Signature Events

Hosted in beautiful Tampa, Florida, HHS Connect Horizons is our flagship annual UnConference—where the future of Health and Human Services takes shape. Far from the typical conference, Horizons blends interactive sessions, collaborative problem-solving, and meaningful networking in a vibrant, inspiring setting. Surrounded by peers, innovators, and thought leaders, you’ll explore new ideas, tackle shared challenges, and chart the course for what’s next in HHS.

Join HHS Connect as we host In Your Corner Consulting and Team Select for the third and final session of our three-part webinar series, focused on Manual Edit Thresholds, Enforcement & Compliance Pressure in EVV. This session takes a deeper dive into one of the industry’s most pressing challenges—how thresholds are enforced, what happens when they’re exceeded, and how providers can respond with confidence. Grounded in real-world experience, we’ll explore the operational realities behind compliance pressure and what it takes to stay ahead. Learn how a mission-driven approach—built on centralized systems, strong internal ownership, and proactive monitoring—can reduce risk, improve transparency, and strengthen audit readiness. Team Select will share key lessons learned, practical strategies, and insights on preparing for what’s next in EVV. Whether you're navigating current enforcement challenges or planning for the future, this session will equip you with the clarity and tools to move from reactive compliance to confident, sustainable operations.

Interoperability has moved beyond simply answering the question of whether we can securely move records. Today, the industry faces a more consequential challenge: what can payer and provider organizations do once longitudinal data is available? This interactive webinar moves past the technical jargon of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) to demonstrate its real-world impact on health and human services. Join us as FortyAU and Keywell.ai present a practical, scenario-based webinar focused on outcomes. We will showcase how modern interoperability and clinical intelligence can improve care coordination, reduce administrative burden, and better support frontline staff. Our experts will guide you through the critical transition from basic health data exchange to true health data activation.

Human Power Skills for the Future of Work is a grounding, practical session that helps people navigate rapid technological change without losing the human center of their work. As organizations adopt new tools and explore AI-enabled efficiencies, this session brings people back to the skills that make work (and life) function well: awareness, communication, emotional intelligence, curiosity, steadiness, and ethical judgment. Participants frequently describe it as a space that reconnects them to what matters: tools can support our work, but people still determine how well that work is done.

As EVV requirements evolve, providers must shift from identifying risk to actively reducing it. This session focuses on building an EVV program that can withstand audits—without adding operational strain. Join HHS Connect and IYC Consulting as we host EVV vendor Compliance Plus for a conversational, panel-driven discussion grounded in real provider challenges. We’ll cover practical approaches to internal monitoring, exception-rate tracking, documentation retention, and caregiver training, along with vendor accountability, state engagement strategies, and how to demonstrate good-faith effort—including when to leverage CMS tools like the EVV inbox. From the vendor perspective, we’ll also highlight how automation, billing/payroll integration, and streamlined workflows can reduce administrative lift while strengthening compliance. This is a highly practical session designed to give you clear, actionable steps to improve audit readiness and build a more resilient EVV program.

Modernization in government often emphasizes systems, policy, and compliance—while overlooking the most critical factor: how people think, engage, and make decisions in real time. This webinar introduces a human-centered regulatory practice model that applies social work principles to regulatory environments, including the evolving adult cannabis industry. Using a parallel process approach, it aligns how staff and supervisors are trained to drive consistency, strengthen decision-making, and build organizational buy-in. Participants will explore how regulation can move beyond enforcement to a people-centered practice—balancing authority with autonomy, grounding decisions in facts, and embedding continuous learning into daily work. The model emphasizes early engagement and psychological awareness to improve documentation, strengthen outcomes, and support more equitable approaches. By aligning workforce development, policy-to-practice, and technology, this approach fosters a more reflective, accountable, and human-centered regulatory culture.