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Program Agenda

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST

Connecting the Dots is designed to educate finance and quality professionals in the definitions and nuances of the quality measures that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will use in the emerging world of value-based purchasing.

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.

Who should attend

Connecting the Dots will be valuable to multiple people in your organization and will especially benefit:

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

What you will learn

At the conclusion of the program, participants will:

• have a clearer understanding of where quality measures originate;
• understand process and outcome measures;
• be more knowledgeable about the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems; and
• be able to work with teams across the organization to receive the full marketbasket adjustment.

Faculty

Gloria Kupferman, Vice President, National Information Products
DataGen, Inc.

Mary Therriault, Sr. Director, Quality and Research Initiatives
Healthcare Association of New York State

Registration Deadline/Cancellation

Registration Deadline is 11/18/2010. Cancellations less a 25% cancellation fee will be accepted until 11/12/2010. Cancellations after that time are not eligible for a refund. Substitutions are always encouraged even at the last minute.

Questions regarding registration can be directed to Joan Stewart at jstewart@hanys.org.

Continuing Education Credits

This activity will be submitted to the National Association of Healthcare Quality for 2 CPHQ CE credits.

The Healthcare Education and Research Fund is authorized to award 2 hours of pre-approved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement, or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should indicate their attendance when submitting application to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.

Materials

Program materials, login instructions, and sign-in sheets will be e-mailed to you a few days prior to the webconference.