Foley Partner Cheryl Wagonhurst is speaking with Cory Flickinger, Huron Consulting for a two part Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Web conference series on Quality of Care and Compliance: Impact on Healthcare on March 5, 2009 and March 13, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. CT.
Improving and sustaining quality of patient care has become a priority for healthcare providers and industry leaders, especially with heightened attention from state and federal regulators and licensing and accrediting organizations.
Part 1, March 5, 2009
Part 2, March 13, 2009
- The impact that national organizations (such as CMS, OIG, The Joint Commission, AHRQ, to mention a few) have on quality measures and outcomes
- Organizational commitment to quality of care
- Processes related to improving patient care outcomes
- Strategies for assessment, monitoring, education, and training
- Challenges and opportunities for integrating components of quality and compliance
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