Medicare Episode Management and Star Ratings: How Effective Episodic Management Can Make or Break Your Agency is proudly presented to you by National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.
The road to successful episode management and five-star ratings centers on clinical & case conference models and real-time monitoring of clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. The value-based purchasing and five-star rating systems are driven by clinical outcomes, process measures, and clinical performance with patients. This session will review the star rating systems and describe the elements of best practice models that manage visit utilization, achieve positive patient outcomes, and get high five-star results.
Learning Objectives
• Identify an effective episode management model that successfully handles visit utilization and clinical outcome achievement to produce positive patient satisfaction (HH-CAHP) scores
• Review the five-star rating systems and describe the effects of best practices on the results
• Explain how real-time monitoring of outcomes and star rating results can identify areas of opportunity
Faculty:
Carolyn Flierstra, RN
Mike Dordick, MBA