Find out how Accountable Care Organizations Can Help Leverage Operations at Your CHC during NACHC’s new ACO webinar series
Understanding Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Initiatives and Implications for Health Center Operations: Three-part Webinar Series
NACHC is pleased to present a new three-part webinar series on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). This series will offer community health center (CHC) and primary care association (PCA) leadership a comprehensive look at Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Each webinar is designed to broaden understanding of how ACO implications and initiatives can be used to influence health center operational outcomes. Click here to register for the entire series.
You need only register once for this entire series. Registration cover all three sessions. Register today!
Session 1: The National Dialogue on Accountable Care
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 2-3 p.m. EDT
Online registration deadline: Friday, May 27,
Session Description
This session will explore the trends in health care cost and quality in the US and how our costs of care continue to rise without a return of higher quality care. The concepts underlying accountable care will also be explored. The first webinar in the series explores the CMS draft regulations on the shared savings program for FFS Medicare recipients and its relevance to CHCs.
This session will explore the trends in health care cost and quality in the US and how our costs of care continue to rise without a return of higher quality care. The concepts underlying accountable care will also be explored. The first webinar in the series explores the CMS draft regulations on the shared savings program for FFS Medicare recipients and its relevance to CHCs.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the first webinar, you will:
At the completion of the first webinar, you will:
1. understand the basic forces at play in the US healthcare system that are inevitably leading to fundamental change in how care is delivered and compensated
2. have a basic understanding of value-based accountable care and the underlying principles
3. understand the impact of the draft CMS regulations on CHCs
Session 2: Community Partnerships for Accountable Care
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 2-3 p.m. EDT
Session Description
Improving the overall quality of health care delivery requires the creation of close partnerships with specialists and hospital partners (and others) across the care continuum working together to ensure seamless coordination of care and the timely transfer of relevant clinical information. This second session demonstrates how CHCs can create effective partnerships with their community providers to achieve optimal care coordination across the continuum of care.
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 2-3 p.m. EDT
Session Description
Improving the overall quality of health care delivery requires the creation of close partnerships with specialists and hospital partners (and others) across the care continuum working together to ensure seamless coordination of care and the timely transfer of relevant clinical information. This second session demonstrates how CHCs can create effective partnerships with their community providers to achieve optimal care coordination across the continuum of care.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the second webinar, you will:
At the completion of the second webinar, you will:
1. understand the basis for partnerships and the roles, strengths, and weaknesses of the various potential partners within a community
2. understand how CHCs can bring value to community-based partnerships and learn strategies for leveraging that value in accountable care discussions
3. understand creating incentives with key partners and payers to align incentives.
Session 3: Achieving a Better Understanding of the Health and Care Needs of the Population You Serve
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 2-3 p.m. EDT
Session Description
In order to be successful in designing care models that meet the needs of the population served, CHCs need to move even closer to "patient-centered" care. The third and final session will explore this concept further.
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 2-3 p.m. EDT
Session Description
In order to be successful in designing care models that meet the needs of the population served, CHCs need to move even closer to "patient-centered" care. The third and final session will explore this concept further.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the third webinar, you will:
At the completion of the third webinar, you will:
1. understand assessing the health status and care needs of the population served
2. understand system design to meet the needs of your population
3. understand the role of patient-provider and patient-patient networks
4. understand how to engage your patients in informed decision making
Presenters:
Lovett Collins Associates: Claire D. Collins, Principal; EJ Lovett III, Principal; and Christopher M. Mathews, Senior Consultant.
*An introduction by NACHC: Bruce Sturm, Executive Director, Managed Care, NACHC
*Registration rates
*Registration rates
NACHC Members: $249 Non-members: $399
*The Registration rate covers entire series (Three one-hour webinars).
For more information, contact Gervean Williams at gwilliams@nachc.com, or call 301.347.0400, ext. 2007.
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