Strategies to Reduce Clinical Variation
Improve Outcomes and Prepare for Hip and Knee Bundled Payment (CCJR)

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Reducing variation in clinical processes and practice patterns at the service, DRG and physician levels can improve patient outcomes and hospital performance. In this webinar, learn the impact and causes of variation, typical variation amounts and strategies for working with physicians to reduce variation, including that in hip and knee total joint cases. To help you prepare for CMS’ proposed rule on bundling hip/knee replacement payments, you will have an opportunity to request free analytics on your hospital’s hip and knee variation, based on MedPar data.

What You Will Learn:

  • The impact of clinical variation on hospital operations and finances, including specific DRG levels examples of variation for hip and knee DRGs 469/470
  • How to reduce clinical variation in your hospital with change management strategies and tactics to support physician behavior change
  • Approaches for using clinical variation analytics to create physician incentive systems
  • After the acute episode, what hospital risks are entailed in the 90-day post-discharge phase?

 

Before the webinar, if you’d like to learn more about the CMS’ proposed bundled payment program for hip and knee replacements and the American Hospital Association’s position on the rule, download the AHA’s Regulatory Advisory.

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AHA Solutions Signature Learning Series events are exclusively offered to hospital personnel. There is no charge to attend.

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