Connecting the Dots: How Quality of Care and Hospital Finances Inter-relate

November 23, 2009
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Duration: 2 Hours
Price: $295.00

Faculty:

• Gloria Kupferman
  Vice President, National Information Products, DataGen
• Mary Therriault
  Senior Director, Quality and Research Initiatives
  Healthcare Association of New York State

Overview:

"Better care should be rewarded . . . it is time that we pay for the quality of the health care provided to our beneficiaries, not simply the amount." These comments from Mark McClellan, past Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reflect the current and future impetus for health care leaders to make the direct connection between the quality of care delivered in their facilities and the payment they receive for that care. This session will review quality measures and hospital reporting requirements, discuss the philosophy and history of pay-for-performance initiatives, and look toward future initiatives including new and proposed public reporting requirements and Medicare value-based purchasing.

Target Audience:

• all quality improvement team members within the hospital;
• all finance people interested in learning about the implications of quality data in the current reimbursement environment.

Objectives:

• review quality measures and hospital reporting requirements;
• discuss the philosophy and history of pay-for-performance initiatives; and
• look toward future initiatives including new and proposed public reporting requirements and Medicare value-based purchasing.