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WRG - 3rd Annual National Reducing Hospital Readmissions Forum - West Coast
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Objective 1: Discuss how to optimize payer and provider collaboration to improve quality of care and health outcomes
By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.
By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.
By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.
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Objective 2: Cite expert analysis on payment reform and contracting strategies
By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.
By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.
By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.
Objective 3: List strategies for creating a continuum of care for patients
By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.
By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.
By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.
Identify key changes, discern options and decision criteria
Explain actions steps to transform their company's clinical, IT and business models
Discuss the full array of external forces and disruptive innovations that are driving the need for change in healthcare delivery
List the alignments goals, incentives and strategies within an integrated system (health plan, physicians and hospitals) to achieve industry leadership in the delivery of value-based care
Review specific strategies Dean and other ACOs have employed to aggressively enhance value-based care by improving quality and service while simultaneously "bending the curve" through elimination of a wide-array of clinical and operational inefficiencies
List strategies to reduce admissions and readmissions in Medicare
Utilize case management and transitional care as tools to improve care coordination
Identify they intersection of quality & cost, and strategies for implementation
List ways to successfully reduce heart failure hospitalization and readmissions
Identify special training nurses rely upon to meet American College Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines
Explain how improved medication adherence, self management and patient-centered care coordination with physicians has helped to reduce 30-day readmissions rates
State the barriers to effective discharge planning and referral decision making
Differentiate the patient, clinican and system factors associated with discharge decision making
Describe potential solutions to effective discharge planning and referral decision making
Identify the goals of improving transitions of care
Outline the key information that contributes to a safe and sustained transition of care
Describe three methods of building Case Management expertise in transitions of care
Identify members based on monthly utilization analysis and targeted home health services post hosptial discharge
Monitor targeted primary care physician education on importance of timely access post discharge and on patient specific utilization profiles
Develop "out of the box thinking" care plans that facilitate access to health care
Define and identify potentially preventable readmissions
Analyze and calculate readmission rates base on leverage data mining principles to
Identify actual verses expected PPR rates based on risk-adjusted case mix of patients at a given hospital
List Medical Homes, P4P, Bundled Payment, and when to use
Measure and manage vital clinical activities
Identify best practices
Name legal considerations relative to readmission payment policies
Identify contractual considerations relative to alternative payment mechanisims
Monitor controllable and uncontrollable drivers of readmissions
List payor & provider perspectives on contracting
Discuss how incentives can help to reduce hospital readmissions
Name possibilities of shared cost savings
Accountability of hospitals and providers in readmissions
Respond to case management and reduce denials for unavoidable readmissions
Review contract for readmissions
Accountability of hospitals and providers in readmissions
Respond to case management and reduce denials for unavoidable readmissions
Review contract for readmissions
Identify barriers to successful implementation of heart failure remote monitoring
Create physician engagement in the project
Design essential workflow that will increase chances of success
Assess existing weaknesses in patient knowledge of disease, treatment plan, terminal care plan and pain & symptom management
Develop strategies to accomplish care goals per patient
Discuss details of the Community Conversations on Compassionaite Care (CCCC) Program
Explain the Medical Orders for Live Sustaining Treatment (MOLST), an approved POLST Paradigm Program, as an end-of-life care transitions program
Define performance goals, baseline metrics and community outcomes and available tools on the community web site
List strategies to reduce the divde between in-patient care
Create a dialogue between the patient and the primary care physician
Explain the results of the integrated Medical Management Program
Name the unique role and value of a health plan in prevention of hosptial readmissions based on their data and resources
List specific project around post discharge intervention of member's with 3+ readmissions in 12 months
Discuss potential future initiatives given new technologies and innovative ways to engage members and providers
Identify one discharge planning decision support system implementation strategy
Measure competency in Case Management practice for transitions of care
Re-assessment of utilization data to evaluate effectiveness, outcomes and return on investment (ROI)
List current legislative proposals that will shape payment policy of public and private insurers for hosptial readmissions
Recommend aligning incentives to effect change in practice and outcomes
Identify potential opportunities for partnerships between health plans, medical groups and hospitals to reduce readmissions
Objective 4: Explain how technology and the patient-centered medical home can reduce hospital readmissions
By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.
By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.
By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.
Please answer the following:
Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?
Was the educational content scientifically sound?
Was the educational content free of commercial bias?
Was the mode of education effective to learning?
If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?
If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.
Were you solicited by sales personnel in an educational room while you attended this educational activity?
If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please explain.
How much did you learn as a result of this educational program?
What did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient problems or patient challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?
What problems are your patients communicating to you that need attention or follow up?

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient outcomes?

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