Axxess Home Care Regional Meeting - FREE for Members!
You are invited to attend the Axxess Home Care Regional Meeting for AHHC Members! This meeting will take place March 27 at the Sheraton Charlotte Airport in Charlotte, NC. Come get to know Axxess and AHHC staff, enjoy lunch, network with your peers and hear two great sessions on Creating Revenue Streams Through Specialty Programs and Employee Value Proposition!
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FREE for Members!
This day of learning and networking is designed for home care (personal care, private duty nursing, companion sitter) agencies!
Creating Revenue Streams Through Specialty Programs
This session will cover the following objectives: private duty partners in care for disease management; training caregivers; marketing the program; and a deeper dive into dementia programs.
Know Your Value Proposition: Strategies for Employee Engagement Success
Your brand value proposition tells referral sources, employees, patients and other stakeholders what your company offers that no one else can. For the first time in history five generations can be found working side by side in the workforce. A talent gap is forming as Baby Boomers age into retirement and Millennials climb the corporate ladder. Learn how to deliver on your value proposition as a recruitment strategy to engage, enable and energize the evolving workforce and impact your organizations growth.
SPEAKERS:
Tammy Ross, Senior Vice President of Operations, Professional Services, Axxess
Tammy Ross is directly responsible for the Professional Services division of Axxess whose goal is to offer practical operational solutions to the home care and hospice industry. She has 30 plus years in the post-acute industry; highly saturated in certified home health. She has lead successful large multi-site and multi- state agencies and contributed to driving down the Medicare spend rate by participating as a certified home health provider in multiple accountable care organizations. She has a successful track history in developing 5 Star agencies and improving patient outcomes through disease management. She is the co-developer of Maintenance Therapy a Palliative Care Approach which is a rehab program based on the premise of the Jimmo verses Sebelius settlement that patients do not have to have rehab potential to receive therapy services. Seeing the value in training and mentoring caregivers that support the desire to allow clients and patients the ability to age in place in the home, Mrs. Ross opened a Certified Nursing Assistant School (CNA School) which had a 98% pass rate for certification exam and was a career path for 50% of students to obtain higher training in the medical field to include nursing, coding, and medical assistance. She opened and owned a private duty agency that employed these next generation CNA’s to deliver specialty programs directed at disease management. The agencies dementia program was highly sought after by referral sources, caregivers, and providers. Prior to her current position at Axxess, she was an international industry consultant focusing on operational management throughout the United States and the Pacific realm. Through her consulting efforts the first Medicare certified Home Health and Hospice was opened in Guam and later in Saipan. A strong supporter of the military, Mrs. Ross is most proud of her work with Congress to promote legislation to bring Women Infant and Children (WIC) Program to military family’s station overseas. Mrs. Ross earned a master’s degree in Health Care Administration from Columbia Southern University and is a bachelors prepared registered nurse. She also has advanced certification in Health Care Case Management and Quality Improvement. When she is not busy at Axxess, she enjoys assisting clients and family in navigating the health care system on a volunteer basis.
Stefanie Peaple, Director, Brand Management, Axxess
Stefanie Peaple is a marketing leader whose great passion is connecting people to brands. With two decades of experience across a variety of industries, including food/beverage, CPG and healthcare, Stefanie she has worked with industry-leading companies to bring a diverse team together to craft creative stories and innovative experiences that emotionally connect people to their company mission, vision, purpose and culture; its brand.? She graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and kickstarted her career by co-founding an innovative craft beer distributorship and proprietary wine company with revolutionary packaging. Driven to do more, she graduated Stetson University with an MBA that catapulted her career to join marketing giants Kimberly-Clark and 7-Eleven where she launched a line of personal care products for America’s #1 mass retailer and managed a $1 billion category for America’s favorite neighborhood convenience store.
Stefanie’s passion for innovation lead her to Axxess, the nation’s leading home healthcare technology company where, through innovative brand experiences, she connects employees, clients, community and partners with Axxess’ culture of innovation and excellence to make lives better.