Readmissions Prevention: Learn Compliant Strategies to Avoid Penalties

There is a great deal of pressure to prevent readmissions, as if there was a single, unifying solution. But readmissions can have a myriad of causes, from patients being sent home prematurely to patients being unable to afford their medications to the home care team being unable to deliver the needed equipment in a timely manner. Huge efforts are put in place to prevent readmissions with dedicated teams working to prevent readmissions, yet their efforts are often counter-productive and ineffective.

During this RACmonitor webcast, Dr. Ronald Hirsch will show you and your team how to target interventions to prevent readmissions effectively and compliantly. He will analyze readmissions from several different perspectives including the finances of readmission prevention for Medicare and commercial patients, the various payer programs dealing with readmissions, the right and wrong way to avoid readmissions, and how to know whether your facility is doing it right. You will better understand the financial, compliance, and patient care aspects of readmissions and be empowered to target interventions to prevent readmissions as appropriate.

Readmissions are inevitable. Yet there are ways to properly handle readmissions and develop compliant strategies for appropriate prevention.

Why This is Relevant:

Readmissions are on the radar of every healthcare facility in large part due to the penalties and publicly reported scores for readmissions. Huge efforts and dedicated teams are put in place to prevent readmissions, yet these efforts are often counter-productive and ineffective.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the financial implications associated with readmissions
• Learn how to analyze the readmission data provided by CMS
• Delineate the causes of readmissions
• Develop compliant strategies for readmission prevention

Who Should Attend:

Those who will benefit most from this webcast include staff in utilization review, revenue cycle, revenue integrity, case management and compliance, as well as chief financial officers, chief nursing officers, physicians and physician advisors.

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