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Monday January 23, 2006
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| Most employers are aware of the impact that chronic conditions have on healthcare costs, employee productivity and overall employee health. Conditions such diabetes, depression, obesity, congestive heart failure, and asthma are chronic illnesses that employers are continually battling on a daily basis. These conditions have huge health costs associated with them but also profoundly effect physical, emotional and mental well-being of individuals. Management of these conditions is a huge undertaking and one that needs a targeted and focused strategy that integrates chronic disease management with prevention programs. The seminar will address the major challenges of managing chronic conditions while demonstrating the value of health and wellness programs.
Seminar attendees will hear about:
- Innovations and best practices from employers and thought-leaders in managing the rising costs of treating and preventing chronic conditions
- Maximize employee productivity through innovative wellness and prevention programs
- How to develop a comprehensive disease management program that addresses multiple conditions for better outcomes and significant cost reductions
- Depression management and the impact behavioral health conditions have on employee productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism and the overall cost to corporate bottom-line
- Implementing an advanced care management strategy that involves full integration
- Preventing and managing obesity in the workplace
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Sponsored by:
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Managing the prescription benefit for employers is a difficult challenge and solutions should involve a comprehensive approach. The goal of such an approach should be to minimize the waste from overuse, underuse and misuse and maximize outcomes for employees and patients. This intensive seminar will outline the various challenges that employers currently face, provide practical solutions for better management of the pharmacy benefit and update attendees with the current regulatory and policy implications to drug benefit design. Specifically, the seminar will help attendees to:
- Reduce overutilization and unnecessary pharmaceutical consumption by employees
- Understand latest innovations, formulary considerations, and benefit design trends for employers
- Comprehensively manage rising pharmacy expenditures
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Sponsored by:
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| Part A |
| Innovations in Pharmacy Benefit Management and Best Practices by Employers: The Impact of the MMA and the Consumer-Directed Healthcare Movement on Pharmacy Benefit Design |
| Part B |
| Managing Specialty Pharmacy Drug Utilization to Improve Patient Outcomes: Employer “Need-to-Knows” about the Impact of Biologics on Oncology, Costs and Specific Disease Outcomes |
| Part C |
| Best Practices in Managing Employees with Cardiometabolic Syndrome and Disease: Identifying Common Risk Factors and Understanding the Most Effective Treatment Options |
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Mark Merritt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
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| Panelist |
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David J. Hoke
Team Leader, Total Health and Productivity
SCANA Services
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David L. Katz MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
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Lynn Zonakis
Director, Health Strategy & Resources
Delta Airlines
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