Hot Topic of Disease Management ROI Debated

PRESS RELEASE: The Three Tenors of Disease Management Return on Investment (ROI) Debate Hot Topic of Disease Management ROI at Disease Management Colloquium at Jefferson Medical School
	The Nation's First and Only Advanced Executive Education Course on the Role of Disease Management in Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare Cost Efficiency, Quality and Medical Errors Reduction Offering the Following Categories of Continuing Education Credit: AAPC, ACCME, ACMPE, ACPE, AHIMA, ANCC, CA BRN, CISSP/SSCP, CPHIMS, HCCB, MCLE, NASBA June 27 - 30, 2004 Classes Held: McClellan Hall, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College Colloquium Hotel: Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Philadelphia, PA www.DMConferences.com
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Timothy Bower 800-546-3750 phone registration@rmpinc.com PHILADELPHIA, PA USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- APRIL 13, 2004: The Disease Management Colloquium at Jefferson Medical College, www.DMConferences.com, to be held June 27 - 30, 2004 at McClellan Hall, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA announced a special preconference session on the hot topic of disease management return on equity (ROI): SPECIAL SESSION ON DISEASE MANAGEMENT RETURN ON INVESTMENT: On the afternoon of Sunday, June 27, 2004 the following special session is scheduled from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm featuring the three tenors of disease management ROI: Achieving and Measuring Return on Investment (ROI) from Disease Management Initiatives Featuring The Three Tenors of Disease Management ROI: Ariel Linden, DrPH, MS, President, Linden Consulting Group, Portland, OR Thomas W. Wilson, PhD, MPH, DrPH, Principal, Trajectory Healthcare, LLC and Author, Evaluating ROI in State Disease Management Programs, Loveland, OH Al Lewis, Executive Director, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc. and Past President, Disease Management Association of America, Wellesley, MA (Chair) COLLOQUIUM SPONSORS: Primary Sponsor: Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College Co sponsors: AIS's Managed Care Week AIS's News and Strategies for Managed Medicare and Medicaid American College of Medical Quality Disease Management Advisor Disease Management News Disease Management Purchasing Consortium Harvard Health Policy Review Health Affairs Health Policy, Politics and Law Health Technology Center HealthLeaders Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management Scrip World Pharmaceutical News www.BusinessandHealth.com KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Carolyn M. Clancy, MD Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH Founder and President, Health Technology Center, Former Director, California Department of Health Services, and Former New Jersey Commissioner of Health, San Francisco, CA Stuart Guterman, CMS Director, Office of Research, Development and Information, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD John Iglehart Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC Nancy Johnson (R-Connecticut) (Invited) Chairwoman, Health Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC David Kreiss Special Assistant, Office of the Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC Al Lewis Executive Director, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc., and Past President, Disease Management Association of America, Wellesley, MA David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP The Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy and Chair of the Department, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and President, Disease Management Association of America, Indianapolis, IN Robert Stone Executive Vice President, American Healthways, and Immediate Past President, Disease Management Association of America, Nashville, TN FEATURED FACULTY: Kyle R. Allen, DO Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Medical Director, Post Acute and Senior Services, Summa Health System, and Associate Professor of Clinical Internal and Family Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH Charles D. Birmingham Disease Management, PacifiCare Health Systems, Cypress, CA Beau Carter Senior Health Policy and Strategy Consultant, Med-Vantage, Inc., San Francisco, CA Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Boston, MA Robb A. Cohen Vice President, Medicare and Medicaid Services, XLHealth, Baltimore, MD David Kaplan, MD Disease Management Specialist, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, San Francisco, CA Paul Keckley, Ph.D. Director, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University and Advisor, HealthGate, Nashville, TN Pat Koelling, RN President and CEO, AtlantiCare Health Plans, Hammonton, NJ Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA Principal, Better Health Technologies, LLC, Boise, ID Ben R. Leedle, Jr. (Invited) President and Chief Executive Officer, American Healthways, Nashville, TN Harry Leider, MD, MBA President, IFI Health Solutions, a Division of Interactive Forums, Bala Cynwyd, PA Alice Lind, RN, MPH Medical Assistance Administration, State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia, WA Ariel Linden, DrPH, MS President, Linden Consulting Group, Portland, OR Thomas G. Lundquist, MD, MMM Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, I-Trax Health Management Solutions, Philadelphia, PA Frank A. Martin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, I-trax Health Management Solutions, Inc., Philadelphia, PA Chris McKown President, Health Dialog, Boston, MA Molly Mettler, MSW Senior Vice President, Healthwise, Inc., And Co-author, Information Therapy: Prescribed Information as a Reimbursable Medical Service, Boise, ID Esther Nash, MD Senior Medical Director Health Management Programs, Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA Richard Popiel, MD, MBA Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Newark, NJ James C. Pyles, Esq. Principal, Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC, Washington, DC Louis F. Rossiter, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow, The College of William & Mary, and Consultant, National Pharmaceutical Council, Reston, VA Christobel E. Selecky Chief Executive Officer, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc., Irvine, CA Richard Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, CMD, CMS Health Policy Fellow, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA Susanne Stoiber, MS Executive Officer, Institute of Medicine, and Former Assistant Secretary for Health/Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC George A. Taler, MD Director, Long Term Care, Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Chair, Public Policy Committee, and Past President, American Academy of Home Care Physicians, Washington, DC Jacklynn Thiel Quality Assurance Program Manager, Montana Medicaid Managed Care, Department of Public Health & Human Services, State of Montana, Helena, MT Richard P. Vance President and Chief Executive Officer, CorSolutions, Inc., Rosemont, IL Andrew Webber President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Coalition on Health, Washington, DC Benjamin Wheatley Consultant, Trajectory Healthcare, LLC, Arlington, VA Thomas W. Wilson, PhD, MPH, DrPH Principal, Trajectory Healthcare, LLC, and Author, Evaluating ROI in State Disease Management Programs, Loveland, OH EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION: For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, Phone: 215-599-6626, Fax: 215-545-8107, email: joni.lipson@rmpinc.com. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: For registration Information, go to the Colloquium web site at http://DMConferences.com, call 800-546-3750 or email: registration@rmpinc.com. Disease Management Colloquium 1211 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 FOR E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGE, ADD OR DELETE REQUESTS: For changes or additions, please email your request to: webmaster@DMConferences.com. 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