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medicare readmissions conference
Onsite: June 1 - 2, 2009, Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Online: Live and Archived for 6 Months


MEDICARE READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM




READMISSIONS SUMMIT ONLINE ARCHIVE AND POST CONFERENCE EXAM NOW AVAILABLE

Click here for online archive of the Readmissions Summit.

Click here for post conference online examination.

MEDICARE READMISSIONS SUMMIT CONTENT NOW AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS POST CONFERENCE FORMATS

The Readmissions Summit conference content is now available in a variety of formats.

You may now purchase the packaged Readmissions Summit Training Program, which includes preconference readings and online courses, the conference video with synchronized PowerPoint presentations and the post conference online exam. This content is perfect for corporate compliance training programs and can be purchased at deep group discounts.

Alternatively, you may purchase just the Summit streaming content in the following formats: Data DVD, iPod™ nano, Flash Drive or online archive (6 months). You may also purchase individual presentations in an online archive (6 months) format.

THE COMPLETE ONLINE READMISSIONS COMPLIANCE TRAINING PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE


  • Includes:
    • Background readings (available online)
    • An online training module on preparing for and responding to Medicare readmissions policies and rules, prepared by HealthTech
    • Streaming Video of entire Readmissions Summit with synchronized PowerPoint presentations (18 hours of content) (6 months of access - 24/7)
    • Online examination with certificate of completion
  • Integrates easily into corporate compliance training program
  • Purchase individually for $595
  • Or license multiple seats as follows:
    • 5 or more for $395 each
    • 10 or more for $295 each
    • 15 or more for $195 each
    • 20 or more for $95 each

ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN PURCHASE JUST THE READMISSIONS SUMMIT CONTENT AS FOLLOWS:



iPod nano of 2009 Readmissions Summit Presentations today!
$429
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Data DVD of 2009 Readmissions Summit Presentations today!
$245
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Flash Drive of 2009 Readmissions Summit Presentations today!
$245
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Online Archive of 2009 Readmissions Summit Presentations today!
Complete conference: $595
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FINALLY YOU MAY PURCHASE READMISSIONS SUMMIT INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:


Click here to purchase individual presentations for $59.95 in online archive format (6 months of access - 24/7).


MEDICARE READMISSIONS SPONSORED BY


CO SPONSORED BY


MEDIA PARTNERS



GRANTORS


COLLOCATED WITH NATIONAL MEDICAID CONGRESS
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NEJM ARTICLE SAY READMISSIONS HAMPER MEDICARE, INCREASE COSTS
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MEDICARE READMISSIONS SUMMIT IS A

MEDICARE READMISSIONS BROCHURE AVAILABLE

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FEATURING
  • Analysis of the potential impact of the various policy options for public and private payers regarding 30 Day Readmissions reporting requirements and the financial performance of hospitals
  • A strategic explanation of the larger context of CMS strategies to lower cost and shift care to less resource intensive settings
  • Successful strategies for managing readmissions and transitions of care
  • Specific technology enabled innovations central to reducing readmissions, improving clinical quality and reducing cost
  • Strategies to assure compliance with law and regulation relating to billing and coding

  • WITH SPECIAL SESSION ON
  • Overview of Readmissions Policy: Implications for Hospital Operations and Finance
  • Innovations and Technologies for Managing Readmissions: the Promise of Improved Quality and Functionality
  • Case Studies of Successful Innovation: Tools for Evaluating Strategies and Technologies
  • Project Management: Ensuring Successful Implementation and Addressing Common Failure Points
  • CMS Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries Demonstration (CMHCB)
  • The VA Experience: 35,000 Boxes in the Home and Growing
  • Taking Innovation to Scale in the Private Sector: The Kaiser Experience
  • Critical Advances in Enabling Technologies: Today and On the Horizon
  • CMS Analysis of Variations Data, Quality and Cost Implications
  • The Consumer Viewpoint: Will They Use IT?
  • Fee-For-Service Medicare Initiatives
  • Payer-Driven Strategies for Patient Management
  • Who Can Really Drive Successful Transitions? Home Care and Discharge Planning Approaches
  • Assessing Technologies Against Key Patient Segments
  • What Will the CFO Say? Financial Considerations in Reducing Readmissions
  • Rapidly Emerging Coding and Legal Issues

  • NATIONAL MEDICARE READMISSIONS SUMMIT
    June 1 - 2, 2009


    ONSITE
    Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
    Washington, DC


    OR
    ONLINE
    In your own office or home live via the Internet
    with 24/7 access for six months


    AHRQ REPORTS HOSPITALS SPENT $3O.8 BILLION ON 4.4 MILLION UNNECESSARY READMISSIONS IN 2006

    See Nationwide Frequency and Costs of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations, 2006


    MedPAC RECOMMENDS REDUCING HOSPITAL PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS WITH HIGH READMISSION RATES

    See Reforming the Health Care Delivery System


    SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDS BUNDLING PAYMENT AND REDUCING PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS WITH HIGH READMISSIONS RATES

    See Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs


    WHITE HOUSE 2010 BUDGET OUTLINE INCLUDES $8.43 BILLION IN SAVINGS FROM REDUCTION IN READMISSIONS

    President Obama submitted on February 26 to Congress a fiscal year 2010 budget outline that would create a reserve fund of more than $630 billion over 10 years to help pay for health care reform. Half of the reserve fund would come from savings in health care programs, including proposals to bundle Medicare payments for hospital and post-acute care ($17.84 billion in savings), reduce payments to hospitals with certain readmission rates ($8.43 billion), and link a portion of inpatient hospital payment to performance on specific quality measures ($12.09 billion).


    OMB DIRECTOR PETER ORSZAG'S BLOG: "New Study on Hospital Readmissions" (04/08/09)

    Under the Administration's proposal, hospitals with high rates of readmission will be paid less if certain patients are re-admitted to the hospital within 30 days, beginning in 2012. Our proposal would also bundle payments to hospitals to cover not just hospitalization, but also care from certain post-acute providers for the 30 days after hospitalization. This combination of incentives and penalties should lead to better care after a hospital stay and result in fewer readmissions--saving roughly $26 billion over ten years. Click here for more.


    NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL ON READMISSIONS

    "Medicare could save billions of dollars" if it reversed a trend found in a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that one-fifth of all Medicare beneficiaries discharged from hospitals return within 30 days, a New York Times editorial states. The editorial states, "The Obama administration ... has proposed that Medicare use incentives and penalties to encourage hospitals and doctors to cooperate in overseeing care from hospitalization through the first 30 days after discharge," a strategy that the administration says could save $26 billion over 10 years. According to the editorial, the strategy is "a sound idea that should also improve the lives of patients" (New York Times, 4/16). Click here for more.


    CMS ANNOUNCES SITES FOR PROJECT TO REDUCE HOSPITAL READMISSIONS

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 14 announced 14 regions that will participate in a pilot project to reduce preventable hospital readmissions through improved care coordination. Under the Care Transitions project, state quality improvement organizations will work with health care providers and other organizations to implement community-wide interventions, including those that target specific diseases or conditions and reasons for admission. The project is expected to run through July 2011.

    NATIONAL MEDICARE READMISSIONS SUMMIT CHAIR


    Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
    Founder and President, Health Technology Center, Former Director, California Department of Health Services, Former Commissioner of Health, New Jersey, San Francisco, CA
    LEADING GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCHERS AND REGULATORS

    Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
    Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

    Mark E. Miller, PhD
    Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Former CBO Assistant Director of Health and Human Resources, Former CMS Deputy Director of Health Plans, Former OMB Chief, Health Financing Branch, Washington, DC

    Barry M. Straube, MD
    Chief Medical Officer. Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
    LEADING ACADEMICS, FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHERS

    Majd Alwan, PhD
    Director, Center for Aging Services Technologies, Charlottesville, VA

    Anne-Marie J. Audet, MD, MSc.
    Vice President, Quality Improvement and Efficiency, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY

    Wendy Everett, ScD
    President, New England Healthcare Institute, Cambridge, MA

    Stephen F. Jencks, MD, MPH
    Independent Consultant; Former Director of the Quality Improvement Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Assistant Surgeon General, US Public Health Service, Washington, DC

    Charlotte S. Yeh, MD
    Chief Medical Officer, AARP Service Inc., Former Regional Administrator, Region I, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Boston, MA
    LEADING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, PROVIDER REPRESENTATIVES AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS


    Michael D. Cantor, MD, JD
    Quality Medical Director, New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

    Adam Darkins, MD, MPHM, FRCS
    Chief Consultant for Care Coordination, Veteran's Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

    Erin Denholm
    Chief Executive Officer, Centura Health at Home, Denver, CO

    Alvaro Fernandez, MBA
    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, SharpBrains, Former Consultant, McKinsey & Company, San Francisco, CA

    Linda Fishman
    Senior Vice President, Public Policy Analysis and Development, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC

    Robyn L. Golden, LCSW
    Director of Older Adult Services, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

    Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
    Founder and Director, Center for Connected Health, A Division of Partners HealthCare, Co-editor, Home Telehealth: Connecting Care within the Community, Boston, MA



    Suneel Ratan, MPP
    Vice President of Business Development, HealthHero Network, Former Economics Correspondent, Time and Fortune, Palo Alto, CA

    Randall E. Williams, MD
    Practicing Cardiologist, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pharos Innovations, Northfield, IL

    Scott Young, MD
    Senior Medical Director and Co-Executive Director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Former Director, Health Information Technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Oakland, CA
    NATIONAL EXPERTS

    Steven DeMello, MBA
    Executive Director and Senior Advisor, Health Technology Center, San Francisco, CA

    Kathleen Houston Drummy, Esq.
    Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA

    Barbara Harvath, RN
    Senior Advisor, Health Technology Center, San Francisco, CA

    Thomas C. Tinstman, MD
    Senior Advisor, Health Technology Center, San Francisco, CA
    THE TIME IS NOW FOR NEW, EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES
    TO TRADITIONAL LEARNING APPROACHES

    A variety of forces - the nation's economic crisis, costly and difficult air travel, the mandate for cost efficiency in healthcare, the proliferation of greater Internet bandwidth, the emergence of the popularity of online video via You Tube, and the explosion of online training in the health sector - has come together to create both a dramatic need and an extraordinary opportunity for innovative approaches to sharing new ideas and best practices. This Summit offers not only traditional conference attendance, but also the opportunity to attend the event live and archived online.

    How can we be expected to reform the nation's health system if we can not reform the way we do our own business?

    CONTENT OPTIONS
    TRADITIONAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
    Register for Preconference Medicare Readmissions Boot Camp and/or Conference.

    MEDICARE READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM


    The Medicare Readmissions Summit is offering a Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program in the form of an optional course within the conference for attendees wishing to take a deeper dive into the Summit's subject matter. The Program requirements are:
    • Completion of preconference readings - Click here to review pre-course reading
    • Completion of online training modules on Medicare Readmissions, prepared by HealthTech
    • Consideration of a series of preconference questions - Click here to review pre-course questions
    • Attend Preconference Medicare Readmissions Boot Camp either in person or online
    • Attend Summit either in person or online
    • Successful completion of a post-conference online examination - Click here to take sample examination.

    Attendees who successfully complete Program requirements will receive a certificate of completion.


    PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
    TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE
    Simply register, travel to the conference city and attend in person.

    Pros: subject matter immersion; professional networking opportunities; faculty interaction

    LIVE AND ARCHIVED INTERNET ATTENDANCE
    Watch the conference in live streaming video over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event.

    The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

    Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away from the office







    INTERNET INTERFACE SAMPLE

    Click here for a sample stream
    THE GROUP REGISTRATION/ONLINE TRAINING ALTERNATIVE
    By arranging to license online group access to the Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program, health care providers can implement an organization-wide online Certificate Program on medicare readmissions. The organization's training coordinator can assign and track online participation. Successful completion of the training can be evidenced by passing the post conference certificate examination.

    HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HEALTH SYSTEM READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM



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