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Changes in Readmission Incentives & Accountability. What does it
mean for me?
 Presented by:
Eric Coleman, MD, MPH
BOOST Advisory Board Chair
Director, Care Transitions Program
University of Colorado at Denver
Mark Williams, MD, FHM
Principal Investigator, Project BOOST
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Date: April 20, 2010
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM EST
1:00 - 2:30 PM CST
12:00 - 1:30 PM MST
11:00 - 12:30 PM PST
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Session Description: This session will address
proposed changes in how hospitals are reimbursed for readmissions. The
discussion will initially be framed by providing historical perspective
on hospital reimbursement. Then the presenter will review what is known
about the frequency of hospital readmissions. Readmissions will be
reviewed within the general context of patterns of post-hospital care.
Next the perspective of national and federal quality improvement
entities will be reviewed. Highlights from a recent consensus document
authored by 6 physician professional societies will then be referenced
to provide a framework for discussion accountability. The session will
conclude with an update of proposed changes in national health
policy.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
- Participants will understand the frequency of post-hospital
readmissions
- Discuss proposed changes in reimbursement as articulated by the
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
- Consider the impact of proposed changes to national reimbursement
policy on the operations and workflow of hospital clinicians
Audience:
This webinar isappropriate for:
- Hospital clinicians
- Administrators
- Financial leaders
CME:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the
Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Blackwell Futura
Media Services and the Society for Hospital Medicine. Blackwell Futura
Media Services is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical
education for physicians. Blackwell Futura Media Services designates
this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 Category 1 Credits toward
the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim
credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
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BOOSTing the Discharge Transition
Presented by: Mark V.
Williams, MD, FHM, Professor & Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Principal
Investigator, Project BOOST
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Session Description: Hospital discharge can be a
dangerous process for patients. Research documents significant patient
safety and quality deficiencies in our current system. Potentially 1 in
5 patients suffers an adverse event after discharge, predominantly due
to medications. Of note, up to two-thirds of these adverse events could
be avoided or mitigated, primarily through improved communication. Many
patients leave the hospital with test results pending, and discharge
summaries, even if completed in a timely manner, tend to lack critical
information such as diagnostic test results, treatment or hospital
course, and follow-up plans. The Society of Hospital Medicine in
collaboration with the American College of Physicians, Society of
General Internal Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine and
the American Medical Association has led efforts to enhance the
discharge transition process. With funding from The John A. Hartford
Foundation, Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe
Transitions) implemented a toolkit at 30 hospitals across the U.S. to
improve the hospital discharge transition.
Hot Topics in Evaluation and Management Coding for Hospitalists
 Presented by: Barb
Pierce, CCS-P, ACS-EM, Barb Pierce Coding and Consulting, LLC
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Session Description: Join us for this interactive
session that will detail the CPT codes you use on a daily basis and
address your most common documentation and coding questions. We will
discuss all aspects of coding for the patient's entire hospital stay,
including admissions, daily visits and discharges. The importance of
choosing the right category of codes (inpatient versus observation) will
be discussed. Learn how to properly document when coding by time, both
for daily visits and discharges. Critical care and prolonged services
will be covered, and the latest information on consultations and
transfers of care will be presented. Medicare has proposed to do away
with consultation codes in 2010; when the Final Rule is published later
this year, we will have instructions on how to appropriately code when
you are asked to provide consultative services, including preoperative
evaluations.
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SHM Members receive discounted rates on the
following:
Principles of Hospitalist Staffing and Scheduling
A collaborative webinar from:
About the Webinar
The need to provide 24 hour coverage 7 days a week, while at the same
time ensuring reasonable continuity between hospital to patient, and
reasonable physician lifestyle, presents many challenges. In this
session the presenters will review data regarding current hospitalist
staffing ratios and workloads, as well as trends in scheduling. In
addition, you will hear thought provoking alternatives to common
hospitalist scheduling paradigms. Case studies will also be
presented.
After this 90-minute Webinar, you will be able
to:
- Describe current data on hospitalist staffing ratios and workloads
so you can compare them to the same figures for your own practice;
- Discover popular hospitalist scheduling models and how they have
changed over time; and
- Recognize the pros and cons to various scheduling approaches,
including effects on things such as efficiency, costs, hospitalist
career longevity and burnout.You can then make informed decisions about
whether there is a schedule that is better than the one you're currently
using.
Who should attend?
Hospitalists and HMG leaders, practice executives, administrators,
and human resource and finance professionals will benefit from attending
this foundation-level webinar.
Faculty
John Nelson, MD, FHM
Partner, Nelson Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants
Medical Director, Hospitalist Practice, Overlake Hospital, Bellevue,
Wash.
Dea Robinson, MA, CPC
Practice Administrator, Inpatient Medicine Service
PC President-Eight, Inc., Englewood Colo.
Ordering Information
SHM Members receive a special discount when entering code
SHM610WC00
To purchase the Webinar CD, click here
To order the on-demand version of the June 10, 2009
webinar, click here
On-Demand Instructions:
After purchasing the on-demand copy, click on the below link to
access the presentation.
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/bostonconferencing/view?id=09SASa
- Type in your name and click on the View Recording button (No
recording key is required)
- Type in your e-mail and company Name
- Click on View Recording
- Click on View Icon for Microsoft Office Live Meeting Replay
Are you ready for the new HIPAA privacy and security mandates?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) greatly expanded
the privacy and security requirements for practices under HIPAA. New
mandates will force practices to adopt policies and procedures in order
to avoid new enforcement provisions and significantly increased
penalties. Critical changes include: onerous new provisions for
accounting of disclosures; new patient rights that you will need to
incorporate into your policies and staff training; new requirements
should your patient data be breached; modifications that will need to be
made to your business associate relationships; and increased penalties
up to $50,000 per violation to a maximum of $1.5 million a year in the
most egregious cases of data breaches. One of the nation's leading
privacy experts will lead you through these changes and how they will
impact your practice.
Following this session, you will be able
to:
- Identify the new requirements placed on your practice by the ARRA
statute and related regulations;
- Understand the timeline for the government's implementation of these
requirements; and
- Recognize the steps your practice will need to take to prepare for
these changes and avoid government enforcement action.
Ordering Information
SHM Members receive a special discount when entering code
provided below
To purchase the Webinar CD, click here and use code
IC10SHM
To order the on-demand version, click here and use code
ELRN10SHM
Measuring Hospitalist ROI
Demonstrate the Value of Your Program:
This Webcast, brought to you by SHM and HCPro, provides clear
instructions on measuring and reporting your hospitalist program's ROI.
It will also help you establish goals and steps toward program
improvement, and overcome quality and utilization challenges.
Note: Purchasers should already have a basic
understanding of the history, current status, financial status, roles,
and responsibilities of their organization's hospitalist program.
Featured Speakers: Joseph A Miller; Robert Bessler,
MD, FHM; Leslie Flores, MHA
Click here to purchase the audio webinar
Critical Documentation Updates for Hospitalists
Position Your Practice to Maximize Value:
Listen to HCPro and SHM for Critical Documentation
Updates for Hospitalists: Position Your Practice to
Maximize Value. During this program, you will learn about how you
can support your hospital's implementation of the massive changes of
Medicare's MS-DRG system, new non-payment policies for "never events"
and recovery audit contractor (RAC) audits.
Featured Speaker: Betty Brown Bibbins, MD, FACOG,
CHC, C-CDI, CPEHR, CPHIT
Click here to purchase the audio webinar
Hospitalist Retention
Strategies to Promote Career Satisfaction & Program
Success:
The bottom line is: If you have unhappy hospitalists, you'll lose
them, and chances are you will have trouble recruiting new ones. You
need motivated, challenged professionals to make your program a
success.
Individual hospitalists as well as program administrators can
learn to reduce hospitalist burnout and turnover with the tools from
this Webcast brought to you by SHM and HCPro.
Hospital administrators and their medical staffs have come to depend
on hospitalists to address a wide range of concerns. But hospitalists
face the challenge of heavy workloads, demanding schedules, and numerous
administrative responsibilities, as well as their own professional
advancement and personal concerns. This audioconference provides
hospital, medical staff, and hospitalist leaders with tools to
positively impact hospitalist satisfaction and commitment to their
program.
Featured Speakers: Sylvia McKean, MD, FHM; Winthrop
F Whitcomb, MD, FHM; Joseph A Miller
Click here to purchase the audio webinar
Partnering with PAs and NPs in Hospitalist Practices
Strategies for Success:
Listen to HCPro and SHM for Partnering with PAs and NPs
in Hospitalist Practices: Strategies for Success
and learn how integrating PAs and NPs can bring greater cost and
personnel efficiencies to hospital medicine while still maintaining the
highest quality c are for patients.
During this Webcast, industry experts discuss the benefits of, and
provide strategies for, effectively forming such partnerships. You'll
hear about practice models that illustrate how hospitalist programs
across the country have successfully formed this important
collaboration.
Note: For this intermediate-level program,
participants should already be familiar with the role of both
hospitalists and NPs and PAs in the healthcare system.
Featured Speakers: Joseph A Miller; Michael L Powe;
Mitchell J Wilson, MD, FHM
Click here to purchase the audio webinar
Hospitalists and In-Hospital Resuscitation
Improve Protocols, Teamwork and Outcomes:
Listen to HCPro and SHM for Hospitalists and In-Hospital
Resuscitation: Improve Protocols, Teamwork, and
Outcomes and gain practical strategies to develop an effective
multi-disciplinary approach to resuscitation medicine. A hospitalist's
training and skills cover acute medicine and resuscitation medicine,
chronic and multi-system problems, as well as aged care and end-of-life
care. As such, hospitalists play a vital role in educating the patient
care team and establishing the best possible resuscitation procedures.
With purchase, you will learn to measure and document the quality of
your resuscitation program and implement process improvements to
translate guidelines into action.
Featured Speakers: Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil; Dana
P. Edelson, MD, MS
Click here to purchase the audio webinar
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