Fall 2026 Home Care Connection Series: Regions 1, 2 & Statewide (Zoom)

Description

Understanding the 2027 Medicare Home Health Final Rule

Each fall, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) delivers its annual Halloween “trick or treat” package: the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) Final Rule. This year’s 2027 rule is expected soon.

Join home care’s longtime friend, Melinda Gaboury, Co-Founder and CEO of Healthcare Provider Solutions, for a live webinar on what’s in store and how your agency can prepare for 2027. Melinda will explain key provisions and their implications for reimbursement, compliance, and agency operations, helping you identify priorities for the year ahead.

Policy Updates and a Look Ahead

Hear from HCAF Executive Director Denise Bellville and Senior Director of Policy, Advocacy & Communications Kyle Simon about developments affecting care at home, including:

• Federal legislative and regulatory updates
• Priorities and issues to watch during the 2027 Florida Legislative Session
• Emerging trends affecting access to care, workforce capacity, and provider operations
• Opportunities to get involved in HCAF’s advocacy efforts

SPECIAL NOTE! Register for any of our Home Care Connection Events, hosted in person around the state November 11–19, 2026, and receive FREE access to the recorded version of this webinar. Register for the location most convenient to you.

Continuing Education

This two-hour webinar offers 2.0 continuing education units for skilled nursing, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology and audiology.

Meet the Speaker  

Melinda A. Gaboury
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Provider Solutions

Melinda Gaboury, COS-C, with more than 33 years in home care, has over 23 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, and TPE appeals with all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as chair of the The National Alliance for Care at Home/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group and is serving on the board of the Home Care Association of Florida and the Tennessee Association for Home Care. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E1 and Home Health Billing Answers, 2025.

Denise BellvilleExecutive Director
Home Care Association of Florida

Denise Bellville, RN, BS, is HCAF's Executive Director. She has been a registered nurse for 45 years, working in critical care, emergency care, an open-heart surgical intensive care unit (SICU), and a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) before transitioning to the home care industry, where she has served as an executive for 30 years. Her clinical experience in home care includes pediatric and adult ventilator care, infusion therapy, and in-home peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placements. Her favorite aspect of nursing has always been educating older adults and helping them reach their potential while remaining at home.

For Denise, nursing was a calling from an early age.

"I knew I wanted to be a nurse since I was five years old. The only thing I asked for that Christmas was a nurse's bag, and once I found it on Christmas day, I told my parents to just have Santa take everything else back."

That calling eventually led her to home care — and relationships that have lasted for decades.

“My introduction to home care involved a pediatric patient on a ventilator. The hospital asked if I could get her home, settled, and teach the family what they needed to know. Well, as you might suspect, I remained involved in her care for two years. My love of nursing has allowed me the opportunity to enter a stranger’s home and leave as a friend. Even after all these years, many of those new friends still invite me to family gatherings. It has been a career that has already lasted a lifetime.”

Kyle Simon
Senior Director of Policy, Advocacy & Communications
Home Care Association of Florida

Kyle Simon is HCAF's Senior Director of Policy, Advocacy & Communications. His background encompasses nearly two decades of experience in health policy, advocacy, and politics. He has collaborated with federal and state policymakers on legislative and regulatory issues concerning Medicare, Medicaid, and prescription drugs. Moreover, he has provided support to members of Congress, managed a statewide political organization representing the President of the United States, and held leadership positions in various political campaigns. Additionally, he previously served as an Adjunct Professor at Valencia College for over a decade.

Kyle holds a Master of Science degree in Applied American Politics and Policy, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Florida State University.

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