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  • Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are switching to Medicare Fee-for-Service during their last year of life according to a Government Accountability Office study. The federal government would have saved $912 million during 2016 and 2017 had fewer Medicare Advantage enrollees opted into traditional Medicare during their last year of life, the GAO estimates. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the primary enforcer of fraud and abuse prohibitions, has issued its annual recommendations that, if implemented, will likely affect HHS programs positively in terms of cost savings, program effectiveness and efficiency, and public health and safety. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • Four significant trends are impacting chronic care management and the future of physician groups and payers. Moving forward this can change your referral growth and the need to expand your managed care contracts. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • Interviews with two organizations share how they tackled challenges to improve medical supply management, reduce the cost of care, and improve outcomes. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • Payers are targeting their member populations that will benefit the most from at-home care. The center of their home health offerings is focused on high-cost patients, palliative care, diabetes, home care visits, telehealth, and at-home testing. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to keep five COVID waivers and to not return to the old ways of doing things. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • The Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model expands telehealth services, links residents to non-local healthcare providers, and provides more than $8.7 million in grant funding. What are the new opportunities for your organization? This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • Reducing readmissions stands as one of the most impactful value propositions your organization can offer to any referral source. This pivotal metric is carefully scrutinized by referral partners to foster collaborative partnerships. This online Master Class will explore strategies for building relationships, crafting persuasive value propositions, and mastering the art of presenting compelling business cases to strengthen collaborations between home health, hospice, palliative care, private duty, and in-home care providers with your referral sources. Available On Demand REGISTRATION FEE : $420 Registration includes enrollment for up to 10 people. Must be enrolled to attend. Business email required for each enrollee. This Master Class is delivered live online but will also be available afterward on demand, ensuring you can get valuable insights even if you cannot attend the live event. Don’t let your busy schedule hinder your access to valuable knowledge and skills.

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    Additional enrollees will be enabled upon completion of initial enrollee. Company email addresses required. Think Tank programs are open only to provider organizations delivering patient care, including home health care, at-home care, hospice, palliative care, community-based organizations, hospitals, ACOs, managed care organizations, and physicians. Enrollees for the program must be full-time employees of the organization. If you are unsure whether your organization qualifies for Think Tank programs or your organization is a provider that also sells products, services or you are a consultant then contact us before enrolling.
  • Participating ambulance suppliers and providers will have greater flexibility regarding where and how a beneficiary receives care following an emergency. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • New information will help your organization better align clinical services to reduce the cost of the highest medical conditions and their expenditures. The data can be used in conversations with various payer sources to align your organization’s services to reduce the cost of care and readmissions. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • DME supply challenges: the unintended consequences. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.
  • These three workshops challenge current practices to improve discharge planning and readmission management by addressing changes to policy and payments, adopting new concepts of referral engagement, and creating actionable blueprints. Includes review of current practices, discussion of appropriate aims, measurement strategies, and improvement methods. Available On Demand 3 Master Classes | Purchase the Series $1,100 | Enroll Up To 10 People Topics
    • Synergistic Discharge Planning Management and Solving Mutual Financial and Quality Challenges
    • Challenging Current Practices in Readmission Management to Create Synergistic Solutions
    • Peer-to-Peer Best Practice Presentations

    Add Your Enrollees

    Additional enrollees will be enabled upon completion of initial enrollee. Company email addresses required. Think Tank programs are open only to provider organizations delivering patient care, including home health care, at-home care, hospice, palliative care, community-based organizations, hospitals, ACOs, managed care organizations, and physicians. Enrollees for the program must be full-time employees of the organization. If you are unsure whether your organization qualifies for Think Tank programs or your organization is a provider that also sells products, services or you are a consultant then contact us before enrolling.
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