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DME360: Advancing Solutions in Post-Mastectomy and Compression Care 

March 20-22, 2026 | Charlotte, NC

Friday, March 20, 2026

1:00 PM-5:30 PM

Registration Opens

*Agenda subject to change as

sessions and speakers are finalized.*

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

2 Hours

Welcome Reception

An opening event designed to introduce vendor partners and create early connections among attendees. Sponsored by Medi.

Saturday, March 21, 2026

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

60 Minutes 

Breakfast with the Vendors

Meet vendor partners and explore solutions supporting DME360 while enjoying breakfast.

9:00 AM- 9:30 AM

30 Minutes

Welcome Remarks 

Opening remarks from conference leadership to welcome attendees and set the stage for DME360.

Presenter: Sherry Norris, CFm, Founder of DME360 

9:30 AM-10:00 AM

30 Minutes

Revenue Growth & Cash Sales

Explore practical strategies to grow boutique revenue through high-margin cash-sale products, cross-selling, and service expansion beyond core mastectomy offerings.

Presenter: Jennifer Duling

10:00 AM- 10:30 AM

30 Minutes

Business Growth- Panel Discussion

Boutique leaders discuss and compare different approaches to increasing cash sales and strengthening long-term business growth.

Presenters: Open Discussion

10:30 AM- 12:00 PM

90 Minutes

The Art of Billing Compression Products

A practical session on compression allowables, coding requirements, and building a reliable billing process to improve claim outcomes.

Presenter: Noel Neil, JM, CDME and Melissa Witbeck, PT, DPT, CLT, CLCF

12:00 PM- 1:00 PM

60 Minutes

Lunch with the Vendors

Meet vendor partners and explore solutions supporting DME360 while enjoying lunch.

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM

60 Minutes

Shaping Success with Custom Breast Forms

Understand how custom breast forms affect reimbursement, profitability, and patient retention, and how to incorporate them into your boutique model.

Presenters: Kristi Huddleson and Bryan Schloss 

2:00 PM- 2:30 PM

30 Minutes

Develop a Community of Support to Thoughtfully Expand Your Business

Learn how the shift from L-code bras to A-code compression products impacts billing, patient demand, and opportunities to expand your boutique’s services.

Presenter: Holli Markwald, CEO

2:30 PM- 3:00 PM

30 Minutes

Coffee Break with Vendors 

Connect with vendor partners and fellow attendees during a scheduled coffee break.

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM

30 Minutes

Maximizing Profit Through the Patient Journey

This session examines the patient journey across survivorship and offers a practical approach to aligning care, documentation, and product timing to support patient needs and boutique revenue.

Presenter: Sherry Norris, CFm, Founder of DME360 

3:45 PM- 4:15 PM

30 Minutes

Finding Your Ideal Patient Through Key Clinical Touchpoints

Learn how key clinical touchpoints across the patient journey can help boutiques identify ideal patients, anticipate care needs, and align services accordingly.

Presenter: Michael Norris 

4:15 PM-5:00 PM

45 Minutes

Where the Margin Is: Real Talk on Top-Performing Products

Drawing from boutique owner survey data, this session examines which products are driving margins and how those insights can inform inventory strategy.

Presenters: Various Boutique Owners, TBD

Sunday, March 22, 2026

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

60 Minutes

Breakfast with the Vendors

Meet vendor partners and explore solutions supporting DME360 while enjoying breakfast.

9:00 AM-9:45 AM

45 Minutes

Moving Forward: What’s Next for your Business?

This session features boutique owners sharing real-world examples of how they’ve updated product offerings and patient platforms to strengthen their businesses.

​Moderator: Sherry Norris, CFm

Panelists: Barb VanTolingen, Mary Aframe, Pattie Sheehan

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

90 Minutes

AI - Social Media & Content Creation 

Learn how AI tools can streamline social media and content creation while supporting practical, goal-driven digital strategies for DME and boutique businesses.

Presenters: Dana Donofree, CEO and Aggie Chydzinski

11:15 AM-12:00 PM

45 Minutes

How to be Audit Ready?

Reviews documentation and compliance requirements for mastectomy and compression DMEPOS items and provides a practical framework for assessing risk and maintaining audit readiness.

Presenter: Matthew Gruskin, MBA, BOCO, BOCPD, CDME

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

60 Minutes

Lunch/Closing Remarks/Discussion

Join a facilitated discussion to reflect on key themes from DME360 and identify practical takeaways to bring back to your business. You won't want to miss this! 

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