HCAC Welcomes The Following Agencies As New Members To The Association 

• AffirmiCare, Boulder
• Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health, Denver
• COBALT Home Health Care, Centennial
• J&V Enterprises, LLC, Fountain
• Preferred Care at Home of Colorado Springs
• Transitions Home Health Care, Westminster

Search for a member agency here. For a full list of 2017 member agencies, click here.

NAHC President Val J. Halamandaris Has Passed Away

Posted: July 27, 2017

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice, of which the Home Care Association of Colorado is an affiliate member, announced the passing of its president, Val J. Halamandaris. HCAC recognizes and honors Halamandaris' long service to our profession and sends its sympathies to NAHC and the Halamandaris family. 

It is with great sadness that the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) announces the passing of its president, Val J. Halamandaris.

Often referred to as the “leader of the last great civil rights movement”, Val worked tirelessly for 50 years to improve the lives and secure the rights of America’s elderly and infirm. A self-described “small-town boy who came to Washington, D.C. many years ago, full of ideals,” Val responded to President John F. Kennedy’s call to public service by joining the staff of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-UT) and enrolling in George Washington University and then Catholic University Law School.

Val was quickly drawn to the issues facing senior citizens with the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging and was instrumental in crafting the landmark Medicare and Medicaid programs, including the home health benefit. In 1967, Val and Senator Moss created the “Moss Amendments,” which set minimum federal standards for nursing homes.

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Don't Miss The Early Bird Deadline For The 2017 Home Care, Home Health & Hospice Conference

Posted: March 29, 2017

Hurry and register before fees increase on April 1. The 2017 Rocky Mountain Home Care, Home Health & Hospice Conference will once again be in beautiful Keystone Resort in Dillon, Colorado, from May 17-19.

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Pre-conference sessions begin on Wednesday, May 17 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (separate registration required):

• Conditions of Participation with invited speaker Arlene Maxim, Quality in Real Time and Donna Floyd, The Crag Business Group
• Coping with the Chaos — Compliance 2017 with Kathleen Hessler, Simione Healthcare Consultants
• Navigating OASIS C2 with Lisa Selman-Holman, Selman Holman & Associates

We have a great lineup of speakers and sessions...

General sessions include:

• It's About Them: What It Means To Have A Customer-Driven Culture In Home Care, Hospice & Home Health with Peter Benjamin, The Huntington Consulting Group
• Hospice & Home Care In The Age of Trump with Bill Dombi, National Association of Home Care & Hospice
• Attitude Is Everything with Vicki Hitzges of Do More Business
• Recruiting & Retaining the Next Generation with Marcylle Combs of Foundation Management Services
• Healthcare 2030: Are You Prepared to Meet the Challenges with Merrily Orsini & Sam Smith

Home care and home health breakout sessions include:

• Medicaid Regional Care Collaborative organizations: Now And In the future
• Refocus Quality Management to Sustainability with Donna Floyd of Crag Business Group
• Refreshing Practice and Limiting Risk through Purposeful Communications with Mary Seisser of CNA Financial
• Medicare Clinical Updates with Invited Speaker Sandra Decker of CGS Administrators LLC
• View of Home Health & Home Care from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment with Matt Shadle & Elaine McManis
• Technologies You Have Never Heard Of... and Cannot Do Without with Tim Rowan of Home Care Technology Report
• Medicaid and Face to Face Regulations with Alexandra Koloskus, HCPF
• Home Care & Home Health: Leverage Your Marketing Advantage with Reporting Data: Justify Quality with Numbers with Merrily Orsini
• Documentation Targets in an ADR World with J'non Griffin of Home Health Solutions LLC
• Field Safety: Reducing Risk While Working in the Field with Invited Speaker Victoria Otto, Psy.D
• Private Pay Roundtable moderated by Todd Chambers and Bob Gossett
• Great Uncle Al and Cultivating Company Culture, Part 1 & Part 2, with Todd Slechta, PeopleCare Health Services

SEE FULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

You're invited to breakfast on Thursday morning, May 18!

Three software vendors are sponsoring this breakfast and each will have 15 minutes to share and demonstrate their software. Don't miss it! 

Hotel Information

Keystone Resort and Conference Center
Address: 633 Tennis Club Road, Dillon 80435
Phone: (970) 496-4142

Rates start at $120 for a single/double room. To book your hotel rooms online go to 2017 Home Care Associates of Colorado & Hospice Palliative Care

To call in your reservation please call (800) 258-0437 and reference group code CM0HC7.

This rate is guaranteed until Friday, April 28th. 

Click here for the conference website

Don't Let Your HCAC Member Benefits Expire 

Posted: March 29, 2017

Be sure to renew your agency's HCAC membership before benefits expire on March 31! Renew today to guarantee discounted conference rates for you and your staff.

Membership to the Home Care Association of Colorado has become increasingly important for learning about the most recent and upcoming changes happening in the home care industry, on both the state and national circuit. HCAC will help you stay in-tune with with these changes and provide guidance to help your agency remain fiscally viable.

By joining HCAC, you’ll ensure that your agency is positioned to have access to advocacy on key issues affecting home care. Additionally, HCAC will provide opportunities to participate in educational offerings and to have access to a repository of Best Practice resources for members that will allow you to better serve your clients and your organization, adding to and ensuring your agency’s success.

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