Medicare Secondary Payer Act and the subsequent liens, set-asides, and payment reporting can be confusing. What is a second payer? What qualifies for reporting? Follow a discussion about CMS section 111 reporting as we ask and answer the hard questions.

Presenters:

Erin Rowan Myers, JD, CPHRM, AIC, AINS, AIS, ARM

Amy L. Uldrick, MSN, RN, CPHRM

Dr. Lola Gershfeld has revolutionized the field of board and team dynamics. Through her dedicated practice and research in innovative approaches, she has harnessed the power of emotional connection to develop and rebuild strong emotional bonds through the Emotional Connection process or EmC - the only model of conflict repair whose approach has been tested and shown to create lasting change.In this podcast, you will be introduced to the EmC process that can help you to be much more effective in dealing with conflicts.

An exploration of human trafficking prevalence and specific situations which exist that may promote this form of human slavery. Best practices will be described for healthcare facilities regarding screening and intervention for this vulnerable population to reduce risk and provide patient-centered care.

Kathryn Schaefer MSN RN CPHRM

Sr. Manager, Accreditation & Compliance

Med-IQ

The Patient Safety movement has dramatically increased the demands on the Risk Management and Quality Departments, but resources have generally not increased to meet the demands. Collaboration between Risk Management and Quality enables both departments to meet the increased demands through decreased redundancy and improved efficiency, and to avoid the pitfalls of silo-ed investigations and policy development. Risk Management and Quality collaboration more efficiently fosters the reduction of patient harm and improves the quality of healthcare delivery - both vital to improved Patient Safety.

Elizabeth Gardner, BSN, MA, CPHRM

Manager of Patient Safety and Quality

Ob Hospitalist Group, Inc.

A description of one risk manager's successful process for handling investigations of lost ADL property and review of the new CMS guidelines that will impact facility responsibility.

Grace T. Jones, CPHRM, MBA-HMC

Regional Director of Patient Safety and Risk Management

Baptist Health System

Paul McElwain

East Regional Specialist

Baptist Health Systems

Constance A. Endelicato, J.D., CPHRM

Partner

Wood Smith Henning & Berman, LLP

A group of leading health care risk management professionals share their "good catch" success stories.

Myka Whitman, BSN, RN, CPHRM, CPPS

Director Patient Safety and Risk Management

Mercy Hospital-HCA

Kimberly. A. Miller, RN, MBA, CPHRM, CPPS, LSSBB

Director of Quality

Methodist Stone Oak Hospital

Carrie Gray BSN, RN, CPHRM

Corporate Director of Risk

Acadia Healthcare

Dana Faber, MS PSL, RN, CPHRM

Patient Safety/Risk Manager

The Doctors Company

The knowledge transfer time from bench to bedside is about 17 years, resulting in delayed adoption of innovative best practices. The proliferation of clinical knowledge challenges the medical community to manage the clinical knowledge, refine current practices based on best scientific outcomes and provide "best practice" interventions to patients. The Learning Health System (LHS) framework provides a structure for conducting faster, better research and transfer new evidence at the point of care & treatment. Actions to be taken by Risk Managers to support the LHS are reviewed.

Judith R. Sands

The knowledge transfer time from bench to bedside is about 17 years, resulting in delayed adoption of innovative best practices. The proliferation of clinical knowledge challenges the medical community to manage the clinical knowledge, refine current practices based on best scientific outcomes and provide "best practice" interventions to patients. The Learning Health System (LHS) framework provides a structure for conducting faster, better research and transfer new evidence at the point of care & treatment. Actions to be taken by Risk Managers to support the LHS are reviewed.

Judith R. Sands

Don't harm me, heal me, be nice to me….isn't that really what every patient wants? We believe so at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa. Nearly two years we began a program where we blended Patient Experience Expertise with Patient Safety Expertise to form a single program called One Path Partners. This program has successfully helped us to improve our patient safety culture as well as reduce patient harm and as a result legal expenses. There is no doubt that good quality cost less and this is just one more example of how when we partner with the frontline associates, our patients do receive safer care and a better experience.

Kim Miller RN, MBA, CPHRM, CPPS

Chief Quality Officer

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System

Mindy G Spigel RN, MSN, CPXP

Director of Patient Experience

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System

This podcast contains strategies for assembling an effective cross-functional team.

Lee Hamilton

Sr. Vice President, Health Management Services

AGI Consulting, Oklahoma City, OK