2026 HHAC Annual Conference

Climbing and Alternative Peak

Colorado’s home care agencies are facing an unprecedented convergence of financial and administrative challenges. Following the 2025 Medicaid rate reductions and mounting regulatory demands, agency leaders are under growing pressure to sustain operations while ensuring compliance and timely reimbursement. This session, led by Paradigm Senior Services, a national leader in third-party payer billing for Medicaid and VA programs, will provide agency executives and billing teams with actionable strategies to improve cash flow, reduce claim denials, and maintain compliance in a tightening reimbursement landscape. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how to optimize billing processes, manage risk, and leverage technology to safeguard financial health. Leaving this session with a clear roadmap for protecting their bottom line amid policy uncertainty, attendees will be grounded in proven operational strategies, payer insights, and compliance expertise.

Discover how home health, home care, and hospice agencies can harness the power of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to enhance efficiency and care quality. This session explores practical, affordable strategies to automate administrative tasks, reduce documentation errors, and improve communication across clinical and operational teams. Participants will learn how AI tools can streamline scheduling, operations, and compliance monitoring—allowing staff to focus more on delivering compassionate, high-quality patient care. We’ll also address key legal, ethical, and privacy considerations to ensure responsible implementation that protects patients and staff. By the end of the session, attendees will leave with actionable steps to adopt technology that strengthens outcomes, reduces burnout, and supports a sustainable, patient-centered care model.

In this discussion we will highlight the importance of empathy in combination with creative based education to craft meaningful program success that encourages both empowerment and skill building. This will highlight the importance of a strengths based mindset while utilizing community input to craft programs that honor our community members. We will also examine how to empower staff to remain educated on creative play and empathy driven care as a means to empower those within our program. Finally, we will break down proven and actionable skills to take our programs beyond the status quo and establish ongoing success.

The Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank works to restore sight through transplantation and research. In our presentation we highlight the importance of eye tissue donation, the steps you can take to educate and provide the opportunity of donation for your patients and how you can become an ambassador of sight. Your patients and their families trust you until the end and we know how hard it is to discuss end-of-life decisions, we want to help make the process easier and allow your patients to have control and understanding of this incredibly important decision. Join us and learn about navigating the process and creating even more impact through your work.

Population is changed by births, deaths, and migration, but is also affected by the economy and jobs. But the aging of the population impacts nearly everything including the labor force, housing, and services required for the people. This presentation will explain how these factors areconnected, show the past demographic trends, and explore Colorado's future population changes.

Compliance programs often feel overwhelming for smaller agencies balancing care delivery, documentation, and regulatory expectations. This session breaks compliance into clear, manageable steps without sacrificing regulatory integrity. You'll learn how to streamline processes, reduce administrative burden, and build a program that meets CMS, HIPAA, and accreditation standards with limited resources. The focus is practical: identify what matters most, determine what can be simplified, and prioritize efforts to maintain survey-readiness without unnecessary complexity. Whether starting from scratch or refining an existing program, you'll leave with a clear action plan for a defensible, sustainable compliance program.