| Aetna's Compassionate Care Program, a case management program
that specifically targets patients with advanced illness, has had an
enormous impact on the number of inpatient stays, average length of
stay, emergency room visits, ICU days and hospice selection rate for
the patients it serves, according to a study published in the Journal
of Palliative Medicine.
During Advanced Illness Care Coordination: A Case Study on Aetna's Compassionate Care Program, a 45-minute webinar on June 13, 2012, now available for replay
Dr. Joseph Agostini, senior medical director, Aetna Medicare, shares
the key features of the Compassionate Care Program at Aetna, along
with the impact the program has had on healthcare utilization and
quality outcomes.
You will learn:
- How providing information, tools and resources contributes to higher quality of care for those with advanced illness;
- Best practices and barriers that commonly arise during the care of
advanced illness patients;
- Patient identification and engagement techniques, including the use
of motivational interviewing to improve communication and goal attainment;
- How a member centric system, which includes case management and
other clinical assessments helps case managers address the holistic
needs of the patients; and
- Results from the program that illustrate the program's impact at the best
intersection of quality and cost.
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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 watch the program.
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS CONFERENCE?
CEOs, medical directors, health plan executives, hospital executives, clinical and quality improvement executives, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, physician executives, hospice professionals, and business development and strategic planning directors.
ABOUT OUR PANELIST:
Dr. Joseph Agostini
|  | Patients in the Compassionate Care program get more of the kind of care that they want and spend less time in the hospital.
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Dr. Joseph Agostini is the senior medical director for the Aetna Medicare team. He is responsible for medical management strategy, clinical initiatives, and provider collaboration oversight for Aetna Medicare members.
Dr. Agostini was previously on the full-time faculty at Yale School of Medicine in geriatrics. His academic research background focused on clinical epidemiology and health services research, medication prescribing in older persons, and patient safety.
Dr. Agostini is a graduate of Yale University and Vanderbilt School of Medicine. He completed post-graduate training in internal medicine and geriatric medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
He is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine. |
