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SPEAKERS

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BRIAN ASLIN
Of Counsel, Jackson Lewis P.C.

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Brian A. Aslin is a labor and employment attorney with a record of achieving success for clients as lead counsel before juries, judges, and appellate courts. Brian represents Fortune 50 corporations and small businesses alike, providing responsive, practical counsel to employers with a focus on the technology and healthcare sectors. Brian’s substantial courtroom experience distinguishes him from his peers as a credible and persuasive advocate who leads client matters with confidence. Brian has served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas where his practice focused on high-impact employment litigation. At the Office of the Attorney General, he obtained successful results for clients at jury trial, appellate oral argument, and in hearings on emergency temporary restraining orders, temporary injunctions, and dispositive motions—all as attorney-in-charge.

 

Brian’s clients included Texas’s flagship university systems, nationally top-ranked medical centers, and statewide elected officials. A former prosecutor, Brian began his career as an Assistant District Attorney where he achieved an undefeated first-chair jury trial record. On top of his success in the courtroom, Brian was appointed to manage a team of prosecutors and staff as a Court Chief. Brian earned his Juris Doctor from Baylor University School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Barristers, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance with a minor in Religion from Baylor University. In 2023, Brian was elected a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.  

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JENNIFER PAPAPANAGIOTOU, Esq.
Liles Parker PLLC

Ms. Papapanagiotou’s practice focuses on compliance, regulatory and transactional matters for a wide array of health care providers, including home health and hospice agencies. She has extensive experience in analyzing proposed and existing business arrangements for compliance with federal and state fraud and abuse laws, and drafting a wide variety of legal agreements. Ms. Papapanagiotou is knowledgeable in all aspects of state licensing for home health and hospice providers, and in Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, including initial enrollment, changes of ownership and appeals of revocation actions. Finally, she assists clients with compliance plans, forming new businesses, and addressing Medicare and Medicaid program coverage and reimbursement issues. 

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ROSALIND J. NELSON-GAMBLIN
RJNG Health Care Consulting, LLC

Rosalind Nelson-Gamblin recently retired from a 33-year career in state government at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, where she was a senior policy specialist for regulation of the home health, hospice, and personal assistance services industry including supportive palliative care, assisted living, and day activity and health services. In her state career, she analyzed state and federal legislation for impact to providers and consumers, promulgated and interpreted state regulations, developed and delivered continuing education and training to providers and surveyors, and provided regulatory guidance to both industry representatives and leaders and state of Texas surveyors and investigators.
 

Rosalind is also a subject matter expert for federal standards and possesses a keen understanding of accreditation for home health and hospice care. Rosalind is well-versed in the regulations for the settings where home care is delivered including nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, intermediate care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities, and independent living settings.

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JENNIFER ELDER
Director of Regulatory Affairs, TAHC&H

Jennifer Elder started with TAHC&H in September 2019. Her experience includes Home Health and Hospice Administration, DME Management and Home Care Consulting. Prior to coming to TAHC&H she worked as a consultant from 2012 – 2017 for home health and hospice agencies and DME agencies throughout Texas.  She has hands on experience in the home care industry with the ADR process, QAPI programs, Marketing and Business Development, Licensing, Accreditation, Plans of Correction and Informal Dispute Resolutions, Human Resources, Policy Development and Strategic Planning. Jennifer has been in the home care industry since 2007. 

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GRACE WERCKLE, BSN, RN
Home Care Education Nurse Manager, TAHC&H

Grace has worked in the Homecare Industry for over 27 years. She has had the wonderful opportunity to serve in multiple roles at Home Health Agencies fulfilling positions varying from Administrator to DON/Clinical Supervisor to Case Management to Field RN. With this, Grace was able to provide focus and specialty in QAPI, OASIS documentation and training and Regulatory Compliance. She has held both OASIS and Coding certifications in the past years.

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Prior to joining TAHCH, Grace served as a contributing member and a Committee chair on several committees including Clinical Practice and Medicare/Medicaid and was honored to receive the Mary Jo Gabbert Nursing Achievement Award. Grace currently serves on the TCNWS Advisory Committee and serves as the Primary Nurse Planner for TAHCH’s Approved Provider Unit. Grace received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas and currently works with Texas Association for Homecare and Hospice in the Home Care Education Nurse Manager role.

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LAUREN TOBEY
Founder, The Cost of Functioning
Author, Spiraling Into Control

Lauren Tobey is the founder of The Cost of Functioning and author of Spiraling Into Control. She spent seven and a half years at a direct care agency, where she helped design and deliver caregiver training programs and, most recently, served as Chief Impact Officer. She saw burnout at every level, from the leadership team to the caregivers. She watched love for the clients push everyone, herself included, to work harder and longer, without anyone noticing. Lauren is a Certified Trauma Specialist with a Master's in Adult Education. She now leads trainings for agency leaders and direct care workers on what functioning is costing them.

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LISA MCCLAMMY, BSN, RN, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-O
Senior Clinical Education Consultant, MAC Legacy

Lisa McClammy, BSN, RN, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-O Senior Clinical Education Consultant with MAC Legacy, has more than 26 years of diverse nursing experience. Her experience includes Director of Customer Success for a Home Health Software Company and Director of Patient Care and Alternate Administrator for a home health agency, which gives her a unique perspective and understanding of the challenges home care agencies face. Her clinical and consulting experience in the home care industry is the foundation for a variety of education topics presented to agencies, state associations, webinars, and workshops. Lisa is a CHAP and ACHC certified consultant.  

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J'NON GRIFFIN, RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-O, COS-C, HCS-H, HCS-C
SVP Coding and OASIS/Compliance, SimiTree

J’non Griffin is a 36 year veteran of home care as an RN. She received her Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration in 2005.  She has experience as a field nurse, director and executive with home health and hospice agencies, both large and small. J’non is certified as a Homecare Coding Specialist-Diagnosis (HCS-D), Certified in OASIS competency, COS-C and HCS-O, Certified in Homecare Coding Specialist-Hospice (HCS-H), Home Care Specialist-Compliance (HCS-C)  and is an AHIMA approved ICD-10-CM trainer/ambassador. J’non is an accredited ACHC and CHAP consultant. J’non currently continues her role at SimiTree as the Sr. Vice President of Coding/OASIS department. J’non is also on the board of Home Care Association of Florida. She has also been a frequent contributor to the Decision Health Publication, The Diagnosis Coding Pro, and the Home Health Line. She has published several manuals, and assisted with composition of several online modules for coding and OASIS instruction. She has presented several webinars, and has been a nationally recognized speaker on a variety of subjects.

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HEIDI KOCHER, Esq.
Liles Parker PLLC

Ms. Kocher is a partner with Liles Parker and has over 20 years of experience in health care legal and compliance-related issues, representing all kinds of health care providers of all size.  Her experience includes serving as a chief privacy officer and interim chief compliance officer at a medical device manufacturer. She also served as an outside compliance expert to a hospital and a clinical laboratory that were under Corporate Integrity Agreements.  She has significant reimbursement experience, responding to and defending audits, addressing coverage policy issues, challenging denials, recoupments, and loss of billing privileges, obtaining HCPCS codes, and other reimbursement related issues.  Her experience also includes implementing Corporate Integrity Agreements, guiding clients through voluntary self-disclosures and seeking advisory opinions from the OIG.  In acknowledgement of her expertise, Ms. Kocher has served as a lecturer in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Texas at Dallas.  Ms. Kocher is licensed in Texas and Maryland and Certified in Healthcare Compliance.   

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LISA SELMAN-HOLMAN, JD, BSN, RN, HCS-D, COS C
Vice President of Quality & Education, McBee

Lisa Selman-Holman JD, BSN, RN, Vice President of Quality & Education at McBee, brings more than 35 years of experience in the home health & hospice industry, specializing in regulatory compliance, both as an RN and a home care attorney. Lisa founded Selman-Holman & Associates and CoDR (Coding Done Right), a coding outsource and audit company in 2004. Lisa has a wide range of regulatory experience in home health and has served on numerous committees and task forces. Selman-Holman was recently acquired by McBee in July 2021. In her role as VP of Education and Quality, Lisa leads the quality audit team to ensure the highest-level of accuracy in coding and clinical documentation internally at McBee and externally for clients nationwide. She will expand McBee’s educational offerings, including live events and on-demand online trainings through the McBee Post-Acute Academy.

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M. AARON LITTLE, CPA
Forvis Mazars

A leading national home care and hospice consultant, Aaron is a CPA with over 25 years of experience with Forvis Mazars.  He routinely performs general financial and operational consulting services for home care and hospice organizations, including operations and compliance assessments, benchmarking, and Medicare cost report preparation.  He also oversees the operations of Forvis Mazars’ revenue cycle services, which manages the revenue cycle operations for home health and hospice organizations throughout the nation.  He also serves on the Palmetto GBA 16-State Coalition and Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Group.

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BRIAN LEBANION, MBA, CPC, RNC, HCS-O, HCS-D CEO/Consultant, BC Healthcare Consulting

Brian Lebanion has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry and provides consulting services for all aspects of home health care and hospice, including operations, reimbursement and education. He specializes in comprehensive consulting services offering clients and providers survey/licensure coaching, clinical review and training, financial and revenue cycle management, third-party audit response, and quality assurance/performance improvement training.

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MELINDA GABOURY, COS-C
Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Provider Solutions

Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 30 years in home care, has over 22 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.  Melinda has profound experience in Medicare PDGM training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews and due diligence.  UPIC, RA, ADR & TPE appeals with all Medicare MACs have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. Melinda is currently Chair of the NAHC/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group, is Treasurer on the Home Care Association of Florida Board of Directors, and a member of the Tennessee Association for Home Care Board of Directors. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers, 2024.

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