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Bending the Cost Curve on Chronic Care

The WHCC Chronic Care Summit will convene over 150 senior level executives focused on improving chronic care outcomes through improved diagnosis, decision support, chronic care and disease management, population health programs and consumer engagement. Corporate Medical Directors, and Chief Medical Officers and medical directors of health plans, provider and employer organizations are in attendance as well as VPs of Disease Management, Clinical Programs, Quality Improvement, Evidence-based Care and Outcomes Management.

Chair:
Tracey Moorhead
President and Chief Executive Officer
Care Continuum Alliance

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Monday, April 12, 2010
1:35 pm -
2:25 pm
Zero Trends: A Transformation Approach to Population Health
  • Predictive modeling for prevention - Identifying high risk populations for targeted, high impact prevention programs and health management efforts
  • In-depth analysis of most effective interventions for various disease states including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma
  • Cost analysis of targeted prevention programs vs. traditional disease management for chronic conditions
  • Emerging strategies to treat the person, not the disease
Dee W. Edington - Speaker Photo Dee W. Edington, PhD
Director, Health Management Research Center
University of Michigan

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2:30 pm -
3:20 pm
Population Health Strategies to Address Obesity and Co-Morbidities
  • Applying population health methodologies to identify appropriate interventions for obesity and related co-morbidities
  • In-depth cost-benefit comparison of interventions for specific populations
  • Healthy people, healthy lives - Why are we interested in workforce health and productivity
  • State of Washington healthy work site initiative - A success story for improving health and productivity
Kenneth E. Thorpe - Speaker Photo Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD
Professor and Chair, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University;
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services;
Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease

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Bill Motley
Divisional Vice President, Corporate Accounts & Business Development
Abbott

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Kathleen Reims, MD
IHI Faculty Member Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Family Practice Department;
Principal and Chief Medical Officer, CSI Solutions, LLC

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
10:20 am -
11:10 am
Best Practices in Diabetes Care
Part 1—Future Directions in Diabetes Care
  • Why the chronic care model falls short
  • Future technologies of diabetes care
  • The next care model: Between Visits Diabetes Care
Kenneth E. Quickel, Jr., MD
President and CEO
Joslin Diabetes Center

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Part 2—Next Generation Care Delivery and Coordination for Diabetes
  • Implementing a coordinated care model at UPMC and measuring the impact on diabetes
  • Key benefits and incentives of an impactful benefit design for diabetics
  • Reshaping the delivery system and incentives to address care coordination for the diabetic population
Diane Holder - Speaker Photo Diane Holder
Executive Vice President, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center;
President, UPMC Health Insurance;
Division President and CEO, UPMC Health Plan;
Co-Chair, Chronic Care Management, Reimbursement and Cost Reduction Commission, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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11:15 am -
12:05 pm
A New Era in Care Delivery—Innovative Strategies to Connect with Patients and Consumers
  • New care delivery models that support consumer behavior change and support consumer empowerment
  • Health tools that help integrate healthy behavior into daily living
  • Insight into the Mayo Clinic's Diagnostic Center – New models that brings care to patients and consumers
David Cerino
General Manager, Consumer Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corp.;
former VP and General Manager, Orbitz LLC

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David C. Herman, MD
Medical Director of Employee and Community Health, Mayo Clinic;
Member, Mayo Clinic Rochester Executive Board;
Director, Gateway to Mayo Clinic (in Mall of America in Bloomington, MN)

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Moderator:
David Whelan - Speaker Photo David Whelan
Staff Writer
Forbes

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Business Case Forum 3: Chronic Care Management
2:25 pm -
3:10 pm
Opportunities for Improved Senior Care—The Convergence of Home Care and Long Term Care to Enable Independent Aging for Seniors
  • Assessing the current barriers to independent aging for seniors
  • Realizing the business opportunity to promote effective communication and collaboration between clinical and non-clinical organizations to offer a full spectrum of care for seniors to age independently and safely
  • Clinical and financial outcomes from integrated home care and long term care for seniors
Suzanne Mintz
President and Co-Founder
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)

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Dave Schmidt
Chief Executive Officer
SCAN Health Plan

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Moderator:
Peter Goldstein
EVP, Business Development, Univita Health;
Founder, Long Term Care Group

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3:15 pm -
4:15 pm
Oncology—Advances in Diagnostics and Informed Decision Making for Improved Outcomes
  • Assessing the application of genomics and proteomics in advanced diagnostics to identify "molecular signals" and thereby improve diagnosis and patient decision-making in cancer
  • In-depth review of the latest program for informed decision making to improve patient and clinical outcomes of oncology
Adam Clark, Ph.D
Director of Health Policy, Lance Armstrong Foundation;
Member, Health IT Policy Committee, Department of Health and Human Services

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William S. Dalton, Ph.D, MD
President, CEO & Center Director
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

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