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Tuesday April 5, 2005
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7:00 am
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8:00 am
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8:15 am
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- Can DM really have an impact on the factors driving healthcare cost increase?
- Why all this debate about ROI?
- How will DM evolve to meet the changing needs of payers, physicians and patients?
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Christobel Selecky
President
Disease Management Association of America
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9:15 am
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| Addressing the Needs of an Aging Workforce |
The workforce is aging, and employers need to effectively respond to the needs of a population with different needs and priorities. This session will address ways to explore and prepare for this unprecedented demographic shift.
In this session, you will:
- Assimilate ways of managing the costs of retiree benefit offerings
- Detect the implications of replacing skilled labor
- Incorporate the role of Medicare in disease management
- Evaluate ways of improving access and affordability of care
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William Novelli
Chief Executive Officer
AARP
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10:00 am
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10:45 am
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New IBI research shows that employers view healthcare to be an essential part of worker health, productivity and the corporate bottom line. CFOs tell us they will to approve benefits delivery changes if benefits managers can show the productivity results. Long term, employers believe that group health data must be linked to productivity effects and financial outcomes. Where does your company stand in meeting these challenges, and is your health plan on board?
In this session you will:
- Investigate the true cost of ill health related to absenteeism and lost productivity
- Understand why employee benefits are an investment in financial performance and not just a budget item
- Figure out how to sell disease management to CFOs and other stakeholders
- Measure results from research of employers who are adopting prevention, health and productivity management tools
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William Molmen
General Counsel
Integrated Benefits Institute
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11:30 am
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| The Employer's Challenge — Verizon Communication’s Strategy to Improve Health and Wellness |
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Jeffrey Hanson
Regional Healthcare Manager
Verizon Communications
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12:00 pm
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Comerica Bank’s 11, 000 employees deliver financial services solutions to regions in the Midwest and east coast. As well, they participate in a ‘total’ disease management program that focuses on health condition management and creating an environment that encourages disease prevention. In this session you will:
- Analyze the benefits of designing a Total Health Management program for employees
- Engage employees to identify symptoms early, and providing them with appropriate Health Condition Personal Coaching and / or Health Condition Management
- Maintain a corporate environment that encourages healthy behavior
- Investigate the implications of low health literacy on employee productivity, absenteeism and cost
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David Groves
Vice President
Corporate Health Management
Comerica
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12:45 pm
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2:00 pm
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The Chronic Care Model identifies the essential elements of a health care system that encourage high-quality chronic disease care. It can be applied to a variety of chronic illnesses, health care settings and target populations and intends to deliver healthier patients, more satisfied providers, and cost savings. In this session you will:
- Hear how a patient-centered, physician-directed Chronic Care Improvement Model differs from traditional disease management
- Determine why CMS and other payers are interested in promoting this model
- Study how physicians should be reimbursed for their role in managing and improving chronic disease
- Conceive how evidence based clinical decision support at the point of care and EMRs support the role of the physician
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Robert Doherty
Senior Vice President
Governmental Affairs and Public Policy
American College of Physicians
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2:45 pm
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International Truck and Engine’s disease management program is an integral part of their human capital management initiatives. Programs are developed within the organization and with partner organizations based on population assessment and the prevalence of disease states within the organization. By endorsing healthy lifestyles, the company has enhanced productivity, reduced absenteeism and turnover, and avoided unnecessary health care costs. In this session you will:
- Realize current initiatives for each of International Truck and Engine’s 16 disease management programs, including depression and sedentary lifestyle initiatives
- Hear about the integration of prevention programs, identify methods of managing multiple diseases effectively, distinguish how disease management is being used for population-specific research
- Analyze the successes and failures of this program structure and strategies for future change
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William Bunn MD
Vice President of Health, Safety and Productivity
International Truck and Engine
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3:30 pm
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Genomed uses medical genomics to identify which genes cause diseases and translate this knowledge into clinical practice. The company practices disease management by uncovering diseases before symptoms are indicated and uses drugs to treat conditions that may develop. In this session, you will:
- Learn what genomics offers: seeing disease pathways for the first time
- Witness the clinical effectiveness of arresting disease pathways at an early step
- Consider how physicians can be induced financially to practice cutting-edge medicine
- Pinpoint the barriers to innovation and how costly they really are
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David Moskowitz
Chairman, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer
Genomed
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4:15 pm
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