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2023 Hospital Observation Patient Management Conference
Innovations in Observation Patient Management – Prevent Unnecessary Admissions, Maximize Reimbursements and Leverage Evidence-Based Triage Protocols to Improve Short-Term Care Quality
September 28 – 29, 2023 • The Roosevelt, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel • New Orleans, LA
Sponsors/Exhibitors & Partners
Overview
Faced with increasing patient volumes, declining reimbursements and overworked ED staffs, hospitals must be prepared to leverage Observation Patient Management. Well-structured Observation Units have resulted in financial gains, improved clinical outcomes and superior patient satisfaction ratings.
The 2023 Hospital Observation Patient Management Conference will highlight the pertinent challenges facing Observation Unit staffs – ED physicians, Hospitalists, Case Managers and Billing and Coding professionals. Additionally, the conference will highlight how and why hospitals that are not utilizing Observation Patient Management, are leaving money on the table.
The 2023 Hospital Observation Patient Management Conference will enable you to walk away with an understanding of current trends and market practices, and innovative strategies to prepare yourself for the challenges that lie ahead. In addition to providing the latest, evidence-based intelligence on Observation Patient Management, the conference will provide you with unprecedented networking and professional development opportunities. All sessions are designed to facilitate a high degree of interaction between speaker faculty members and fellow attendees.
By attending the 2023 Hospital Observation Patient Management Conference, you will learn what others in the Observation Patient Management and Emergency Medicine arenas are doing to be prepared for the challenges that lie ahead in 2023. Register today to reserve your seat at the conference and take advantage of early bird discounts!
We look forward to greeting you in New Orleans!
From Hospitals & Health Systems:
Chief Executive Officers, Chief Medical Officers, Chief Clinical Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers
Also, Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers & Executives of:
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Also of interest to Health Plans, Payers, Employer Plans, TPAs, Managed Care Organizations Healthcare Consultants, Solution Providers, Vendors, Purchasers, Physician Groups, Behavioral Health Centers, Healthcare Technology Innovators, Data Analytics Providers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Disease Management Organizations, Home Health Care Companies, Third Party Administrators, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Companies, IT & Business Process Outsourcing Companies, Enrollment Brokers and More!
Day One – Thursday, September 28, 2023
| 7:15 |
Conference Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 8:15 |
Chairperson's Opening Remarks Amar Munsiff, MD, FACP |
| 8:30 |
A Proven and Effective Blueprint for Implementing a Short Stay/Observation Unit at Your Hospital Sharon Mace, MD, FACEP, FAAP |
| 9:15 |
Quality – Revenue- Reputation – Optimizing Documentation to Support the Bottom Line Justin Krawitt, MD |
| 10:00 |
Networking & Refreshments Break |
| 10:30 |
Overview of Readmissions within the ED/Hospital Setting: It’s Effect on the Observation Unit Ian Duncan, PhD, FSA, FIA, FCIA, FCA, CSPA, MAAA |
| 11:15 |
Observation – Reducing Unnecessary Admissions Using Evidence Based Clinical Decision Making Praveen Mital, MD, MBA, FACEP |
| 12:00 |
Luncheon for All Attendees & Speakers |
| 1:15 |
The Clinical and Business Value of Improving Patient Status Assignment Amar Munsiff, MD, FACP |
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Panel Discussion: The Use of Effective Strategies to Develop, Implement and Sustain an Observation Unit Lisa Giocondi, MBA, RN, FACHE Carissa Tyo, MD Praveen Mital, MD, MBA, FACEP |
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Networking & Refreshments Break |
| 3:30 |
The Value Add of Scripting within Observation Patient Management Lisa Giocondi, MBA, RN, FACHE |
| 4:30 |
End of Day One |
Day Two – Friday, September 29, 2023
| 7:15 |
Networking Breakfast |
| 8:15 |
Chairperson’s Recap of Day One Amar Munsiff, MD, FACP |
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Multiprong Approach to Delivering Outpatient/Observation Services in a Tertiary Care Academic Hospital Carissa Tyo, MD |
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Optimizing your Observation Unit: Is your unit generating the outcomes you are actually looking to achieve? Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM |
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Networking & Refreshments Break |
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How to Drive Patient Outcomes with Person-Centered Caregiver Programs within Observation Patient Management Leda Rosenthal Aubrie Johnson |
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Conference Concludes |
Thursday, September 28, 2023 ∙ 4:35 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Evaluating Patients for Observation vs. Inpatient to Maximize Reimbursement and Avoid Denials
Justin Krawitt, MD
System Medical Director, Utilization & Documentation
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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Shashank Ravi, MD, MBA |
Robert Rutkowski, MD Medical Director, Children’s Express Care UPMC Health Plan |
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Stephen Rees, MD |
Christopher Major Director, Performance Improvement Ochsner Health System |
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Ian Duncan, PhD, FSA, FIA, FCIA, FCA, CSPA, MAAA |
Scott Tornek President KM Harris Former Chief Strategy Officer, PCCHW Penn Medicine |
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Nate McConnell |
Aleksandr Gerez, MHA, BAS |
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Colleen Tipping, MHMS, BSN, RN, CPN, CCRN-K, RN-BC, NEA-BC |
Mark Green Independent Healthcare Consultant Network Member GLG |
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Debra Corbett |
Patrice Callagy, RN, MPA, MSN, CEN |
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Virginia Burchett, MPH |
Leda Rosenthal |
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Aubrie Johnson |
Amar Munsiff, MD, FACP |
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Sharon Mace, MD, FACEP, FAAP |
Justin Krawitt, MD |
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Praveen Mital, MD, MBA, FACEP |
Lisa Giocondi, MBA, RN, FACHE |
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David Houghton, MD, MPH |
Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM |
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Sandi Wagner, BSN, MBA, MHL |
Mary Alice Olsan |
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Ryan Ribeira, MD, MPH |
Jawahar Jagarapu, MD |
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Carissa Tyo, MD |
Dhruv Suyamprakasam |
Networking Breakfast Sponsor
Certemy is a compliance platform that permits enterprises to track, verify, and manage credentials across staff, equipment and facilities. We are a leading provider of Workforce Compliance Management software for companies that employ licensed and certified professionals. Our software helps companies track and manage employee licenses and certifications across their organization. We help our clients reduce credential management costs, mitigate compliance risk, optimize staffing, and minimize skill gaps.
Exhibitors
Moderna, Inc. is a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines. Moderna's mRNA platform builds on continuous advances in basic and applied mRNA science, delivery technology and manufacturing, and is allowing the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and auto-immune diseases.
Birdsong Hearing Benefits™, LLC serves as a third-party administrator who offers tremendous value to health plans, employer groups and unions in managing their Medicare Advantage and commercial hearing benefits. Through listening to health plans, Birdsong has designed and built its products and services focused on the customer experience. We deliver a whole health focus experience that helps plans and groups improve the health of members and simplify their businesses.Birdsong provides superior quality of hearing care by being a provider partner of choice to a nationwide hearing care network. Through partnering with Birdsong, a plan or group can gain valuable insights through Birdsong's rich Hearing Health Intelligence Platform.
Caption Health is the AI leader that provides heart ultrasound access for early disease detection – when there is the highest potential for impact. The company's Caption Care services offer health providers, payers, and value-based care organizations convenient and cost-effective echos for their members, leveraging its Caption AI technology platform.
Qr8 Health is a digital health company pioneering the use of a patient self-guided, clinically validated digital cognitive assessment tool in order to improve patient outcomes and generate new revenue for clinical practices.
US Healthcare Licensing. Providing top-tier Telemedicine, IMLC and Hospital OOS licensing. Established in 2007, our team of consultants ensure confidentiality and security as their top priority. While our longstanding relationships with medical board administrators ensure the most efficient licensing timelines. Trusted by top physicians and hospitals across the country, we are the premier personalized licensing service.
Trualta's online caregiver support platform provides families managing care at home with on-demand, personalized, skills-based training; support groups and peer connections. In partnership with innovative healthcare payers, providers, and government and social service organizations, Trualta improves care at a lower cost. Trualta's evidence-based offering is proving that trained, confident family caregivers can improve health outcomes and reduce costs.
Withings Health Solutions is a leader in connected health. With more than a decade of expertise and millions of users of our solutions, we excel at taking the complication out of running a digital health program. Our portfolio of solutions, from connected devices such as blood pressure monitors and a smart temporal thermometer to remote patient monitoring platforms, are beautifully designed and easy to use while providing medical-grade insights from home. We help both care teams and patients to achieve higher-quality care.
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Phone: 504-648-1200
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