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Bending the Cost Curve on Chronic Care
The WHCC Chronic Care Summit will convene over 150 senior level executives focused on improving chronic care outcomes through improved diagnosis, decision support, chronic care and disease management, population health programs and consumer engagement. Corporate Medical Directors, and Chief Medical Officers and medical directors of health plans, provider and employer organizations are in attendance as well as VPs of Disease Management, Clinical Programs, Quality Improvement, Evidence-based Care and Outcomes Management.
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Tracey Moorhead
President and Chief Executive Officer
Care Continuum Alliance

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Monday, April 12, 2010
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1:35 pm - 2:25 pm
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| Zero Trends: A Transformation Approach to Population Health |
- Predictive modeling for prevention - Identifying high risk populations for targeted, high impact prevention programs and health management efforts
- In-depth analysis of most effective interventions for various disease states including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma
- Cost analysis of targeted prevention programs vs. traditional disease management for chronic conditions
- Emerging strategies to treat the person, not the disease
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Dee W. Edington, PhD
Director, Health Management Research Center
University of Michigan

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2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
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| Population Health Strategies to Address Obesity and Co-Morbidities |
- Applying population health methodologies to identify appropriate interventions for obesity and related co-morbidities
- In-depth cost-benefit comparison of interventions for specific populations
- Healthy people, healthy lives - Why are we interested in workforce health and productivity
- State of Washington healthy work site initiative - A success story for improving health and productivity
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Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD
Professor and Chair, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University;
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services;
Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease

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Bill Motley
Divisional Vice President, Corporate Accounts & Business Development
Abbott

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Kathleen Reims, MD
IHI Faculty Member Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Family Practice Department;
Principal and Chief Medical Officer, CSI Solutions, LLC

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10:20 am - 11:10 am
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| Best Practices in Diabetes Care |
| Part 1—Future Directions in Diabetes Care |
- Why the chronic care model falls short
- Future technologies of diabetes care
- The next care model: Between Visits Diabetes Care
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Kenneth E. Quickel, Jr., MD
President and CEO
Joslin Diabetes Center

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| Part 2—Next Generation Care Delivery and Coordination for Diabetes |
- Implementing a coordinated care model at UPMC and measuring the impact on diabetes
- Key benefits and incentives of an impactful benefit design for diabetics
- Reshaping the delivery system and incentives to address care coordination for the diabetic population
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Diane Holder
Executive Vice President, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center;
President, UPMC Health Insurance;
Division President and CEO, UPMC Health Plan;
Co-Chair, Chronic Care Management, Reimbursement and Cost
Reduction Commission, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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11:15 am - 12:05 pm
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2:25 pm - 3:10 pm
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3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
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