HealthChangeBulletin

by Claire Thayer, December 11, 2009

Health Change Bulletin is the free twice weekly e-newsletter for health care professionals following health care change and reform initiatives, developments, discussion, and implications, from a variety of perspectives. Each issue of Health Change Bulletin provides a quotable quote and selected headline links from the news, blogs, tweets and video.

Check it out at: http://www.healthchangebulletin.com/

ICD-10 Web Summit: Issues for 2010

by Claire Thayer, October 30, 2009

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit has announced a new event that will look at the key strategic, resource, compliance and operational issues pertaining to ICD-10 implementation in 2010.  The web summit event, scheduled for Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 1PM Eastern, will feature Gena Misouria and Jerry D. Kneller, Health Care Services Corporation, George Mansour and Katie Kuesters Huyck, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and David MacLeod, Ph.D.,  The Trizetto Group.  The event will also feature faculty podcast recordings on: “Potentials for Loss of Data Integrity with Crosswalks,” “Case Experience from ICD-10 Conversion,” “Predictive Modeling Implications for ICD-10 Conversion,” and “The benefit of ICD-10 increased claims specificity with targeting population-based programs.” In addition, other Web Summit features will include an ICD-10 Article Library and an exclusive ICD-10 Conversion e-poll for attendees.
Detailed information is available at: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/icd10.htm

Medical Home Web Summit – Plan, Hospital and Payment Initiatives

by Claire Thayer, September 23, 2009

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit has announced a new event that will examine recent Patient Centered Medical Home initiatives undergone by health plans, hospital systems and payment systems.  The web summit event, scheduled for October 29, 2009 at 1PM Eastern, will feature Dr. Kenneth Phenow, Senior Medical Director, North Texas, CIGNA, Mark Barnes, Director, Richland Care, Palmetto Health, and Guy D'Andrea, President and Founder, Discern Consulting.  The event will also feature medical home podcast recordings on: Children's Mental Health, Medical-Dental Homes, and PCMH Future Direction, as well as a medical home article library and an exclusive e-poll for attendees.
Detailed information is available at: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medicalhome.htm