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2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Product Code:
HCLS05202026
Attend the Home Care Leadership Summit May 19-21 in Orlando. Walk away with a gameplan for managing costs, boosting revenue, creating efficiencies, recruiting and retaining, leveraging automation, complying with Medicare regs, working with MA plans and more!
Early Bird discount ends March 11, 2026!
If you're interested in group registration, please contact our sales team at 1-800-650-6787 ext. 2715 — we'll be happy to assist you.
2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Tuesday, May 19 – Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Orlando, FL
It's not just pie in the sky concepts, it's real-life strategies for dealing with the challenges of running and operating a Medicare home health, hospice or private pay home care agency today.
Attend the Home Care Leadership Summit May 19-21 in Orlando. Leaders from Medicare home health, hospice and private pay agencies will gather and walk away with a gameplan for managing costs, boosting revenue, creating efficiencies, recruiting and retaining, leveraging automation, complying with Medicare regs, working with MA plans and more!
“The conference exceeded expectations. From the content to the connections, it was a valuable experience from start to finish.” – Sandy H.A., COO, Valley Home Health Care Agency, Inc.
You NEED to be a part of this premier event that not only connects you with home care executives from across the country, but it will give you the confidence to streamline your operations and scale your business leveraging the latest automation while staying compliant with changing policies and regulations. Plus, you'll have the chance to gain business building and leadership skills that support a culture where employees want to work.
“I loved all of the speaker's presentations. Very helpful. I gathered a ton of information I can incorporate back into my business.” – Autumn H., CEO Hopper Home Health
Attend this event and return home ready to:
- Leverage automation while maintaining human touch
- Manage and motivate your team for better retention
- Create a culture that attracts and lands top talent
- Develop and scale your 3rd party payer revenue streams
- Keep up with changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage
- Manage costs, streamline operations
- Seek new business, get new leads
- Comply with regulatory changes (F2F, HHVBP, HHCAHPS, OASIS)
- Lead the way to better work/life balance
Plus: Plenty of opportunities to network and connect with other executives like yourself and shop the exhibit hall for dozens of the latest solutions that can help your company drive revenue and referrals.
2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Agenda
Click here or the image below to view the Home Care Leadership Summit agenda and the various sessions.
2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Speakers
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Greg Bean is the Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management for AxisCare. He began his journey as a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy, spending 13 years in paramedic services and critical care nursing before founding a home care agency. Prior to working for AxisCare, Greg was the VP of Business Development for Paradigm. He’s a proactive advocate for VA benefits and has been a driving force in home care management and innovation serving on advisory councils for HCAOA and the Alliance for Care at Home. |
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Christina Crumbley, RN, MSN, is the CEO of Tidal Healthcare Consulting, LLC. She has over 30 years of experience in healthcare, with the majority of her experience in home health. As CEO of Tidal Healthcare Consulting, LLC, she consults home health providers on key operational and clinical processes, including OASIS review, ICD-10 coding and more. Crumbley is passionate about educating home health leaders on improving outcomes, including how to leverage documentation and mentorship programs to drive and support high-quality care. Over the past five years, she has traveled as a contract and part-time surveyor for the Accreditation Commission of Health Care (ACHC). She also currently serves on the board of the Home Care Association of Florida. |
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Andrew Dobson is the director of scheduling and administrative operations for Tribute Home Care. He has over a decade of experience in workforce management, scheduling logistics, after-hours support and care delivery options. He’s successfully built and led high-performing teams, developed AI-powered tools to improve operations and drove cross-functional programs that scale with growth in business. He’s highly skilled at aligning technology, people and processes leading to excellent client and caregiver satisfaction. |
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Rachel Gartner is the founder of Carework, originally Strategic Healthcare Solutions. The company was created to serve agency owners by improving efficiency and quality of healthcare recruiting. Rachel’s previous experience includes working as a CNA, home health aide, and caregiver recruiter for a home care agency in Florida with multiple locations. As her unique, data-driven methods increased efficiency and results, she was asked to take on more and more locations. Eventually, it was too much work for one person and Strategic Healthcare Solutions was born. The company grew quickly as word spread that there was a new way for home care agencies to master CNA and HHA recruiting! |
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Kolby Goodman, founder of Best First Now, The Job Huntr, is a seasoned talent acquisition and development expert and speaker who has empowered home health/care leaders to stop hiring candidates who end up as under performers. His expertise has been leveraged by high-profile companies, including Banner Health, Cardinal Health, UCSD Healthcare and Kaiser Perminente. In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, he helps leaders navigate the complexities of modern recruitment ensuring clients identify and hire the right talent: individuals who can perform at a high level, solve your most pressing problems, and feel driven to contribute to your mission. |
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Angela Huff, RN, senior manager at Forvis Mazars, has over 35 years of experience as a registered nurse, and she has spent nearly 25 years in executive leadership in home health and hospice operations as well as software development in the post-acute space. Angela performs operations improvement assessments and compliance-focused reviews of home health and hospice documentation, including audits and appeals related to the OIG and program integrity contractors as well as compliance risk assessments related to mergers and acquisitions. Angela has been a presenter at NAHC and NHPCO and has been published in the Nursing Administration Quarterly and other industry publications. |
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Brian Lebanion, MBA, CPC, RNC, HCS-O, HCS-D, is Principal Consultant at BC Healthcare Consulting with 25+ years in home health and hospice operations, reimbursement, and education. He specializes in survey/licensure coaching, clinical review and training, revenue cycle and financial management, third-party audit response, and QAPI. Brian partners with startups, large enterprises, private organizations, and nonprofits to align clinical excellence with financial sustainability. His hands-on approach equips leaders and frontline teams with practical tools—like the PDGM Compass™—to optimize visit utilization, protect margins, and elevate patient outcomes. |
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Hillary Loeffler is a nationally recognized leader in health policy, regulation, and innovation bringing deep frontline experience to today’s most pressing issues facing home-based care. As Vice President of Policy & Regulatory Affairs at the National Alliance for Care at Home, she’s a key driver in forward-thinking policy and regulatory solutions. Hillary has held senior roles across CMS including serving as the Director of the Home Health & Hospice Division. She was instrumental in shaping Medicare policy and advising on major CMS Innovation Center models from inside one of the nation’s most influential health care agencies. Hillary also has served as a Senior Health Policy Advisor for the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means and as a Senior Health Care Analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Her unique experience positions her as a powerful voice on the future of health care delivery, policy, and the intersection of innovation and regulation. |
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Robert W. Markette Jr., JD, CHC, HCS-C, is an attorney with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman and focuses on representing home health, hospice, and private duty providers in all aspects of their operations. With more than 15 years of experience in these industries, he has assisted clients in many areas related to Medicare and Medicaid compliance, survey response, and state and federal appeals of survey findings. Markette is also a frequent speaker on home health, hospice, and private duty matters across the country, presenting to the American Health Lawyers Association and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, as well as other national and state events. |
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Frank Olivo is the founder and CEO of Sagapixel, a digital marketing agency specializing in healthcare. Frank has deep experience helping home health agencies integrate video content into SEO strategy to drive business outcomes. Today he focuses on helping agency owners and entrepreneurs achieve their dreams of starting and growing successful businesses with a steady stream of leads. |
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Joe Osentoski is the senior consultant for Gateway Home Health Coding & Consulting of Sterling Heights, Mich. As a home health and hospice expert and a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience, he specializes in clinical quality assurance and regulatory compliance and has a wide breadth of experience dealing with all payers and EMRs. Osentoski also has extensive experience with audits, probes and reviews, and is the author of the first edition of DecisionHealth's ADR and Appeals Handbook. |
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Becky Reel has over 15 years of experience in marketing, spanning both traditional and digital strategies, as well as more than a decade of hands-on experience running a home care agency. Under Becky’s leadership, her agency became the No. 1 home care provider in North America (as ranked by Home Care Pulse/Activated Insights), growing by an impressive 300%. Now, as the founder of Reel Homecare Consulting, she’s passionate about helping other agencies achieve transformative success. Today, Becky draws on her experiences to empower other agencies to elevate their client and caregiver experiences, build unshakable reputations, and set new standards of success in their communities. |
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Beau Sorensen is the COO of First Choice Home Health and Hospice in Orem, Utah. He has over 25 years of experience in home health and hospice and has extensive knowledge of healthcare systems and processes. Sorensen has worked with organizations across the U.S. to help them better use their EMRs, AI, and the data in their systems. As part of his work with Allscripts, he tested and developed new features in the company’s home care application. These efforts led to his agency being one of the first in the nation to have a fully electronic medical record. Sorensen is actively involved in the home care and hospice community and has served in a number of roles on state and national association boards. |
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Jeffery Wiberg is the founder of Home Care Insights with a wide array of experience swiftly providing solutions for diverse business need of home care agencies. He’s a veteran coach, consultant and strategist with success cultivating high-performing teams and fostering healthy organizational culture. Previous experience includes serving as the CEO for Family Resource Home Care, where Jeffery strategic operational and financial guidance helped lead the team to substantial growth expanding across three states and overseeing nearly 3,000 employees and 30+ locations. |
2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Location
DoubleTree by Hilton at the Entrance to Universal Orlando
5780 Major Blvd
Orlando, FL 32819
- Room rate: $149.00/night
- Hotel cut-off date: Monday, April 27, 2026
- Reservation Center: 800-222-TREE (8733) and reference the DecisionHealth conference
- Hotel website: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/mcoundt-doubletree-at-the-entrance-to-universal-orlando/
DecisionHealth has no affiliation with any third-party companies or travel assistance providers. Rooms should be booked directly with the event hotel using the official information provided on the website and in the brochure.
2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Pricing
Main Conference: Wednesday, May 20 - Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Retail price: $1,199.00
- Early Bird price: $1,099.00 — Early Bird deadline: March 11, 2026
- PreCon+Main Con (Kit): $1,399.00
- PreCon+Main Con (Kit) - Early Bird: $1,299.00 — Early Bird deadline: March 11, 2026
Full-day Preconference: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- Retail price: $499.00
AHCC members must contact customer service at 1-800-650-6787 to receive their event discount.
2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Sponsors
For sponsorship opportunities, please reach out to Carrie Dry at carrie.dry@hcpro.com.
2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
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2026 Home Care Leadership Summit
Continuing Education
Preconference: May 19
AHCC (formally BMSC)
This program is approved by the Association of Home Care Coding and Compliance (AHCC) for the following.
1 HCS-C CEU
ANCC
AHIMA is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity for 6.25 nursing contact hours is provided by AHIMA.
Main Conference Days 1 & 2: May 20 & 21
AHCC (formally BMSC)
This program is approved by the Association of Home Care Coding and Compliance (AHCC) for the following.
7 HCS-C, 3 HCS-O CEUs and 1 HCS-D CEUs
ANCC
AHIMA is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity for 8.75 nursing contact hours is provided by AHIMA.