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Reducing Readmissions: It's the Little Things that Make Navigating this Complex Issue Much Easier
 
Overview
 
With all of the attention on avoidable readmissions by the government, payers and the press, someone forgot to tell stakeholders about the challenging nature of dealing with a complex system of transitioning through different care settings. While many promising practices are available, how do you tie them all together to meaningfully reduce avoidable readmissions? And in a time with diminishing reimbursements, how do you do it cost-effectively?

We explore the lessons from the early adopters and how to adapt them to different organizational settings. Connecting the dots with different caregivers and empowering patients and families as active participants are the goals of this session. It is all about immediate action with sustainable results – and the winners are the patients and their families.
Patients and their families are an underdeveloped resource, mainly because their needs and engagement have historically been addressed in a standardized, one-size-fits-all manner. Customized activation of "home caregivers" will be explored based on patient's individual ideas of independence, self-mastery and degree of support at home.

Major reductions in readmission rates require new relationships and strategies to interact with new partners.  Hospitals will need to select key partners to address avoidable readmissions in a more comprehensive manner. Selection of these partners will need to be based on local needs, readmission patterns, experience and interest.

Join national expert Bruce Spurlock, MD - Chair of the CHART Board,  and leader of large quality collaboratives in California, Washington and Florida as he provides case experience from leading initiatives and guidance in how health care organizations can best navigate this crucial issue.
 
Learning Objectives
 
Participants will be able to:
  1. Share in lessons learned from early adopters in readmission reduction initiatives, and how to adapt their experiences to other environments
  2. Explore how to leverage patient and family engagement as a key resource in readmission reduction
  3. Identify strategies in how to customize activation of home caregivers through patient and family engagement
  4. Understand how to address avoidable readmissions through collaboration between partners including the medical group, hospital, skilled nursing facilities, and home health care.
  5. Consider how hospitals can select their key local partners in addressing avoidable readmissions
  6. Engage in interactive learning through online question submission, attendee feedback and opportunity for follow up questions, and networking with attendees, faculty and other professionals through dedicated LinkedIn group
Who Should Attend
  

Interested attendees would include:

  • C-Suite Executives
  • Medical Directors
  • Hospitalists and Other Clinicians
  • Care Management Executives and Staff
  • Case Management Executives and Staff
  • Nursing Executives
  • Discharge Planning Managers
  • Managed Care Executives and Staff
  • Network Management Executives and Staff
  • Health Benefit Managers
  • Planning and Strategic Executives and Staff
  • Business Intelligence Staff
  • Other Interested Parties

Attendees would represent organizations including:

  • Hospital Systems
  • Medical Groups
  • Provider Networks
  • Other Providers
  • Health Plans
  • Third Party Administrators
  • Care Management Organizations
  • Pharmaceutical Organizations
  • Employers
  • Solutions Providers
  • Associations, Institutes and Research Organizations
  • Media

 

Registration
  
Individual Registration Fee: $195. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $285 for non-attendees after the event.

Corporate Site licensing also available. Click here to register or call 209.577.4888 We look forward to your participation in this event!

 

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