Watershed Webinars: Strategies to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

When leaders from health plans, health systems and post-acute care facilities across an entire state come together with technologists to discuss collaborative quality assurance, whole communities benefit. 

This webinar, hosted by healthcare innovator and futurist Richard Milani, MD, is the culmination months of working sessions to advance the systems and tools necessary to connect providers, perform root cause analysis, and improve processes over time. Learn how to break down silos and engage an entire care network to benefit patients, providers and health plans alike from this group.

Participating Organizations Include:

• Ascension Health System
• Ball Health Skilled Nursing Facility
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
• East Alabama Medical Center
• Infirmary Health System
• Jackson Hospital
• Saad Home Health & Hospice
• Watershed Health

Payers, health systems, and post-acute providers should never have to choose between patient outcomes and financial realities when managing their patients. Using a platform-enabled partnership approach that combines real-time data and aligning incentives, health providers are driving collective change with proven outcomes. Hear from acute and post-acute care executives about strategies to reduce hospital readmissions via a collaborative approach driven by actionable data and clarity on the definition of success – for business and for patients.

Participants:

Effie Carlson, Healthcare Operations Advisor

Phillip Fulgham, Vice President of Hospice, Saad Healthcare

Rachel Cross, Director of Case Management and CDI for Ascension St. Vincent’s Health

Over a decade ago, accountable care organizations and clinically integrated networks brought with them a promise of providing high quality care while lowering escalating costs. Payers, providers and patients alike were hopeful, but results to date have been underwhelming, with shortfalls often attributable to acute and post-acute care utilization. A select group has managed to overcome these challenges, leading to improvements in patient outcomes and costs. Hear their proven strategies to reduce hospital readmissions and more in Watershed’s most recent webinar.

Participants:

Richard Milani, MD, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Ochsner Health

Randy Granata, VP Population Health, Ascension Alabama and President, Healthy Gulf Coast Care Transitions

Scott Fenn, Chief Clinical Integration & Strategy Officer, Infirmary Health