Readmissions and the CO APCD Webinar: January 22nd, 12:00-1:00 MT

Readmissions and the CO APCD: New Data Available to Support Care Transitions


Webinar: January 22nd, 12:00-1:00 MT


Hosted by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care


Measuring success in reducing readmissions can be challenging. Time after time, it boils down to data: How many patients were admitted to the hospital? Where did they go after discharge? How many came back? Data on these basic numbers can be surprisingly hard to come by. Data available to providers and communities often comes from various sources and can be incomplete or focused on a specific population. In December, the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) released new reports on all cause 30-day readmissions that make access to clear and consistent readmissions information a lot easier.


During this webinar you'll learn how the data available on the CO APCD can support your work in care transitions and how looking at readmissions from different perspectives can provide new insights and help identify ways to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations. Join us to learn more about the publicly available CO APCD readmissions data and what they can do for you!



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Speaker Bios:


Jonathan Mathieu, Director of Data and Research, CIVHC


Dr. Mathieu provides quantitative and analytical support for CIVHC and the APCD. Prior to joining CIVHC, Jonathan was employed as an economist at The Nature Conservancy, as well as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where he provided support for policy initiatives affecting prescription drug, biological product and medical device manufacturers. He also served as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He holds master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees in economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematical economics from Oswego State University.

Alicia Goroski, Director of Performance Measurement, CIVHC
Ms. Goroski oversees the analysis, use and release of data related to the CO APCD. Dedicated to improving the delivery of health care services, she has worked in public health and quality improvement for 16 years. Prior to joining CIVHC, Alicia was Associate Director of National Programs at CFMC, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Colorado. At CFMC she directed several national programs funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including the Integrating Care for Populations and Communities National Coordinating Center, where she led 41 QIOs in identifying target communities and implementing improvement plans to coordinate hospital and community-based systems of care. Ms. Goroski also directed the Learning and Action Network National Coordinating Center which provides technical assistance and tools for QIOs, health care providers and other organizations to implement improvement initiatives around an evidence-based agenda to achieve rapid, wide-scale improvement. Before joining CFMC in 2005, Ms. Goroski worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Louisiana State Health Department, the University of Alabama, and the Alabama Department of Public Health. Ms. Goroski received her Master's degree in Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in 1997.