Disease management
programs continue to evolve as the field
grows. Today DM programs are
being developed to serve Medicare and Medicaid populations as a
strategy to help deal with the cost issues.
"Disease
Management: Medicare- Medicaid, Strategies,
Outcomes, ROI," a 90-minute executive-level
tele-briefing on
CD-ROM, looks at
what's been learned from two successful "early adopter" DM programs,
the difficulties, the challenges, and solutions working with
specialized populations. Get a case study of how disease management can
work in a Medicaid population. This live program was
held in February of 2005.
Here's what
participants in the 'live' conference had to say:
- "The presentations
contained helpful charts/graphs/diagrams that are beneficial to
understanding"
- The conference "gave a
variety of viewpoints with concrete examples," said a participant from
St. Joseph's, Ga.
- "Very appropriate,
cutting edge information,"
- "Learning about the
Florida Medicaid population outcomes. . . a population much like ours,"
was cited by a participant who rated the programs as excellent.
- "Experiences shared gave
listeners a clear understanding of the program; good resources," said
another.
- The program "provided a
good overview of different DM strategies," Cynde Shepherd, Team Leader,
Population Health Improvement, Wellmark BCBS;
- "Informative. It also
validated what we are doing with our program," Lilly Leong, RN,
Cooperative Managed Care Services, LLC
- "Good information was
given, well organized. Felt that vendors were aware of healthcare
needs."
- "It showed the validity
for using disease management with a not typical population," Community
Health Plan of Washington
- "Descriptions of DM
models; ROI info & outcomes"
- "Chris Selecky and John
King provided valuable information"
- "The information flow
was across the panel of speakers, which made the discussion easy to
follow.
- "Real-life examples"
"Disease
Management: Medicare- Medicaid, Strategies,
Outcomes, ROI" focuses on new health plan initiatives in
expanding their disease management efforts to plan members. There are
useful charts and tables with program, clinical and financial results.
The program features
presentations by three expert speakers:
- Michael King, Senior
Vice President, Business Development American Healthways
- John Sory, Pfizer
Health Solutions
- Christobel E. Selecky,
President, Disease Management Association of America
Presenters share
details of outcomes improvement, integration of data, programs and
platforms, the opportunities and benefits in Medicaid DM, an in-depth
look at the Florida Medicaid DM program, behavior change, financial
results and ROI, the implementation model, results of behavioral and
clinical changes, and, details of utilization and cost improvement
benchmarks and results.
Topics covered during
the 90-minute program include:
- Innovative Development
in DM
- Key features of
innovative DM programs
- Aetna ’s DM
initiative to serve Medicare Advantage members
- Insight into enrolling
health plan members for care enhancement programs
- Treatment interventions
- Reaching the target
populations
- How success is measured
- Impact on outcomes and
measures
- Barriers to overcome
- Lessons Learned
Representative Charts -
Tables
- Chronic Disease
Prevalence by Age
- Underlying Health
Issues
- Behavioral Changes
- Clinical Changes
- Impact of Care
Management on Emergency Room Visits
and Inpatient Hospital Days
- Final Two-year
Reconciliation
- CHF- Exception report
Reasons
- Results - Changing
Utilization and Behavior at the Population Level
Who Will
Benefit From The Teleconference on CD-ROM
CEOs, COOs, strategists, planners, business development, DM providers,
product managers, consultants, hospital executives, managed care
organizations, health insurers, employers, CMOs, vice president
quality, vice president medical management, DM executives, DM program
managers, case managers, DM software developers, analysts, directors of
members services, network planners, pharmaceutical companies, medical
device manufacturers and healthcare technology companies.
Order the
Briefing on CD-ROM
The 90-minute audio
conference on CD-ROM plus conference speaker materials $149.
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