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Reasons To Join The Alliance

As the healthcare delivery system continues to face daunting cuts, payment reform, and develop performance and value-driven delivery models, executive-level leaders have come to the conclusion that today’s healthcare model is very much broken. With the passage of the recent Healthcare Reform bill, it is not surprising that leaders in healthcare are looking for practical, cost-effective solutions to advance the healthcare delivery system forward, and to develop models that result in savings and improved patient outcomes.

Resource Support For Alliance Members

Active membership in The Remington Alliance For Integrated Value-Driven Healthcare have automatic access to the many resources: 


1. The latest news on healthcare reform, timely updates on emerging models care coordination and avoidable hospital readmissions, technology solutions, and transformational leadership resources to promote the industry’s value.

2. Acess to the latest innovative models to align your agency– The website is consitently updating models, partnership strategies and new information that help home care agencies collaborate, integrate and demonstrate value.

3. Research reports that provide in-depth details about health care reform.

4. Access To Shared-Learning Strategies from home-care and multi-stakeholders from various care settings.

5. Strategic Positioning – Strategies for organizations to strive for improvement, learn what is working, and approaches resulting in value-based models.

 

You are invited to join The Alliance For Integrated Value-Driven Healthcare to get the latest news, in-depth industry reports, health care business intelligence data and transformational leadership resources to promote the industry’s value, and keep informed about healthcare’s future.


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  May/June 2012
Change Is Ahead
To "Un-Silo" Healthcare

  MedPAC Report’s – Rebasing,
   Co-Pays, Reductions For Home
   Health
   Plus … Report’s Impact To All
   Providers
Innovative Care Models To Align Health Care Reform

Reducing Readmissions How 3 Hospitals Achieved Their Goals

Palliative & End-Of Life Measures

Scorecard Highlights Where Health Systems And Providers
Fall Short

CMS Seeks Input On Quality Measures For EHRs

Nutritional Support In Treating Pressure Ulcers

Initiative To Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facilities

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Special Reports And Articles

Medicaid 2013 Governor's Report

Medicaid 2013 Governor's Report By State

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MedPAC Report 2012

MedPAC, the Committee that reports to Congress's Home Care recommendations

Read the Report
Home Care Recommendations To Congress

 

Post-Acute Payment Reform Demonstration

The report describes the development and testing of a uniform patient assessment instrument (CARE: Continuity Assessments Record and Evaluation) mandated by the legislation, and reviews findings related to predicting patient-specific resource intensity across four post-acute care settings. Recommends future payment reform for post-acute settings.

Read Report

 

Readmissions

A Nationwide Analysis Of 30-Day Readmits

( Nov/Dec 2011 Remington Report page 4)

Download Dartmouth Atlas Report (3.8 MB PDF)

 

Study: Home Care Following Hospitalization Cuts Cost

(Sept/Oct issue 2011 Remington Report page 4)

The use of home health care for chronically ill patients after they are discharged from the hospital can reduce Medicare spending and readmissions, according to released by Avalere Health LLC. The study found that home health care was association with a $2.81 billion reduction in Medicare Part A spending during a three-year period ending in 2009. 
Click here for study.

 

2012 OIG Work Plan

The Remington Report (November/December 2011) separated the OIG Work Plan 2012 into 2-parts. Part 1 looks at the OIG Plan for home care. Part 2 reviews the Plan with respect to how its scope intersects with home care and other providers across the health care delivery system.

Download the detailed 165-page 2012 OIG Work Plan Report (2.2 MB PDF)



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