June 18, 2015 Webinar: Yale New Haven Health System's Embedded Care Coordination Model for At-Risk Populations

Sea Girt, NJ, May 20, 2015 --(PR.com)-- As healthcare organizations take on more financial risk for their covered lives, gains from care coordination of high-risk, high-cost patients begin to add up.

During "Embedded Care Coordination for At-Risk Populations: A Case Study from Yale New Haven Health System," a June 18, 2015 webinar, the health system (YNHHS) will review its three-pronged approach to embedded care coordination for employees, patients within its PCMH practices, and home-bound seniors.

The 45-minute webcast is sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network.

Learn more about Yale New Haven embedded case management for at-risk populations at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=5051

News Facts:

Scheduled Speakers: Amanda Skinner, executive director, clinical integration and population health, Yale New Haven Health System; and Vivian Argento, executive director, geriatric and palliative care services, Bridgeport Hospital.

Conference Focus: The critical role of embedded care coordinators in population risk management as well as results achieved, including the following:

- How YNHHS uses health coaches and case managers embedded in work sites to coordinate care, promote lifestyle changes and the dual wellness role of the health coaches;

-The hybrid embedded care coordinator approach YNHHS has adopted in its PCMH primary care practices;

-The key features of YNHHS' home-based care model for homebound seniors that pairs a geriatrician with a care coordinator in a team-based model of care;

-How YNHHS addresses key challenges of embedded care coordination in a value-based reimbursement system, including 'coordinating' the care coordinators, building trusting relationships between care coordinators and patients, demonstrating program value and assuring the integrity of patient data to provide true patient-centered care;

-Impact of embedded care coordinators on compliance with evidence-based standards of care, utilization patterns including ER visits, admissions, readmissions and length of stay and total cost of care and how YNHHS uses patient financial incentives to encourage appropriate utilization of healthcare services; and

-How the embedded care coordinator program will benefit from planned enhancements at YNHHS, including deployment of a clinically integrated network for community practices and an automated outreach platform to help close gaps in care.

Ample time for Q&A will be provided.

Webinar Formats: 45-minute live webinar on June 18, 2015 at 1:30 pm Eastern, including Q&A; "On-Demand" replay available June 22, 2015; 45-minute training DVD or CD-ROM with printed transcript available July 9, 2015. Participants may add an on-demand replay, DVD or CD to live session registrations to share with colleagues.

Learn more about Yale New Haven embedded case management for at-risk populations at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=5051

Quote Attributable to Melanie Matthews, HIN Executive VP and COO:

"In an era of value-based reimbursement in which organizations balance ownership of greater financial risk with the chance to share in a greater portion of savings, embedded care coordinators can help to monitor and reduce health risks in vulnerable populations via face-to-face and telephonic touch points, while elevating delivery of evidence-based medicine."

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

Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.

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