Session 103

Tuesday, September 15, 2026  ~  11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (CDT)

1.2 CNEs

There's No Place Like Home: Strategies to Reduce Hospitalizations

Description

Rehospitalizations remain a significant challenge in home health care, impacting patient outcomes, quality measures, and healthcare costs. This session will explore evidence-based strategies that home health clinicians can implement to identify high-risk patients, address preventable causes of hospitalization, and improve care coordination across the continuum. Participants will learn practical approaches to patient assessment, medication management, disease-specific interventions, caregiver engagement, and timely communication with physicians and interdisciplinary team members. Emphasis will be placed on proactive care planning, early recognition of clinical changes, and effective use of home health visits to support patients in safely remaining at home.

Target Audience

Directors, Administrators, Supervisors, Field Staff, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s)

Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C CEO, Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc., Nashville, TN Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 35 years in home care, has over 25 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. She is currently serving as Chair of the The Alliance/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group and is serving on the board of the Home Care Association of Florida and the Tennessee Association for Home Care. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E2 and Home Health Billing Answers, 2025.

Continuing Education

Kansas Home Care & Hospice Association is approved as a provider of CNE by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 1.2 contact hours applicable for APRN, RN, or LPN relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number: LT0287-0314. 

Other disciplines will need to apply independently – a certificate of attendance for 1.0 CE hours will be provided.