Welcome & Opening General Session - Honorable Robert Dole; Honorable Tommy Thompson; Ruth Constant; Val J. Halamandaris; Washington Update
101. Expanding the Continuum of Services: How to Become a Medicare Part B Provider - Carla M. Braveman; Mary Sheehan
102. Performance-based Payment in Home Health: From Policy into Practice - Sharon Bee Cheng; Amanda Twiss; Mary Carr
104. Advocacy -How to Lobby Your Member of Congress - Jeffrey Kincheloe; Yvonne Santa Anna
202. The National Quality Improvement/Hospitalization Reduction Project Final Report - Robert Agoglia
203. Optimizing Hospice Operations and Finance - Robert Simione; Maxine Hochhauser
204. Mounting a Successful Influenza Campaign - Diane Omdahl; Jane Miles
301. HIT in the Home Health Setting - Mary St.Pierre; Laurie Neander
302. Medicare`s QIOs and the 8th Scope of Work - David Adler; Marian Essey
303. Hospice Data Collection, Quality Assessment, and Performance Improvement: Are You Ready? - Martha Tecca
304. Home Telehospice: A New Adjunct to Conventional Hospice Service Delivery - Audrey Kinsella; Beverly Gillund
401. Navigating the Brave New World of Medicare Notices and Appeals; Part II: NOTICES - David Nelson
402. Legal Considerations in Managed Care Contracting - Bruce Merlin Fried
501. Navigating the Brave New World of Medicare Notices and Appeals; Part I: APPEALS - TBD
502. Legal Issues in Competition - Robert E. Bloch
Keynote Address - Catherine Crier
601. Legal Issues in Agency Configurations: Business Structures - Christopher L. White
602. How to Secure Patient Referrals - Within the Law - Denise Bonn