Integrating Wellness, Behavioral Health, Disease Management, Case Management, Disablity/Worker's Compensation and End-of-Life Care

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Tufts University School of Medicine

For Employers, Health Plans, Providers and Government

Is the current model for disease management sustainable? As disease management companies purchase wellness firms and provide disability and worker's compensation services to meet market demands and as organizations move toward more integrated staffing models, the Care Continuum emerges as the entity to unite health states and expand into more lines of business. The Care Continuum Congress explores a new value proposition and business model where wellness, behavioral health, disease management, case management, disability, worker's compensaton and end-of-life care all converge. National trends show that management of various health states is in a dynamic period of transition. A key development is technology transforming structures, capabilities and outcomes. Tailored services, reduced overhead, costs and improved quality are some of the results. Additionally, consumerism, with its emphasis on personal accountability, care coordination, evidence-base, prevention and health coaching has been brought to the forefront by employers. Insurers bring their directive for a longitudinal model that intervenes only when necessary.

The World Congress is pleased to announce its Care Continuum Congress (CCC) October 23, 24, 25 in Washington, DC. The CCC will bring together leading industry experts to address critical and turning point issues along the Continuum spanning Wellness, Behavioral Health, Disease Management, Case Management, Worker's Compensation, Disability and End-of-Life Care. New developments and practices will assist stakeholders to work productively and advance the health care industry through the experience of care management in the private and public sectors.

• Eight Keynote Presentations
• Employer, Health Plan and Provider Stakeholder Seminars
• Five Health State Tracks
• Invitation-only Executive *Employer, *Health Plan, *Technology and *Hospital & Health System Summits

Just Confirmed! ˆ Top
Senator Tom Harkin, (D-IA) Appropriations Committee-Ranking Member, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee Agricultural Committee - Ranking Member Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Small Business Committee
Featured Speakers ˆ Top
Lawrence Becker Director, Benefits Xerox	Joel Bender, MD Chief Medical Officer General Motors
Larry S. Boress President Midwest Business Group on Health	Gabriela Cora-Locatelli, M.D., M.B.A. President The Executive Health & Wealth Institute, Inc.
Lynn Franzoi Senior Vice President, Benefits Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.	Donald W. Kemper, MPH Founding Chair IxCenter (Center for Information Therapy) Board of Directors
Carolyn Langer, MD, JD, MPH Medical Director Fallon Community Health Plan	Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS Senior Scientist RAND
Glenn Pomerantz, MD, JD Vice President Senior Medical Executive CIGNA	Susan Rogers, RN, BSN, CCM National President Case Management Society of America 2005-06
Sophia Salenius Chief Executive Officer President MedDay, Inc. Sweden, U.K.	Joshua Seidman, PhD President Center for Information Therapy
Erik A. Sossa Director, Benefits The Pepsi Bottling Group	Alan P. Spielman President Chief Executive Officer URAC
Paul J. Wallace, MD Medical Director for Health and Productivity Management Programs The Permanente Federation former Executive Director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente	Jim 'Woody' Woodburn, MD, MS Chief Medical Officer MinuteClinic, Inc.