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Check Out the NEHCC Registration Guide!

There’s a great line up of speakers and industry leaders joining us in Manchester, NH this May for the New England Home Care & Hospice Conference and Trade Show. Take a look at the brochure to learn more about the speakers, special events and programming; then register to attend!

Check out the full schedule for the region’s premier event for home care and hospice agencies. The 2023 NEHCC will be held May 2-4, 2023. in Manchester, NH.

Early Bird rates are still available! For more information about the conference or to register to attend, visit www.nehcc.com !

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The New England Home Care & Hospice Conference and Trade Show is the region’s premier event for home care and hospice agencies. It’s hosted by the six New England state home care associations, which collectively represent nearly 400 organizations. This year’s conference is at the DoubleTree Downtown in Manchester, NH.

Join us!

Take a look at the New England Home Care & Hospice Conference and Trade Show (NEHCC) brochure for the multi-day event hosted by the DoubleTree Downtown, in Manchester, NH, May 2-4, 2023.

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Reconnect at the Art & Dinner Soirée

Immerse yourself in art, history and culture at the 2023 Art & Dinner Soirée as part of your experience at the 13th Annual Home Care & Hospice Conference and Trade Show. This year the traditional networking dinner will be hosted at the Currier Museum of Art on May 3, in Manchester NH.

After a full day of conference sessions, relax and gather with fellow attendees and their guests for a cocktail, explore the galleries, and share a meal. The entire museum has been reserved for our event. Museum docents will be available for group tours, or you may explore the exhibits on your own.

Join us for this evening activity for exhibitors, attendees, and their guests. Event tickets include museum admission as well as the catered dinner. A cash bar will also be available.

“We had to cancel the event for the last few years,” says Jake Krilovich, Executive Director at the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts. “Our team is excited to present a special version of the networking dinner event for 2023.”

Don’t miss this chance to reconnect with friends and colleagues from around the region, reflect on the services you provide and revitalize the passion for the work you do every day. After we have explored the exhibits, we will progress to the Winter Garden atrium for a buffet-style networking dinner that will include local favorites as well as new and seasonal options to satisfy all our guests.

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The Currier Museum has been the scene of elegant entertaining since 1929. Their galleries and courtyard, designed by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, offer historic and contemporary spaces. The Currier’s creative use of it’s distinctive historical and contemporary art collection connects the art of the past with art of the future.

Connect with friends and colleagues in a relaxed social setting outside the conference venue!

Thank you Art & Dinner Soirée Sponsors

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Room Block Available Now

Attendees for the 2023 New England Home Care Hospice & Palliative Care Conference and Trade Show in Manchester, New Hampshire can now book discounted rooms at the conference venue, the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown. Book now under our special Group Code: CDTNHC to get the best rate before the reservation deadline, April 10, 2023 or sold out.

This conference has SOLD out of venue rooms nearly every year. Don’t be left out this spring! 

Discounted rooms are available at the venue before and during the official conference dates as well. While the official dates of the conference are all day Wednesday and a shortened day Thursday, many attendees arrive before to be a part of the Tuesday evening Welcome Reception and add-on pre-conference workshops happening Tuesday, May 2.

Event schedule, speaker information, detailed itinerary and attendee registrations will be available soon. Subscribe to this page for updates.

NEHCC ’23 — the largest industry conference in the New England — will be held in-person in Manchester, NH this May. Early-bird registration will be open later this month.

DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown

700 Elm Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03101 USA 

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Sponsors Welcome!

Partner with the 2023 New England Home Care & Hospice Conference and Trade Show

Place your brand in front of agency decision makers at the region’s largest home care and hospice conference in Manchester, NH this May! Choose from premiere full event sponsorship or one of the other sponsor opportunities. The details are in the downloadable prospectus, then click here for registration and payment options online.

Make plans to Join us in Manchester this May!

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The New England Home Care & Hospice Conference and Trade Show is the biggest industry event of the year in the region. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to exhibit your products and services to decision-makers from hundreds of home care agencies from around New England.

The NEHCC is hosted by the six New England state home care associations, which collectively represent nearly 400 organizations

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2023 NEHCC Call For Speakers:

Deadline to submit has been EXTENDED

Need a bit more time? Well, that’s fair

We’ve got a great pool of talks already awaiting review, but we want to have yours too! The new deadline is November 22, 2022– but this one is a hard deadline, since we’re going to need some time to read through these wonderful submissions and make those hard decisions.

What happens next?

What a great question!

After November 22, we’ll start the process of selecting talks and setting a schedule. We’ll first rank the talks using anonymized information about the submissions focusing on the content alone. That doesn’t finish the selection process, however. Choosing on content alone might leave us with three talks by the same person, or with poor representation from some aspects of our diverse community. After we’ve selected our first set of talks, we’ll do a second pass to intentionally shape a varied and representative group of speakers. The process takes time. We appreciate your patience.

Our goal is to contact every applicant during the last week of January 2023 to let you know one way or the other.

What are you waiting for?

Don’t wait until the last minute, unless that’s something that works well for you. (Fellow procrastinators of the world, unite!)

Submit Your Proposal

The Call for Speakers for the New England Home Care and Hospice Conference and Trade Show has been extended! The NEHCC committee welcomes Speaker Presentation applications from a diverse audience of home health and healthcare experts. The 2023 conference is being held from May 2-4, 2023 at the DoubleTree in Manchester, NH!

Proposals will be accepted until November 22, 2022.

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Who can submit?

Anyone and everyone is welcome to submit a speaking proposal! We love to hear from staff at agencies, consultants, and vendors alike!

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Answer the call for 2023 Presentations

The New England Home Care and Hospice Conference and Trade Show (NEHCC) Call for Speakers is now open.

The NEHCC committee welcomes Speaker Presentation applications from a diverse audience of home health and healthcare experts. Join us May 2-4, 2023, at the DoubleTree in Manchester, NH for the 13th annual regional conference.

2023 NEHCC Call For Speakers: The deadline to submit is November 14!

Proposals will be accepted until November 14, 2022. 

Who can submit an application?

Anyone and everyone are welcome to submit a speaking proposal. We love to hear from staff at agencies, consultants, and vendors alike.

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Conference Overview

The New England Home Care and Hospice Conference is hosted by the six New England state home care and hospice associations, which collectively represent nearly 400 organizations. This regional conference is designed for senior and mid-level administrative and clinical staff. The conference features multiple keynote sessions, workshops, and intensive programs. Topics are designed to meet the needs of all agencies, including Medicare-certified, private duty, and hospices. The trade show is the largest home health and hospice expo in the Northeast.

Review Guidelines & Criteria

Each proposal is reviewed and evaluated according, with preference shown toward those that present:

  • Relevance to home care and hospice;
  • Identified objectives;
  • Timely or innovative topics;
  • The overall quality and a well-defined focus;
  • Practical application of materials;
  • Teaching/speaking experience of the presenter; and
  • Freedom from commercial bias

There is no limit to the number of proposals a presenter may submit.

If selected, we will be in contact for more details.

Tips for your presentation

  • Content is king – If you want to impress the audience, pack your presentation with powerful content. 
  • Make it compelling – Our audience comprises administrators, support staff, clinicians, direct caregivers, and industry partners. Learning levels are diverse, with most participants being high-level/theoretical to mid-level/practical. 
  • Be authentic and vulnerable – Don’t be afraid to speak of failure and success.
  • Customize – Be sure your content truly speaks to the association audience and is customized to their unique situations.
  • Knowledge sharing is the most effective marketing – Sales pitches disguised as education will result in poor ratings and lost opportunities.

NOTE: Presentations must be educational. We understand that some of our speakers wish to network with attendees and showcase their services, but we kindly ask that your presentation not be a sales pitch. For this purpose, networking time will be made available to speakers, sponsors, and attendees. We appreciate your cooperation.

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Conference Keynote Speakers Celebrate Strengths

New England Home Care & Hospice Conference & Trade

There isn’t one type of patient or one type of caregiver that creates the home care difference. The advantage lies in the industry’s ability to adapt quickly and effectively, to respond to changing demands while continually delivering the highest quality care. The industry’s heroic response to COVID-19 proved how valuable that adaptation is for our patients and our communities. The 12th annual New England Home Care and Hospice Conference and Trade Show at Gurney’s Resort from May 11-13 at Gurney’s Resort in Newport, RI will highlight and celebrate the strength of home care and hospice.

Keynote speakers Bill Dombi, the President of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, and Lindsay Doak, Senior Manager of Home Health Care at Berry Dunn, will delve into the 2021 Best Practices and Future Insights Study, physician and author Lynn Hallarman, MD will speak to the importance of direct caregivers and speaker Tyler Enslin of Direct Development Training will inspire attendees with his message of resilience and thriving in times of crisis.

Data Driven Decisions

Bill Dombi
Lindsay Doak

We just experienced two of the biggest industry challenges in healthcare history – COVID-19 and a radically new payment system. Agencies who are slow to respond or lack clarity on what to do, may have their viability questioned. Learn from agencies that have tested an array of best practices in staffing, technology, clinical strategies, and operations will come ahead.

Join Bill Dombi and Lindsay to for the data you need to be among the most successful agencies.

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Caregiving in the Midst of a Global Pandemic

Lynn Hallerman, MD

COVID-19 kills people, but it also steals their chance to die governed by their own stories and wishes. Lynn Hallarman’s she shares her family’s journey with cargiving during a pandemic , The Great Escape—A Physician Confronts Family Caregiving During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Join Lynn for this powerful presentation that draws on her own family’s experience, caregiver guilt, and how important it is to develop and support our most essential workforce.

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The Power of Perspective

Tyler Enslin

Even in challenging times, we still possess the ability to make the best of our circumstances, develop positive habits, and manage our mindset effectively. Join Tyler to learn strategies that can help them to control stress levels, build habits that promote growth, and focus on opportunities. This highly interactive program has been specifically designed to help attendees navigate the issues caused by the COVID19 crisis.

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The 12th Annual Conference will feature dozens of speakers for three days of inspiration, reinvention and networking. Topics include leadership, career advancement, financial and regulatory issues, health and wellness, small business and entrepreneurship, social media, branding and more. The nonpartisan, nonprofit conference is New England’s largest professional development event for home care, hospice and palliative care, attracting more than 300 attendees each year.

The Conference Trade Show showcases speakers and companies dedicated to patient health, and exhibits featuring products or services to improve processes and business practices at your agency.

The New England Home Care & Hospice Conference and Trade Show is presented by the six state associations serving home care and hospice agencies, Connecticut Association for Health Care and Home, Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, Home Care & Hospice of Maine, Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire, Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care and the VNAs of Vermont. Our 2022 Conference Sponsors are Corcoran Consulting Group, Amedisys and BerryDunn.

Support the region’s best Conference.

VBP: Connecting Finance and Quality Management

May 13, 2022 @ 11:45 am – 12:45 pm

The recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the national expansion of the Medicare Value Based Purchasing (VBP) model until 2023 offers home health agencies a year of “pre-implementation” preparation opportunities to align quality with finance management. This session will provide the latest information on the construct of the VBP model and implementation timelines and will provide a practical approach for incorporating the VBP performance measures into quality and financial management strategies. This session will also examine scenarios to measure the impact of specific performance improvements on resulting financial outcomes and will explore strategies for achieving optimal quality performance.

Aaron Little, CPA, Managing Director, BKD, oversees the operations of BKD Health Care Billing & Revenue Cycle Services and is nationally recognized for his expertise in home care and hospice billing and operations. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care and the CGS Home Health and Hospice Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Group.

Angela Huff, RN is a member of BKD National Health Care Group and provides consulting services to home care and hospice clients. She has over 30 years of experience as a registered nurse, and has spent the last 17 years in executive leadership in home health, hospice operations, and software development in the post-acute space.

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Leading Through CY 2023 Changes: Transition to OASIS and HHVBP Expansion

May 13, 2022 @ 9:40 am – 10:40 am

CY2022 will be an essential year for organizations to prepare for two significant updates in-home health – the transition to OASIS-E and the national expansion of CMS’s Home Health Value-based Purchasing initiative. Join the presenters as they take a deep dive into how home health leaders have been and should be preparing for these changes from clinical and financial management perspectives.

Chris Attaya, MBA, is VP of Product Strategy at Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP.) He joined SHP in 2014 after spending 28 years in executive and consulting positions within the Home Health and Hospice industry. Before SHP, Chris was the CFO at the VNA of Boston and served as CFO and CEO at Partners Health Care at Home.

Sue Payne, MBA, RN, CHCE, Home Care Strategies Advisor at Corridor, has 30 years of experience leading home care provider operations, including home health, skilled care, and non-skilled private duty. Sue was Chief Clinical Officer and Vice President at Corridor. She presents nationally on clinical and operational topics that support home care providers’ success.

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Sustainable Hiring and Retention Strategies for Your Organization

May 12, 2022 @ 2:50 pm – 3:50 pm

Outsourcing and algorithms won’t get you the people you need. Recent data revealed that most people who took a new job last year weren’t even searching for one: someone came and got them. Join Chris from Trova Healthcare to take a critical look at how companies have revamped their processes for hiring and retention. We’ll evaluate local data and how new trends in hiring drive higher engagement, staff, and retention by investing in employees from day one throughout their careers. 

Chris Romanello, Managing Partner at Trova Healthcare has worked in the healthcare recruiting field for 15 years. His experience spans multiple healthcare recruiting areas, including physicians, nurses, and advanced practice providers. Chris has run some of the largest U.S.-based healthcare staffing divisions for LocumTenens, a company specializing in the temporary placement of Physicians, PAs, NPs, CRNAs and psychologists.  He also has extensive experience with permanent recruiting. 

Joe Desjardins is a Senior Business Development Executive at Trova Healthcare. He is currently focused on providing innovative solutions and consulting expertise to elevate employers ability to attract and retain much-needed talent for their nursing positions.

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