SUNDAY
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
SIGNATURE SOCIAL
Welcome Lunch
11:30 - 5:30 pm
Enrichment Activities
1:00 - 5:30 pm
Take a dip, swim a lap or just relax in our dedicated private cabanas, the perfect way to hit the reset button and soak up the warm California sunshine. Our cabanas come complete with refreshing beverages, light bites and impeccable service.
11:30 - 5:00 pm
Enjoy some friendly competition at the resort’s Robert Trent Jones Jr. course, where every hole offers both challenging play and breathtaking Pacific views.
Executives Only
1:00 - 4:15 pm
Learn how to catch a wave at iconic Laguna Beach, one of Southern California’s most scenic surf spots - perfect for first-timers and seasoned shredders alike.
1:00 - 5:30 pm
Indulge in the resort’s signature treatments, ocean inspired wellness therapies and soothing massages that will leave you relaxed and refreshed.
6:00 - 7:30 pm
SIGNATURE SOCIAL
Welcome Reception
Join us to officially kick off Home Care 100 with a drink, old friends, new colleagues, and a beautiful view. Dinner is on your own this evening.
MONDAY
7:15 - 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am | General Session
The Data Imperative: From Strategy to Performance
Big ideas can't succeed without an organizing framework. Learn what it takes to operationalize people, processes, and platforms across the board – and how the real-time insight of an impact dashboard can turn your data strategy into outcomes, fast.
Tim Bateman
VP, Managing Director
Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
Jeanette Lynn
President
Home Care 100
8:15 - 9:15 am | Keynote Speaker
How to Turn Data Overload Into Strategic Clarity
Even CEOs who are true data believers can struggle to translate vast amounts of scattered information into a coherent enterprise strategy. Bernard Marr – trusted advisor to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank – will show you how it's done, revealing the link between data, value, and business results.
Bernard Marr
Best-Selling Author, Futurist
Top 5 Business Influencer
9:15 -9:45 am | General Session
New Faces, Bold Visions: CEOs Shaping What's Next
What will home care look like ten years from now? See how these game-changing leaders are using personal experiences to move home care strategy, culture and innovation forward – and why embracing visionary principles can help you set priorities and stay at the forefront of change.
Jeanette Lynn
President
Home Care 100
Rexanne Domico
President & CEO
Interim HealthCare
Dee Grein
CEO
Graham Healthcare Group
Ananth Mohan
CEO
Elara Caring
9:45 - 10:15 am | General Session
Building Your DOD: Department of Data
Data can't deliver value when it's siloed. Discover how top leaders build and run a Department of Data that cuts across teams and functions – then develop a practical plan and clear next steps to make it real for your organization.
Betsy Hansen
Lead Advisor
Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
Elaine O'Neill
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
BAYADA Home Health Care
Rachel Witt
Chief Clinical Officer
Aveanna Healthcare
Aman Shah
VP, Head of AI Transformation & Ventures
VNS Health
10:15 - 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am - 12:15 pm | Provider Showcase
Innovation Showcase: Real World Impact Stories from the Front
Blazing the trail has risks and rewards. Get an inside look at how pioneering organizations are meeting the demand for data-driven leadership. This series of detailed case studies is focused on the quest for innovation, differentiation and growth, presented by organizations on the front lines of change.
Betsy Hansen
Lead Advisor
Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
11:00 - 11:25 am
Balanced Bets for the Business of Today and Tomorrow
Is core business reinvestment the best move for your organization? Find out how ground-breaking home care leaders are finding the perfect balance between present needs and future goals – and why funding the right new offerings can fuel differentiation and growth for your organization.
Ramzi Abdine
COO
Comfort Keepers
Holly Chaffee
President & CEO
Care Central VNA & Hospice
Regis Zamudio
Vice President ElaraConnect
Elara Caring
11:25 - 11:50 am
Making the Leap to New Care Models
Demonstrable value is now the mandate for home care. See how leading home care providers are using new models and programs of care to achieve better outcomes and faster growth, all in the midst of a relentless value-driven business environment.
Rebecca Ramsay
CEO
Housecall Providers
Adam Nielsen
CEO
Pediatric Home Service
Kate Rolf
President & CEO
Nascentia Health
11:50 - 12:15 pm
People Power: Unleashing Your Innovation Heroes
People-powered strategies are at the heart of home care transformation. Discover how workforce-centric leadership can deepen employee engagement and accelerate growth - and how your organization can realize better business outcomes by aligning culture, structure and process.
Jason Growe
Founder and Chief Development Officer
LiveWell Partners
Jacqueline Ralph-Blair
Chief Innovation Officer, Home Health
Visiting Nurse Health System
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 pm | General Session
1:15 - 1:20 pm
Meeting the Moment:
Home Care's Role in an Overburdened Healthcare System
Data tells the whole truth about success in the marketplace – what it wants, what it needs and why. Get a close look at today's healthcare space with forward-thinking industry leaders, and learn how we can deliver on our home care promise.
Tim Bateman
VP, Managing Director
Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
1:20 - 2:20 pm
Macro Forces: Economics, Politics and Promises
PART 1: Healthcare policy change is constant, shifting dramatically from administration to administration. See why deep partisan differences are driving Washington decision-making and what factors will most likely impact your organization in 2028-2029 and beyond.
Purva Rawal
Recent Past Chief Strategy Officer (2021 - 2025)
CMS Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jennifer Sheets
CEO
The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance)
PART 2: Healthcare economics transcend policy alone. Consumers, workforce, technology, and innovation also help shape our respective strategies. Explore how the confluence of these major forces present challenges and opportunities for both existing players and new entrants.
Paul Kusserow
Executive Chairman
Careforth
2:20 - 2:45 pm
Leading Through Unprecedented Uncertainty
Examine how the macro environment is altering business strategy, including navigating uncertain markets, securing capital in the current climate and why non-traditional clinical and payment models are gaining traction.
Angel Vargas
Regional VP, Care at Home and DME
Kaiser Permanente SCAL/HI
Dave Jones
CEO
AccordCare
Paul Kusserow
Executive Chairman
Careforth
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Speed Meetings
These pre-scheduled meetings introduce you to Home Care 100’s best-in-class solution partners. You’ll have eight meetings on your schedule in a rapid-format structure that offers a highly-efficient, high-impact way to uncover new ideas and solutions.
6:00 - 9:30 pm
SIGNATURE SOCIAL
Hollywood Nights
6:00 - 6:45 PM - Reception
6:45 - 8:00 PM - Dinner
8:00 - 9:30 PM - After Dinner Social
TUESDAY
7:15 - 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am | General Session
The Data Imperative: Boosting Core Performance
High performance only happens when people, processes and platforms work in sync. We'll share a plan that delivers a data-driven enterprise, focused on higher efficiency and better outcomes – your chance to learn and adopt proven next steps of your own.
Tim Bateman
VP, Managing Director
Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
8:15 - 8:45 am | General Session
The Efficiency Lifecycle: Provide, Process and Profit
When quality care and back-office efficiency are in balance, everybody wins. See how home care innovators have mastered the efficiency lifecycle – and get a head start on improved cash flow, care processing and efficiency.
Evan Kramer
SVP, Innovation & Operational Excellence
Compassus
Justin Searle
President, Home Health
BAYADA Home Health Care
8:45 - 9:30 am | General Session
Aligning for Outcomes: Solving the Data "Rubik's Cube"
Delivering a positive data story to your partners can be complicated. Learn how to connect the dots for top-to-bottom organizational outcomes, and give your upstream stakeholders a clear view of how you're solving for maximum business impact.
Peter Bresler
Principal Advisor
Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
Mindy Stewart-Coffee
VP, Palliative Care, Home & Community Care Delivery
Optum
Kathleen Benton
President & CEO
Hospice Savannah, Inc.​​​​​​​
Shane Brinkerhoff
President, Home Health & Hospice
Aveanna Healthcare
9:30 - 10:15 am | General Session
The Workforce Advantage: Powered by Data and AI
Workforce is the defacto driver of business results, and leading organizations are using data and AI-powered tools and insights to connect talent metrics directly to revenue, growth, quality, and operational performance. Discover how the application of workforce analytics and AI across staffing and retention can measurably impact your bottom line – a practical approach you can put to work right away.
Success Story:
Enhabit: Data Driven Workforce Edge
Tanya Marion
CHRO
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice
Success Story:
TheKey: AI Avatars, Real World Readiness
Emily Kraeter
Chief People Officer
TheKey
Panel Speakers
Curt Bludworth
CHRO
St. Croix Hospice
Emily Kraeter
Chief People Officer
TheKey
Trina Lanier
Chief Growth Officer
Choice Health at Home
Tanya Marion
CHRO
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice
10:15 - 11:00 am
Wellness Break
11:00 - 11:45 am | Keynote
A Conversation with Karen Lynch: Leading with Compassion and Clarity
Empathy is alive and well at the highest levels of healthcare leadership. Former CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch will share how deeply personal experiences shaped her leadership style, including a bold commitment to mental health and community impact. In this candid conversation, she’ll explore how a customer-first approach, clarity of thinking and constant learning support resilient, values-led organizations.
Jeanette Lynn
President
Home Care 100
Karen Lynch
Former CEO of CVS Health; Corporate Board Director; Author
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 pm | General Session
From Data to Value(ation): Capitalizing on Your Tech Stack
Reliable data and a solid tech stack pave the way to more tangible business value. Gain new insight into how innovative companies are leveraging technology and data together to create and demonstrate higher valuations for potential M&A transactions.
Michelle Dodd
Associate Managing Director
Home Care 100
Jarrett Bauer
Founder & CEO
Montauk
Dave Marchand
CIO
New Day Healthcare
Jon Fradin
CFO
HouseWorks
Brian Mills
SVP, Growth
The Pennant Group
1:30 - 2:00 pm | General Session
Capital Currents: The HealthTech Investment Landscape
We’re in the midst of an AI frenzy – but how do you make sense of it all? Listen as investors, analysts and incubators who track the HealthTech space reveal where investments are being made – and why that matters to your organization's future.
Dan Gebremedhin, MD
Partner
Flare Capital Partners
Jonathan Bluth
Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Brown, Gibbons Lang & Company
Amelia Hay
VP, Startup Programming & Investments
AARP Innovation Labs
Will Stokes
Principal
Town Hall Ventures
2:15 - 5:15 pm
Enrichment Activities
Step away from the main stage and into small-group settings designed to keep the conversation going in a deeper, more interactive way. The choice is yours — learn, connect with peers, and recharge in the way that works best for you!
2:15 - 3:30 pm
Educational Enrichment Activities
Join the conversation as we explore the issues and answers at work in home care today. These interactive, small group sessions offer unique, unscripted insights you can apply to your own leadership strategies.
2:15 - 3:30 pm
For VBC Leaders: The Value Roundtable
Value is where quality and reimbursement meet. Sit down with your executive peers to discuss how to organize people, processes, technology and supporting commercial capabilities to drive measurable outcomes.
Facilitator:​​​
Peter Bresler, Principal Advisor, Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
2:15 - 3:30 pm
Frank Talk on the Financial Impact of Hospice
Hospice has a sacred role in healthcare, forcing cost-of-care evaluation that’s often held to a different standard. We’ll explore the changing perception of hospice in the care continuum and where it fits in the accountable care equation.
Facilitator:
Tim Bateman, Managing Advisor, Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
Rhonda Sanders-Allamon
Chief Growth Officer - Hospice
BrightSpring Health Services
2:15 - 3:30 pm
Tech Talk: CIO/CTO Roundtable
AI readiness is quickly becoming a defining priority in home-based care – and CIOs and CTOs are at the center of it. Get an inside look at how organizations are preparing for AI at scale across data platforms, infrastructure, interoperability, and governance – and discover how you can unlock AI potential for better business outcomes and clinical results.
Facilitator:
Betsy Hansen, Lead Advisor, Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
Mike Chumley, Chief Information Officer, AltoCare
Patrick Hale, EVP & Chief Information Officer, VITAS Healthcare
Aman Shah, VP, Head of AI Transformation, VNS Health
Not if, When: Making the Move Into Home Based Primary Care
Is home-based primary care as a service line inevitable? Connect with leading providers who are blazing the trail and weighing their options to reveal how the patient journey is linked to business success – and plan your own primary care success trajectory.
Facilitator:
Hank Ross, Executive Advisor, Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
Aristotle Kornaros, CEO, MD at Home
2:15 - 5:15 pm
Enrichment Activities
Curated activities that showcase the best of Southern California. Exercise your muscles, mind or taste buds – or simply relax. There's something for everyone!
2:30 - 4:45 pm
Walk along the scenic bluff-top trails and sun-kissed sands of Strands Beach, the perfect vantage point to take in iconic SoCal views and listen to the sounds of the surf.
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Bring your creativity to our SoCal-inspired culinary challenge – your chance to impress the judges and enjoy a margarita at the same time!
2:15 - 5:00 pm
Enjoy a relaxing afternoon by the pool with dedicated seating, a refined selection of food and drinks, and access to private cabanas.
2:30 - 5:15 pm
Set sail for an unforgettable mix of history and adventure aboard the Schooner Curlew. You’ll take in breathtaking views of the coastline and leave refreshed and recharged.
Join our sommelier in the resort’s intimate wine cellar for a curated tasting experience featuring thoughtfully selected wines paired with elegant small bites.
6:00 - 9:30 pm
SIGNATURE SOCIAL
Surfside Social
6:00 - 6:45 PM - Reception
6:45 - 8:00 PM - Dinner
8:00 - 9:30 PM - After Dinner Social
WEDNESDAY
7:15 - 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 am | Innovators Bowl
Innovators Bowl: Solutions for Elevating Patient Care
Back by popular demand! Only a select group of emerging innovators earned a place on this stage – rigorously vetted for real-world relevance and operational impact. In rapid-fire pitches, they’ll present innovative tools and technologies designed to elevate patient care. A panel of seasoned industry leaders will evaluate each solution live, separating real opportunity from hype.
MODERATOR:
Betsy Hansen
Lead Advisor
Home Care 100 Intelligence Group
EMCEE:
Beau Sorensen
COO
First Choice Home Health & Hospice
JUDGES:
Sarah Johnson
COO
Penn Medicine at Home
JUDGES
Katy Lanz
Founder & CEO, LifePlans
Principal Advisor, TopSight Partners
JUDGES
Jennifer Maxwell
CEO & Co-Founder
Maxwell TEC
PRESENTERS:
Kin Health: Patient & Family Navigation App
Solution: Care navigation solution that captures visits and shares AI-driven plain-language summaries with a patient’s care circle.
Results: Enables greater care coordination, reduces confusion, and improves follow-through by aligning patients and caregivers around clear, shared care plans.
Metrics Moved: Patient satisfaction, care plan adherence, caregiver engagement, missed appointments, avoidable ED utilization. 
Arpan Parikh, MD
Co-Founder
Kin Health
Epilog: AI-Assisted Serious Illness Care Coordination
Solution: AI-assisted care coordination platform that supports seriously ill patients through ongoing phone and text engagement across the care continuum.
Results: Reduces hospitalization, increases days at home, and improves outcomes through continuous, proactive management of high-risk patients.
Metrics Moved: Hospital admissions, ED visits, length of stay, time to hospice/palliative enrollment, total cost of care, patient quality of life.
Tal Shapsa Heiman
Co-Founder & CEO
Epilog
Popai Health: Conversation Intelligence for Home-Based Care
Solution: AI-powered conversation intelligence platform that analyzes patient interactions to generate real-time insights, surface risk, and trigger care coordination workflows.
Results: Improves care quality and team performance by identifying rising-risk patients earlier and turning everyday conversations into actionable intelligence.
Metrics Moved: Risk identification rates, care gap closure, QA/compliance scores, staff productivity, time to intervention, patient safety events.
Eyal Gurion
CEO & Co-Founder
Popai Health
Sage: AI-Powered Intake & Care Coordination for Home-Based Care
Solution: AI-powered intake and access platform that automates call handling, triage, and scheduling for home-based care providers.
Results: Increases conversion, accelerates time to care, and reduces front-office administrative burden.
Metrics Moved: Lead-to-admit conversion rate, patient satisfaction, timeliness of care, call answer rate, intake cycle time, staff utilization, revenue per referral.
Jon Levinson
CEO & Co-Founder
Sage Care
