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• 2025 Corporate Sponsorship

  • Start
    Friday, November 01, 2024
  • End
    Friday, January 31, 2025

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  Engage, Network, & Support

  As the recognized leader, educator, and advocate for the home care sector in the State of Maryland and Washington, D.C., the Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association [MNCHA] invites you to engage, network, and support our community-based non-profile and for-profit home care providers. These providers include Medicaid and Medicare-certified Home Health, Personal Care, Pediatric Private Duty, and Durable Medical Equipment businesses.

  Our membership includes over 80 companies, with more than 70% in the home health or private duty sector. This sector includes over 460 owners, decision-makers, clinicians, and staff. The remainder of our membership includes DME businesses and Industry Partners and Suppliers. MNCHA's total subscriber network is comprised of more than 1,800 contacts!

  Corporate Sponsors benefits include:

  • Exhibit at the Annual Conference to engage with existing & potential clients.
    
  • Complimentary registration[s] at VIP Welcome Reception with Board of Directors.
    
  • Corporate logo placement & advertisement in the MNCHA Annual Conference Program.
    
  • Brand recognition on MNCHA website, weekly e-blasts, and newsletter[s].
    
  • Dedicated posts on MNCHA social media channels.
  • Complimentary MNCHA Associate Membership to build relationships with members.
    
  • Opportunity to host a webinar or Networking Event for our MNCHA subscriber network. 

  Click here to view full Sponsor Spec Sheet!
  

  
  

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• PDN Member Meeting

  • Start
    Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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  • End
    Tuesday, December 09, 2025
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  • Schedule
    13 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join us for our monthly meeting where we strengthen bonds and grow as we focus on the specialized needs in the MNCHA PDN Member Sector Meeting. Please Join Us! 

  This meeting is open to any MNCHA Member working in PDN.
  

  Participation in the meeting is free but registration is required so that you can receive the meeting login information.
  

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• MNCHA Weekly Legislative Committee Meeting

  • Start
    Monday, January 13, 2025
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  • End
    Monday, April 07, 2025
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  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Weekly Legislative Committee Meeting 

  Join MNCHA's Legislative Committee and Danna Kauffman, Esq., our Legislative Advisor from Schwartz, Metz & Wise, PA, for weekly calls held throughout Maryland's General Assembly Session. Help us review the list of bills before the Assembly and determine if you, our Members, would like to see any action taken.

  Participation is FREE for all MNCHA Members but registration is required. Meeting information will be distributed in registration confirmation & reminder emails.

  Materials for each call will be available at MNCHA's 2025 Legislative Center.
  

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• Home Health Reimbursement Workshop

  • Start
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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  • End
    Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

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  January 2025 brings even more changes changes with the updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Expansion.  Agencies must develop and implement plans to continue to succeed under the current reimbursement model, PDGM.  This workshop will discuss key areas, strategies and processes in assisting an agency with continued success in 2025.  This workshop will have a focus on best episode management and process improvement practices including the referral, intake and scheduling processes, timely documentation, physician and patient communication strategies, all of which are required to more tightly manage care within the 30-day payment period.  The data utilized in determining impact of medical review and top denials resulting from medical review will be detailed.  Lastly, the workshop will include a session on being successful with Medicare Advantage contracting and implementation.

  Session 1 - January 14, 2025

  8:30 - 10:00 AM - Key Revenue Cycle Elements Related to PDGM

  Summarize key Revenue Cycle Operations affected by PDGM

  • Discussnecessary modifications to the intake and referral process under PDGM
  • Outline the Impact on case-mix weight with coding and OASIS
  • Present data to assist in determining financial impacts of PDGM on an agency
  • Explain scheduling strategies to prevent penalties for Late NOAs
    

  10:00 - 10:30 AM - Break

  10:30 - 12:00 PM - Home Health Medical Review & Avoiding Denials
  

  Review the Specifics of Data Resulting in Medical Review
  

  • Detail the impact of claims data on medical review 
  • Discuss top 5 reasons for Medical Review Denials 
  • Outline best practices for avoiding medical review denials
    

  Session 2 - January 22, 2025

  8:30 - 10:00 AM - Medicare Advantage Success 2025 & Forward

  Review the details of Medicare Advantage Success

  • Provide Detail statistics on where Medicare Advantage is active
    
  • Planning for strategic and longer-term sustainability in partnering with MA Plans
  • Evaluate steps in contracting with Medicare Advantage Plans

  10:00 - 10:30 AM - Break
  

  10:30 - 12:00 PM - Home Health Value Based Purchasing Model

  Detail 2025 Home Health Value Based Purchasing Expansion & Reports

  • Outline HHVBP Model for 2025
    
  • Detail Impact of payment adjustments from 2023 data
    
  • Review Interim Performance Reports details
    

  Featured Speaker
  

  Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C

  CEO - Healthcare Provider Solutions
  

  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. Melinda is currently Chair of the NAHC/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group, is Treasurer on the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors, and a member of the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board of Directors. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers, 2024.

  
  

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  Registration
  

  Member - $160

  Non-member - $260

  Registrants will receive a link to the event the day before.

  
  

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• Legislative Advocacy Day 2025

  • When
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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    7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    The Governor Calvert House at Historic Inns of Annapolis - 58 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

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  MNCHA Members and Board Members, please join us as we return to the historic Governor Calvery House for Legislative Advocacy Day 2025.

  MNCHA is excited to join our collaborative partners LifeSpan Network, Hospice & Palliative Care Network, and MAADs as we educate our elected officials on the operations, innovations, concerns, and challenges relevant to home health care and DME services in Maryland.

  Legislative Advocacy Day is open to MNCHA members. If you own, operate and/or lead an agency in Maryland, this is an excellent opportunity to meet and speak with your elected officials.

  Agenda

  7:30 AM     Registration

  8:00 AM     Legislative Overview & Budget Briefing - Danna Kauffman, Managing Partner, Schwartz, Metz, Wise, & Kauffman, P.A. & Maryland Department of Legislative Services, Medicaid Analyst

  8:30 AM     Legislative Networking

  10:00 AM   Adjourn
  

  Attendees are encouraged to set up personal meetings with their legislators after the conclusion of the event. Additional information to follow.
  

  Registration

  Member - $120 for first registrant of the organization/ $95 for each additional registrant from your organization
  

  *Please note that this is members-only event. Any organization with a lapsed status after January 1st, 2025 will be asked to bring their membership current prior to the even*

  Parking
  

  Valet parking is limited but available for a daily rate or choose a nearby parking option.
  

  Annapolis Hotel Accommodations

  A handful of rooms have been reserved at the Historic Inn of Annapolis if you plan to stay overnight on January 27th. This group rate is available on a first-come, first served basis.

  • Historic Inns of Annapolis, Governor Calvert House - LifeSpan Room Block [or contact Hotel Reservations at 410-263- 2641]
  • Graduate by Hilton Annapolis
  • Annapolis Waterfront Hotel
  • Other Annapolis Hotels
    

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