2026 Annual Spring Meeting

May 14, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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The Porch at Tree House
129 Sturbridge Rd
Charlton, MA 01507
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AGENDA:

9:00am – 9:45am Registration Opens & Breakfast
9:45am – 9:55am Welcome & Opening Remarks
Stephanie Clark, MBA – MAPAM President
9:55am – 10:45am Medicare Advantage? What Can Hospitals Do to Make it Work for Them?
Sarah Mendiola, JD, LPN, CPC, CPCO --VP, AR & Denials Management, R1
10:45am – 11:00am Break / Network / Raffle
11:00am – 11:45am Point to Where it Hurts: Learn from Your Peers What It Takes to Create a Best-in-Class Estate Program 
Sarah Ginnetti, Vice President, Clinical Revenue & Chief Revenue Cycle Officer UConn Health
Melisa Brereton-Esposito, Director, Systems, Training and Development, Corporate Business Services, Yale New Haven Health,
Moderator Angela Horn, Director, DCM Services
11:45am – 12:00pm MAPAM Awards from 2025 / Raffle
12:00pm – 12:45pm Lunch Break / Raffle
12:45pm – 1:30pm Payer Scorecards: Power in Numbers; a discussion of overall denials across Massachusetts facilities and Vitality payer scorecard data
Travis Gentry, Hyve Health
Anu Puri, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
1:30pm – 1:45pm Break / Network / Raffle
1:45pm – 3:15pm LIVE - PFS Think Tank Panel
Interactive breakout sessions and discussion
3:15pm – 3:30pm Wrap Up & Raffles
3:30pm – 5:00pm Cocktail Reception / Light Hors d’oeuvre’s

*****ATTENTION BUSINESS PARTNERS: There are still Sponsorship Opportunities available for this fantastic event: https://mapam.starchapter.com/catalog.php?cat=11 *****

Tickets

$50.00 Member Ticket - Provider Organization - 2026 Spring Meeting

$100.00 Non-Member Ticket - Provider Organization - 2026 Spring Conference (Note: this ticket price includes paid MAPAM membership for 2026)

$200.00 Member Ticket - Business Partner - 2026 Spring Conference

$285.00 Non-Member Ticket - Business Partner - 2026 Spring Conference (Note: this ticket price includes paid MAPAM membership for 2026)