Hospice Clinical Manager Series: HQRP, Emergency Management, Infection Prevention & Control & FY 2026 Updates


Date/Time: 10/07/2025, 3:00 pm

Provider: FHPCA

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Hospice Clinical Manager Series: HQRP, Emergency Management, Infection Prevention & Control & FY 2026 Updates

You may know that hospice clinical managers have a big, important job, but do you know just how deep it goes?

This webinar will identify the clinical manager’s role in emergency management and infection prevention and control, their responsibilities for agency quality reporting, and more. It will also explore the 2026 industry changes on the horizon. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about hospice clinical managers.
AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
  • Identify upcoming industry changes for FY2026 including the implementation of HOPE
  • Explain how management can support reimbursement by timely, quality data submissions
  • Determine which hospice quality reports are critical to understand and how to improve scores
  • Discern the role and interventions clinical managers play for a successful transition to the HOPE tool

WEBINAR DETAILS

This webinar will cover all aspects of quality reporting and agency reports that all clinical leadership should be aware of and monitoring. Leadership sets the culture tone, and it is critical that new supervisors and managers understand their role in overall quality reporting, agency growth, employee and patient satisfaction, and quality of care measures. The program will explore what impacts hospice ratings and how a manager can guide the team and improve agency scores. It will touch on additional areas of management responsibility, including infection prevention and control and emergency management, and wrap up the series by discussing the final rule and regulatory updates for FY 2026.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

  • Hospice
  • Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This informative session is designed for hospice business owners, all hospice leadership, DOPCSs, clinical supervisors, DONs, frontline supervisors, new management, middle management, management trainees, human resources staff, and administrators.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

  • CAHPS Hospice Survey top-box scores by state October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2024
  • KPP HVA risk analysis
  • Training log
  • PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
  • Attendance certificate provided, however there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar
NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.

Presented By

Kathy Ahearn

Kathy Ahearn

ALECC, Inc.

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