PointRight Sponsors Executive Roundtable in Conjunction with 2011 AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing; Provider Magazine To Moderate

LEXINGTON, Mass., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PointRight Inc. (www.pointright.com) announces that it will sponsor the American Health Care Association (AHCA) Provider magazine's Executive Roundtable, titled "Changing the Conversation: How to Validate and Measure Care During Healthcare Reform."  The event will be held at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC on July 13, 2011. The session is scheduled from 9-Noon. Provider magazine will host the session and Joanne Erickson, Editor In Chief, and Meg LaPorte, Managing Editor will serve as co-moderators.

The panel will feature 11 executives representing the post-acute care industry who will discuss topics that include:

• Being measurably successful: How today's operators are preparing for success with future challenges
• It's all about perception: How SNFs compete in the care continuum
• Reducing undesired hospitalizations
• The road ahead in healthcare reform

The Executive Roundtable will precede the 2011 AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing, which will be held July 13-14, also at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel and on Capitol Hill. "AHCA and Provider are delighted to host this timely and important discussion, especially at a time when data and analytics is more crucial to operator success than ever before," said Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL. "Providers are challenged to keep pace in a field where the care demands and competition are escalating in unprecedented ways. The Roundtable experts will provide insights, best practices and sound advice that the industry will benefit from early on."

"The Executive Roundtable  is a perfect venue to engage in dialogue with leading providers and experts about how they're navigating current market challenges and opportunities, especially as the industry progresses toward 2014 mandates and Accountable Care model," said Steven Littlehale, senior vice president and chief clinical officer of PointRight. "Forging discussions that will help providers understand how data analytics and predictive modeling can help them through today's challenges is not only enlightening, but also part of our strategic mission. We're proud to bring this forum to Washington, DC in conjunction with the Congressional Briefing."

About PointRight

PointRight Inc. is the industry leader in providing data-driven analytics and Web-based tools that measure risk, quality of care, compliance and reimbursement accuracy of the healthcare and insurance industries. Using some of the largest and best databases in the industry, our nationally recognized clinical staff, researchers, and technologists expertly translate disparate data into usable information and insight. For more information, visit www.pointright.com.

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