1. Collaborative on Reducing Readmissions in Florida
January 30, 2009

2. Agenda iPOD Drawing!! 9:00-9:20 Overview of Day and Updates
9:20-10:05 Setting the AIM
10:05-11:15 Readmission Trail Blazers
11:15-Noon Early Work on Interventions
LUNCH
12:30-1:45 Setting the Focus
Cardiac Medical – Regency D
Major Surgical – Regency F
Followup – Regency E
1:45-2:15 QIO Care Transition Project
2:15- 3:00 Planning for Action
iPOD Drawing!!

3. Meeting Objectives
Agree on AIM for Collaborative and begin work on individual hospital AIM statements
Learn about interventions and begin thinking of how to implement
Increased awareness of other initiatives on readmissions

4. Data Reports Revised data reports Which patients are readmitted
Payer
Location from which they were initially discharged to
Number of times readmitted
To same/different hospital
Why patient was readmitted
Financial impact

5. Other Readmission Initiatives
CMS QIO Program – Care Transitions
IHI/Commonwealth initiative (May)
Medicare
Calculating 30 day risk adjusted readmission rates for CHF, AMI and Pneumonia (July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008
Incentives to reduce avoidable readmissions
Direct adjustment to individual patient payments
Use of a performance based payment
Public reporting

6. Other Readmission Initiatives
American Hospital Association
Elder Care Project –Panhandle
LIP- funded Readmission project with 11 county health departments
Others???

7. Readmission Collaborative
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