Why Present?

HCAOA's National Home Care Conference brings together 500+ home care leaders seeking innovative solutions, best practices, and actionable strategies for all aspects of their agency. As a presenter, you'll shape the conversation and inspire others to solve their challenges.

Thought Leadership

Position yourself as an expert in your field

Networking

Connect with peers and industry leaders

Success Stories

Help others learn from your experience

Professional Development

Refine your presentation skills

What We're Looking For

HCAOA's education committee is seeking proposals for conference breakout sessions that address the real-world challenges facing home care agencies today. Your presentation should offer actionable takeaways attendees can use right away. Note that we're not looking for keynote and general session presenters, but submissions will be considered for educational webinars and thought-leadership article series throughout the year — so we invite you to propose with those opportunities in mind as well.

We welcome all highly relevant, solutions-oriented topics specific to home care. See a list of priority topics below for inspiration. 

Priority Topics

Care Delivery

• Collaborations in VA/Dementia Care 
• Advancing Care Options 
• Compliance Best Practices 

Finance/Benchmarking/Data

• Accounting 101
• KPIs every agency should track
• How to guide your team to effectively manage their departmental budget
• Revenue growth in incremental stages
• Forecasting 
• Diversifying revenue streams

Recruitment & Retention

• Developing strong company culture for your caregivers
• Best practices/tools for recruiting caregivers
• How/what to delegate to your team
• When your office team goes from generalists to specialists
• Interviewing ideas, techniques, and strategies for hiring quality caregivers

Sales & Marketing

• How to create strong relationships with partners/referral sources
• Using social media to attract clients
• Diversifying your service lines (e.g. hospice, care management)
• Diversifying your payor sources (e.g. VA, Medicaid, Long Term Care insurance)
• Marketing for private pay vs. VA/Medicaid
• Sales Management 
• How to use digital marketing to grow your agency 

Scaling/Operations

• How to grow from ($100k to $1.5M; $1.5M to $5M)
• How to expand to multiple locations
• How to automate part of your day to day operations
• How to grow from ($5M to $20M; $20M to $50M)
• M & A: What to look for in agency you’re considering acquiring, what private equity firms look for, how to prepare for an exit, what the process looks like

Technology

• ​AI
• AI Compliance & Implementation Best Practices 
• How to implement AI in daily operations to complement existing staff/procedures 
• How to leverage technology to improve efficiency, communication, and client care

Workforce

• How to identify and grow leaders from within your agency 
• Strategies for effectively motivating a team
• Scheduling
• Training
• Strategies for building a strong/positive work environment
• Working in a remote/hybrid environment

Other

• Legal/HR
• ​Advocacy
• Social determinants of health
• Client & caregiver satisfaction

Submission Guidelines

• Duration: Sessions are 60 minutes in length.
• Formats: Workshop-style, panel discussions, and case studies are welcome. 
• Required information: title, overview, learning objectives, target audience, experience level, along with your bio and presenting experience
• Educational focus: Sessions should prioritize attendee learning with actionable content. Sales pitches and product-focused topics will not be accepted.

What makes a strong proposal?

Your proposal should clearly demonstrate what attendees will learn and how they can use it in their agencies. The Education Committee will be evaluating proposals for relevance, practical application, evidence-based content, engaging delivery, and presenter expertise.

What do presenters receive?

If your presentation is accepted for a breakout session, you'll receive a discounted registration to this year's conference. Selected presenters will be notified by the end of May.

​Eager to share your insights on home care's biggest stage? We're eager to review your proposal.

Submission Deadline: March 13

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