Affordable Care Act Webinar: Care Transitions: Making the Programmatic Case

 On Wednesday, February 9, the Administration on Aging (AoA) will continue its series of webinars focused on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (also known as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA) and its impact on the aging network, delving further into the topic of care transitions. 

Title:
Care Transitions: Making the Programmatic Case

Date:
Wednesday, February 9, 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern

Description:
Integral first steps in developing a care transition program in your community include: gather and analyzing the data to support your efforts, determining whether and why hospital readmission rates may be high (also known as root cause analysis), and building the necessary partnerships to implement a program. This session in our ACA webinar series will explore these steps and help you to build a solid foundation for a care transitions program in your community.

Speakers:
Cathie Berger, Area Agency on Aging, Atlanta Regional Commission

Jane Brock, The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care

Alicia Goroski, The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care

Abigail Morgan, Office of Policy, Analysis and Development, Administration on Aging

Moderator:
Marisa Scala-Foley, Office of Policy, Analysis and Development, Administration on Aging
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To register for the online event
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1. Go to https://aoa-events.webex.com/aoa-events/onstage/g.php?d=660124537&t=a&EA=marisa.scala-foley%40aoa.hhs.gov&ET=014126fd08134c088ded8683cc041791&ETR=8a19232ca6896c4c21b4e21fc6b8f3ce&RT=MiMxMQ==&p
2. Click "Register".
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then click "Submit".

Once your registration is approved, you will receive a confirmation email message with instructions on how to join the event.

Please note: Space is limited, so please register as early as possible.  This webinar will also be recorded and posted on the AoA web site (www.AoA.gov) soon after the webinar.