Hospice Hot Topics Series: Emergency Preparedness Essentials

Emergency Preparedness Essentials

An Emergency Preparedness program that includes all required elements will result in a survey free of E-tags and an agency prepared to deal with all possible hazards!  This session outlines the required components, steps and timelines needed to ensure agencies are survey ready related to the Emergency Preparedness Conditions of Participation.

Date:  Thursday, October 9th, 2025

Time: 11:00 AM- 12:00PM EST

Pricing:

• Members: FREE
• Non-Members: $50
  

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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.

Excited for more Hospice Updates?

PHA and HPS have created a NEW Hot Topics Series- just for Hospice!  Check out our monthly webinars, packed with quick & efficient updates on relevant developments important to YOU!

REGISTER FOR THE WHOLE SERIES HERE!

• March 13: What’s New – CAHPS Hospice Survey (Melinda Gaboury)
• April 10: Hospice Eligibility Documentation (Tammy Stewart)
• May 8: Hospice CoPs vs. Conditions of Payment (Victoria Barron)
• June 12: The 2026 Hospice Proposed Rule (Melinda Gaboury)
• July 10: Hospice Billing Hot Topics (Melinda Gaboury)
• August 14: HOPE (Tammy Stewart)
• September 11: Top Hospice Survey Deficiencies (Victoria Barron)
• October 9: Emergency Preparedness Essentials (Victoria Barron)
• November 13: Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) (Melinda Gaboury)
• December 11: Top Hospice Medical Review Denials (Melinda Gaboury)