Reducing Uncompensated Care Costs for the Chronically Ill Through a Medical Home Approach

June 18, 2009 - PRLog -- MANASQUAN, NJ, USA --- As uncompensated healthcare costs for chronic illness continue to rise, some organizations, like Baptist Health of Montogmery, Ala., are scrapping old plans and subscribing to the medical home approach to reduce uncompensated care costs for the chronically ill population. The health system describes how it achieved a 2:1 ROI in "Reducing Uncompensated Care Costs for the Chronically Ill Through a Medical Home Approach: A Health System Case Study," a July 16, 2009 webinar. The 60-minute webinar, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern, is sponsored by HIN.

To meet scheduling and training demands, this HIN webinar will also be available in Training DVD, On-Demand and CD-ROM formats with printed materials. Learn more about reducing uncompensated care costs for the chronically ill through a medical home approach by visiting: http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?uncompcarepr.

NEWS FACTS:

--- Scheduled Speaker: Robin Barca, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Baptist Health, and Dr. Ricardo Guggenheim, vice president of care management services at McKesson Health Solutions, will describe how Baptist was able to manage its health system costs more effectively and provide care for these chronic diseases in more appropriate settings.

--- Conference Highlights: Stratifying individuals for participation in the pilot; overcoming challenges presented by patient distrust and engaged patients enrolled in the program; program positioning for the future healthcare system.

--- Target Audience: CEOs, presidents, CFOs, medical directors, reimbursement and financial directors, hospital administrators, financial analysts, consultants, disease management directors, managers and coordinators and business development and strategic planning directors.

--- Webinar Formats: 60-minute live webinar on July 16, 2009 includes a 15-minute Q&A; "On-Demand" rebroadcast available July 20, 2009; 60-minute training DVD or CD-ROM with printed transcript available July 30, 2009. Get more information on reducing uncompensated care costs for the chronically ill through a medical home approach at: http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?uncompcarepr.

QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:

To view Melanie Matthews's profile, please visit: http://www.hin.com/bios.html#mm.

"Baptist Health's patient-centered approach to chronic care has certainly paid off for them, netting the health system a 2:1 return on investment. Other organizations faced with increasing uncompensated care costs can certainly learn from Baptist's approach of caring for the chronically ill with a patient-centered medical home model."

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