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The 2011 National Summit Was a Success, and 2012 Dates Have Been Announced

Thank you to our conference participants, faculty and sponsors for making the 2011 National Summit a successful event! We hope you found it to be a valuable learning experience. If you weren’t able to join us or would like to revisit any of the subject matter, you can review each presentation summary right here on our blog. Be sure to mark your calendar for next year’s conference to be held February 1-3, 2012 at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. 
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Panel Presentation Summary: Strategies for Partnerships and Accountable Care Readiness

As health care evolves from hospital-centric to patient-centric, the care continuum must also change from venue-based to seamless. The eighth plenary meeting featured a panel discussion of thought leaders in post acute care.  Each presenter discussed their strategies to create value-based relationships with hospitals, physicians, and payers and a care continuum that will meet the needs of elders while concurrently preparing for a future of accountable care.
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Presentation Summary: Diane Peters and Jane Gorwin on Hospital Readmissions

Diane Peters, Senior Consultant, Health Dimensions Group and Jane Gorwin, Senior Health and Hospice Consultant, Health Dimensions Group, followed Edeburn to discuss measuring and managing hospital readmission from post acute venues.

They reviewed how leading providers are measuring their readmission rates and what operational strategies, procedures, tools, education and protocols, they are finding effective in reducing readmissions as well as what hospitals and health systems look for and expect when evaluating post acute providers as potential partners in their care continuum.

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