Ten Years of the Hospital Readmission Penalty

“If you’re planning a big event for your company and are looking for an engaging and humorous keynote speaker, I highly recommend Dr. Josh Luke. Not only is he entertaining but provided a lot of insight that are staff was able to put into action to increase sales and efficiency.”
Karen Taing
Director of Global Marketing, Meditab Software, Inc

Dr. Luke, founder of the non-profit National Readmission Prevention Collaborative and author of the best selling Readmission Prevention: Solutions Across the Provider Continuum, remains one of the world’s foremost authority’s on the hospital readmission penalty program. In 2022 his latest book was released, Ten Years of the Hospital Readmission Penalty: Lessons Learned & Best Practice Providers.

As the issuing of the first fines to hospitals took place in 2012, Dr. Luke shares how hospitals, post acute providers and home based caregivers can best prepare for and learn from the lessons of the last ten years on preventing avoidable hospitalizations.  All attendees get a free copy of his new book, Ten Years of the Hospital Readmission Penalty as well.

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Value added incentives included in the keynote package:

  1. Up to 250 copies of best selling book by Dr. Luke
  2. Pre event webinar exclusively for your members or team
  3. Executive interview to promote your event on Dr. Luke’s Top Healthcare Podcasts
  4. In addition to the keynote, a break-out session on topic of your choice (see breakout menu above)
  5. Dr. Luke will promote your event on social media: 

– 50,000 + Followers on Twitter & 38,000+ on LinkedIn 

About the Speaker, Dr. Josh Luke

After the Affordable Care Act passed introducing Value Based Care, Dr. Luke left the C-Suite and founded the not-for-profit National Readmission Prevention Collaborative which continues to provide online educational resources for healthcare executives. Dr. Josh Luke ascended to become the foremost hospital and post-acute authority on the readmission penalty and twice served as executive host of the World Congress on Readmissions. After starting his career in healthcare as a nursing home administrator, Dr. Josh Luke ascended to become a hospital CEO by age 32. Before leaving the c-suite, Luke served in four hospital CEO roles as well as serving as the Vice President of Post Acute Services for a non-profit health system. During his more than ten years in C-suite healthcare roles Dr. Luke oversaw acute rehab, behavioral health, home health & hospice and is an advocate for non-medical home care. Dr. Luke was later asked to design post-acute coursework based on his best-selling readmission book and serve as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy.