General Sessions Descriptions
WEDNESDAY,
July 14, 2010
Opening General Session
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Opening General Session: National Update
The traditional opening of the annual Financial Management
Conference is the National Update on legislative, regulatory,
and legal issues. This year, health care reform presents
an unprecedented breadth and depth of change for home care
and hospice. The legislated reforms are now law and the action has shifted on the
regulatory implementation. This plenary session reviews those monumental changes
and offers a forecast on their impact to home care and hospice in 2010 and beyond.
Objectives:
- Identify the legislative changes that will impact
home care and hospice;
- Identify the regulatory issues that will come out
of the health care reform law; and
- Explain the opportunities and challenges that these
reforms bring to home care and hospice.
Faculty: Val J. Halamandaris, President, National
Association for Home Care & Hospice, Washington,
D.C. and William A. Dombi, Vice President for Law, National
Association for Home Care & Hospice, and Director,
Home Health & Hospice Financial Manager’s Association,
Washington, D.C.
Course level: Intermediate; nursing 1.5 CEs; accounting
1.0 CPEs (NASBA/RE)
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of legislative,
regulatory and legal issues in home care and hospice.
THURSDAY,
July 15, 2010
General Session: HHFMA Leadership Panel
9:15 to 10:55 am
The HHFMA Leadership Panel is one of the annual highlights
of the Financial Management Conference and 2010 will be
no exception. The dramatic changes in health care delivery
and finance that are triggered by the health care reform legislation will demand
creativity, ingenuity, and significant energy from home care professionals to gain
full advantage of the opportunities and to conquer the upcoming challenges. The
esteemed panelists, representing a wide range of interests in home care and hospice,
will offer their insights and observations on the changed environment and what
are the best moves forward.
Objectives:
- Identify the critical elements of change that will
be driven by health care reform;
- Discuss the opportunities for home care and hospice
that should come from the reforms and how to secure the
benefits of these opportunities; and
- Describe the strategies for success in the new health
care reform aftermath.
Moderator: William J. Simione, Jr., Principal, Simione
Consultants, Inc., Hamden, CT, and Chair, Home Care & Hospice
Financial Management Association.
Panelists: TBD
Course level: Intermediate; nursing 1.6 CEs; accounting
2.0 CPEs (NASBA/SKA)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge health care reform
legislation.
FRIDAY,
July 16, 2010
Closing General Session
12:45 to 2:15 pm
Open Financial Managers Forum
Once again, HHFMA presents it’s open, no-holds-barred
forum meeting to conclude the annual conference. The session
addresses any and all issues of interest to the conference
faculty and attendees. The insights are endless, all the
advice is free and the experience is priceless.
Moderator: William A. Dombi, Vice President for Law,
National Association for Home Care & Hospice, and
Director, Home Health & Hospice Financial Manager’s
Association, Washington, D.C.
Course Level: No CEs or CPEs for this session.
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