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SUMMARY:Post-Acute Care Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:$129/pp Member Rate \n\n\n\n$229/pp Non-Member Rate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nEVENT CONTACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136 \n\n\n\nMAIL – Check Payable to MHA \n\n\n\nMHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are experiencing any difficulties with the site or registration\, please email Laurie Snelson at lsnelson@mhalink.org for assistance. In your correspondence\, please include the registrant’s name\, title\, organization\, and email for confirmation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the healthcare system adapts to coverage and reimbursement changes that will be implemented in the coming years\, transitions of care across the continuum and partnership with post-acute care services are more important than ever. Join MHA and other healthcare stakeholders to learn about how hospitals are working with post-acute care partners and the state to improve communication and discharges to skilled nursing facilities\, reduce length of stay\, and provide enhanced rehabilitation services. Hear about what healthcare organizations across the continuum are doing to address throughput and introduce new models of care.  \n\n\n\nAGENDA \n\n\n\n8:15 a.m.: Registration & Networking Breakfast \n\n\n\n9:00 A.M.  Opening Remarks \n\n\n\n\nAdam J. Delmolino\, Senior Director\, Virtual Care and Clinical Affairs\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association\n\n\n\nDavid Coggins\, Chief Executive Officer\, Encompass Health\, Chair\, MHA’s Continuum of Care Council\n\n\n\n\n9:05 a.m.: The Impact of Skilled Nursing Facility Network Participation and Transitional Care Management on SNF Length of Stay \n\n\n\n\nAmy Baughman\, MD\, Massachusetts General Hospital\, Assistant Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School\, Associate Faculty\, Ariadne Labs\n\n\n\nTrancy Escobar\, Executive Director\, Complex Care and Care Continuum\, Care Continuum Management\, Mass General Brigham\n\n\n\n\n9:30 a.m.: The Collaboration Between Rehabilitation Services and Case Management: Federal Policy Changes at Boston Medical Center \n\n\n\n\nStephanie Martinez\, RN\, Executive Director\, Associate Chief Nursing Officer\, Care Continuum\, Boston Medical Center\n\n\n\nKaren Mattie\, Senior Director of Clinical Operations and Adjunct Clinical Instructor\, Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences\, Boston Medical Center Health System\n\n\n\n\n10 a.m.: The Massachusetts MOLST to POLST Transition \n\n\n\n\nPriscilla Ross\, POLST Program Director\, Executive Office of Aging & Independence\n\n\n\n\n10:20 a.m.: BREAK \n\n\n\n10:45 a.m.: Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Long-Term Care \n\n\n\n\nChiara S. Moore\, Assistant Director\, Health Care Strategy & Planning\, Massachusetts Department of Public Health\n\n\n\nStephanie Baker\, Quality Improvement Manager\, Healthcentric Advisors\n\n\n\n\n11:05 a.m.: Research and Advocacy in Support of Post-Acute Care Hospitals \n\n\n\n\nChloe Slocum\, MD\, Director\, Health Policy\, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital\, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair for Quality\, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation\, Harvard Medical School\n\n\n\nLeslie Feinberg\, Chief of Staff\, Spaulding Rehabilitation\, Mass General Brigham\n\n\n\n\n11:30 a.m.: Hospice and Palliative Care Federation \n\n\n\nSpeakers announced soon! \n\n\n\n11:50 a.m.: Strategic Planning & the Future of Post-Acute Care \n\n\n\n\nErnest Mandel\, MD\, Executive Vice President of Healthcare\, Chief Medical & Quality Officer\, Medical Director of Nephrology & Dialysis\, Hebrew SeniorLife\n\n\n\n\n12:10 p.m.: Skilled Nursing Facility & Behavioral Healthcare Challenges & Barriers \n\n\n\nSpeakers announced soon! \n\n\n\n12:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks & Lunch
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/post-acute-care-summit-2026/
LOCATION:MHA Conference Center\, 500 District Ave\, Burlington\, Massachusetts\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHA Conferences
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