Speakers at the 2023 LeadingAge Leadership Summit
Our speaker line-up is designed to share valuable expertise within our field and offer new perspectives on issues that affect us all.
Asha Samuel
- 5-A. Policy Update: Medicare Home Health and Hospice
Monday, April 17, 2023
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Policy Update: Medicare Home Health and Hospice
2022 was a big year for Medicare home health and hospice, and 2023 promises to bring even more change to this important sector. Whether you have a robust program of home-based services or are considering branching out into this service line, you’ll want to attend this policy update and discussion. Policymakers will join LeadingAge members to discuss pressing issues affecting home health and hospice providers, such as benefit oversight, reform and expansion, reimbursement, telehealth, and workforce. The session will also feature LeadingAge members who have partnered across the continuum to offer hospice or home health services. Discuss how hospice and home health benefits are evolvingu2014and should evolve. Explore how LeadingAge members can use our collective resources to serve older adults in the place they call home.
Stacy Sanders
- 20-D. The 118th Congress u2013 Hopes and Expectations
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
The 118th Congress u2013 Hopes and Expectations
From immigration policy to staffing ratios to hospice reform to telehealth — and every health and long term care issue in between, LeadingAge members look to the 118th Congress for answers and solutions. Join this lively panel of experienced staff from both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate. Hear which issues they are working on and expect to face over the coming year. LeadingAge staff will get the discussion rolling with our top health and long-term care legislative goals and panelists will let us know where Congressional leaders stand and what they are planning to do to help mission focused providers survive and thrive. Panelists will talk about the u201cmust passu201d legislative measures, like the debt ceiling and funding to keep the government open u2013 and how critical aging services funding and solutions can fit in and around those measures.rnrnThis session is closed to the press. Learn more: leadingage.org/press
Susan Seydel
- 19-D. Making Sense of Infection Control Technology
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Making Sense of Infection Control Technology
The coronavirus pandemic focused attention on the importanceu2014and the challengesu2014of controlling the spread of infection in residential care settings. There are a host of technology solutions that can help aging services settings meet the highest standards of infection control. Unfortunately, the number, variety, and complexities of these technologies can be overwhelming for providers. Presenters of this session will explain the full range of available infection control technologies, including systems that address hand-hygiene compliance, surface/object cleaning and disinfection, air filtration and disinfection, staff and resident screening, contact tracing, and infection control reporting. Listen as providers describe how they implemented a technology-enabled infection-control strategy and the lessons they learned along the way. Get familiar with a new resource from the LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies that will help you make sense of infection control technologies.
Ashley Sheriff
- 15-C. Policy Update: Affordable Housing Policy and Operations
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Policy Update: Affordable Housing Policy and Operations
The affordable senior housing sector just completed a year filled with ups and downs. Washington, DC insiders will be on hand during this policy update to help you make sense of it all. They’ll offer their take on housing development and preservation resources available from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), describe how LeadingAge is working to expand senior housing as a platform for service delivery, share opportunities for investments in multifamily housing, and discuss opportunities to offer residents greater broadband internet access. Speakers will offer updates on HUD’s Section 202, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit programs. They’ll also provide a glimpse of future legislation and guidance, discuss appropriations and operations strategies, and explore HUD’s oversight of its housing portfolio and Congress’s oversight of HUD.
Elissa Sherman
- 10-B. Policy Update: Innovations in Medicaid Service Delivery
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Policy Update: Innovations in Medicaid Service Delivery
How can LeadingAge members continue fulfilling their missions by offering Medicaid services, especially considering the challenges associated with participating in the program? This session will answer that question by exploring the challenges facing providers in the Medicaid program, including low reimbursement, program design variability across states, workforce shortages, and the need to comply with the Home and Community-Based Settings Rule. Find out how LeadingAge members are becoming innovators as they engage with the Medicaid program while providing home and community-based services (HCBS) through adult day, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, and home care. Learn how these providers are advocating for policy changes that would make participation in Medicaid more viable. Discuss innovations in Medicaid service delivery and hear updates on policies affecting HCBS providers and the broader Medicaid program.
Evan Shulman
- 25-E. Policy Update: Nursing Homes
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Policy Update: Nursing Homes
Nursing homes have spent another year fighting COVID-19. At the same time, nursing home executives have navigated an ongoing and increasingly serious workforce crisis, struggled to reconcile continuous and sometimes conflicting updates and changes to regulations and guidance, adjusted to new categories of expenses and supply-chain challenges, and kept an eye on a variety of nursing home-related proposals on Capitol Hill. Administration staff will be on hand during this policy update to offer their insights regarding the perennial challenges facing nursing homes and the latest government responses to those challenges. Speakers will discuss regulations, guidelines, and legislative activity focused on such topics as workforce, mandates, regulation guidance, and the survey process. They’ll also offer a glimpse into what’s in store for nursing homes in 2023.rnrnThis session is closed to the press. Learn more: leadingage.org/press
Andy M. Siegel
- 5-A. Policy Update: Medicare Home Health and Hospice
Monday, April 17, 2023
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Policy Update: Medicare Home Health and Hospice
2022 was a big year for Medicare home health and hospice, and 2023 promises to bring even more change to this important sector. Whether you have a robust program of home-based services or are considering branching out into this service line, you’ll want to attend this policy update and discussion. Policymakers will join LeadingAge members to discuss pressing issues affecting home health and hospice providers, such as benefit oversight, reform and expansion, reimbursement, telehealth, and workforce. The session will also feature LeadingAge members who have partnered across the continuum to offer hospice or home health services. Discuss how hospice and home health benefits are evolvingu2014and should evolve. Explore how LeadingAge members can use our collective resources to serve older adults in the place they call home.
Donna Silbert
- 16-D. What a Strategy Officer Can Do for You
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
What a Strategy Officer Can Do for You
In today’s competitive aging services landscape, ambitious organizations are investing in strategy officers to help them look for growth and expansion opportunities, find new ways to fulfill their missions through partnerships, and seek out new revenue streams. Hear how several strategy officers in LeadingAge member organizations are working with their CEOs, leadership teams, and boards of directors to lead change. Gain a deeper understanding of the key responsibilities of strategy officers and why their added skills and perspectives play such a pivotal role in driving business and mission success. Learn how strategy officers are observing and responding to market changes, analyzing competitor performance, developing and refining their organization’s business strategy, influencing strategic decision making, and identifying and managing new strategic opportunities.
Carol Silver-Elliott
- 23-E. How Vulnerability Helps You Become an Authentic Leader
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
How Vulnerability Helps You Become an Authentic Leader
Being an authentic leader means allowing yourself to be vulnerable, even when you’re uncomfortable. Authentic leaders recognize their unique leadership attributes, but they also let go of the assumption that they must have all the answers. Instead, they exercise genuine curiosity in their approach to leadership, and aren’t afraid to call on others to fill gaps they cannot fill. How can you lead as your most authentic self in a way that is sustainable and brings you joy? In this session, a diverse panel of providers will help you answer that question by describing their own paths to authenticity and the important role vulnerability played in shaping their leadership style. Learn how your authenticity can benefit your aging services organization and how vulnerability can teach you the most important lessons of your career.
Terry Spitznagel
- 21-E. Diverse Approaches to Expansion and Growth
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Diverse Approaches to Expansion and Growth
As 2023 begins, nonprofit providers of aging services find themselves in a dynamic era of expansion and growth. Some single-site communities are planning second campuses, while others are adding to existing campuses. Some residentially focused organizations are expanding into home and community-based services (HCBS), while those already in the HCBS marketplace are growing their service lines to reach new consumers. During this session, a diverse panel of providers will discuss these and other opportunities for expansion and growth. Panelists will also explain their reasons for pursuing expansion and growth opportunities, including their desire to serve more older adults, keep their organizations strong and financially solvent, and benefit from the added security that comes with a larger client base, a diversified menu of service offerings, and the resulting economies of scale.
Kripa Sreepada
- 20-D. The 118th Congress u2013 Hopes and Expectations
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
The 118th Congress u2013 Hopes and Expectations
From immigration policy to staffing ratios to hospice reform to telehealth — and every health and long term care issue in between, LeadingAge members look to the 118th Congress for answers and solutions. Join this lively panel of experienced staff from both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate. Hear which issues they are working on and expect to face over the coming year. LeadingAge staff will get the discussion rolling with our top health and long-term care legislative goals and panelists will let us know where Congressional leaders stand and what they are planning to do to help mission focused providers survive and thrive. Panelists will talk about the u201cmust passu201d legislative measures, like the debt ceiling and funding to keep the government open u2013 and how critical aging services funding and solutions can fit in and around those measures.rnrnThis session is closed to the press. Learn more: leadingage.org/press
Teresa Stephens
- 27-F. Marketing Roundtable: What Do Older Consumers Want and Need?
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Marketing Roundtable: What Do Older Consumers Want and Need?
This session will offer leaders, including marketing executives, the opportunity to think about whether their organizations’ products and services really reflect what older consumers want and need. Join this engaging conversation about the role marketing principles should play in an organization’s strategic planning, and how well organizations are educating consumers to make informed decisions, rather than simply marketing to them. Three, forward-thinking providers will help you envision what the future of aging services will look like and how your organization can position itself to meet the needs and preferences of both current and future consumers. Panelists will provide their own perspectives on these questions, based on their work serving older adults in the middle market, in rural areas, and through continuing care at home programs.