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.
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
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