Effectively Reducing Hospital Readmissions for Accountable Care

Improving Transitions-In-Care from Hospital to Home to Reduce Readmissions

Aligning Incentives Between Payers and Providers for Patients Who Stay Out of the Hospital

Creating a Care Management System for High Risk Patients to Reduce Readmissions and Improve Clinical Outcomes

Reducing Hospital Readmissions and the Role of Physician Leadership: The Process of Designing Our Plan, the Final Plan and the Critical Role of Physician Involvement

Measuring and Tracking Hospital-by-Hospital and Community-by-Community Readmission Rates

Developing an Effective Strategy focused on Referrals to Post-Acute Care to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Hospitals and Health Plans Working Collaboratively to Reduce Readmissions and Improve Care

Development and Implementation of an Integrated Delivery System Approach to Improve the Transition of Care Process

Hospital Readmission Avoidance Strategies for Medicare Advantage Members

Creating Effective Operational and Medical Collaboration to Enhance the Prevention of Readmissions

Leadership Strategies for Reducing Hospital Readmissions – Case Study by Penn Medicine

As the cost of doing business continues to rise and when every dollar is more important than ever, healthcare providers and payers are in greater need of innovative solutions to lower costs and increase efficiency, as well as enhance quality of care. Reducing hospitals readmissions have become a vital tool to achieve these goals.

Hospital readmissions have been on the rise due to the lack of coordination amongst the operational, medical and strategic structures within hospitals and health plans. The increased state of hospital readmissions is costing both payers and providers billions of dollars as well as valuable resources and time, and as a result, neither group is able to realize savings. Furthermore, patients have become disgruntled with the quality of care offered at hospitals and the length of time it takes for hospital stays.

There has never been a greater need for payers and providers to implement cost-effective means to reduce hospital readmissions, in an attempt to increase the bottom-line, enhance quality of care, and ensure patient satisfaction. The 2011 Congress on Reducing Hospital Readmissions will introduce the latest and most innovative means to reduce hospital readmissions. By attending this conference, you will learn what others in your industry are doing to prepare for the challenges and opportunities that hospital readmissions will face in 2011 and beyond.

Strategies to Reduce Hospital Readmissions through Empowered Primary Care 

Brian Klepper, PhD
Principal
Healthcare Performance