2023 Home Care Symposium
Virtual Event
Read a recap of MEDITECH’s 2023 Home Care Symposium.
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Check out a recap of our 2023 Home Care Symposium.
Click here to access the presentation slides ahead of the event. Note: All presentations are password-protected and a login is required for viewing. If you need help with your login, please contact your IT department.
Thank you to our raffle sponsor, Interlace Health!
Get an inside look at this year's event, courtesy of Michael Malone, MEDITECH Associate Vice President, and check out our podcast with keynote speaker, Cindy Krafft.
We're excited to announce this year's Keynote speakers: Lindsay Doak, MBA, Senior Manager of BerryDunn, and Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, HCS-O, Owner/Founder of K&K Health Care Solutions! They'll be joined by a number of your customer peers and MEDITECH staff on the agenda. Click on each day's tab below to find out what we have in store. Note: All agenda times are in EST.
We’re excited to bring together home care professionals for MEDITECH’s 2023 Home Care Symposium, three days of educational content designed to innovate, optimize, and enhance your current home care solution. Let’s continue to work together to spark innovation and optimize our practices.
Share your post-event experience with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook using the hashtag #MEDITECHHomeCare23.
Review our 2022 session recordings on the Home Care Product Resources Webinar Archive. (Note: This page is password-protected and a login is required for viewing. If you need help with your login, please contact your IT department.)
A customer password may be required to access certain materials linked from this page.
- TuesdayClose Tuesday Click here to access the presentation slides ahead of the event. Note: All presentations are password-protected and a login is required for viewing. If you need help with your login, please contact your IT department.
Note: All times are in EST.
Tuesday, March 21 | Innovation
11 a.m.
Conference Kickoff
11:15 a.m.
Keynote: Insights from the Healthcare at Home National Best Practices and Future Insights Study
Lindsay Doak, MBA, Director of Research, BerryDunn
In 2021, several industry-leading home care organizations sponsored a national study of trends and challenges. Learn what best practices the most successful agencies have implemented to respond to industry changes. Topics will include staffing and leadership challenges, clinician workflow recommendations, the role of technology, and more.12:15 p.m.
Break
12:45 p.m.
Agency Profile: Holyoke VNA & Hospice
Jennifer Martin, Director of IT and Operations, Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association, Inc., & Hospice Life Care
During this session, Holyoke’s director, Jennifer Martin, will share the agency’s unique workflows and processes. She will discuss topics such as hospice and palliative care, intake and off-hours processes, how to ensure good documentation, and lessons learned in the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Pilot program.1:45 p.m.
Break
2 p.m.
The Road To Survey Success
Debi Pestotnik, RN, BC, Director, Public Health, Boone County Hospital
Learn strategies to excel during the agency survey process, from an agency leader and MEDITECH Home Care user.3 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Benefits of Third-Party Relationships
Kathleen Garcia, MT(ASCP), Lead Software Designer, Product Development, MEDITECH
Milt Biliouris, Supervisor, Client Services, MEDITECH
Do you know which third-party interfaces are available for MEDITECH Home Care? Hear experiences and recommendations from your peers during this interactive session. - WednesdayClose Wednesday Click here to access the presentation slides ahead of the event. Note: All presentations are password-protected and a login is required for viewing. If you need help with your login, please contact your IT department.
Note: All times are in EST.
Wednesday, March 22 | Optimization
11 a.m.
Daily Kickoff
11:15 a.m.
Keynote: Home Health Value-Based Purchasing: Focus on Improvement & Stabilization
Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, HCS-O, Owner/Founder, K&K Health Care Solutions
This session will connect multiple approaches to care and provide agencies with the tools needed to achieve positive patient outcomes in the Value-Based Purchasing program. Cindy Krafft will cover the requirements of the HHVBP program, while highlighting the importance of both maintenance therapy and nursing management and evaluation.12:15 p.m.
Break
12:45 p.m.
Maintaining Your Dictionaries
Rachael Nead, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
It's easy to forget to maintain your clinical and financial dictionaries after you've gone LIVE with Home Care. In this session, we will revisit common dictionaries and settings which impact your clinicians' workflows, as well as your agency's clinical and financial Performance.1:45 p.m.
Break
2 p.m.
Tool Time
Scott Rogers, Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Are you maximizing all of the features and education available to you? Learn how to utilize existing Home Care tools to get the most power out of your system.3 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Authorizations Improvements
Katherine Ford, Supervisor, Client Services, MEDITECH
This session will showcase new functionality available in the Authorize Payer task, along with tips on how to optimize your authorizations process. - ThursdayClose Thursday Click here to access the presentation slides ahead of the event. Note: All presentations are password-protected and a login is required for viewing. If you need help with your login, please contact your IT department.
Note: All times are in EST.
Thursday, March 23 | Enhancement
11 a.m.
Daily Kickoff
11:15 a.m.
2.8 Early Adopter Lessons Learned
Cristin Handlin, Application Analyst, Stillwater Medical
Hear from Cristin Handlin as she details Stillwater’s 2.8 Early Adopter experience. She’ll review the new documentation functionality, as well as offer workflow and setup recommendations and a behind-the-scenes look at the process.12:15 p.m.
Break
12:45 p.m.
2.8 Features: Tailored to You
Etienne Bertie, Senior Specialist, Client Services, MEDITECH
Join us for a peek at some of the exciting new functionality coming soon in our 2.8 release. We'll preview Choice Tailoring, Edit Summary Report, and our new Private Duty service line office.1:45 p.m.
Break
2 p.m.
Introducing The PMP Financial Agency Summary
Kevin McElhaney, Supervisor, Client Services, MEDITECH
During this session, we’ll provide an in-depth look at a new PMP Agency Summary report, which provides data and comparison for gross revenue, adjustments, and payments posted. Attendees will see the new report’s breakdown of each of these data sets by top three payers, as well as current trends for the previous 12 months.