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AGENDA: PRE-CONFERENCE: READMISSIONS BOOT CAMP
Monday, June 7, 2010
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PRECONFERENCE: MEDICARE READMISSIONS BOOT CAMP
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8:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Pre-Conference Overview
Barbara Harvath, RN
President, Harvath Health Associates; Senior Advisor, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA (Co Chair)
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8:15 a.m. |
Anatomy of Readmissions and What This Means for Hospitals
Barbara Harvath, RN
President, Harvath Health Associates; Senior Advisor, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA (Co Chair)
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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9:00 a.m. |
Readmissions Tools - An Enhanced Discharge Planning Program (Project BOOST)
Robyn Golden, LCSW
Director of Older Adult Programs, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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9:45 a.m. |
Break
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10:00 a.m. |
Readmissions Tools - Use of Telemedicine in Preventing Readmissions
Patricia Ryan, MS, RN
Director, VISN 8 Community Care Coordination Service, Associate Chief Consultant, VHA Office of Telehealth Services, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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10:45 a.m. |
Technology's Promise and Failure in Preventing Readmissions
Ravi Nemana, MBA
Chief Strategist, 360Fresh, Inc. and Special Advisor: Services and Health Care Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), University of California, Berkeley, Chicago, IL
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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11:30 a.m. |
Wrap-Up: Ongoing Opportunities for Shared Learning in a New Environment
Barbara Harvath, RN
President, Harvath Health Associates; Senior Advisor, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA (Co Chair)
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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12:00 p.m. |
Pre-Conference Adjournment - Lunch on Your Own
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AGENDA: DAY I
Monday, June 7, 2010
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1:00 p.m. |
Welcome and Introductions
Nancy Foster
Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC (Co Chair)
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1:15 p.m. |
Rehospitalization in Medicare: Understanding the Challenge
Stephen F. Jencks, MD, MPH
Consultant in Healthcare Safety and Quality, 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
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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2:00 p.m. |
Reducing Readmissions: A CMS/HHS Priority
Barry M. Straube, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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2:45 p.m. |
Determining What Works Best: A Research Agenda for Improving Quality and Reducing Cost
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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3:15 p.m. |
Networking Break
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3:45 p.m. |
AHA's Policy Framework for Understanding Readmissions
Nancy Foster
Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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4:30 p.m. |
MedPAC Looks at Readmissions under Health Reform and Beyond
Mark E. Miller, PhD
Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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5:15 p.m. |
Hospital Readmissions in Medicare Advantage and Medicare Traditional FFS Program
Jeff Lemieux
Senior Vice President, AHIP Center for Research, AHIP, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
Cary Sennett, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer, MedAssurant, Inc., Bowie, MD
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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6:00 p.m. |
Adjournment and Opening Networking Reception
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