In the competitive market of home health and hospice space, the Owner Administrator Forum Seminar allows owners and administrators to learn about the latest trends in home health and hospice and to collaborate with owners from different parts of the country. COVID-19 has had significant impacts on Medicare providers in 2020 and will likely continue to change the reimbursement landscape for home health and hospice care. This four half-day training covers advanced reimbursement topics, such as a preview of OASIS-E beginning in January 1, 2023 and reimbursement updates..
Meet the Speakers
Jim Plonsey, President Medicare Training & Consulting Inc
James E. Plonsey, President of Medicare Training & Consulting, has been involved in healthcare accounting and finance since 1980. He has been a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association since 1983. Jim is well versed in all aspects of Medicare and Medicaid participation and reimbursement. His background includes experience with providers, with the Blue Cross Association, with a major teaching hospital, and with a major accounting firm; prior to starting his own firm, Medicare Training & Consulting, in 1990. Jim also organizes and conducts seminars on a variety of issues concerning reimbursement.
James Plonsey has over 30 years of healthcare experience including six years with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, training 750 Medicare auditors for the Fiscal Intermediary. He has owned a Home Health, West Valley Home Health in Utah.
Dana Eichler, Senior Clinical Consultant
Dana Eichler has 25 years in home care, previously supervised Quality Assurance Department for large agency with over 800 patients, BS, specializing in billing audits, working knowledge of multiple Point-of-Care software packages, expert in regulator and JCAHO issues. Dana is also one of our specialized retroactive / prospective CLIA trainers. She also a Certified Oasis Specialist-Clinical.
Schedule
Medicare Update
Presented by: Jim Plonsey
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
The Medicare Update will provide an update on the 2026 Final PDGM rates. The new rules will be published early in November 2025.
OASIS E-1
Presented by: Dana Eichler, RN
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Dana will update HHA on the OASIS-E form that will be finalized in November, 2023. She will also share how the HHA are subject to new scrutiny unleashed by the government for ZPIC, RAC, UPIC, TPE and SMRC audits
Preview of OASIS-E Day 2
Presented by: Dana Eichler, RN
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Dana will cover hospice documentation agencies need to have to withstand scrutiny of the government auditors. Hospice is the fastest growing benefit in Medicare. Many agencies have failed to keep with new requirements brought on by COVID and others which have come back after being suspended during the Public Health Emergency
Hospice Updates
Presented by: Jim Plonsey
Friday, November 14, 2025
The Medicare Update will provide an update on the 2026 Final PDGM rates. The new rules will be published early in November 2025.
About the Four Season Hotel
Join us in Ko Olina and find your very own place of joy. Our beachfront island Resort sits on Oahu’s wild and rugged western coast, where vast ocean views and lively pools and lagoons provide the setting for an unforgettable adventure. Take the family for a ride on an outrigger canoe, splash around in the turquoise waters of our white-sand beach, play a round of golf as you weave through waterfalls at Ko Olina Golf Club, or spend the day reconnecting with your inner self at Naupaka Spa & Wellness Centre. Whatever the perfect vacation looks like to you, we’ve got it here at our luxury Oahu Hotel on the beach.
CANCELLATION POLICY: If Medicare Training and Consulting must cancel a seminar due to low registration, registrants will receive a full refund by their method of payment. If a participant cancels a reservation, notification must occur 15 or more calendar days before the meeting date for a 100% refund. A participant may enroll in a future course in lieu of a cash refund. Medicare Training & Consulting is unable to grant refunds for lodging, airfare, and other expenses.
