Agenda of the 2026 Quality Symposium

Friday, June 5

6:30-8 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8-8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:15-9 a.m.
Icebreaker Activity: PACE Quality Innovation Speed Exchange

9-10 a.m.
The Quality Playbook: Embedding Sustainable Improvement into Daily IDT Work

  • Laura Lyons, Chief Quality Officer, One Senior Care 

10-10:15 a.m.
Networking Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.
Cracking the Code on Falls in PACE: A Practical Resource Guide for PACE Programs

  • Crissy Flake, DHA, FACHE, CPHQ, CPAFH, National Director, Quality and Compliance Programs, myPlace Health
  • Angi Beranek, Quality Specialist, Kinship Health

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Educational Session (TBD)

12:15-1:15 p.m.
Networking Luncheon

1:15 -2:15 p.m.
One Strategy, One Mission: Translating Compliance and Audit Insights into Care Improvement (Joint Session for Quality Symposium and MDE Course)

  • Crissy Flake, DHA, FACHE, CPHQ, CPAFH, National Director, Quality and Compliance Programs, myPlace Health, and Chair, NPA Quality Improvement Subcommittee, NPA Quality Committee
  • Robert Schrieber, MD, Vice President and National Medical Director, Care Model Strategy, myPlace Health

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Healthy Hearts for PACE: A Standardized, Disease‑Specific, Cardiac-Style Program to Strengthen Skilled Services and Quality

  • Suzana Simoes, DPT, PT, Director, Rehab, Florida PACE Centers, Inc.
  • Jennifer Saldarriaga, Manager, Quality Improvement and Compliance, Florida PACE Centers, Inc.

3:30-4:45 p.m.
Networking Activity: PACE Quality Exchange Stations

4:45 p.m.
Adjournment

6-8 p.m.
Welcome Reception