability)

Join us for a demonstration of WellSky Aging & Disability's Care Coordination integration. This new feature will enhance your provider communication, reduce time-to-service and time-to-billing/payment by ensuring that you and your providers are always on the same page.

 

Speakers

Kyle Perras

Solutions Analyst / Owner

WellSky

Track 11
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

Addressing the challenge of food insecurity and isolation among older adults

Join this session to learn about the extent of food insecurity and isolation among older adults, the negative consequences for overall health and well-being, strategies currently in place to address food insecurity and isolation, and where we are still falling short.

Speakers

Lucy Theilheimer

Chief Strategy and Impact Officer

Meals on Wheels America

Also included in

Aging & Disability
Community Services
Track 11
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

HUD and federal partner updates (Community Services)

Get updates about all of the upcoming changes. Learn more about the upcoming Data Dictionary changes slated for October 2020 and the minimal impact on data collection, workflows, and reporting. Also included in this session is a review of changes as required by CARES Act funding. We’ll also discuss coordinated Entry Requirements, LSA Updates on timeline, and processes RHY Submission.

Speakers

Candice Wiseman-Hacker

Solutions Architect/Manager, Industry Compliance

WellSky

Also included in

Community Services
Track 11
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

Human & Social Services General Manager Welcome and State of the Industry Panel

Join us for an interactive session in which panelists will discuss some of the trends that currently or will soon impact various human and social services programs over the next 12-18 months. Topics will range from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to new and expanded Federal funding to how human services organizations can align policy and practice to support the goals of social justice and hea...

Speakers

Steve Greenberg

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Human Services

WellSky

Jay Bulot

Vice President, Business Development

WellSky

Merrill Friedman

RVP, Inclusive policy & Advocacy

Anthem

Ann Oliva

Visiting Senior Fellow

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Martha Roherty

Executive Director

ADvancing States

Also included in

Aging & Disability
Community Services
Track 11
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

Using technology to close the health disparity gap within a system of care (Community Services)

This presentation will share how a continued effort to bring together community-based organizations and technology (including the HMIS) can assist with closing the health disparity gap. Paige Stanton will review how building a community model that integrates technology and analyzes data can drive process and ultimately, change in a community. We will look at how St. Johns County implemented this m...

Speakers

Paige Stanton

Director of Social Innovations

Flagler Hospital

Also included in

Community Services
Track 11
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

OAAPS Update (Aging & Disability, Human Services)

See what’s changing for area agencies on aging with the move to the Older Americans Act Performance System (OAAPS). Data collection under the new system begins October 1, 2021. This session outlines the steps WellSky is taking to ensure you will be ready to train your staff and record these new data requirements in your WellSky system before the change occurs.

Speakers

Lisa Sherman

Solutions Analyst

WellSky

Also included in

Aging & Disability
Track 11
Human & Social Services
Human & Social Services

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: The emerging crisis of aged homelessness

A recent multi-site study in LA County, NYC, and Boston has projected a near tripling in the elderly homelessness population in the next decade. Based on historic utilization rates, health care and nursing home costs will increase significantly. The research team segmented the projected aged population into groups based on their health and homelessness status. Housing models were also matched to t...

Speakers

Dennis Culhane

Professor of Social Policy

The University of Pennsylvania

Track 12
LTACH
LTACH

2020 legislative and regulatory update on post-acute settings

The view from a Washington lobbyist. Understand key updates for post-acute care settings including policy and payment changes. Learn how CMS made 10 years of advances in telehealth in just a few short months under the COVID-19 public health emergency. Will CMS retain any policy related to the blanket waivers or telehealth policy after the emergency subsides? Learn what major healthcare legislation...

Speakers

Cynthia Morton

Executive Vice President

National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL)

Also included in

LTC
Rehabilitation
Track 12
LTACH
LTACH

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: Accelerating interoperability in the post-COVID digital revolution

Earlier this year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published their final rule, 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program. This rule is designed to further promote interoperability and give patients and their healthcare providers secure access to health information. The writing is on the...

Speakers

Therasa Bell

President & CTO

Kno2

Jon Elwell

Chief Executive Officer

Kno2

Alan Swenson

Vice President of Interoperability

Kno2

Also included in

LTC
Behavioral Health
Track 13
LTC
LTC

Managing, mastering and excelling thru the COVID-19 crisis  

Come and hear challenges, discuss triumphs, and review best practices learned in the pandemic.

Speakers

Dr. Akia Sheema Blandon, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-C

VP of Clinical Services

The Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

Also included in

Behavioral Health
LTACH
Rehabilitation
Track 13
LTC
LTC

Starting the cyber-security conversation: It all starts with the basics

In this presentation, Mitze Amoroso, CPHIMS, Senior Vice President, and Chief Information Officer at ArchCare will help provide attendees with the information needed to start a cybersecurity conversation at their organization. During this presentation you’ll learn what makes sensitive healthcare information so desirable to hackers. Amoroso will address how companies can stay secure by reviewing th...

Speakers

Mitze Amoroso

Senior Vice President / Chief Information Officer

ArchCare

Also included in

LTACH
Track 14
Personal Care
Personal Care

Strengthen collaboration with area agency on aging (AAA) partners with WellSky Care Coordination

In this care coordination-focused session, we’ll drill into the new integrated solution with Aging & Disability for Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and focus on the technological enablement and benefits from the perspective of the personal care agency. We’ll review WellSky’s Care Coordination technology capabilities to connect to different partners along the healthcare continuum. 

Speakers

Andria Castagnola

Senior Solutions Manager

WellSky

Heather Eichman

sr. director, marketing

WellSky

Track 14
Personal Care
Personal Care

Personal care in the post-COVID era

Although the home care landscape has always been dotted with uncertainty and constant change, 2020 has presented entirely new challenges to the business of non-medical home care. What can your company do to ensure that you are built for dynamic growth, quality, and success when the rest of the world looks like it's on pause? Kunu Kaushal, Founder and Advocate of the Independent Home Care Alliance ...

Speakers

Kunu Kaushal

Founder & CEO Senior Solutions Home Care, Founder of Independent Home Care Alliance (IHCA), and Past President of the Tennessee Association for Home Care (TAHC)

Home Care Alliance (IHCA)

Track 15
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

New developments in IRF and post-acute care policy

This presentation will survey a series of developments across post-acute care with a focus on inpatient hospital rehabilitation, including responses to the challenges of COVID-19, the future of telerehab, and unified post-acute care payments. Additional topics include Medicare audits and appeals and health care policy in the next administration.

Speakers

Peter Thomas

Principal

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC

Track 15
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

Why measurement matters: Creating a practice culture that embraces patient-reported outcomes

Creating a culture in the clinic that embraces the use of patient-reported outcomes as part of clinic identity is vital for success in healthcare today. Ensuring that an outcomes culture is welcomed and effective begins with identifying and aligning the varying breadth of reasons for measuring PRO’s. Everyone on the team should recognize and understand the “why” and their own contribution in its s...

Speakers

Nikki Rasmussen

Clincal Solutions Consultant

FOTO

Track 15
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

Telehealth, signature requirements and other payer issues:  The law may be more flexible than you think

There are certainly many regulatory requirements in the healthcare industry and they can be confusing. But, if you understand the rules, you are less likely to make mistakes and you may also realize that the consequences of some mistakes aren’t as draconian as you may fear. This session will explore the state of telehealth rules, but it will also explore some other common regulatory requirements, ...

Speakers

David Glaser

Fredrikson & Byron's Health Law Group

Track 15
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

Successfully leading in the new normal: Insights from Post-Acute leadership

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted providers across the post-acute space. Over the last several months, leaders have been able to identify key factors that have greatly impacted their settings of care. Prioritizing these issues in the new normal may better prepare your organization for the future – with or without a pandemic. To create this session, Jane Snecinski, FACHE, of Post Acute Advisors ha...

Speakers

Jane Snecinski

President

Post Acute Advisors

Also included in

Behavioral Health
LTACH
LTC
Track 15
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

LIVE DIGITAL SERIES: Lagniappe, the “little something extra” that drives performance: How to use data to improve your programs in a meaningful way

During this session, Louisiana Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) surveyors Amy Sudduth and Jenna Strecker will provide insight into including data collection and analysis into processes that drive performance improvement. During this session, you’ll be provided with some lagniappe – a little something extra – to demonstrate how to use data found within your electronic...

Speakers

Jenna Strecker, MBA, CTRS

Performance Improvement and Safety Coordinator for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Willis-Knighton Health System

Amy Sudduth

Director of PM&R

WKHS

Also included in

Behavioral Health
Track 16
Rehabilitation, LTACH, LTC, Behavioral Health
Rehabilitation, LTACH, LTC, Behavioral Health

Rehabilitation and LTC/LTACH General Manager Welcome and State of the Industry: Post-acute continuum of care

Join us for a welcome and update by WellSky General Manager, Bryce Turnbull followed by the state of the indusry update by Kristen Smith. This year has certainly proved to be one of uncertainty and unforeseen circumstances, which significantly impacted the state of the industry as it relates to the delivery of healthcare services, particularly in the post-acute care continuum. This presentation...

Speakers

Bryce Turnbull

General Manager

WellSky

Kristen Smith

President of Clinical Innovation & Business Intelligence

Post Acute Medical, LLC

Also included in

LTACH
LTC
Rehabilitation
Behavioral Health
Track 17
Specialty Pharmacy
Specialty Pharmacy

Specialty Pharmacy: The bridge to the patient in a rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem

With so many variables affecting patients along their diagnostic journey, particularly with specialty medications, the specialty pharmacy often finds itself as a critical piece of the overall experience to get a patient started on therapy. In this session, the speaker will walk participants through the many roles that a specialty pharmacy can fill related to the patient's continued journey once a ...

Speakers

Jonathan Ogurchak

Co-Founder & CEO

STACK

Also included in

Home Infusion
Track 17
Specialty Pharmacy
Specialty Pharmacy

A solution for today's specialty pharmacy market prepared to grow into tomorrow’s

The specialty pharmacy industry has experienced rapid growth and changes; both in terms of the number of new medications going to market through as limited distribution drugs but also an increasing need to coordinate care between patients and providers. The ability to engage patients, effectively manage intake and prescription processing through to ensuring on time and the most economical delivery...

Speakers

Jordy Burchfield

Solutions Consultant

WellSky

Track 17
Specialty Pharmacy
Specialty Pharmacy

CAREFORUM DIGITAL SERIES: How to achieve operational excellence in your infusion and specialty pharmacy organization

Join Cannon Loughry, Chief Operations Officer of TwelveStone Health Partners, discuss how he and his team have kept their focus on what matters most to their organization, and how they pivoted in their operations when needed due to COVID-19.   Attend and learn:   ·       Overview of the TwelveStone organization, areas of focus, and strategic initiatives  ·       Industry changes they have exper...

Speakers

Cannon Loughry

Chief Operations Officer

TwelveStone Health Partners

Track 18
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME

General Manager Welcome and State of the Industry- Trends in home infusion

Home infusion started as a disrupter in the industry but has quickly become a standard of care. Join WellSky and Connie Sullivan, President, and CEO of the National Home Infusion Association, speak on where home infusion has been and where it’s going.  Connie is going to touch on how COVID-19 has impacted home infusion and the broader post-acute care. She will also review how data plays a role in ...

Speakers

Josh Lowery

General Manager

WellSky

Connie Sullivan

President and Chief Executive Officer

National Home Infusion Association (NHIA)

Also included in

Home Infusion
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME
Track 18
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME
Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion, HME/DME

Resource management: unlocking the data you need to deliver care efficiently and effectively

No healthcare organization can operate effectively and efficiently without access to resources – the people and things that make healthcare happen. All resources impact compliance, reimbursement, cost of care, and patient outcomes; however, data related to their utilization and productivity are often tracked in separate systems—the result: a fragmented look at an organization’s productivity, capac...

Speakers

Al Fiandaca

Sr. Solutions Manager

WellSky

Also included in

Behavioral Health
Home Infusion
LTACH
LTC
Rehabilitation
Specialty Pharmacy
HME/DME