Calendar of Events
2025 Annual Conference
Wind Creek Resort 77 Wind Creek Blvd, Bethlehem, PA, PA, United StatesEvent Details
The Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) is excited to announce our 2025 Annual Conference, happening from May 14-16, 2025, at the Wind Creek Resort in Bethlehem, PA.
More information coming soon! Check back frequently for valuable information!
Home Health Hot Topic Series – Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
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Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
Join us for this webinar tailored for home health providers. Learn effective strategies to enhance operations and boost financial performance. Discover best practices for building provider relationships and navigating challenges in the managed care landscape. Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable insights that can help your organization thrive!
Date: June 10, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Regina Wild, LPN, is currently Director of Managed Care Consulting with Healthcare Provider Solutions. Regina is an experienced healthcare professional with over 15 years of industry experience. She has worked as a nurse, business development professional, and contracting/credentialing specialist. Regina has a deep understanding of the healthcare system and has worked in various healthcare settings, gaining valuable insights into the industry. Regina’s primary focus is on Managed Care contracting, where she helps providers maximize reimbursement, strengthen referral relationships, and expand their market presence. She is passionate about assisting healthcare providers in navigating the complexities of the industry and achieving their goals.
In addition to her work in the home care industry, Regina is actively involved in several healthcare associations. She serves on education and reimbursement committees and is a sought-after speaker at conferences. Regina’s expertise and dedication to the field make her an asset to any healthcare organization.
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
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- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Quick Hits
Event Details
Speaker: PHA Staff
Description: No time to keep up with all of the changes and news? Hard to find time for much of anything beyond today’s emergencies?
Join PHA the third Thursday for a quick rundown of the top issues facing home health, home care and hospice.
Cost: Free (Members-Only)
Time: 12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Reoccurring event with one registration no need to register multiple times*
Home Health Hot Topic Series – Home Health Emergency Preparedness
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Home Health Emergency Preparedness
A robust emergency preparedness program will guide your agency through all possible emergencies. This session will discuss emergency preparedness standards and provide tips to ensure your emergency preparedness program is current and ready to activate at all times.
Date: July 8, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
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.
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
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- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Quick Hits
Event Details
Speaker: PHA Staff
Description: No time to keep up with all of the changes and news? Hard to find time for much of anything beyond today’s emergencies?
Join PHA the third Thursday for a quick rundown of the top issues facing home health, home care and hospice.
Cost: Free (Members-Only)
Time: 12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Reoccurring event with one registration no need to register multiple times*
PHA Education Committee Meeting
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Education Committee Meeting
Date: 7/23/25
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: Teams Link
Details: This is a closed meeting for Education Committee members only.
For questions or additional information, please contact [email protected]
Home Health Hot Topic Series – Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
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Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
2026 is set to be a year of changes in home health. This webinar will provide a detailed review of the 2026 home health proposed payment rule. Any changes that are set to be implemented for 2026 will be reviewed with best practices for implementation.
Date: August 5, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C, is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Provider Solutions. 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 extensive experience in Medicare Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews, and due diligence. Medicare appeals (UPIC, RA, ADR, and TPE) with all the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as the Chair of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) Advisory Board and Work Group, Treasurer of the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors and serves on the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers 2024.
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
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- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Quick Hits
Event Details
Speaker: PHA Staff
Description: No time to keep up with all of the changes and news? Hard to find time for much of anything beyond today’s emergencies?
Join PHA the third Thursday for a quick rundown of the top issues facing home health, home care and hospice.
Cost: Free (Members-Only)
Time: 12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Reoccurring event with one registration no need to register multiple times*
Home Health Hot Topic Series – Home Health VBP: Where Do We Stand?
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Home Health VBP: Where Do We Stand?
This webinar will include the most recent update on the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) expansion, which will review any updates for 2026 implementation. We will highlight the most recent Interim Performance Reports (IPRs) and provide feedback on where agencies are struggling the most with the new 2025 changes.
Date: September 9, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Speaker:
Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C, is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Provider Solutions. 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 extensive experience in Medicare Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews, and due diligence. Medicare appeals (UPIC, RA, ADR, and TPE) with all the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as the Chair of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) Advisory Board and Work Group, Treasurer of the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors and serves on the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers 2024.
Join us for this monthly webinar series designed to provide you with valuable insights quickly and efficiently.
PHA and HPS look forward to keeping you up to date in this monthly update!
-
- January 14: OASIS E1 Update – What has changed?
- February 11: Home Health Revenue Cycle – What Pains You the Most?
- March 11: Effective Interventions & Goals on Home Health Plan of Care
- April 8: OASIS GG Items – The Fine Print!
- May 13: The Latest in Home Health Medical Review
- June 10: Optimizing Managed Care: Strategies for Success
- July 8: Home Health Emergency Preparedness
- August 5: Home Health Proposed Rule 2026
- September 9: Home Health Value Based Purchasing – Where do we stand?
- October 14: Coding Update – What’s Hot and What’s NOT!
- November 11: Contract Negotiations for Managed Care – Where to Begin?
- December 16: 2026 Hot Topics of Implementation for The Coming Year!
Costs: Cost: Free (member) | $50 (prospective member)
Quick Hits
Event Details
Speaker: PHA Staff
Description: No time to keep up with all of the changes and news? Hard to find time for much of anything beyond today’s emergencies?
Join PHA the third Thursday for a quick rundown of the top issues facing home health, home care and hospice.
Cost: Free (Members-Only)
Time: 12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Reoccurring event with one registration no need to register multiple times*
Quick Hits
Event Details
Speaker: PHA Staff
Description: No time to keep up with all of the changes and news? Hard to find time for much of anything beyond today’s emergencies?
Join PHA the third Thursday for a quick rundown of the top issues facing home health, home care and hospice.
Cost: Free (Members-Only)
Time: 12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Reoccurring event with one registration no need to register multiple times*
Direct Care Worker Forum
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Direct Care Worker Forum
Save the Date
EVV Compliance Collaborative – Fall
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EVV Compliance Collaborative – Fall
Save The Date
PHA Education Committee Meeting
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Education Committee Meeting
Date: 11/19/2025
Time: 10:00 – 2:00 PM
Location: TBD
Details: This is a closed meeting for Education Committee members only.
For questions or additional information, please contact [email protected]