Research and Markets: Webinar on CD-ROM: Reducing Uncompensated Care Costs for the Chronically Ill Through a Medical Home Approach: A Health System Case Study

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/41ab9f/reducing_uncompens) has
announced the addition of the "Reducing Uncompensated Care Costs for the
Chronically Ill Through a Medical Home Approach: A Health System Case Study - 60
Minute Webinar on CD-ROM" report to their offering.

After experiencing a 40 percent year-over-year increase in uncompensated care
costs, Baptist Health of Montgomery, Ala., threw out its old healthcare playbook
and began to tightly manage uncompensated care for five chronic diseases through
a medical home approach.

Using a "three-legged stool" approach that includes a medical home, free
medications and case management, Baptist has quickly achieved a 2-to-1 return on
investment with this patient-centered approach.

During Reducing Uncompensated Care Costs for the Chronically Ill Through a
Medical Home Approach: A Health System Case Study, a 60-minute webinar on July
16, 2009, now available as a CD-ROM, via On Demand Web access or as a training
DVD, Robin Barca, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Baptist
Health, and Dr. Ricardo Guggenheim, vice president of care management services
at McKesson Health Solutions, described how, with a small up-front investment,
Baptist was able to manage its health system costs more effectively and provide
care for these chronic diseases in more appropriate settings.

You'll hear how Baptist stratified individuals for participation in the pilot,
overcame challenges presented by patient distrust and engaged patients enrolled
in the program. You'll also learn about future plans for the program including
how Baptist sees the program positioning itself for the future healthcare
system.

You can listen to this program right in your office and enjoy significant
savings - no travel time or hassle; no hotel expenses. It's so convenient!
Invite your staff members to gather around a conference table to listen to the
CD, DVD or the On Demand version.

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS CONFERENCE?

* Ceos
* Presidents
* Cfos
* Medical Directors
* Reimbursement and Financial Directors
* Hospital Administrators
* Financial Analysts
* Consultants
* Disease Management Directors
* Managers and Coordinators
* Business Development and Strategic Planning Directors.

Speakers:

Ricardo Guggenheim, M.D., M.B.A., is currently vice president of care management
services at McKesson Health Solutions. He leads the development of the care
management vision and strategy for McKesson, and works with the individual
business units within the Health Solutions Division on roadmaps to implement the
strategy.

Dr. Guggenheim also works collaboratively across McKesson to leverage the assets
- clinical and technology - of the corporation across business units. He is also
involved in assessing acquisition and partnership opportunities that can be
leveraged across the corporation.

Dr. Guggenheim has over 15 years of healthcare experience working with
providers, health plans, government healthcare agencies and pharmaceutical
organizations. He has worked in global management consulting where he led
numerous medical management and operational transformations across a variety of
healthcare organizations, and has worked with the financial industry assessing
feasibility for a variety of healthcare acquisitions.

Dr. Guggenheim is a graduate of the University of Chicago School of Business,
and received his medical degree from the University of Miami, where he underwent
post graduate residency training in anesthesiology and neurological surgery. He
remains on the voluntary medical faculty at the University of Miami School of
Medicine.

S. Robin Barca Medical residents now have a greater understanding of the impacts
of the uninsured on the healthcare system.

S. Robin Barca, M.S., R.N., C.N.A.A., is currently senior vice president and
chief operating officer at Baptist Health, an affiliate of the UAB Health
System. She oversees the operations of three hospitals (Baptist Medical Center
East, Baptist Medical Center South, and Prattville Baptist Hospital), as well as
home health and hospice services, information technology, the Institute for
Patient Safety and Medical Simulation, organizational development, pastoral
care, cultural and care transformation, two medical residency programs, and most
recently the CareAdvisor program.

Prior to coming to Baptist Health, Barca worked for Methodist Healthcare, a
multi-hospital system headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., initially serving as
executive vice president, chief operating officer for the Mississippi market
until selling those facilities, and then as senior vice president/administrator
at Methodist Healthcare Central Hospital, a 741-bed tertiary care facility in
Memphis.

Before joining Methodist, Barca spent five years with the Wellmont Health System
in Kingsport, Tenn. as vice president of clinical services at the system's
largest facility 540 beds.

Barca has significant expertise in operational and financial turnarounds,
leadership development, and cultural transformation. In addition to progressive
healthcare experience in clinical and hospital leadership over more than 25
years, she has also worked for two third-party payors and served as the chief
operations leader for an urgent care center business.

Barca holds community and regional board positions with Leadership Montgomery,
Women in Business Forum, Group Homes for Children, and the Blue Ridge Conference
on Leadership. In 2001, she was selected as one of 50 Women Who Make A
Difference by Memphis Woman Magazine.

Barca holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Development and Administration
from Barry University, Fla., a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Studies with a
concentration in Business Administration from University of Hawaii and an
Associate of Arts in Nursing from University of Nevada.

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