November observances related to aging
November is:
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National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
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National Family Caregivers Month
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National Home Care & Hospice Month
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National Hospice & Palliative Care Month
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Events for November 12, 2015
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Webcast: Here’s how consumers can evaluate physician quality
In November, the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) will publish methodology that will allow consumers, health plans, provider organizations and others to better calculate complication rates for individual physicians.
AHCJ members are invited to a webcast with François de Brantes, HCI3’s executive director, who will explain the methodology and preview the results of the organization’s third annual State Report Card on Transparency of Physician Quality Information.
Hospital Acquisition of Physician Practices: Higher Value or Higher Costs?
Over the past two decades, hospitals have acquired an increasing number of physician practices.. This event looks at the reasons and the effect on cost and quality. A growing body of research suggests that these arrangements do not necessarily improve care coordination – and they do push up costs. How can policymakers shift the focus to high value?
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