AIG Learning Center
Impact of the IMPACT Act
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Webinar Description
Post-acute care will continue to see major changes in 2018 driven by implementation of another wave of publicly reported quality and resource measures as a result of the IMPACT Act of 2014. In addition, the IMPACT Act calls for standardization of assessment instruments across post-acute settings and is designed to facilitate interoperable health information technology. This session offers insight about the changes that will impact post-acute care providers and the transformation necessary to succeed in the changing environment.
This webinar will be a live session from our long-term care conference, "Compassion, Comfort, and Compliance in Long-Term Care." The webinar will feature footage of the speaker and the presentation slides.
Continuing Education
Administrators, nurses, social workers, recreational therapists, Catholic Chaplains, and dietitians will be eligible to receive 1.0 continuing education hours, please click here for attendance requirements and board approvals.
Registrants seeking continuing education will be asked to watch the webinar in full, write down the verification numbers, and submit a verification/ evaluation form. An unlimited number of viewers may watch the webinar but must register if they are seeking continuing education. For more information about additional viewers and attendance verification, please click here.
More Information
If you have any questions or concerns about registering and attending the webinar, or about continuing education, please contact Tricia Misonznick or Erica Balazs at (518) 537-5000.
Brian Ellsworth, MA
Vice President, Public Policy and Payment Transformation, Health Dimensions Group
Brian Ellsworth has more than 30 years of experience in health care financing, delivery, and policy from both payor and provider perspectives. He has worked at Optum (UnitedHealth Group) and as a policymaker in New York’s Medicaid program. His extensive provider experience includes positions at the American Hospital Association (AHA) and senior leadership roles at statewide associations of home health, hospice, and long-term care providers. At HDG, Mr. Ellsworth leads efforts to develop value-based payment approaches for skilled nursing facilities and home- and community-based providers, including the development of continuing care networks and analysis of bundled payment opportunities.
His expertise includes the following: development of cutting-edge episodic and value-based payment systems; managed care strategy development for providers and payors seeking to bring value to the health care delivery system; development of regulatory streamlining and cost-saving proposals through leveraging technology and programmatic change; and analysis of legislative and regulatory proposals affecting all post-acute sectors and dual eligible managed care plans.
At Optum, Mr. Ellsworth led efforts to develop a mobile technology solution to improve quality and program integrity for home care and medical transportation providers. His experience also includes federal and state demonstrations on home health pay for performance, Medicare capitation for the chronically ill, and dual eligible integration. At AHA, Mr. Ellsworth analyzed the impact of payment and quality monitoring policies for SNFs, hospital swing beds, IRFs, LTACHs, home health, and inpatient psychiatric facilities. Throughout his career, Mr. Ellsworth’s thought leadership has resulted in a number of important refinements to post-acute, long-term care, and inpatient payment and quality monitoring systems for both Medicare and Medicaid. As a policymaker in New York, he led early efforts to develop managed long-term care plans for the dually eligible. He has served on federal and state technical advisory panels on a wide range of topics, such as long-term care financing reform, episodic reimbursement, and development of process and outcome measures for home health.