SCIP and Public Reporting (Audio Conference)

AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD

Sponsored by
Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals

presented on November 28, 2006

Save money. Save lives.

In August of 2006, CMS released new rules on the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP).  The SCIP is designed to improve patient safety and reduce the incidence of postoperative complications.  Hospitals will now have to publicly report on SCIP data or stand to lose 2% of their full market basket Medicare reimbursement (for the average-sized hospital that could translate to $500,000 annually!)  No facility can afford this.

In just 90 minutes you can improve the safety of surgical care and protect your facility.

During the audioconference SCIP and Public Reporting: How to save lives and maximize reimbursement, you will find out how one facility achieved 100% compliance, improved their quality of care, AND obtained maximum reimbursement. You will also learn the tactics required to collect SCIP data in addition to the data already collected for maintaining JCAHO accreditation.

There is no specific requirement to listen.  But can you afford not to?

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the background of SCIP
2. Implement the new SCIP requirements
3. Learn tactics for performance improvement

Program Agenda

1. Overview of SCIP
1. Background of the national project
• What it is
• Why it is
2. Cost of surgical complications
3. Potential lives saved from the project
2. Implementation timeline
1. When the measures are rolling out
2. Timeline for public reporting of the measure
3. How the measures will be used for public accountability
1. Deficit Reduction Act
2. Specific requirements under new Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule>
• SCIP 1
• SCIP 3
3. Proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule
• SCIP 2
• 2 VTE measures
4. The care process behind each measure
1. Module-by-module illustrative case studies of facilities that are 100% compliant
• Success stories
• Lessons learned
5. Available Resources
1. Web links
2. Talking to your QIO
6. Q & A
   

Faculty

Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, currently serves as the Medical Director of the Hospital Interventions Quality Improvement Organization Support Center and the Hospital Quality of Care Measures Special Study located at the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality. In these roles, Mr. Bratzler provides clinical and technical support for local and national quality improvement initiatives including the Medicare National Pneumonia Project and the National Surgical Care Improvement Project. He is a past president of the American Health Quality Association and was recently appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Leslie Schultz, Ph.D., CPHQ, is the director of Premier Rapid Improvement Programs in Charlotte, NC. She is a nationally recognized expert in documenting and sharing reliable, evidence-based best practices among hospitals. As Premier's director of the Rapid Improvement Programs, Schultz launched the first Web-based program to directly support clinical improvement professionals in improving quality and standards of care industry-wide. The program includes documented methodologies and proven better practices that reliably improve clinical quality and enhance patient safety. Dr. Schultz was formerly the director of the Patient Safety Center for Ascension Health, the largest (non-federal) not-for-profit health system in the U.S. She was also a member of the "SIP", then "SCIP" Technical Expert Panel.

Who Should Listen?

• Quality improvement directors
• Patient safety officers
• Risk managers
• Nurse managers
• Infection control officers
• Case managers
• Senior hospital executives

Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

Program materials:

Program materials will be provided with PDF links.

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