Pre-Con Learning Labs

Start the Conference With Focused, High-Impact Education

Monday, June 22, 2026 | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort & Spa

Separate registration required.

Arrive early and take advantage of targeted learning designed for home health, hospice, and home care leaders. These focused Pre-Con Learning Labs deliver practical strategies, timely insights, and tools you can bring back to your organization immediately.

Member Price: $99
Non-Member Price: $199
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Enhance Your Conference Experience

Pre-Con Learning Labs are designed to provide deeper learning before the full conference begins.

Who Should Attend

Owners, executives, administrators, clinical leaders, compliance professionals, managers, and emerging leaders across home health, hospice, and home care.

Why It Matters

These sessions focus on the issues shaping care delivery today: payment reform, regulatory change, compliance expectations, workforce leadership, and operational readiness.

Choose Your Pre-Con Learning Lab

Each Learning Lab is designed for a specific audience and offers a focused, practical experience before the main conference begins.

Home Health Learning Lab

Elite-Level Outcomes for Home Health: Winning in a Value-Driven Era

2026 is a defining year for home health providers. With PDGM pressures, Expanded VBP, MSPB-PAC tracking, and bundled payment models accelerating - and 2027 PAC PPS on the horizon - agencies can no longer rely on traditional operational models to succeed.

This high-impact session will provide practical strategies to help your organization thrive in a rapidly evolving value-driven environment.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Improve clinical outcomes for VBP success
  • Reduce re-admissions and control episodic costs
  • Prepare for hospital-driven care models and post-acute bundling
  • Adapt operations to meet the future of Medicare reimbursement
Arnie Cisneros

Arnie Cisneros, P.T.

President, Home Health Strategic Management

Arnie Cisneros is President of Home Health Strategic Management and is a leading speaker in value-based programming for Impact Act reforms. He works with health systems, hospitals, and home health providers to deliver high-quality care and outcomes.

Kimberly McCormick

Kimberly McCormick, RN/BSN

Executive Clinical Director, Home Health Strategic Management

Kimberly McCormick is a highly accomplished clinical consultant in the home health industry with practical insight into utilization management and operational excellence.

Hospice Learning Lab

Proposed Hospice Regulations: Big Changes. Real Opportunities.

California’s hospice landscape is changing rapidly. New regulations, heightened oversight, and increased enforcement activity are raising expectations around compliance, leadership, quality, and operational accountability.

For hospice providers, staying informed is no longer optional - it is essential.

You’ll learn:

  • The most significant federal and state regulatory changes impacting hospice providers
  • New education, competency, and compliance expectations for California hospices
  • Strategies to strengthen operational readiness and reduce organizational risk
  • How to turn regulatory change into a strategic advantage
Sharon Fredrichs

Sharon Fredrichs, RN, BSN, PHN, CPHQ

Co-Owner, S & S Home Care Consulting

Sharon Fredrichs has served the home health community for more than 40 years, with experience in administration, quality assurance, compliance, utilization, and program development.

Cindy Hatton

Cindy Hatton

Founder and CEO, Hatton Consulting

Cindy Hatton has more than 35 years of experience leading successful hospice and home health organizations and previously served as CAHSAH’s Board Chair.

Home Care Learning Lab

The Modern Leader: A Leadership Intensive for Home Care Executives 

Strong leadership has never been more important. In today’s fast-changing healthcare environment, organizations need leaders who can communicate effectively, inspire teams, navigate challenges, and drive meaningful results.

Participants will gain insights into:

  • Effective communication and leadership presence
  • Decision-making and problem-solving strategies
  • Team engagement and performance management
  • Building resilient, high-performing workplace cultures
  • Leading confidently through change and uncertainty
Jeni Kendall

Jeni Kendall

Vice President of Sales, Axxess

Jeni Kendall is Vice President of Sales at Axxess, where she supports operational excellence and growth across Axxess’ care-at-home solutions.

Add a Pre-Con Learning Lab to Your Registration

Make the most of your time at CAHSAH’s 2026 Annual Conference & Home Care Expo. Arrive early, gain focused education, and leave with strategies you can put into action immediately.

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