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Tuesday September 27, 2005

7:15 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am
Chairman’s Comments
Dennis E. Richling MD
President
Midwest Business Group on Health
8:15 am
KEYNOTE PANEL: Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Latest Pain Interventions: Pharmacologic and NonPharmacologic
  • Describe how to evaluate new pharmacologic options for pain treatment
  • Discuss nonpharmacologic options and how they fit into a treatment regimen
  • Examine the appropriate indications for interventional therapies and how to use these therapies using a pain treatment continuum
Moderator/Panelist
Rollin (Mac) Gallagher M.D., M.P.H
Director, Pain Management
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Panelists
Bill McCarberg MD
Founder
Chronic Pain Management
Kaiser Permanente Program
Nagy Mekhail MD, PhD
Chairman
Cleveland Clinic Pain Management Department
9:15 am
Case Study: The Economic Burden of Depression and Pain
  • Discuss findings of depression comorbid with pain in terms of reduced functionality, higher rates of disability and more hospitalizations
  • Demonstrate how improved diagnosis and treatment for those with depression and pain could reduce disability related work, absenteeism and costs
  • Examine how primary care physicians can consider depression as a possible underlying diagnosis for people with chronic pain
Howard Birnbaum
Director, Health Economics Practice
Analysis Group, Inc.
Rebecca Robinson MS
Health Outcomes Research Consultant
US Medical Division Outcomes Research
Eli Lilly and Company
10:15 am
Networking and Refreshment Break
10:45 am
Case Study: Examine the Cost-Effectiveness of Chiropractic Care on Low Back Pain
  • Is it substitution care or is it add-on care?
  • How does chiropractic care affect the utilization of specific procedures for the treatment of low back pain?
  • What are the net cost effects of chiropractic care?
Bill McCarberg MD
Founder
Chronic Pain Management
Kaiser Permanente Program
Craig Nelson MS,DC
Director
Health Services Research Initiatives
American Specialty Health Networks
11:30 am
Luncheon Roundtable Discussions
12:30 pm
How Employer Human Resources and Providers Can Utilize Community and Internet Resources to Assist Employees Dealing with Pain
  • Present internet resources that are available for people in pain which promote better care and better support so that they can return to work
  • Improve participants' understanding about the medical, social needs and community resources that can assist people affected by pain
  • Determine keys to prevention: limiting the effects of pain
Micke Brown BSN RN
Director of Outreach
American Pain Foundation
Past President of the American Society of Pain Management Nursing
Yvette Colon MSW
Director of Education and Internet Services
American Pain Foundation
1:15 pm
Examine How Employers Can Use Productivity Impact Models to Compute Savings for Employees Battling Migraine Headaches and Depression
  • Examine an Economic Interactive Model that provides a financial snapshot for employers assisting employees who are battling migraine headaches and depression
  • Demonstrate carefully developed formulas and methodology behind the models
  • Determine the incidence of migraines, expected number of days each year that employees will be absent or suffer low productivity due to the condition and associated costs to the business
Sheryl Bronkesh
President
The HSM Group, Ltd.
David Groves
Vice President
Corporate Health Management Comerica
2:00 pm
Networking and Refreshment Break
2:30 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL: Examine Measures to Increase Productivity of Patients with Chronic Pain
  • Recognize that pain is the number one reason for lost productivity from the workplace
  • Demonstrate a range of programs and approaches to treat chronic pain
  • Discuss results in reduced health care costs and improved care
Moderator/Panelist
Dennis E. Richling MD
President
Midwest Business Group on Health
Panelists
Daniel J. Clauw M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Assistant Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Director
Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center
Director
Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research
The University of Michigan
Lisa Ghotbi Pharm D
Director
Medical Informatics
Blue Shield of CA
Matthew Monsein
Medical Director
Abbot Northwestern Pain Management and Rehabilitation
Abbot Northwestern Hospital
3:30 pm
Conference Concludes
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