CCCTTF - Hospital Readmission Reduction Summit
Presented by the Contra Costa Care Transitions Task Force
Who we are: The Contra Costa Care Transitions Task Force is a group of health care and social service providers improving care transitions and reducing avoidable hospital readmissions.
Mission: To bring cohesion across the entire care continuum to ensure a high standard of care and patient safety.
We accomplish this goal by partnering with hospitals and community providers on care transition efforts to support county-wide process improvement.
Please register by noon on 09/14/16
$35.00 until 08/15/16
$50.00 after 08/15/16
Learning Objectives:
Opening Session: Partnership for Readmission Reduction Summit
Objectives for the Summit
- Identify key issues affecting successful care coordination in Contra Costa County.
- Articulate how the county is addressing readmissions and medication safety.
- Learn about existing improvement efforts among transitional care settings.
- Illustrate how alternative payment models aim to improve transitional care across the continuum.
Session 1: CRE Prevention, 4th Generation Antibiotics and Effects on Readmission
Learning Objectives
- Understand the scope and significance of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaecae (CRE) in SF Bay Area
- Describe the factors that contribute to CRE transmission and CRE incidence in Contra Costa County (CCC)
- Understand the basis for infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship interventions to reduce CRE
- Identify opportunities for CRE Prevention across the continuum of care in CCC
Session 2: County Readmission Rates and Regional Care Coordination Partnerships
Learning Objectives
- Identify key issues affecting successful care coordination in Contra Costa County.
- Articulate how the county and other regional partnerships are addressing readmissions and medication safety.
- Learn about existing improvement efforts among transitional care settings.
Session 3: Unrepresented Adults in the Hospital and Effect on Readmissions
Learning Objectives
- List the three identifying characteristics of an “unrepresented patient.”
- Understand the elements of informed consent and how they are legally fulfilled for unrepresented patients.
- Person centered care strategies to empower front-line and administrative staff to better work with unrepresented adults.
Session 4: Health System Transformation: CMS Priorities and the Post-acute Care Population
Learning Objectives
Review CMS priorities for acute and post-acute care, including:
- Discuss trends and current quality standards
- Review status of current CMS initiatives related to hospital readmissions reductions and QI in acute and post-acute care settings
- Review new legislation/regulations related to acute and post-acute care of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
Session 5: Bundled Payments and Effect on Readmissions
Learning Objectives
- Comprehension of a new Medicare payment model
Agenda
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8:00am - 9:00am |
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Coffee and Sign-in |
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9:00am - 9:20am |
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9:20am - 10:20am |
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CRE Prevention, 4th Generation Antibiotics and Effects on Readmission |
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Michael Whitehair, MSN, RN, PHN, CIC, Staff Nurse Communicable Disease Investigation, Contra Costa Public Health - Communicable Disease Programs |
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10:20am - 11:20am |
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County Readmission Rates and Regional Care Coordination Partnerships |
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Michael Wasserman, M.D., CMD, Director, Nursing Home QINQIO, Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. |
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11:20am - 12:20pm |
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Unrepresented Adults in the Hospital and Effect on Readmissions |
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Nicole Howell, Executive Director, Ombudsman |
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Tony Chicotel, Staff Attorney, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform |
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12:20pm - 1:20pm |
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Lunch (provided on-site) Zandonella Catering |
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1:20pm - 2:20pm
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Keynote: Health System Transformation: CMS Priorities and the Post-acute Care Population |
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Ashby Wolfe, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CMS Region 9 |
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2:20pm - 3:20pm |
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Bundled Payments and Effect on Readmissions Epi DeLeon MD, Vice President Rossmoor Medical Associates, Associate Medical Director of Danville Post-Acute Rehab, Associate Medical Director of Hope Hospice Staff Physician John Muir Medical Center, Rossmoor Medical Associates |
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3:20pm - 3:40pm |
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Summit Wrap Up with ZDogg Video |
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Tracy Haack |
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3:40pm |
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Summit Adjourned |
CE Credits Available:
Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. is the CE provider for this event. Provider approved by the Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16578, for 5 contact hours. Pending approval. Application has been made to the California Nursing Home Administrator Program, #CEP1729, for 3 continuing education credits. Pending approval. There is no charge for CE credits.
Hospice of the East Bay is the RCFE CE Provider: VENDOR #2000313-740-2 COURSE APPROVAL # pending approval, for 313-0309-28989 (3) Contact Hours.
CME credits are sponsored by Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Professional Development Dept., Education & Training through AAFP. Sign in/out and evaluation forms will be available at the Summit.
The Alzheimer's Association- California Chapters are approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for “Partnership for Readmission Reduction Summit” [Provider #63035]. The Alzheimer's Association maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
No refunds will be issued after 5 pm, Monday, September 5, 2016 (PST). No exceptions.
