# A Conference for Patient Centered Post-Acute Care

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2021 · $47,894

## Abstract

Abstract
Care provided after hospitalization for older adults in skilled nursing facilities, long term care facilities, inpatient
rehabilitation facilities or by home health agencies is defined as “post-acute care”. Post-acute care may be one
of the most dynamic sectors of the American health care system. Spurred by national legislation, alternative
payment models are driving integrated care models for hospitals and post-acute care providers who are
increasingly sharing accountability for costs and outcomes of older adults. Reforms are rapidly taking effect,
however, best practices for providing high-quality care across this continuum are unknown. Care in the post-
acute period suffers from a lack of integration across clinical silos including the hospital, nursing facility, and
home environment. This fragmentation prevents the establishment of sorely-needed “learning health care
systems” to improve outcomes and lower costs across acute and post-acute care for older adults.
In order to best leverage the opportunities presented by new reforms, it is essential to bring together the
diverse stakeholders to build relationships, establish consensus on important issues in post-acute care, and
chart a path forward. The Conference for Patient-Centered Post-Acute Care will bring together representatives
from these silos including industry, policymakers and clinicians. Our aim is to promote collaboration, foster a
patient-centered policy and research agenda, and serve as a hub for the identification and promotion of
promising practices in post-acute care.
We will accomplish these Aims through a novel conference format of 3 conferences with the mission of
improving care for older adults in post-acute care. This national conference is designed to bring together
academic, industry, policy stakeholders, and patients/caregivers. The goal is to promote collaboration within
and across disciplines, a patient-centered policy and research agenda in post-acute care, and serve as a hub
for the identification and promotion of novel initiatives. The intended audience includes researchers, policy
makers, industry leaders and PAC clinicians. The first conference will address overarching questions with
important implications for PAC, which will set the landscape for collaboration and discussion regarding: 1)
National Policy 2) Clinical and Research Challenges/Opportunities and 3) Innovative Solutions. At this first
conference, work groups will be formed to develop and execute a strategic plan throughout the 4-year grant
period. We will evaluate the effect of the conference on attendees to establish new collaborations, will
disseminate the content of this conference through publication of conference proceedings and a consensus
white papers. Publications will be disseminated using major distribution channels for stakeholders including
social media trade associations and academic society meetings. This conference grant will build in consecutive
years on the ideas and relation...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10214447
- **Project number:** 5R13AG058386-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Cari Renee Levy
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $47,894
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-01 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10214447

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10214447, A Conference for Patient Centered Post-Acute Care (5R13AG058386-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10214447. Licensed CC0.

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