Gerald currently serves as the Vice President of Reimbursement at Health Recovery Solutions. Gerald joined HRS in 2019, bringing over 20 years of experience in network management and provider relations with health insurers, HMOs, medical groups, and physician-managed care companies. In his role at HRS, Gerald leads reimbursement strategy assisting clients as they explore reimbursement opportunities, pursue commercial partnerships, and establish private pay programs.

Kathy Duckett, MSN, RN, brings expertise in program development, population health management and e-health innovation in the post-acute market to her role as the Director of Advanced Care at Home for the Home Health Foundation. As the Director, Advanced Care at Home she is responsible for program development and building of clinical teams and clinical expertise to meet high acuity patient needs, identifying opportunities and needs within the organization as well as partnering with the healthcare system leaders to develop and implement new and improve existing clinical programs to support the overarching goals of care in the home, and oversees all clinical functions and patient care delivery in advanced care services including, but not limited to telehealth, virtual visit modality, home infusion and home wound care programs. Ms. Duckett’s prior positions include Chief Clinical Officer for CareGroup Parmenter Home Care & Hospice, Director of Population Health for the VNA Care Network, Director of Training and Development for the Sutter Center for Integrated Care, and Director of Clinical Programs for Partners Healthcare at Home. Additionally, Ms. Duckett is the President of K. Duckett Consulting LLC and has consulted with numerous home care and hospice organizations across the country.

Ms. Duckett has received numerous awards for her work in developing innovative programs in telemonitoring and chronic care. She appears regularly as a speaker and panelist nationally and internationally on topics pertaining to e-Care, integrated care management, telemedicine, home healthcare, and innovation in healthcare. Ms. Duckett has published frequently on home healthcare-related issues. Ms. Duckett is an editorial board member of Home Healthcare Now, serves as the vice-chair of the American Telemedicine Association’s Home Telehealth Special Interest Group, of which she is also a former chairperson. Ms. Duckett received her Master of Science in Nursing Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship in Advance Nursing Practice.