Medicare Readmissions Summit: Agenda: Day I

Agenda: Day I Tuesday, June 14, 2011
7:00 a.m.	Registration Opens
DAY I MORNING - THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE
8:00 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Nancy Foster Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC (Co Chair)
8:15 a.m.	Readmissions and the Politics of Health Reform Susan Dentzer Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, Health Policy Analyst, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
8:45 a.m.	The Readmissions Landscape - Getting the Metrics and Management of Preventable Hospitalizations Right 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 Presentation Material (Acrobat)
9:15 a.m.	Current CMS Initiatives Paul McGann, MD Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD Presentation Material (Acrobat)
9:45 a.m.	Networking Break
10:15 a.m.	Reducing Readmissions by More than 20% through an ACO Model Juan Davila Senior Vice President for Network Management, Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, CA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
11:00 a.m.	Looking at Hospital-by-Hospital and Community Level Readmission Rates Jeff Lemieux Senior Vice President, AHIP Center for Research, AHIP, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
11:30 a.m.	Readmissions Policies, Processes, and Penalties - Implications for Hospitals Nancy Foster Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
12:15 p.m.	Networking Luncheon
DAY I AFTERNOON - MODELS THAT WORK
MINI SUMMIT I - Innovative Use of IT
	Vince Kuraitis Principal, Better Health Technologies, LLC, Boise, ID (Mini Summit Chair)
1:15 p.m.	The Nexus of HITECH and Readmissions Vince Kuraitis Principal, Better Health Technologies, LLC, Boise, ID Presentation Material (Acrobat)
1:45 p.m.	Video Ethnography - Learning From Patients About Preventing Readmissions Jim Bellows, PhD Senior Director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
2:15 p.m.	A "Cloud-based" Interactive Clinical Checklist Thomas G. Lundquist, MD, MMM Vice President, Performance Measurement & Improvement, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN Presentation Material (Acrobat)
2:45 p.m.	Remote Patient Monitoring Andrew Broderick Research Program Director, Center for Innovation and Technology in Public Health, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
3:15 p.m.	Networking Break
MINI SUMMIT II - Successful Health Plan Models
	Jeff Lemieux Senior Vice President, AHIP Center for Research, AHIP, Washington, DC (Mini Summit Chair)
1:15 p.m.	Reducing Readmissions in the Medicaid Disabled and Medicare SNP Populations Indira Paharia, PsyD, MBA, MS Director of Health Integration, Molina Healthcare, Bothell, WA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
1:45 p.m.	Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois - A Plan-Provider Partnership to Reduce Readmissions and Increase Value Scott Sarran, MD Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2:15 p.m.	Presbyterian Health Plan - the Hospital at Home Program Melanie Van Amsterdam, MD Hospital at Home Lead Physician, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, NM Nancy Guinn, MD Medical Director, Presbyterian Home Healthcare, Albuquerque, NM Bruce Leff, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Presentation Material (Acrobat)
2:45 p.m.	Independent Health - a Community Partnership Pam Menard Vice President, Health Promotion and Care Management, Independent Health, Buffalo, NY Presentation Material (Acrobat)
3:15 p.m.	Networking Break
MINI SUMMIT III - Successful Provider Initiatives
	Thomas R. Graf, MD Associate Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA (Mini Summit Chair)
3:45 p.m.	Readmissions Collaboratives, California Style Bruce Spurlock, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Convergence Health Consulting, Roseville, CA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
4:15 p.m.	Decreasing Readmissions for High Risk Seniors: The Pharmacist Model Michael Cantor, MD Quality Medical Director, New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), Braintree, MA Dellara F. Terry, MD, MPH Medical Director, Dovetail Health, Needham, MA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
4:45 p.m.	Nursing Homes - Project INTERACT II Laurie Herndon, MSN, GNP-BC Director of Clinical Quality, Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation, Newton Lower Falls, MA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
5:15 p.m.	The Medical Home Thomas R. Graf, MD Associate Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
5:45 p.m.	Networking Reception
MINI SUMMIT IV - Targeting Different Patient Groups
	Randall Krakauer, MD, FACP, FACR National Medical Director, Consumer Segment, Aetna, Princeton, NJ (Mini Summit Chair) Presentation Material (Acrobat)
3:45 p.m.	Medicare Advantage Randall Krakauer, MD, FACP, FACR National Medical Director, Consumer Segment, Aetna, Princeton, NJ Presentation Material (Acrobat)
4:15 p.m.	Medicaid and Dual Eligibles Lawrence H. Greenblatt, MD Medical Director, Chronic Care Program, Durham Community, Health Network, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
4:45 p.m.	Cancer Patients Matthew Farber, MA Director, Provider Economics and Public Policy, Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, MD Presentation Material (Acrobat)
5:15 p.m.	Addressing Preventable Pediatric Readmissions Jay Griffin Berry, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
5:45 p.m.	Networking Reception

Agenda: Day I Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Agenda: Day I
Tuesday, June 14, 2011