The World Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Hospital Readmissions

The World Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Hospital Readmissions is where industry leaders convene to discuss how to bridge the gap between health plans and providers to improve the quality of care.

Through a series of dynamic panel discussions, intensive case studies and fascinating keynotes, attendees will collaboratively take an intensive look at the current rules on readmissions as well as innovative new programs around the nation that are successfully addressing current challenges.

Hear how the implementation of care management infrastructures and transitional care programs as well as the utilization of community resources have assisted health plans and health systems with improving patient safety, increasing quality of care, reducing Readmissions and enhancing patient satisfaction.

• ENSURE your organization is compliant in hospital re-admission benchmarks by hearing regulations and public policies from governing agencies including the newest rules on Medicare reimbursement
• HEAR the latest on ambulatory care sensitive conditions to reduce unnecessary admissions
• PARTICIPATE in a multi-stakeholder discussion on how collaboration can vastly improve transitions of care
• LISTEN to innovative case studies on reducing readmissions from Health Systems, Hospitals and Health Plans
• ANALYZE the ACO model and how it can be used to reduce readmission rates\

Testimonials

“Terrific conference. Lots to take back home and offer to colleagues as possible ideas to look into or implement. I also learned that we are doing a lot of things well.”
- Larry Greenblatt, Duke University

“The speakers have been amazing”
- Julia Lespier, Universal Health Care Group

“The sessions were very informative. What it did for us is validate that we are on the right track, we feel very comfortable that our agency is moving in the right direction.”
- Celeste Twardon - VP Clinical Research and Development – Home Nursing Agency

“This Summit and its speakers were very progressive. I appreciated them recognizing the financial, resource and operational challenges going forward as we try to implement one of these new models.”
- Sandra Sangiorgio- Director of Growth and Business Development- Home Nursing Agency

“In my twenty years as a Director of Case Management, I have attended many conferences. My expectations of the World Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Readmissions were far exceeded! The event was professionally planned and smoothly executed. I look forward to attending many more in the future. Thank you for a quality event!”
-Leah Brown, Director of Case Management, Reid Hospital and Health Services

Advisory Board

Paula Casey, MSN, RN, ONC, CCM Director of Health Services Presbyterian Health Plan	Lynda Collins Director Continuity of Care The Methodist Hospital	Erin Denholm Chief Executive Officer Centura Health at Home Nurse Executive Fellow Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
S. Ramalingam, MD, MBA Senior Medical Director UPMC Health Plan

2012 Speaking Faculty

Alicia Arbaje, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of Transitional Care Research, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Paula Casey, MSN, RN, ONC, CCM Director of Health Services Presbyterian Health Plan	Karla Cusano Vice President, Ambulatory Services Meridian Health
Vicki L. DeBaca, DNS, RN, CPHQ Vice President Health/Provider Services Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers	Roseann DeGrazia, RN, BSN, Med Senior Director Medical Management UPMC Health Plan	Erin Denholm Chief Executive Officer Centura Health at Home Nurse Executive Fellow Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sandra Elliott Director, Consumer Technology and Service Development Meridian Health	Steven R. Hahn, MD, FACP Professor of Clinical Medicine Instructor in Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Gary Jacobs Senior Vice President, Corporate Development Universal American Financial Corporation
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	Devan Kansagara, MD, MCR Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University; Director, Evidence Synthesis Program, Portland VA Medical Center	Christopher Kim, MD, MBA Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Associate Medical Director, Faculty Group Practice Associate Chief of Staff, Office of Clinical Affairs Director, Internal Medicine Residency Patient Safety Learning Program University of Michigan Health System
Andrew Kolbasovsky, PsyD, MBA Director of Provider Group Clinical Management EmblemHealth	Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN Executive Director, Case Management Society of America (CMSA); President and Chief Executive Officer, Case Management Inc.; Coalition Director, National Transitions of Care Coalition	Jeff Lemieux Senior Vice President, Center for Policy and Research America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
John Loughnane, MD Medical Director Boston Community Medical Group Boston Medical Center	Patricia MacTaggart Lead Research Scientist/Lecturer, Health Policy Department George Washington University	Patrick McCarthy, RN Director Healthy Life Center UPMC Passavant
S. Ramalingam, MD, MBA Senior Medical Director UPMC Health Plan	Charles Schutz Medical Director II Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois	Joel Shoolin, DO, MBA Vice President, Clinical Informatics Advocate Health Care
Juliana R Tiongson Social Science Research Analyst Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	Barbara A. Walters, DO, MBA Senior Medical Director, Southern NH Community Group Practices Dartmouth-Hitchcock	Tom Warnes, PhD Vice President, Clinical Quality CareCentrix
Brian Wolf, MD Senior Medical Director Health Management Integration Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode Island	Leslie Zun, MD Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital