Keynote Presentations
The conference will open each day with keynote presentations from industry and business experts.
The Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice is currently seeking educational proposals for the annual conference, workshops and webinars.
Tuesday, September 17th | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Chris Spielman
Chris Spielman is an All-Star linebacker from Massillon Ohio. He was a 2 time All American for The Ohio State University Buckeyes. Chris played 11 years in the NFL for the Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills, and the Cleveland Browns. He represented the Detroit Lions in four Pro Bowls and was named the team’s defensive MVP in 1993 and 1994. Chris was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
Chris was a College Football Analyst with ESPN for 15 years and in 2016 moved to Fox Sports as a NFL Football Analyst. Chris continues the fight that he and his late wife Stefanie started together shortly after her first diagnosis of breast cancer. Over the years more the $22 million has been raised for the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research and the Stefanie Spielman Patient Assistance Fund. Chris has 4 children, and remarried in 2013 to Carrie Yocom who brought with her 2 more daughters. He found his biggest opponent to be off the field. Chris’ life has order: Faith, Family and Community – and he lives it daily in that order.
Wednesday, September 18 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Maureen Corcoran
State Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran oversees the Ohio Department of Medicaid, which delivers heath care coverage to nearly 3 million children, youth and adults across Ohio through a network of approximately 130,000 providers.
Director Corcoran began her career in public service in 1984. Through her various leadership positions in state government, she was instrumental in Ohio’s nationally recognized mental health systems reforms and other interagency initiatives that improved the quality of health services in Ohio. In 2008, she returned to state government to direct policy and program initiatives for Ohio Medicaid under the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Outside of state government, Director Corcoran has used her extensive knowledge and experience to advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities and help health care providers, government agencies, professional associations and other stakeholders respond to the complex needs of health care consumers by developing and implementing innovative policies and programs. She has been recognized nationally as a leader in the field of services for individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
Director Corcoran received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester. She went on to earn her Master in Business Administration degree from Case Western University, with a concentration in finance and health care, and a Master of Science in Nursing degree from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve.
