Medicare Disease Management: Reducing Risk and Improving Quality of Life for the Elderly
With chronic conditions a leading cause of illness, disability and death among the Medicare population and claiming a disproportionate share of healthcare expenditures for the elderly, health plans and providers are constantly seeking strategies to balance this healthcare equation. Enter Medicare disease management programs and the positive impact they can have on patients’ health status and spending. Medicare Disease Management: Identifying and Engaging the Elderly Population To Improve Chronic Health Status, a March 29, 2006 audio conference sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN), will de-mystify the steps to launching a results-oriented Medicare disease management program, from design to patient recruitment to outcomes assessment. During HIN’s 90-minute live interactive audio conference, Blake Andersen, president, Chronic Care Group, Health Sciences Institute, Dr. Randall Krakauer, national medical director, retiree markets, Aetna, and Christobel Selecky, CEO, LifeMasters Inc., will share strategies from their organizations’ own disease management programs targeting Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions. Dr. Krakauer and Selecky will draw upon their corporate participation in Medicare’s pilot Health Support programs aimed at beneficiaries with chronic conditions. For more information, please visit http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? medicarepr.
Manasquan, NJ (PRWEB) February 21, 2006
With chronic conditions a leading cause of illness, disability and death among the Medicare population and claiming a disproportionate share of healthcare expenditures for the elderly, health plans and providers are constantly seeking strategies to balance this healthcare equation. Enter Medicare disease management programs and the positive impact they can have on patients’ health status and spending.
Medicare Disease Management: Identifying and Engaging the Elderly Population To Improve Chronic Health Status, a March 29, 2006 audio conference sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN), will de-mystify the steps to launching a results-oriented Medicare disease management program, from design to patient recruitment to outcomes assessment.
During HIN’s 90-minute live interactive audio conference, Blake Andersen, president, Chronic Care Group, Health Sciences Institute, Dr. Randall Krakauer, national medical director, retiree markets, Aetna, and Christobel Selecky, CEO, LifeMasters Inc., will share strategies from their organizations’ own disease management programs targeting Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions. Dr. Krakauer and Selecky will draw upon their corporate participation in Medicare’s pilot Health Support programs aimed at beneficiaries with chronic conditions. For more information, please visit http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? medicarepr (http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? medicarepr).
During this 90-minute audio conference, presenters will also provide details on:
Identifying, assessing and stratifying at-risk Medicare beneficiaries; Serving dual eligibles; Engaging the elderly population and family members in the care management process; Lessons learned from serving the Medicare population; Measuring outcomes and results in Medicare disease management programs; and What care management models are effective in treating the Medicare population.
“Beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions have difficulty caring for themselves and commonly experience poor health outcomes, increased healthcare costs and diminished quality of life,” says Melanie Matthews, HIN executive vice president and chief operating officer. “There is evidence that providing self-care support, education and care coordination for this population can improve clinical outcomes, reduce healthcare outlay and boost participant and provider satisfaction.”
According to Matthews, the March 29, 2006 audio conference will provide tactical direction to CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, care management nurses, business development executives and strategic planning directors hoping to launch similar initiatives. The 90-minute audio conference format builds in 30 minutes dedicated to responding to participants’ questions.
For those who miss the live conference, an on-demand rebroadcast can be accessed beginning March 31, 2006, and a CD-ROM recording with printed transcript will be available in mid-April. To register and obtain details on audio conference formats, please visit: http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? medicarepr (http://www. hin. com/cgi-local/link/news/pl. cgi? medicarepr).
About the Healthcare Intelligence Network—HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 292-3073, e-mail info@hin. com, or visit http://www. hin. com (http://www. hin. com).
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Patricia Donovan
Phone: (732) 528-4468
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