About the Speakers…
KAREN BOMMELJE, BSN, RN, HCS-D, CHC, Senior Manager, Compliance Division,
Simione Healthcare Consultants, LLC …Karen is a seasoned professional with more
than 25 years of nursing, management, and consulting experience in the health care
industry, including: home care, pediatrics, hospice, long-term care, home care
pharmacy/infusion and medical equipment/respiratory. Prior experience includes:
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for a large national Franchisor of Home Care,
Director of Regulatory Compliance for a large Pediatric national home care company,
Clinical Compliance, Regulatory, and Education support for a large National Home
Care & Hospice Company, Research Associate for University of Colorado OASIS verification project, as
well as extensive experience in accreditation by the Joint Commission and CHAP.
Her consulting experience with Simione Consultants includes:
Regulatory Compliance: Manager of regulatory and compliance projects for attorney and clients
including: Discovery and statistically valid compliance audits to determine risk exposure; Internal
investigations, self-disclosures, quantification and extrapolation of findings, standards of care issues,
and preparation of disclosure for overpayment settlement; Clinical and operational due diligence for
acquisitions and mergers; Project Manager of Independent Review Organization activities for Hospice
and Home Health Agencies under corporate Integrity Agreements.
Charles Cannan…Charles Canaan has over 20 years of diverse nursing
experience in a variety of healthcare settings, to include inpatient,
outpatient, home and organizational settings. His education includes a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Old Dominion University in
Norfolk, Virginia, Coding for Health Care Professionals Certificate from
Trident technical College in Charleston, South Carolina, a Graduate
Studies Certificate in Alcohol and Drug studies and a Master of Public
Health Degree in Health Promotion and Education from the University of South Carolina. He currently
provides education and consultation to Medicare Part A and Part B providers with learning needs.
Dan George…Dan has been with the Medicare program since 2004. In
2008, he became part of Palmetto GBA’s Congressional Unit. This unit
handled complex inquiries for Part A, Part B and Home Health and
Hospice. His experience is extensive in, but not limited to, coverage
polices, compliance, billing, enrollment, and systems. In 2007 and 2008,
he was a manager for Palmetto GBA’s Beneficiary Call Center. Prior to
working with Medicare, Dan worked in skilled nursing facilities for 12
years. He directed Dietary Departments, which included participation in nutritional assessments, care
planning, wound rounds, and patient documentation.
Jennifer Hodge… is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Nursing . She
began her nursing practice in the emergency department and soon moved on to the
Pediatric ICU. After completion of her Masters in Business, she moved to Savannah,
Georgia to manage the Children’s Hospital at Memorial Health. During her time
leading the Children’s Hospital, extensive changes took place including: renovation
of the inpatient pediatric unit, bringing the 43 bed Level III NICU beneath the
Children’s Hospital umbrella as well as the establishment of a Hematology/
Oncology and Surgery Unit. Many Pediatric subspecialty programs were
established, including Pediatric Endocrinology and Pediatric neurosurgery, greatly increasing access to
subspecialty pediatric care in southeast Georgia.
Seeing a need to broaden her nursing experience, she moved into Case Management and became
Manager of Clinical Resource Management at Memorial Health, a 538 bed, Level I Trauma Center.
During her tenure, she led a team to reduce emergency department recidivism, working with peers at
other institutions to establish community care plans for recidivists as well as alternate sources of nonemergent care for these patients.
She joined Georgia Medical Care Foundation as a Quality Advisor in 2009 and began intensive Quality
Improvement work, focusing on improving care for Medicare beneficiaries. Currently, she is working as
Georgia Aim Lead for the Integrating Care for Populations and Communities/ Care Transition team. In
this role, she is leading the effort to reduce statewide readmission rates and working with various
communities of providers to improve communication and patient care. Additionally, Jennifer is the
National Coordinating Center’s Regional Organizer working with 12 southeastern states to assist Quality
Improvement Organizations in this work as well.
Charles Marshall, Humorous
Motivational Speaker, M Power
Resources…Charles is one of the
most popular humorous
motivational speakers speaking
today and has over 20 years
experience speaking to audiences all over the United States. Each year, Charles travels 100,000 miles to
perform in over 100 corporate and civic venues from New York to California. His animated delivery and
original observations have captivated over 1,000 audiences over the past two decades, including many
Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of several books including: The Seven Powers of Success and
I’m Not Crazy But I Might Be A Carrier. He also has produced and performed two full-length comedy
videos, Fully Animated and I’m Just Sayin’!
Mary McGoldrick, MS, RN, CRNI® …Mary is a Home Care and Hospice Consultant for
Home Health Systems, Inc., which she founded in 1989. Mary provides expert home
care and hospice consultation on The Joint Commission home care standards,
infection prevention and control strategies, and serves as as an Infection
Preventionist for home health agencies and hospices. She is the Chairperson of the
Board of Directors for the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation (INCC) through
2015, is a member of the 2016 Infusion Nurses Society’s (INS) Standards of Practice
Committee, is a technical expert on the Community Health Accreditation Partner’s
(CHAP) Subcommittee for developing the new Infection Prevention and Control (ISPC) Standards for the
home care industry, and is a department editor and contributing author of the “Infection Prevention”
column for the Home Healthcare Now journal.
Mary St. Pierre, RN, BSN, MGA…After retiring from the National Association for
Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) in 2013, Mary served as a national home health and
hospice consultant. At this time she is engaged in an exclusive consulting agreement
with HEALTHCAREfirst, providing regulatory guidance in the design and maintenance
of sortware and data analytics. While at NAHC, Ms. St. Pierre oversaw the operations
of the Regulatory Affairs Department, tracking regulations and influencing regulatory
bodies such as CMS, FDA, and OSHA. In addition, she prepared educational
programs, presented speeches and programs and kept the membership abreast of
regulatory and clinical information through articles in NAHC publications. Ms. St. Pierre had 26 years
experience as a home care nurse, clinical supervisor and manager within a large metropolitan home
health agency prior to joining NAHC in 1993.