The 2nd Annual World Congress Care Continuum Executive Summit on Managing Disability & Return to Work: Pain & Its Behavioral Health Aspects unravels absence management, presenteeism and their effect on productivity. from pain and related behavioral health impairment, particularly back pain and arthritis as it impacts the workplace. Stakeholders will demonstrate new approaches for pain and behavioral health management such as cost-effective programs in working populations and contrasting strategies. The Summit will conclude with recommendations to lower the cost of pain and associated depression in the workplace. Several Keynotes, case studies, three pre-conference seminars, interactive luncheon roundtables and a networking reception provide opportunities for attendees to evaluate: the cost-efficacy of management and therapeutic options.

Featured Presenters Include
Jennifer Christian, MD, MPH President & Chief Medical Officer Webility Corporation	Vince Kuraitis Principal Better Health Technologies, LLC
Nancy Spangler, MS, OTR/L President Spangler Associates Inc Consultant to Partnership Workplace Mental Health	Michael Sullivan, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology McGill University
Steven E. Locke, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health Sciences and Technology MIT	Dr. Pam Mazerski Associate Commissioner, Office of Program Development and Research U.S. Social Security Administration

PRIMARY

Employers

• Corporate Medical Director
• Medical Director: Vice President Wellness & Prevention
• Vice President, Disability Management
• Director, Workforce Health & Productivity
• Director Health Promotion
• Health Management Physician
• Director, Absence Management
• Nurse Executives
• Vice President
• Finance
• Employee Benefits
• Benefits Director
• Human Resource Director

Health Plans

• Chief Executive Officer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Chief Medical Officer
• Medical Director
• Director, Outcomes Research Institute
• Director, Case Management
• Director, Center for Health Studies

Providers: Hospitals & Physician Groups

• Chief Executive Officer
• Chief Medical Officer
• Chief of Medicine
• Chief Operating Officer
• Executive Vice President
• Chairman of Pain Medicine
• Director, Pain Treatment
• Director, Pain & Policy Group
• Pain Management Specialist
• Anesthesiologist
• Neurologists
• Nurses
• Chiropractors
• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Acupuncturists
• Director
• Case Management, Care Management, Disease Management

Government: Federal, State, Local

• National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research: Chief, Chronic Diseases Branch
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal Disease, Skin Disease
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
• Medicare & Medicaid
• Veterans Administration
• Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
• Centers for Disease Control
• Army
• Navy
• Air force
• State Public Health Departments

Academia

• Professor of Neuroscience
• Research Director
• Scientist

SECONDARY

• Pharmaceutical Product Managers
• Pharmacy Benefit Managers
• Pain Management Companies, Wellness Companies: President, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Director, Vice President
• Disability Consultants
• Pain Products & Services

• Cost of Pain and Behavioral Health to U.S. Employees Resulting from Lost Productivity
• Managing Absenteeism, Presenteeism, Disability and Return to Work
• Propagating New Models of Pain and Behavioral Health to Make Concrete Changes
• Economic Benefits of Addressing Behavioral Health Comorbid with Pain
• How can wellness programs treat pain and depression cost effectively?
• Compare Cost-Benefit of Strategies: Behavioral, Integrative, Medical and Pharmaceutical, Surgical Care for Pain and Depression
• Prevent disability from work related low back pain
• Overcoming ineffective disability management in return to work
• Use health promotion to engage pain disabled employees into a healthier lifestyle
• Impact of workplace policies and practices on the prevention and management of behavioral pain disability
• Creative placement strategies to accommodate and accomplish return to work
• Reducing Costs and Improving Productivity of Pain and Behavioral Health Patients