2021
VISION
to
VIRTUAL

Mastering Telehealth Piece by Piece

Vision to Virtual is HRS’ biggest annual event, bringing together hundreds of top healthcare executives, physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, ancillary providers, telehealth program leaders, clinical experts, payers, and technology champions from across the country for two days of deep-dive learning around all-things telehealth and remote patient monitoring.

The 2021 Vision to Virtual conference aimed to provide healthcare organizations with the fundamental tool necessary to launch a telehealth program, and the best practices to advance a telehealth program through reimbursement, data collection, and new models of care. Over two days and ten sessions, the Vision to Virtual presentations and network opportunities enabled attendees to master telehealth, piece by piece.

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Keynote: The Rise of Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring

Vision to Virtual’s keynote session, hosted on November 3, 2021, presented the key drivers impacting the direction of healthcare and health-technology heading into 2022: the COVID-19 pandemic, the growing role of consumerism, increasing health disparities, telehealth reimbursement expansion, and more.

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Speakers:

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Florence Kariuki, RN, BSN, MHA, FHELA
Chief Clinical Officer
Health Recovery Solutions

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Mary Ann Christopher
Corporate Board Director and
Health Executive/CEO

Establishing a Vision and Setting Goals

To successfully launch or expand a telehealth program, providers must first define and set clear goals and program objectives. This session will review the importance of aligning program goals with individual responsibilities as well as the organization’s overarching mission. Also, it will outline how to evaluate your goals periodically and when to adjust your workflows to ensure continued program success.

Speakers:

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Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH
Section Chief Maternal Fetal Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Chicago

Building a Team and Ensuring Buy-In

This session, hosted on day one of the Vision to Virtual conference, outlined the core roles and responsibilities of the telehealth team within an organization, highlighting case studies from HRS partners with telehealth teams as small as 5 members and as large as 50 members.

Speakers:

Lauren-Weissberg

Lauren Weissberg, BSB, BSN, RN-BC
Director of Nursing
Royal Care (Emerest)

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Sandy Legg Forgiel, BSN, RN
Telehealth Coordinator
Community VNA

Operationalizing a Virtual Care Strategy

On day one of Vision to Virtual, HRS’ Clinical Services team announced its new Virtual Visit Care Model to help provider organizations operationalize virtual care. During the session, HRS’ VP of Clinical Services, Patty Upham, unveiled the new care model, outlining best practices to launch a virtual visit pilot program, including staffing requirements, workflow recommendations, and LUPA requirements.

Speakers:

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Patty Upham, RN
Vice President of Clinical Services
Health Recovery Solutions

Clinical Roundtable: Addressing the Critical Nursing Shortage

To close out the first day of the Vision to Virtual conference, HRS’ Chief Clinical Officer, Florence Kariuki, was joined by Sentara Healthcare’s Vice President Clinical Services, Kim Bradley, and LHC Group’s Director of Clinical Programs, Kyle Lavergne, to discuss the critical nursing crisis confronting providers across the country and across care settings. During the roundtable, the panelists reflected on the impact of COVID-19 on the nursing shortage, how telehealth and RPM can support providers and patients, and the unique initiatives their organizations have launched to address the nursing shortage now and in the future.

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Florence Kariuki, RN, BSN, MHA, FHELA
Chief Clinical Officer
Health Recovery Solutions

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Kim Bradley, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Nurse Executive/Vice President Clinical Services
Sentara Healthcare

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Kyle Lavergne, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Director of Clinical Programs
LHC Group

Keynote: Preparing for Telehealth Policy Changes

During the session Kyle and Ann provided a wrap up of the telehealth policy changes that occurred over the last two years that helped spur the adoption of telehealth and RPM during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). In addition, Kyle and Ann offered a look forward at the game changing bills and policy changes to look for heading into 2022, along with advice for how to become an advocate for the expansion of telehealth and RPM services.

Speakers:

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Ann Mond Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

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Kyle Zebley
Vice President Public Policy
American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

Demonstrating Program Success: Leveraging Patient Outcomes

There are two things that are necessary to secure long-term program buy-in and expansion: strong patient outcomes and program data. During this session, Dan Breazeale from Elara Caring joined HRS to review what data should be collected for your telehealth program, how to collect the necessary data, and in what ways you can use that data to inform future strategies and gauge success.

Speakers:

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Dan Breazeale, PT, DPT, OCS
Director of Patient Services
Elara Caring

Preparing for Reimbursement

While many organizations deploy telehealth to improve patient outcomes and ease clinical workloads, telehealth programs can also generate revenue through reimbursement opportunities. This session reviews the requirements set by the CMS for obtaining reimbursement, highlighting a case study from HRS partner, Home Health Foundation.

Speakers:

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Gerald Buggs, MSJ
Vice President of Reimbursement
Health Recovery Solutions

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Kathy Duckett, MSN, RN
Director of Advanced Care at Home
Home Health Foundation

Expanding Beyond Home Health: The Hospital at Home Care Model

This session reviews the key elements necessary to launching a Hospital at Home program, hearing directly from HRS partners at Allina Health who launched a Hospital at Home program in one month during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speakers:

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Rachel Kuhnly, MHA, LNHA
Manager of Population Health, Operations
Allina Health

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Julia Crist
Vice President of Operations
Allina Health

Executive Roundtable: Mapping Out the Future of HRS

During the final session of the 2021 Vision to Virtual conference, HRS Executives will sat down to discuss the future of HRS, highlighting new partnerships, product innovations, and clinical insights that will drive the company forward and support clients over the coming years.

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Jarrett Bauer
Chief Executive Officer
Health Recovery Solutions

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Florence Kariuki, RN, BSN, MHA, FHELA
Chief Clinical Officer
Health Recovery Solutions

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Joe Sedlak, MBA, BSN, RN
Senior Vice President of Client Success
Health Recovery Solutions

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Featured Speakers

Florence Kariuki

Florence Kariuki

Chief Clinical Officer

Health Recovery Solutions

Sandy Legg Forgiel

Sandy Legg Forgiel

Telehealth Coordinator

Community VNA

Lauren-Weissberg

Lauren Weissberg

Director of Nursing

Royal Care (Emerest)

Patty Upham

Patty Upham

Vice President of Clinical Services

Health Recovery Solutions

Ann Mond Johnson

Ann Mond Johnson

Chief Executive Officer

American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

Gerald Buggs

Gerald Buggs

Vice President of Reimbursement

Health Recovery Solutions

Kathy Ducket

Kathy Duckett

Director of Advanced Care at Home

Home Health Foundation

Jenna Kowalski

Jenna Kowalski

Director of Clinical Services

Health Recovery Solutions

Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH

Sarosh Rana

Section Chief Maternal Fetal Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Chicago

Dan-Breazeale

Dan Breazeale

Director of Patient Services

Elara Caring

Kyle_Lavergne-V2V

Kyle Lavergne

Director of Clinical Programs

LHC Group

Crist_Julia

Julia Crist

Vice President of Operations

Allina Health

Rachel Kuhnly

Rachel Kuhnly

Manager of Population Health, Operations

Allina Health

Kim-Bradley

Kim Bradley

Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer

Sentara Enterprises

Mary-Ann-Christopher

Mary Ann Christopher

Corporate Board Director

Health Care Executive

Kyle-Zebley

Kyle Zebley

Vice President of Public Policy

American Telemedicine Association