On Wednesday, June 22, 2005 the Disease Management Colloquium will offer the following special session on evidence based medicine:

1:15 pm	Introduction to the Role of Evidence Based Medicine in Disease Management by Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University (Colloquium Co chair)
1:30 pm	Review Challenges Faced in Approaching Curriculum Development of an EBM Philosophy by Jeffrey Lenow, MD, Chief Medical Officer, MediMedia USA and Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College
2:15 pm	The International Drug Safety Paradigm by Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Center for Practical Health Reform
3:30 pm	Point/Counterpoint: "Is there Value in Evidence Based Medicine for Disease Management?" by Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D. and David W. Moskowitz, MD, MA (Oxon.), FACP, Chairman, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer. GenoMed, Inc.
4:30 pm	The Limits of EBM in Behavioral Health Strategies by Rick Botelho, MD, Professor of Family Medicine, URMC Family Medicine Center and Richard Citrin, Ph.D., Vice President, Integrated Care Management, Corphealth
5:15 pm	Collaborative Care Management: A New Model for Disease Management by David St. Clair, MBA, President and CEO, MEDecision, Inc.

DM COLLOQUIUM HOT TOPIC SESSIONS:

• Achieving and Measuring Return on Investment (ROI) from Disease Management Initiatives
• Evidence Based Medicine
• Disease Management Programs for Medicaid and the Under- and Uninsured
• Putting a "C" for Consumer in "DM" - Strategies and Tools for Consumers and Communities
• Advanced Issues in Disease Management: Research, Clinical Integration and Pay for Performance
• Case Studies in Medicare Disease Management: Medicare, Dual Eligibles, Risk Stratification
• Use of Pay for Performance Concepts: Physician and Consumer Incentives in Disease Management
• Health Information Technology Tools and Technologies for Disease Management
• The Future of Disease Management

SPONSORED BY:



David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Jefferson Medical College

"We are very pleased to be able to welcome everyone to our campus in Philadelphia. We believe this is an outstanding conference and we know you will all enjoy it immensely. We have assembled a top notch faculty and the interaction will be first rate. Disease Management is a dynamic field and in order to stay on top of the details it takes hard work and attention to what the experts have to say."

DISEASE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING:

The Colloquium is pleased to host the Annual Meeting of Disease Management Journal Editorial Board.

Click here for more details.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

David Atkins, MD Coordinator for Clinical Preventive Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
Sandra M. Foote Director, Chronic Care Improvement Program, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Edward FX Hughes, MD, MPH Professor, Kellogg Business School, Evanston, IL
Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D. Executive Director, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, and Advisor, HealthGate, Nashville, TN
Ben R. Leedle, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer, American Healthways, Nashville, TN
Harry Leider, MD, MBA Principal, Better Health Technologies, LLC, Owings Mills, MD
Al Lewis Executive Director, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium & Advisory Council LLC, and Past President, Disease Management Association of America, Wellesley, MA
Jonathan T. Lord, MD Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Humana, Louisville, KY
Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation, and Executive Director, Connecting for Health, Washington, DC
Frank A. Martin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, I-trax, Inc., Chadds Ford, PA
Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH Faculty, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Past President, Disease Management Association of America Indianapolis, IN
Michael Parkinson, MD Chief Health and Medical Officer, Lumenos, Alexandria, VA
Emad Rizk, MD President, McKesson Health Solutions, Boston, MA
Claire Rosse Chief Executive Officer, FutureHealth Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD
W. Allen Schaffer, MD, FACP Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, CIGNA, Hartford, CT
Christobel E. Selecky President, Disease Management Association of America, Chief Executive Officer, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc., Irvine, CA
David Shulkin, MD Chief Medical Officer, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
John Sory Vice President, Pfizer Health Solutions, Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY
Paul Wallace, MD Executive Director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

COLLOQUIUM CO-CHAIRS:

Karen Fitzner, Ph.D.
Director, Research & Program Development, Disease Management Association of America, Washington, DC

John Gorman
President and CEO, Gorman Health Group, Washington, DC

Jerry Reeves, MD
President of Las Vegas Operations, Culinary Health Fund, Las Vegas, NV

Bruce Taffel, MD
Senior Medical Director, Health Informatics, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Nashville, TN


FEATURED FACULTY:

Robert Barchi, MD, Ph.D.
President, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Jan Berger, MD, MJ
Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Caremark RX, North Brook, IL

David Bernard, MD, FACP, FRCP
Chief Medical Director, Montefiore Care Management Organization, Yonkers, NY

Shulamit L. Bernard, PhD
Director, Program on Health Care Quality and Outcomes, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC

Rick Botelho, MD
Professor of Family Medicine, URMC Family Medicine Center, Rochester, NY

Gerald E. Boyd, MD
Medical Director, Employers' Coalition on Health, Rockford, IL

Karen Bray, RN CDE
Disease Management Program Director, Optima Health, Virginia Beach, VA

Michelle Brooks
Administrator, Access East, Inc./University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC

John Byrnes, MD
Senior Vice President, Systems Quality, Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, MI

Beau Carter
Senior Health Policy and Strategy Consultant, Med-Vantage, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Richard Citrin, PhD
Vice President, Integrated Care Management, Corphealth, Fort Worth, TX

Robb A. Cohen
Vice President, XL Health, Baltimore, MD

Kimberly Crickmore
Regional Director, Community Care Plan of Eastern North Carolina, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC

Mayer B. Davidson, MD
Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA

Steven Eisenberg, MD
Vice President & CEO, Phoenix Healthcare Intelligence, Eagan, MN

Holly Michaels Fisher, MUP, MPH
Vice President for Program Planning, Executive Director, VNS Choice, New York, NY

Neal Friedman, MD
Medical Director, South Central Preferred, Medical Director for Disease Management, WellSpan Health, Buffalo, NY

Jeff Greene
Chief Executive Officer, MedEncentive (formerly ePPO, LLC), Oklahoma City, OK

Margaret Gunter, PhD
President & Executive Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation, Albuquerque, NM

Scott C. Howell, DO, MPH&TM, CPE
Medical Director, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nancy Jallo, RNC, MSN, CS FNP
OB Program Coordinator, Optima Health, Virginia Beach, VA

Lynn Kohrs
Health Care Manager, General Electric, Schenectady, NY

Jeffrey Lenow, MD
Chief Medical Officer, MediMedia USA, Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Linda Magno
Director, Medical Demonstrations Program Group, Office of Research, Development and Information, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Nancy McCall, ScD
Principal Scientist, RTI International, Washington, DC

Mary Jane McKendry, RN, MBA, CHE
Vice President, Clinical Operations, Optimal Renal Care, Lexington, MA

David W. Moskowitz, MD, MA (Oxon.), FACP
Chairman, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer, GenoMed, Inc., St. Louis, MO

William Novelli (Invited)
Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Washington, DC

Monica Oss
Founder and President, OPEN MINDS, Gettysburg, PA

John Pilotte
Senior Research Analyst, Medicare Demonstrations Program Group, Office of Research, Development and Information, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Lee Sacks, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL

Patricia Salber, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Center for Practical Health Reform, Larkspur, CA

Harm Scherpbier, MD
Product Manager Clinical Decision Support, Siemens Health Services, Malvern, PA

Bill Shea
Senior Manager, Quality, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA

Mark C. Shields, MD, MBA
Senior Medical Director, Advocate Health Partners, Mt. Prospect, IL

Joanne M. Sica, RPh, MHA
Assistant Vice President, Aon Consulting, Inc., Conshohocken, PA

David St. Clair, MBA
President and CEO, MEDecision, Inc., Wayne, PA

Donna Stidham, RN
Chief, Managed Care, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

I. Steven Udvarhelyi, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA


Christopher Vojta, MD, MBA
Vice President for Business Development, Ovations-UnitedHealth Group Company, Minnetonka, MN

Sandeep Wadhwa, MD
Vice President, Government Programs, McKesson Health Solutions, Broomfield, CO

Randall Williams, MD
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Chief Executive Officer, Pharos Innovations, LLC, Northfield, IL

COSPONORED BY:

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 www.DMConferences.com, call 800-546-3750 or email: registration@rmpinc.com.

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