MANASQUAN NJ USA -- DISEASE MANAGEMENT UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- OCTOBER 16, 2006: Disease management programs can help improve the health of Medicaid patients through improved care coordination while helping to control Medicaid costs at the state level. The first step in creating successful Medicaid disease management programs is designing a program that can identify and engage Medicaid patients who may be eligible and in need of disease management programs.

"Medicaid Disease Management: Program Design, Features and Results," an October 25, 2006 audio conference, will provide an in-depth look at how disease management program design and features can be structured to identify and engage Medicaid patients in need of care management.

For more information or to register, please visit, www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?mdmpg.

Your expert panel of speakers, Dr. Philip Bonaparte, chief medical officer, Horizon NJ Health, David Hunsaker, president of public programs, APS Healthcare and Elizabeth Reardon, managed care director, Vermont Health Access, will examine what strategies are most effective in identifying and engaging Medicaid patients into disease management programs to produce measurable returns.

CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, care management nurses, business development and strategic planning directors, state Medicaid directors and quality improvement executives.