1. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE Thursday3.6.2010Parallel sessions 11:30Lunch 12:30Opening Opening Session Chair Ilkka Vohlonen 14:20Coffee 14:45 Quality of care and DRG funding Chair Jugna Shah Future for DRG Chair Leena Kiviluoto 16:15 16:30 Productivity Session Chair Mona Heurgren 17:15End of day 18:15 Transportation to Hotel Kalastajatorppa from Market square 19:30DinnerDinner at restaurant Kalastajatorppa Friday4.6.2010 9:00 Future demands for DRG Chair Martti Virtanen 10:30Coffee 10:45 Productivity of care Chair Jorma Laurahanta Cost Calculation Chair Anu Nemlander 12:15Lunch 13:15 … Productivity of care… Productivity of care …Cost Calculation…Cost Calculation 13:45Break 13:55 Future demands for DRG 14:30PanelFuture demands of NordDRG cooperation Chair Jugna Shah 15:30 Ending session Chair Martti Virtanen 15:45End of progamme

2. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE O PENING SESSION - T HURSDAY 3.6.2010 C HAIR I LKKA V OHLONEN 12:30 Opening of the 4th Nordic Casemix ConferenceOpening of the 4th Nordic Casemix Conference Martti Virtanen, CEO, Nordic Casemix Centre 12:40Using hospital data to measure quality of care and linking it to hospital DRG paymentsUsing hospital data to measure quality of care and linking it to hospital DRG payments Jugna Shah, USA 13:35Quality of primary data in relation to DRGQuality of primary data in relation to DRG Jens Lind Knudsen, Denmark

3. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE Q UALITY OF CARE AND DRG FUNDING C HAIR J UGNA S HAH 14:45Incentive of DRG's?Incentive of DRG's? Martti Virtanen, Finland 15:15How do DRG-funding affect quality – seen from the patients perspectiveHow do DRG-funding affect quality – seen from the patients perspective Anni Ankjær-Jensen, Denmark 15:45Guarantee of care - What is acceptable readmissionGuarantee of care - What is acceptable readmission Ilkka Vohlonen, Finland

4. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE D EVELOPMENT OF DRG C HAIR L EENA K IVILUOTO 14:45The Characteristics of DRG Outliers at Landspitali University Hospital in ReykjavikThe Characteristics of DRG Outliers at Landspitali University Hospital in Reykjavik Arnar Bergthorsson and Kristlaug H Jonasdottir, Iceland 15:15The future of DRG in psychiatry in DenmarkThe future of DRG in psychiatry in Denmark Søren Bredkjær, Denmark

5. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE P RODUCTIVITY AND DRG C HAIR M ONA H EURGREN 16:30 NordDRG Full version based productivity reportingNordDRG Full version based productivity reporting Jorma Lauharanta, Finland

6. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE F UTURE DEMANDS FOR DRG C HAIR M ARTTI V IRTANEN 9:00Future demands of DRG and EuroDRGFuture demands of DRG and EuroDRG Reinhard Busse, Germany 9:45Development of handling comorbidity and complications in NordDRG logicDevelopment of handling comorbidity and complications in NordDRG logic Mona Heurgren, Sweden 10:30Break for parallel sessions 13:55Productivity benchmarking between Nordic countriesProductivity benchmarking between Nordic countries Jon Magnussen, Norway

7. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE P RODUCTIVITY OF CARE C HAIR J ORMA L AURAHANTA 10:45Efficiency in health care - heart careEfficiency in health care - heart care Rosita Claesson Wigand, Sweden 11:15Automatized Audit for Evaluation of Hospital Data QualityAutomatized Audit for Evaluation of Hospital Data Quality Olafr Steinum and Seppo Ranta, Sweden and Finland 11:45From retrospective to prospective usage of CaseMix dataFrom retrospective to prospective usage of CaseMix data Tapio Pitkäranta, Finland 12:15Lunch 13:15DRG implementation in Estonian health care model – hospital perspectiveDRG implementation in Estonian health care model – hospital perspective Teele Orgse, Estonia

8. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE C OST C ALCULATION C HAIR A NU N EMLANDER 10:45Public and private care comparabilityPublic and private care comparability Geir Brandborg, Norway 11:15DRG registration - a corner stone for improved patient care and safety (Emergency and intensive care)DRG registration - a corner stone for improved patient care and safety (Emergency and intensive care) Jakob Steen Andersen, Denmark 11:45DRG as quality indicatorDRG as quality indicator Lisbeth Serdén and Mona Heurgren, Sweden 12:15Lunch 13:15E-learning program for medical coding Leena Kiviluoto, Norway

9. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE F UTURE DEMANDS OF N ORD DRG COOPERATION P ANEL DISCUSSION C HAIR J UGNA S HAH WHY, WHAT, WHEN? HOW? Estonia - Triin Habicht Denmark - Poul Erik Hansen Finland - Mikko RotonenMikko Rotonen Iceland - Helga Bjarnadottir Norway – Asbjorn Haugspo Sweden – Mats Karlsson MAIN THEMES Are DRGs interesting for clinical purposes, eg for professionals? Which are the crucial development issues for DRGs to remain as a common used tool in hospitals? What are the responsibility of owners of classifications and DRG-systems in relation to the users? For example in cases of fraud and abuse of the coding for reimbursement purposes? DRG-systems functionality in relation to the boarders in health care, ex outpatients, primary care, day-care and inpatient care. Is it correct to take this in to account or should DRGs always follow the patient?

10. 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE 4 TH N ORDIC C ASEMIX C ONFERENCE E NDING S ESSION C HAIR M ARTTI V IRTANEN Thank you for participating in 4th Nordic Casemix Conference Wellcome to 26th PCSI Conference 15 – 18 September 2010, Munich, Germany 26th PCSI Conference 15 – 18 September 2010, Munich, Germany 5th Nordic Casemix Conference May 2012, Oslo, Norway 5th Nordic Casemix Conference May 2012, Oslo, Norway

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