Can you afford the cost of avoidable hospitalizations stemming from poor self-management?

The objective of this conference is to provide health plans, care providers and employer groups with actionable strategies to successfully engage, educate and empower their diabetic population members in taking control of their health status, through proven and effective self-management skills. We will additionally delve into viable strategies and processes to:

Gain Evidence-Based Success Strategies to:

• Develop cost effective diabetes disease management programs
• Measure ROI and clinical and financial efficacy accurately of your DM programs
• Engage, educate and empower members to take control of their diabetes and health status
• Transition coordination of care between care settings and providers
• Utilize the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) to enhance engagement, coordination and outcomes
• Reverse high-cost care behaviors
• Quantify the integral role of Diabetes Educators
• Reward primary care physicians (P4P ) for achieving superior clinical outcomes
• Enhance self-management through education and support and health coaching and education
• Prevent the onset of complications
• Reduce avoidable hospitalizations
• Coach and engage high-risk patients to take control and accountability of their health status
• Use incentives to encourage sustainable healthy behavior changes
• Identify individuals with Metabolic Syndrome and others who may be at-risk
• Align diabetes DM and prevention initiatives with other chronic care management and DM programs for highrisk patients with complex care needs
• Incorporate wellness, health promotion and weight management programs

2011 Featured Speakers Include
Gary Earl Senior Health Innovations Executive UnitedHealthcare	Michael A. S. Guth, PhD, JD Health Economics & Outcomes Research Authority Adjunct Professor UNITEK COLLEGE OF NURSING Adjunct Professor WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT UNIVERSITY
William Hancur, PhD Associate Medical Director, Behavioral Healthcare Blue Cross & Blue Shield Rhode Island	Steve Kozak Director of Behavioral Health BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS
David L. Larsen, RN, MHA Director, Quality Improvement Select Health	Elizabeth HB Lin, MD, MPH Scientific Investigator Group Health Research Investigator GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE
Kate Lorig Professor Emeritus Director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center Stanford University	Jerry Reeves, MD Former Chief Medical Officer Humana
James L. Rosenzweig, MD Director of Diabetes Services BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS	Margaret Sabin President & CEO PENROSE-ST. FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES CENTURA HEALTH
Ken Smith, MD Medical Director INLAND EMPIRE HEALTH PLAN

To Inquire about Sponsorship and Executive Networking Opportunities, contact:
Caroline Statman
Senior Sales Director
World Research Group
Phone: 646-723-8025
[email protected]