10 home health consultants
Joy Switlick, Nancy Hannon and Cora Cadavona have each set up new home health or hospice agencies, and six of the ten home health consultants here have nursing backgrounds. Others bring OASIS review and coding work, ACHC, CHAP and Joint Commission accreditation, or agency executive roles, which covers the main reasons an agency calls a consultant: a coming survey, an accreditation decision or a new agency launch.
Professionals to explore
Ashley Benson
LinkedInExperience: Home Health and Hospice Consultant · ABC Consulting, LLC
A Registered Nurse, Ashley Benson has been Home Health and Hospice Consultant at ABC Consulting, LLC since 2023 and was Home Health QAPI Director at SMART Healthcare Compliance Resources (2022-2023). At Intrepid USA Healthcare Services, Ashley held Regional Director of Clinical Excellence and Integrity (2020-2022) and quality and compliance roles, with skills in QAPI, OASIS, home health coding and a Green Belt Six Sigma Lean certification.
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Cora Cadavona
LinkedInExperience: President CEO · CMC Consulting, Inc.
Cora Cadavona has been President CEO of CMC Consulting, Inc. since 1996, setting up new home health agencies and hospices for state licensure and Medicare certification and handling accreditation with Joint Commission, CHAP and ACHC. Cora also manages performance and quality improvement and OBQI/OBQM work and diagnosis coding, and earlier was Regional Quality Assurance Director at Critical Care America (1989-1993).
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Dianne Wojciechowski
LinkedInExperience: Hospice, Home Health & Palliative Care Consultant · Hospice Support Specialists
Hospice operations and growth questions suit Dianne Wojciechowski, Hospice, Home Health & Palliative Care Consultant at Hospice Support Specialists since 2023, after Division Director at Bayada Hospice (2022-2023). Dianne was Regional Vice President Of Operations at Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care (2011-2021) and Regional Director Of Operations at HOSPICE PREFERRED CHOICE INC DBA ASERACARE HOSPICE (2007-2011).
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Jane Stewart
LinkedInExperience: Home Health Consultant · J. Stewart Consulting
For survey preparation, Jane Stewart is well versed in the Home Health Conditions of Participation and ACHA standards and has worked as a Home Health Consultant at J. Stewart Consulting since 2016. Jane was Director of Clinical Services at Brookdale (2014-2016), VP of Clincal Services at Common Sense Holdings,, Home Advantage Home Health (2003-2012) and Administrator at Home Advantage Home Health (2008-2009).
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Jennifer Simpkins
LinkedInExperience: Home Health Consultant · Self-employed
Outsourced OASIS and coding review is the fit for Jennifer Simpkins, a self-employed Home Health Consultant since 2022 who provides contracted remote review services for home health agencies. Jennifer held QA, compliance, OASIS review and ICD-10 coding work at a Skilled Medicare Certified Home Health Agency (2011-2023) and Home Health Consultant, Director QA, OASIS Review, Coding at Exact Coding (2009-2014).
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Joy Switlick
LinkedInExperience: Senior Consultant · Quintessential Consulting LLC
With 34 years as a Registered Nurse, Joy Switlick has started home health and hospice agencies from the ground up and developed compliance and quality assurance programs. Joy has been Senior Consultant at Quintessential Consulting LLC since 2019, after Regional Director Of Operations at Evergreen Healthcare Group (2017-2019), and was Director of Home Health and Hospice at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals (2001-2010).
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Kathleen Rowe, RN, MSN
LinkedInExperience: Home Health Consultant · Kathleen Canty Rowe, LLC
OASIS certified, Kathleen Rowe, RN, MSN provides interim clinical management, education and coaching for Clinical Manager and Director roles, useful when an agency's clinical manager seat is open. Kathleen has been a Home Health Consultant at Kathleen Canty Rowe, LLC since 2017, was a Consultant at SimiTree (2017-2023) and was Director of Homecare Clinical Services at VNA of Cape Cod (2013-2017).
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Maryanna Arsenault
LinkedInExperience: Former Operations Consultant - Home health, Hospice, Private Duty · Corcoran Consulting Group LLC
Maryanna Arsenault has been a Freelance Consultant with Best Practice Partner since 2014 and was Operations Consultant - Home health, Hospice, Private Duty at Corcoran Consulting Group LLC (2020-2024). Maryanna was President & CEO of MaineHealth Home Health and Hospice (2003-2013) and CEO of Visiting Nurse Service (1986-2003), and is an ACHC Certified Consultant for home health, hospice and private duty.
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Nancy Hannon RN, MS, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Home Health and Regulatory Consultant · Independent consultant
Nancy Hannon RN, MS, MBA has been an independent Home Health and Regulatory Consultant since 2011, responsible for clinical and financial operations of home health, hospice and home support services. Nancy was Regional Director of Ancillary Health at Erickson Living (2005-2011) and held compliance officer and quality improvement roles at MedStar Health (1993-2005), and has helped start home health agencies.
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Stefanie Woodrow
LinkedInExperience: Senior Healthcare Consultant · Absolute Healthcare Associates, LLC
Since 2018, Stefanie Woodrow has been Senior Healthcare Consultant at Absolute Healthcare Associates, LLC. Stefanie was Director of Education at QIRT is now McBee (2016-2017), Healthcare Operations Consultant at Woodrow Healthcare Consulting (2011-2016) and Chief Operations Officer at Care FIrst, Inc (2006-2011), and is a Registered Nurse focused on home health and hospice since 2001.
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Choose the right perspective
For a new agency launch with licensure and Medicare certification, start with Cora Cadavona, Joy Switlick or Nancy Hannon. Jennifer Simpkins, Ashley Benson and Kathleen Rowe fit OASIS review, coding and QAPI questions; Maryanna Arsenault, Stefanie Woodrow and Dianne Wojciechowski bring agency executive and operations roles, with Dianne the closest match for hospice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What does a realistic timeline look like from state licensure to Medicare certification for a new home health agency?
- 02Which OASIS documentation errors most often show up in survey findings or claim denials?
- 03How do you choose between ACHC, CHAP and Joint Commission accreditation for a home health or hospice agency?
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