Baltimore, MD
March 17 – March 20, 2026
Includes:
Optional
OASIS Answers offers the most up-to-date OASIS training in an immersive and engaging atmosphere, where attendees can sit alongside peers, ask questions, and learn from top experts in the field.
Take the opportunity to step away from the computer for our 2-day Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy Workshop, and let us simplify the complex so you can feel empowered in your practice with OASIS data collection.
Attendees receive the latest key source documents in handout form to rely upon after the workshop.
Experience the most engaging way to prepare for the CMS Hospice HOPE tool. HOPE in Action: In-Person Training provides hospice professionals with a focused, distraction-free learning environment led by nationally recognized OASIS Answers experts. This face-to-face format offers the unique benefit of real-time interaction—ask your specific questions, gain immediate feedback, and participate in discussions that bring HOPE guidance to life.
Unlike self-paced options, in-person HOPE training ensures your team stays fully engaged, with the opportunity to learn directly from instructors who helped shape national HOPE education. Each session emphasizes accurate HOPE data collection, coding conventions, and compliance with CMS requirements, so you leave not only informed, but confident in applying HOPE guidance within your daily hospice practice.
Every registration includes a comprehensive printed training handout, an essential resource that continues to support you long after the course ends. This handout also doubles as a valuable reference during the open-book CHS-C Exam, making in-person training the best option for those who want to pair learning with certification preparation.
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Linda is a physical therapist with a Masters in Health Sciences. She has worked in the home health industry since 1988, is a nationally recognized expert on OASIS, the Hospice Item Set and quality measurement and improvement. She also serves the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors, assisting in home health and hospice quality measures development, data set refinement, and maintenance and updating of Guidance Manuals and other key provider education resources for the Hospice Item Set and OASIS. She provides oversight and subject matter expertise to manage contracts for CMS’s Home Health Quality Reporting Program, CMS’s Hospice Quality Reporting Program, and the CMS Home Health Value Based Purchasing Technical Assistance Contract. She served as the President and a Founding Member of the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board (OCCB), and continues to oversee the COS-C Exam as Chair of the Exam Review Task Force. Linda is President and Founder of OASIS Answers, Inc.
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Kerry is a physical therapist with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She has worked in the home health industry since 2007, as a field clinician, as well as in roles supporting coding and documentation for compliance and quality. She has over 15 years of experience conducting detailed reviews of clinical documentation for home health and hospice providers, focusing on OASIS and diagnosis coding accuracy, as well as regulatory compliance and documentation to support Medicare coverage. Kerry is a certified coder. Kerry currently supports OAI’s CMS contract teams’ post-acute care work with public reporting, quality measure reports, guidance manual work and CMS help desk support, as well as serving as a member of OAI’s Blueprint Presenter Team. She holds the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) designation and is a Senior Clinical Lead with OASIS Answers, Inc.
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Megan is a physical therapist with a Masters in Physical Therapy. She has worked in the home health industry since 2010 as a field clinician, as well as in supervisory and administrative positions supporting home health quality improvement, regulatory compliance, clinical documentation, and operations. Megan currently supports OAI’s post-acute care work with provider education, guidance manual work, and CMS Help Desks support that provides guidance on data collection of OASIS, the MDS, the IRF-PAI and the LTCH CARE Data Set. She has a passion and appreciation for the critical need for OASIS accuracy and is a knowledgeable and passionate national OASIS educator. Megan holds the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) designation and serves as a Post-Acute Care Senior Clinical Manager with OASIS Answers, Inc.
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Lori is a physical therapist with a Master’s in business administration. She has been practicing for 25 years. Initially focused in an outpatient setting, she transitioned to home care in 2009. Lori’s experience includes positions as a field clinician, quality educator and clinical manager. By focusing on high-quality outcomes and performance improvement, Lori’s work emphasizes the critical need for OASIS accuracy in measuring and achieving clinical success. Lori currently supports OAI’s CMS contract work related to OASIS data collection guidance and serves on OAI’s Blueprint Presenter Team. Lori holds the Certificate for OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) designation and is a Clinical Consultant with OASIS Answers, Inc.
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