1. PROGRAM Harnessing the Power of Home Care 2014
Annual Membership Conference May 7 – 9, 2014 Saratoga Springs, New York
PROGRAM
Join us for our
2014 PAC Reception “A Nite at the Races!”
Harnessing the Power of
Home Care
Visit our 31 Exciting Exhibitors in the Gallery
Plan to attend our Awards Breakfast and congratulate the best of the best!
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2. Other Notable Sponsors
Annual Conference Sponsors
Other Notable Sponsors
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
At Home Care, Inc.
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Home Health Agency
Byram Healthcare
Dominican Sisters Family Health Services
Finger Lakes VNS/VNS Rochester & Monroe Counties
Health and Hospitals Corporation
Hinman Straub, P.C.
Metropolitan Jewish Health System
MZL Home Care Agency
People Care, Inc.
Philips
Progressive Home Health Services, Inc.
RBC Limited
Sandata Technologies
Selfhelp Community Services
VNA of Hudson Valley
Visiting Nurse Association of Long Island, Inc.
VNS Westchester
Winning Strategies Washington
Winthrop University Hospital HHA 1

3. Thanks to our lead HCA PAC Contributors
HCA Board of Directors
We also extend a special thanks to HCA’s Board of Directors who donate their time and talents for the success of HCA.
Spotlight on Giving!
Thanks to our lead HCA PAC Contributors
Anne Calvo
Bridget Gallagher
Kenneth Kilroy
HCA wishes to recognize Ms. Anne Calvo, Ms. Bridget Gallagher, and Mr. Kenneth Kilroy for their commitment and cumulative giving of their time, expertise and generous financial support – making them true leaders in both the home and community-based industry and HCA’s PAC. Thank you Anne, Bridget and Ken, for all you do!
Maria Andreacchio Allen Health Care Services
Kenneth Kilroy Progressive Home Health Services
Susan Brett
Sue Larman
People Care, Inc.
VNA of Albany, Saratoga and Rensselaer
Maura Cahill-Bordas Hebrew Hospital Home, Inc.
Russell Lusak Selfhelp Community Services
Anne Calvo
Winthrop University Hospital Home Health Agency
Irina Mitzner
North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health Care Network
Susan Caputo
Metropolitan Jewish Health System
Karen O’Kane
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Ilaina Edison
Center Light
Mary Kate Rolf
Michael Feinman Any-Time Home Care, Inc.
VNA Homecare
Brian Schiel
Ann Frisch
Bestcare
New York City HHC – Health &
Home Care
Rae Szymanski
Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley
Bridget Gallagher Jewish Home Lifecare
Vivian Torres-Suarez
Barbara Gray
VNSNY Home Care
Park Ridge at Home
Joseph Twardy
Ginger Hall
VNS of Northeastern NY
Jefferson County Public Health Services
Mary Zagajeski Dominican Sisters Family Health Service
Pamela Joachim
Montefiore Medical Center Home Health Agency
Orael Keenan Visiting Nurse Association of Long Island
Join us Thursday evening for a “Nite at the Races” for HCA’s PAC Reception.
(See details on page 5.) 2

4. AGENDA Wednesday, May 7 Pre-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, May 7
9:00am – Hotel Lobby
HCA Registration Opens
10:00am to 12:45pm – Travers/Alabama
Discharge Planning: The Elements and Incentives for Effective Care Transitioning   
Sara Butterfield, RN, BSN, CPHQ, CCM, Senior Director of Health Care Quality Improvement, IPRO.
Diane Nanno, MS, CNS, RN, Director of Transition Care Services, SUNY Upstate University Hospital.
Marianne Grady, Director, Managed Long Term Care at Health Plus, an Amerigroup Company.
12:30pm to 6:30pm
Exhibit Gallery
HCA is pleased to have 31 exclusive vendors on hand to showcase the latest home health products and services expressly for HCA conference participants.
1:30pm to 4:30pm – Broadway Ballroom
HCA Annual Board of Directors Meeting
(A Members Only Session)
5:00pm to 6:30pm – The Gallery
Welcome Reception
Trot on over and enjoy a delightful beverage, music, the company of vendors and good friends at our welcome reception.
Dinner is on your own this evening.
Pre-Conference Workshop
Reception Sponsored by:
Musical Entertainment Sponsored by:
Checkout the local restaurants
Listed on the website below or use the QR code:
For more learning opportunities provided by HCA visit 3

5. AGENDA Thursday, May 8 6:00am to 6:45am – Hotel Lobby
The Morning Workout
Join your colleagues for an invigorating and brisk walk through the streets of historic Saratoga.
Coffee and water “to go” will be waiting for you.
7:00am to 8:15am – Exhibit Gallery
Breakfast Carousel
Start the day off with a nutritious breakfast and a visit with our vendors gallery.
8:30am to 9:15am – Saratoga Ballroom
Controlling the Reins and Driving the Teams – An Address by HCA’s President, Joanne Cunningham
9:15am to 10:30am – Saratoga Ballroom
The State of the Home Care Industry
Dr. Robert Fazzi is Founder and Managing Partner of Fazzi Associates.
10:45am to Noon – Saratoga Ballroom
Heroes Need Not Apply
Dr. Brian Wong, Head Coach and CEO, The Bedside Trust.
Noon to 2:00pm – Broadway Ballroom and The Gallery
Networking Lunch and Vendor Showcase
2:00pm to 4:45pm -
Three Workshops in Two Sessions:
Session I (2:00pm to 3:15pm) Session II (3:30pm to 4:45pm)
All three of the programs summarized below are repeated during back-to-back sessions.
Using Salient Data for a Sharper Vision in Home Care – Saratoga 1
Members of HCA’s Policy Staff will present.
Enhancing Collaboration among Hospitals, Primary Care and Home Care – Saratoga 2
Angela Schonberg, Assistant Director of Clinical Outreach and Business Development, Montefiore Medical Center Home Care
Amy R. Ehrlich, MD, Associated Chief, Division of Geriatrics at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Mirnova Céide, MD, Geriatric Psychiatrist for Montefiore Home Care and Embedded Psychiatrist at Montefiore Medical Center
Janice Korenblatt, LCSW, Director of Social Work, Montefiore Home Care (MHC)
Wojciech Rymarowicz, MPT, Director of Rehabilitation at Montefiore Home Care
Roberta Duke, RN, Program Manager for the Heart Failure Team, Montefiore Home Care.
Palliative Care: Leading the Way in Your Agency and Community – Saratoga 3
Jeanne Ryan, MA, OTR, CHCE, COS-C, Executive Director, VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson/Cross-Continuum Services
Maureen Groden, RN, MS, CHPN, Hospice and Palliative Care Manager, VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson/Cross-Continuum Services
Breakfast Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: 4

6. Down the stretch they come!
Nite at the Races
Thursday, May 8
5:00pm to 6:30pm
HCA PAC Reception - The Springs Lounge
Join in the fun at this fundraiser for HCA’s Political Action Committee (PAC). Attendees who make a $50 minimum personal donation will be able to place their “bets” on a favorite steed in a series of simulated horse races where the winners are entered into a raffle to win valuable prizes. Drinks and light refreshments are provided in this entertaining, but important event that supports HCA’s advocacy efforts throughout the year on your behalf.
To register, please bring your personal donation of $50 or more to the Registration Desk or present payment at the door that evening.
Odds to win 10/1
Place your bets!
Down the stretch they come!
and they’re off!
He’s coming round the turn!
Dinner is on your own this evening.
Checkout the local restaurants
Listed on the website below or use the QR code: 5

7. AGENDA Congratulations to all our 2014 Award Winners!
Friday, May 9
6:00am to 6:45am – Hotel Lobby
The Morning Workout
Join your colleagues for an invigorating and brisk walk through the streets of historic Saratoga. Coffee and water “to go” will be waiting for you.
8:00am to 10:00am – Saratoga Ballroom
The Winners Circle: A Breakfast Honoring our Home Care Champions
During this morning’s breakfast, HCA pays tribute to recipients of the Ruth F. Wilson Award, the Caring Award and the Advocacy “Giraffe” Award – a highlight of our annual conference. Join your peers as we recognize these champions over an elegant breakfast.
Awards Breakfast Sponsored by:
Caring Award Winners
Ilza Villar, HHA
Selfhelp Community Services
Sarah Miner, RN
HCR Home Care
Congratulations to all our Award Winners!
Advocacy Award Winners
Assemblyman Michael Cusick
Senator Andrew J. Lanza
Ruth F. Wilson Award Winner
Michelle Mazzacco
Eddy Visiting Nurse Association and Director of Community Services for St. Peter’s Health Partners
10:15am to 11:30am – Saratoga Ballroom
Accountability: Turn Limited Resources into Results
Liz Jazwiec, R.N., nationally acclaimed speaker and author.
The Finish Line – Adjournment
Sponsored by:
HCA wishes to thank the Members for their continued support and commitment to learning. 6

8. EXHIBITORS
Table P1 Philips 111 Lawrence Street Framingham, MA Phone: (800) Fax: (516) Website: To flourish in the era of Healthcare Reform, it can’t be business as usual. Philips Home Monitoring offers solutions that help organizations improve clinical outcomes, reduce readmissions, and lower costs. Philips Telehealth Solutions supports patient education and enables clinicians to remotely monitor patients, so they can make more timely care decisions. Philips Lifeline provides medical alert and medication dispensing solutions to help enable independent living.
Table P2 Sandata Technologies 26 Harbor Park Drive Port Washington, NY Phone: (516) Fax: (516) Website: Through a powerful and integrated suite of Santrax products, perfected over three decades, Sandata can help cut administrative costs, eliminate manual data entry, automate schedules, create electronic billing, invoices, accounts receivable and payroll, track employee compliance, generate management reports and analysis and guard against fraud and abuse with our permanent comprehensive audit trail.
Table P3 United Healthcare Community Plan 77 Water Street, 14th Floor New York, NY Phone: (212) Website: United Healthcare Personal Assist is a Managed Long Term Care plan (MLTC) licensed by the New York State Department of Health. The plan provides necessary long term care services such as personal care, nursing, non-emergency medical transportation and medical equipment to eligible Medicaid recipients in need of at least 120 days of home and community based services. Because everyone has their own unique needs, MLTC members receive a high level of support from care coordinators, who collaborate with them to develop person-centered plans of care and coordinate services. Through the provision of needed long term care services and supports, members requiring some help with activities of daily living, are able to live in the comfort of their home, safety and independently, for as long as possible.
Table P23 TSG Financial, LLC 1325 Franklin Avenue, Suite 540 Garden City, NY Phone: (516) Fax: (516) Website: From comprehensive business/personal insurance, full-service estate, retirement, and financial planning to cost-effective employee benefit programs, our attention to detail, client advocacy and creativity consistently enable our clients to rely on us for effective solutions in all practice areas.
Table P28 Gannett Healthcare Group/Nurse.com 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C-106 Westbury, NY Phone: (516) Fax: (516) Website: Nurse.com is where the nurses are. At Nurse.com, we believe in nurses and they believe in us. For more than 30 years, Nurse.com has been the most trusted source of nursing jobs; innovative, award-winning learning opportunities; compelling news and other resources that actively support the registered nurses we serve. Our audience inspires our culture: As the ultimate career resource for RNs, we are inventive, engaged and ultimately driven to improve patient care by supporting the career aspirations of healthcare professionals.
Table 5 Stericycle Communication Solutions 4010 Commercial Avenue Northbrook, IL Phone: (302) Website: Stericycle Communication Solutions is the industry expert in delivering 24/7/365 live answering services and call center solutions for business owners to help better serve their customer base by alleviating their staffs of an administrative burden or reducing the need to invest in additional personnel. Stericycle Communication Solutions delivers powerful, compassionate customer service experiences through dedicated teams and many offices nationwide. With an expansive product offering, Stericycle Communication Solutions can serve as an all-encompassing solution for all inbound and outbound calls, s, SMS text, faxes and chats. 7

9. EXHIBITORS
Table 6 Medline Industries, Inc. One Medline Place Mundelein, IL Phone: (603) Fax: (603) Website: Medline is proud to be Home Healthcare’s leading provider of supply management programs. Medline provides financial, operational and clinical resources focused on reducing readmissions, while enhancing patient outcomes and satisfaction. Our consistently published case studies demonstrate the valued results expected in this dynamic market. Please ask about Medline or go to Medline.com
Table 7 Simione Healthcare Consultants, LLC 4130 Whitney Avenue Hamden, CT Phone: (800) Fax: (203) Website: Simione Healthcare Consultants is focused on solving your core homecare and hospice challenges – in organizational, financial, sales & marketing, technology, and mergers & acquisitions. Over 1000 organizations use our practical insight and tools to reduce costs, mitigate risk and improve efficiencies. Contact us for more information at (800)
Table 8 Senior Planning Services 7 Randolph Road Howell, NJ Phone: (732) Website: Senior Planning Services is a Medicaid application company that obtains Medicaid for individuals for all Medicaid programs, Managed Long Term care, ALPS & Institutional.
Table 9 Home Health Gold P.O. Box 1822 Waterville, ME Phone: (207) Fax: (207) Website: Most comprehensive OASIS scrubbing and analysis tools available. Review and correct assessments as soon as they're entered! ICD-10 crosswalk. Readmission data by referral source, clinical diagnosis, team or physician. Make timely, smart decisions. Improve Outcomes, optimize reimbursements. Ensure compliance. RAC risk audits. Prevent take-backs, manage therapy documentation. Instant drill-down to patient specific information. Side-by-side comparisons of teams, case managers, payers. Real-time access to visit data allows thorough review and adjustments while episodes are in progress!
Table 10 Quality In Real Time 199 Jericho Turnpike Floral Park, NY Phone: (855) Fax: (516) Website: Quality In Real Time’s services are designed to help you create an optimal Quality Assurance Program for your agency. We offer Chart Reviews, Corrective Action Plan Audits, ICD-9 Coding, OASIS Review, and Staff Competencies. Our Homecare and Hospice Solutions are designed to ensure your agency meets regulatory requirements and receives reimbursement for services performed in one cost-effective package.
Table 11 KCI 8023 Vantage Drive San Antonio, TX Phone: (315) Fax: (315) Website: KCI is a negative pressure would therapy device.
Table 12 Allscripts 14 Fox Run Stafford Springs, CT Phone: (860) Fax: (919) Website: Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX)provides innovative clinical, financial, connectivity and information solutions for hospitals, physicians and post-acute organizations, helping to empower world-class outcomes. Learn more at
Table 13 Health Bleep, LLC 32 North Ferry Street Schenectady, NY Phone: (518) Website: Home Health and Hospice video education resource for patients, caregivers and health professionals. 8

10. EXHIBITORS
Table 14 eCaring, Inc. 150 West 25th Street New York, NY Phone: (862) Website: eCaring generates actionable real time health care data from a patient’s home. Its intuitive system enables home health aides, caregivers and patients to enter extensive behavioral, clinical and medication adherence data, which the system integrates and configures alerts from. eCaring helps keep people in their homes and out of the hospital, by communicating vital in-home care information as it occurs.
Table 15 Brinster and Bergman LLP 100 Merrick Road, Suite 320E Rockville Centre, NY Phone: (516) Website: Brinster & Bergman LLP provides high quality accounting and auditing services for the health care industry. We keep up with the constant changes of the industry in order to provide the appropriate level of service for your organization.
Table 16 Qualidigm 1290 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 417 Wethersfield, CT Phone: (860) Website: Qualidigm is a national healthcare consulting company dedicated to assisting home health and hospice care with accreditation and survey preparation, state and federal quality audits, documentation and process audit to improve outcomes. Our web-based tool, Qualiance, gathers and collates agency data into one dashboard enabling agencies to monitor compliance at all levels and identify deficiencies.
Table 17 AccuPoint, LLC 1441 Broadway, Suite 3042 New York, NY Phone: (646) Website: AccuPoint is a healthcare management system designed for healthcare companies to manage their agency with focus on compliance.
Table 18 Fazzi Associates, Inc. 243 King Street, Suite 246 Northampton, MA Phone: (413) Fax: (413) Website: Fazzi Associates, Inc. is a national health care consulting firm providing planning and consultation, benchmarking and best practice research.
Table 19 HHAeXchange th Street Long Island City, NY Phone: (718) Fax: (718) Website: We are a leading software provider to home health agencies in New York, offering an innovative and economical solution for referral management, scheduling, time & attendance, contract management, billing, payroll interface and HR. Call us to find out why over one hundred agencies state-wide have chosen HHA eXchange to streamline operations, strengthen compliance and vastly improve their profitability! 9

11. EXHIBITORS
Table 20 Black Tree Healthcare Consulting One Fayette Street, Suite 425 Conshohocken, PA Phone: (610) Fax: (610) Website: Black Tree Healthcare Consulting provides clinical, operational and financial services to the home health and hospice industry.
Table 21 Progresa Health Systems 900 Oakmont Lane, Suite 308 Westmont, IL Phone: (888) Fax: (630) Website: Progresa’s comprehensive home health practice management system integrates clinical and financial patient data to promote regulatory compliance and optimize your effectiveness.
Table 22 Cardiocom 7980 Century Blvd. Chanhassen, MN Phone: (888) Fax: (888) Website: Cardiocom, experts in telehealth, has provided integrated clinical telehealth solutions since 1999 and furnished over 1,000,000 patient months of telehealth services. Cardiocom's products and services include remote monitoring and patient-centered software that enables efficient care coordination and specialized telehealth nurse support to identify symptomatic patients and potentially intervene early to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. Cardiocom's clients include some of the most respected home health groups, health plans, hospitals, physician groups, governmental services, and coordinated care companies in the nation.
Medtronic, Inc., the global medical technology leader in the chronic disease areas of cardiovascular, pain, and diabetes, acquired Cardiocom in August, With the acquisition, Medtronic is extending its market-leading technology portfolio to include focused, complementary services and solutions that provide meaningful clinical and economic value for hospitals, home health groups, patients and payers.
Table 24 Select Data 4155 East LaPalma Avenue, Suite 250 Anaheim, CA Phone: (714) Fax: (714) Website: Select Data provides compliance oriented MasterCoding services to the home health industry. Specialized teams of certified coders and experienced RN credentialed coders, grounded in coding- convention, act as an adjunct to your agency. The MasterCoding rigorous diagnoses-specific document review process improves clinical documentation and assists in retaining payment.
Table 25 Delta Health Technologies, LLC 400 Lakemont Park Blvd. Altoona, PA Phone: (814) Fax: (814) Website: As a leading provider of innovative post-acute care software solutions since 1974, Delta Health Technologies is committed to helping agencies operate more efficiently and profitably. Delta's software solutions is patient-centric designed that enables agencies to easily manage staff and resources, effectively evaluate a patient's progress.
Table 26 Grassi & Co. 488 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor New York, NY Phone: (212) Fax: (212) Website:
Grassi & Co. is a leading New York home health care consulting firm specializing in reimbursement issues, operational support and clinical consulting services.
Table 27 Mobile Health Management Services, Inc. 229 West 36th Street, 9th Floor New York, NY Phone: (212) Fax: (212) Website: Servicing the homecare industry since 1984, Mobile Health is the premier provider of New York State DOH pre-employment and annual health assessments for healthcare workers. Our electronic health record system and client portal for scheduling, tracking, and 24/7 online results provides our clients with the necessary services to keep their employees in compliance.
Table 29 Forcura 7800 Belfort Parkway, Suite 201 Jacksonville, FL Phone: (800) Website: We help our clients spend less time on documents and more time on patient care. Our web-based application interfaces with your core EMR software to automate the sending, tracking and receiving of documents between your organization, providers and payers. Forcura focuses on streamlining back-office document management and enabling your organization to eliminate the paper processing outside of the EMR. Forcura improves document turnaround time, drastically cuts administrative costs and optimizes revenue.
System Features: Document tracking and delivery; complete document audit trail for compliance; custom forms; document indexing; HIPAA secure storage; electronic signatures and mobile and tablet readiness.
Table 30 CellTrak Technologies, Inc Perimeter Drive, #950 Schaumburg, IL Phone: (847) Fax: (847) Website: Industry-leading care coordination and visit management solutions: CellTrak offers a family of mobile solutions built on the needs and input from the healthcare continuum. Our solutions start with an easy to use mobile device to empower your workforce to dynamically manage care delivery, care planning/coordination, and care team collaboration. CellTrak includes portal applications that provide real-time visibility and action for your entire care team. Importantly CellTrak enables you to leverage your investment in other technologies to streamline instantaneous integration to the back-end clinical systems and the payer networks.   
Table 32 McBee Associates 997 Old Eagle School Road Wayne, PA Phone: (610) Fax: (610) Website: McBee Associates offers an array of customized solutions to more than 3000 homecare agencies nationwide. Possessing extensive clinical knowledge and financial expertise McBee provides: Concurrent OASIS/Coding Reviews, LUPA Management, Financial and Clinical Interim Management, Cash Acceleration, and Revenue Recovery. 10

12. Saratoga Springs, New York
Thank you for joining us for the 2014 Annual Membership Conference. We look forward to seeing you next year!
May 6-8, 2015
Saratoga Springs, New York
388 Broadway
Fourth Floor
Albany, New York 12207
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