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White Paper  
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Preparing for Health Care Reform  
SNF management will need to develop new operational, management and data collection systems to prevent hospital readmissions and ER visits.
 
Diane Peters, RN, MHA, MS
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Health care reform promises to bring many changes to the current health care landscape. One of the biggest changes involves hospital data going under the microscope. Beginning in 2012, health care reform changes call for hospitals to face Medicare payment penalties of up to 3 percent of their aggregate Medicare payments.  During this time, Medicare will also begin reducing payments to hospitals for avoidable readmissions for three conditions, which will most likely be congestive heart failure (CHF), pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Meanwhile, health care reform measures call for the government to review emergency room department data to identify potentially preventable visits. 
 
 
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diane peters
As a consultant for Health Dimensions Group, Diane Peters assists clients in the achievement of their operational and strategic objectives, such as due diligence for acquisitions and clinical and operational assessments. She has extensive experience in both providing and oversight of interim services for administrators and directors of nursing, survey management, clinical/administrative training and mentoring, and various developmental activities. Ms. Peters has more than 35 years of experience in the health care field including work as a clinician, heath care administrator, educator, health care lobbyist, and quality improvement consultant.
 
Diane Peters can be reached at DianeP@hdgi1.com
 
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Health Dimensions Group is a fully integrated senior living health care management and health care consulting firm. We partner with hospitals, health systems, long-term care, and senior living providers to help them meet the ever changing needs in their markets and plan for the future, while maintaining a healthy bottom line.