This year for the first time, LeadingAge CAST is convening the Long-Term and Post-Acute (LTPAC) Health IT Summit, and LeadingAge and CAST members can receive a $100 discount off registration. Learn more and register today!
To be held June 24-26, in Washington, DC, this year’s Summit is themed Technology Connecting the Healthcare Eco-System. It will unite LTPAC providers and acute care providers, payers, health IT vendors, health information exchange intermediaries, consultants, system integrators, and solution providers.
Together, we will discuss how technology is connecting the healthcare ecosystem in the era of health and payment reforms. Join us for the following:
- A cross-continuum Health IT vendor panel.
- Thought-provoking keynotes: “Payment Reforms and Survival in an Era of Change,” “Healthcare in the Era of Cognitive Computing,” and “Sustainability of HIEs Beyond HITECH Technical Requirements & Funding.”
- ACO and acute care partnership panels.
- Discussions on managed care and payer-provider convergence.
- Solutions for interoperability and health information exchange.
- Town Hall on integrated care and call to action.
- Networking with peers and potential strategic partners.
You can gain additional benefits when you support the Summit as a Strategic Partner, Collaborative Member, or Sponsor.
LeadingAge and CAST members should use the coupon code LA_CAST18 to get $100 off the full attendee registration fee. Learn more and register today!
Updated Shared Care Planning and Coordination Portfolio
CAST has updated its Shared Care Planning and Coordination Online Tool with updated vendor information for 19 products and a new case study. Improving Care Coordination and Data Sharing with Acute Care and Payers illustrates how integration technology can help a provider reduce gaps in care and remain a preferred provider to a health system. CAST Supporter Netsmart and Landis Communities partnered on this successful project.
LeadingAge CAST produces and publishes six Technology Selection Tools that help providers understand, plan for, select, implement, and adopt the appropriate technology while advocating for innovative care models. In addition to the Shared Care Planning and Coordination Technology tool, the topics include EHR, Telehealth and RPM, Medication Management, Functional Assessment and Activity Monitoring, and Social Connectedness and Engagement Technology.
CAST Commissioners Prepare for Healthcare Industry Transformation
CAST Commissioners gathered for their biannual meeting on March 18, 2018, in conjunction with the PEAK Leadership Summit, and discussed how best to prepare for the coming healthcare transformation. Together, they explored ways that senior living providers can shift mindsets, processes, and business models to become providers of choice.
CAST Commissioners and guests also evaluated concepts for proposed demonstrations that would encourage future technology-enabled care models in long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC). The group carefully considered these concepts, sharing their organizations’ perspectives and charting next steps for CAST and its members.
CAST Case Study: Skilled Nursing Residents Adopt the Birdsong Tablet
A new CAST case study explains how LeadingAge CAST Patron Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay created a new custom touchscreen digital tablet for social engagement at an affordable cost, in partnership with TMM Software. Thanks to local youth volunteers who helped train residents, the tablet is achieving a high acceptance rate.
FutureCAST Interviews David Belbeck and Dusanka Delovska-Trajkova
This month’s FutureCAST interviews feature insights on healthcare technology from two executives:
- David Belbeck, EVP, Corporate Development at PointClickCare, a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus and
- Dusanka Delovska-Trajkova, Chief Information Officer at CAST Business Associate Ingleside.
CMS Proposes New Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed rules that would raise payments to skilled nursing facilities and hospices, simplify patient classification, encourage interoperability, and increase patient access to data. CMS is accepting comments until June 26, 2018.
CAST Member News
In member news, congratulations are in order to CAST Supporter Netsmart, which received new Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology certifications and launched a new EHR, and to CAST Business Associate HCS for its expansion to a new facility.
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