This free Webcast from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will highlight success stories from Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plans that have scored above the 80th percentile across all core measures in the CAHPS Health Plan Survey. Two top-performing health plans will share how they have achieved high patient experience scores in the areas of access to care, communication with doctors, member information and customer service, and overall health plan ratings.
Kate Goodrich, MD, MHS
Director
Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Donna Cryer, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Global Liver Institute
Frank Opelka, MD
Executive Vice President of Health Care and Medical Education Redesign
Louisiana State University Health System
Medical Director of Quality and Health Policy
American College of Surgeon
Authentic partnerships with patients and families are essential to hospitals, health systems, primary care practices, and community organizations seeking to achieve the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience, the health of populations, and the cost of care.
Since 1995, the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care has offered internationally acclaimed, in-depth seminars to advance the understanding and practice of patient- and family-centered care by modeling effective partnerships in teaching and in the learning experience for seminar attendees.
Meals On Wheels Association of America and AARP Foundation will host a national briefing on March 10, from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at AARP’s Brickfield Center to reveal the findings of groundbreaking research conducted byBrown University’s Center for Gerontology and Healthcare. This new research, being released in celebration of the 13th Annual March for Meals, examines the impact of meal delivery service models on the health and well-being of adults 60 years of age and older.
Join the Bipartisan Policy Center for a policy forum on reforming America’s health care delivery system. The discussion will highlight presentations on The ACO Improvement Act (H.R. 5558) and efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in delivery system reform. As part of the discussion, BPC will release two white papers on alternative payment models designed to accelerate the transition to organized systems of care, including accountable care, medical homes, and bundled payments as a means to reduce costs and improve quality health care in the U.S.
At a briefing on Jan. 30th, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) will release a new report, The Patient-Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost and Quality: Review of Evidence 2013-2014. This year’s Annual Review of the Evidence summarizes new results from primary care patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives published from September 2013 through November 2014, since the publication of the previous Annual Review.
Join the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) on Friday, January 23, 2015 to hear from a panel of professional staffers from key congressional committees and offices who will share their perspectives on both the challenges and opportunities associated with health information technology as well as what might be expected in 2015. This is a timely discussion that you will not want to miss!
Join the Bipartisan Policy Center for a roundtable discussion on the data and information technology (IT) needs of new delivery and payment models, as well as rapidly emerging transparency efforts.
Health care leaders and experts will discuss how organizations are addressing clinical, administrative, and financial (revenue cycle) information needs and what policy and private-sector actions may be needed to further support transformative efforts that improve health and health care.
As government and industry leaders look to rein in the cost of healthcare, The Hill and Express Scripts will convene a forward-looking conversation on biosimilar drugs and how they could affect healthcare access and affordability.
Threats to children's health have changed dramatically over the past few generations, but America's health care system has been slow to transform to meet children's evolving needs. The December 2014 thematic issue of Health Affairs examines the current state of children's health, health care delivery, and coverage.
