Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Rd
Kansas City, MO
4:00-4:15pm: Welcome & Overview of Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (QVIC) Activities
–Stacy Farr, PhD, MPH; Research Assistant Professor; Kansas City Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (KC QVIC); University of Missouri-Kansas City
4:15-4:30pm: Researcher Perspective: Code Heart Failure
– Vittal Hejjaji, MD, Cardiovascular Fellow, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
4:30-4:45pm: Community-Based Organization Perspective: Managed Services Network (MSN)
– Carol Gonzales, Director of Finance & Administration, Mid America Regional Council (MARC)
4:45pm-5:00pm: Healthcare Perspective: Transitions in Care – A Hospital Based Program to Reduce Readmissions
-Jamie Numrich, MSW, LMSW, Transition Care Social Worker and Megan Schmitt, RN, BSN, Transition Care Nurse; Advent Health
5:00-5:15pm: Researcher Perspective: Implementation Science: Developing Relationships in Transitions of Care
-Mary Benton, PhD, Senior Research Associate, University of Kansas; & Mark Patterson, PhD, MPH, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri Kansas City
5:15-5:30pm: Payer Perspective: Remote Telemonitoring Program for Congestive Heart Failure Patients
-Julie Ham, RN, BSN, CCM, Director of Care Management, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City
5:40pm-6:00pm Questions & Discussion – Panel
6:00pm: Wrap-up
–John Spertus, MD, MPH; and Stacy Farr, PhD, MPH