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The University of Scranton Master of Health Administration program, a participant in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Higher Education Network, will host it's 22ndAnnual Healthcare Symposium on Thursday, April 6, 2017. The purpose of the 22nd Annual Healthcare Symposium is to promote closer relationships with the regional community of healthcare professionals, students, and consumers while providing continuing education for professional development. This year's symposium is titled, "Financial Implications: The Push from Inpatient to Outpatient Care" All ACHE members who attend the event will recieve ACHE Category I: Face-to-Face Credits. Ticket includes dinner and netwroking happy hour.

Moderator:  John P. Wiercinski, MHA, FACHE - Faculty Specialist

Panelists:  Robert D. Stiekes, MBA - Market CFO and COO, Regional Hospital of Scranton

Angelo C. Venditti DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC - Regional Chief Nursing Officer, Geisinger Northeast 

Quentien Novinger, M.D. - Medical Director of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania

The prospect and implementation of significant healthcare reform, partly as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has caused healthcare organizations to reconsider their strategy and policies as they relate to revenue, volume, clinical operations, and human resources. Healthcare organizations - especially hospitals and ambulatory care centers - have witnessed a changing financial landscape as it relates to the healthcare reform policies. 

One element of healthcare reform has been the shift from inpatient to outpatient care. Outpatient care encompasses all patients who seek medical care that are not officially admitted to a hospital under the inpatient status. Observation status is considered an outpatient level of care. 

This shift from inpatient to outpatient care, which has been partly driven by payers across the financial continuum, aims to reduce healthcare costs associated with expensive inpatient admissions and to provide safe, efficient care in the most cost-effective setting. The degree of financial impact from this shift in care delivery structure will vary from organization to organization, however all organizations will be affected.

Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-22nd-annual-healthcare-symposium-the-university-of-scranton-tickets-31685452040?aff=ehomecard