Reducing Maternity Costs and Postpartum Complications: From notorious loss leader to 1st class collaborative care

Available On-Demand

Postpartum care is critical to ensuring the long term well-being of both mother and child. However, maternity services are often among the least profitable units inside a given hospital system. Identifying, understanding, and controlling those costs requires the adoption of the right cost containment strategy.

Join our esteemed panel of experts in this 1-hour virtual event, as they address why maternity is the notorious loss leader in the hospitals and how to initiate practical solutions. Our speakers will share their perspective on how to address this issue most effectively through collaborative care, to smooth out the transition of care from hospital to home and reduce postpartum complications and costs.

Learning Objectives:

• Discussing the operational structures that drive high maternity costs
• Understanding cost containment strategies to best control them
• Analyzing maternal care delivery modalities to address maternal health outcome disparities
• Minimizing postpartum complications for patients and smoothing the transition to home

Speakers:

• Teresa M. Claeson, Executive Director of Women’s Health Services at Providence
• Pat Patton, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Swedish First Hill Hospital
• Amanda P. Williams (Moderator), Medical Director, Clinical Innovator at Mahmee