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CONTINUING EDUCATION PROCESS

Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Association is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

In order to receive CE credit, you MUST complete the following steps while attending the convention. If you do not follow these steps, you will not receive credit for the offering in question:

1. Obtain your labels from the CE table by the registration desk during the hours indicated in the program.

2. Within the first 15 minutes of the offering, place one of your labels on the WHITE sign-in sheet for nurses or the PINK sign-in sheet for Social Work provided during each CE offerings. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that your label and signature are on the sign-in sheet within the first 15 minutes of the CE offering. All sign-in sheets will be removed for processing 15 minutes into the program

3. Sign the sheet in the space provided next to your label.

4. At the conclusion of the session, place another label on the WHITE (nurse) or PINK (social work) sign-out sheet in the back of the room and sign your name next to your label.

5. At the conclusion of the session use the QR Code provided in the session to complete your evaluation of the session.

6. Once you have sign in, then signed out and completed your evaluation, your certificate for that session will be released.

PLEASE NOTE: Contact hours will NOT be awarded if we don’t have a label on the sign in sheet, Sign out sheet and a completed on-line evaluation at the conclusion of the conference for each session. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Nursing Contact Hours:

Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Association is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

NURSING CEs

Relevant Financial Resolution:   Speaker on Pain, Caren McHenry Martin is on the speakers bureau for DragonFly.  Any Relevant Financial Relationships have been mitigated.  No relevant financial relationships were identified for any other individual with the ability to control content of the activity.

Social Work (SW) CEs

Courses that have been approved for Social Work CEs will be indicated under the session in the conference agenda.

Courses indicated have been approved by the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative.  Course Approval #  20260520-CA-MHAA

If you wish to report a problem with this training, please contact swcollaborative@gmail.com or call 517/487-1548 ext 17.

Tuesday, May 19 Session

Pre-Conference Session

Building a Stronger Workforce

2:00 pm- 4:00 pm

Peninsula 

Materials

Survey

Wednesday, May 20 Sessions

Opening Session

Small Moments, Big Care:  Becoming a Ripple Effect Leader in Home Care & Hospice

8:30 am - 9:30 am

Govenors EF

Materials

Survey

Morning 9:45-11am

The Ripple Effect of Workforce Innovation:  How Digital Training Strengthen Compliance, Retention & EVV Readiness

Room:  Peninsula A

Understanding Live Discharge in Hospice:  Challenges and Opportunities

Room: Tower A

Navigating the Future of HHVBP- What’s Changing in 2026 and Why It Matters

Room:  Mackinac A

Recognize Early Signs of Decline - Transition from Palliative Care to Hospice

Room:  Tower C

Innovative Leadership

Room:  Peninsula BC

Afternoon 1-2:30pm

From Launch to Lessons:  HOPE's First 8 Months

Room:  Peninsula A

Serious Illness in Michigan: 2024 Scorecard

Room:  Mackinac A

Be Who They Need

Room:  Tower BC

Responding to Negative Reviews in Home Care

Room:  Mackinac BC

Top Survey Deficiencies for Home Health and How to Avoid Them

Room:  Tower A

Afternoon 2:45-4:15pm

PDGM - FY 2026 - Navigating Functional Scoring Shifts, Grouper Updates and Payment Pressures

Room: Peninsula A

Following the Symptom Management Cues in CAHPS and HOPE

Room:  Tower A

The 10-80-10 Management Philosophy:  Maximizing Leadership Impact

Room:  Tower BC

Defining Your Value Proposition:  Understanding MCO Priorities

Room:  Peninsula BC

Michigan Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (MI POST)

Room:  Mackinac BC

Thursday May 21st Sessions

Annual Meeting and Breakfast

7:30-8:15am

Governors EF

General Session

Burnout and the Ripple Effect:  Reclaiming Energy to Restore Care

8:15-9:30am

Room:  Governors EF

Materials

Survey

Morning 10:15-11:45am

HME Payer Advocacy/Medicaid Managed Care

Room:  Mackinac A

National Hospice Update

Room:  Tower A

Compliant Clinical Documentation and Face-to-Face:  Prevention is Best

Room:  Peninsula A

Employment Law Changes, Updates and Issues Causing Ripples for Providers

Room:  Peninsula BC

Volunteer Retention and Preventing Volunteer Burnout

Room:  Mackinac BC

HIPAA Compliance and Other Legal Issues

Room:  Tower BC

Afternoon 2:00-3:30pm

HME Audit Update

Room:  Directors

National Home Health Update

Room:  Peninsula BC

Case Study Roundtable:  Managing and Documenting the “Gray Area” Hospice Patient

Room:  Tower A

Issues, Challenges and Opportunities with EVV System

Room:  Peninsula A

Advocacy 101:  How to Engage in State and Federal Policy

Room:  Mackinac A

Volunteer Manager Roundtable

Room:  Mackinac BC

Outcomes Over Hype:  Vetting AI Technology that Improves Care

Room:  Tower BC

Afternoon 3:45-5:00pm

Keeping up with the Reforms – Operational Changes for Improved Outcomes

Room:  Directors

Work Life Balance:  Setting Boundaries in a Borderless World

Room:  Tower BC

Medicaid in the News:  2026 State and Federal Update

Room:  Peninsula A

Understanding Dementia:  Communication and Behaviors for Volunteers

Room:  Mackinac A

HME Legislative Update

Room:  Mackinac BC

Artificial Intelligence:  Riding the Wave, but Avoiding the Splash

Room:  Tower A

Hospice Audit Update

Room:  Peninsula BC

Friday May 22nd Session

Closing Session

Employee Safety Outside the Office

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Room:  Governors EF