National Campaign Summit
The Home Health Quality Improvement Summit occurred on January 11, 2007, at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore, Md. “Preventing Avoidable Hospitalizations: Piecing the Puzzle Together” was the theme for this prestigious event that served as the kick-off to the national quality improvement campaign.
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Agenda (PDF)
- Please note the order of events on the posted agenda differs slightly from what appears below.
Summit Presentations (in order of appearance at the Summit)
- Welcome Address (2.83 MB)
- Cynthia Pamon, RN, BSN, CCM, CPUM, Home Health Government Task Leader, CMS
- Cynthia Pamon, RN, BSN, CCM, CPUM, Home Health Government Task Leader, CMS
- Campaign 2007 - The Big Picture (7.29 MB)
- Marian Essey, RN, BSN, Director, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Marian Essey, RN, BSN, Director, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Introduction to Patient Vignettes (738 KB)
- Marian Essey, RN, BSN, Director, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Marian Essey, RN, BSN, Director, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Patient Vignette 1* (WMV - 19.1 MB)
- The CMS Perspective on Quality (19.1 MB)
- Barry Straube, MD, Director and Chief Clinical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS
- Download Dr. Straube's PowerPoint presentation
- Patient Vignette 2* (WMV - 11.5 MB)
- Home Health Agency Participation (6.86 MB)
- Eve Esslinger, RN, MS, Project Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Eve Esslinger, RN, MS, Project Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- The Premier Home Health Agency (10.5 MB)
- Bonnie Kerns, RN, BSN, Community of Practice Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Bonnie Kerns, RN, BSN, Community of Practice Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Delivering Quality Home Care: The Physician Perspective (23.6 MB)
- Stephen Winbery, MD, PhD, Medical Director, QSource
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- Patient Vignette 3* (WMV - 18.3 MB)
- Expecting Quality from the Health Care Delivery System (22 MB)
- Robyn Stone, DrPH, Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Aging Services at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- Robyn Stone, DrPH, Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Aging Services at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- Keys to Success (7.1 MB)
- Misty Kevech, RN, MS, Training/Communications Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Misty Kevech, RN, MS, Training/Communications Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
- Home Health Pay for Performance (7.93 MB)
- James F. Coan, Office of Research Development and Information, CMS
- James F. Coan, Office of Research Development and Information, CMS
- Home Health Champions... please step forward! (40.5 MB)
- Panel Presentation, Home Health QIO Executive Steering Committee
- Panel Presentation, Home Health QIO Executive Steering Committee
- Closing Remarks (1.96 MB)
- Cynthia Pamon, RN, BSN, CCM, CPUM, Home Health Government Task Leader, CMS
- Cynthia Pamon, RN, BSN, CCM, CPUM, Home Health Government Task Leader, CMS
- Patient Vignette 4* (WMV - 16.7 MB)
Home Care in Pictures*
- Slide Show (3.6 MB)
* By default, these files will open in Windows Media Player. If you do not have a high speed Internet connection, you should right-click on the links and select "Save Target As..." to download the file to your hard drive. E-mail Bethany Knowles if you have technical difficulties with any of the files.
