Registration Now Open For Free Webinar Co-Hosted By American Health Care Association And PointRight
APRIL 7, 2015 AT 2 PM EDT: HOW TO ACHIEVE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT BY USING THE REHOSPITALIZATION MEASURE IN LTC TREND TRACKER AND POINTRIGHT® PRO 30™
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PointRight Inc., and American Health Care Association today announce that registration is now open for an industry webinar titled, How To Achieve Quality Improvement By Using the Rehospitalization Measure in LTC Trend Tracker and PointRight® Pro 30.™ The webinar will be held Tuesday, April 7th at 2 PM EDT. Interested participants can register at http://webinars.ahcancal.org/session.php?id=15709. There is no cost to attend the educational webinar.
Join David Gifford, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at the American Health Care Association and Steven Littlehale, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at PointRight for an engaging, educational discussion. Attendees will hear first-hand how they can achieve the following objectives:
- Understand policies that make the standardized rehospitalization measure important
- Learn how to use the measure in quality improvement programs
- Learn how to use rehospitalization data to position Your organization with payer groups like MCOs and ACOs
- Learn how providers are succeeding and how to access your data in LTC Trend Tracker and PointRight Pro 30
Rehospitalization continues to be a crucial part of overall quality improvement, and the American Health Care Association, working with PointRight, has the only NQF-endorsed risk-adjusted rehospitalization measure that enables skilled nursing centers to measure rehospitalization rates for all admissions regardless of payer status. The measure, which is being increasingly used by ACOs and MCOs as a source of information for the profession, presents an opportunity for AHCA members to benefit from both a competitive advantage and quality improvement standpoint.
The webinar will be held Tuesday, April 7th at 2 PM EDT. To register, attendees should go to http://webinars.ahcancal.org/session.php?id=15709. There is no cost to attend.
About PointRight
PointRight is the industry-standard analytics leader that enables healthcare providers and payers to measure risk, quality of care, rehospitalization, compliance and reimbursement accuracy. Using some of the largest and best databases in the industry, PointRight's nationally recognized clinical staff, researchers, and technologists expertly translate data from multiple sources into actionable information and insight. For more information, visit www.pointright.com.
ABOUT AHCA/NCAL
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) represent more than 12,500 non-profit and proprietary skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers and homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By delivering solutions for quality care, AHCA/NCAL aims to improve the lives of the millions of frail, elderly and individuals with disabilities who receive long term or post-acute care in our member facilities each day. For more information, please visit www.ahca.org or www.ncal.org.
SOURCE PointRight Inc.
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