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Hospital readmission rates have become an increasingly urgent concern in the face of competition in the health insurance industry and new federally mandated requirements. As part of the Affordable Care Act and Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are making reductions in Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) payments for readmissions. One of the more costly and frequently occurring readmissions is due to congestive heart failure (CHF).

Join Ms. Jennifer Vogel, Senior Director, A&R Strategy, Capital Blue Cross (CBC), Dr. John Rollins, Chief Data Scientist, IBM Big Data Analytic Solutions, and Andrew DiStefano, Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Consultant for Big Data and Analytics at IBM to learn how CBC is implementing a new approach, using in-database analytics, to incorporating data-driven information into patient care decisions, leading to better patient outcomes and reduced costs.

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The age of big data is here and creating big opportunities. Smarter organizations are taking advantage of their ever-growing supply of data while continuing to manage costs, reduce risk, and satisfy customer and stakeholder needs. Get smart about going big: Join us at the IBM Big Data, Integration and Governance Forum taking place in St. Louis. Industry experts will share their real-world experiences to help you learn how to take control of an ever-growing supply of data and turn it into an enterprise source of knowledge.