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Care Management Web Summit

A Healthcare Web Summit Event on Care Management for today's health plans, provider networks, care management organizations, public programs and employers, featuring Live Webinar faculty: Joseph Gifford, M.D., Senior Medical Director, Regence, Alice Stollenwerk Petrulis, MD, Chief Medical Officer, KePRO; and Ian Duncan FSA FIA FCIA MAAA, President, Solucia Inc.; plus additional faculty Podcasts with companion presentations, and additional web summit features.

Webinar: Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern (10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Pacific)

http://www.healthwebsummit.com/caremanagment.htm

OVERVIEW

Member Care Management matters now more than ever for today's health plans, provider networks, care management organizations, public programs and employers. This year's Care Management web summit includes a webinar with leading national experts discussing management of high cost beneficiaries, detailed discussion of current trends, tools, strategies, techniques, benchmarks and critical issues involved with care management, and a presentation on measuring return on investment and financial evaluation of care management programs. The web summit also includes podcasts and other features addressing additional key selected care management topics.

Webinar Agenda: (Eastern Time)

1:00 pm - 1:05 pm Introductions and logistics
1:05 pm - 1:30 pm Management of High-Cost Beneficiaries - Joseph Gifford, M.D., Senior Medical Director, Regence, Seattle, WA
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Current Trends in Care Management - Alice Stollenwerk Petrulis, MD, Chief Medical Officer, KePRO and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Financial Evaluation of Care Management Programs - Ian Duncan FSA FIA FCIA MAAA, President, Solucia Inc, Farmington, CT
In addition to a thorough discussion of their presentations, the Webinar will include ample time for audience questions and answers.
Attendees will receive dial-in instructions shortly before the event, and have two options to view the companion presentations: they can logon to view the live webinar online, or simply link to download and view or print the presentation offline.

Podcasts

Downloadable Podcast recordings will be available 24/7 to attendees, each approximately ten to fifteen minutes in length.
Companion presentations related to each Podcast discussion are also available for downloading.

Additional Web Summit Features

A Library of selected recent care management articles is available to attendees
Attendees can link to faculty web pages and click to send them follow up questions
Attendees can take the Care Management e-poll on several important care management issues, and receive a summary of the survey results
Attendees can submit questions to ask of other attendees, which will be summarized and distributed to all participants.
Attendees will be given the opportunity to provide immediate feedback after the webinar event
The Summit web site, including podcasts, faculty presentations, article library, faculty pages, e-poll and results, and more, will be available 24/7 for three months following the event.
Attendees will receive a complimentary 30-day paid MCOL membership
A Summit CD-ROM with full webinar and podcast recordings, faculty presentations and additional materials is also available to attendees for an extra $40.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Participants will:

Understand the benchmarks and metrics, and processes to measure and evaluate care management performance, including from a financial and return on investment perspective
Gain a sense of the current current trends, strategies, operational challenges and critical issues in today's care management environment.
Explore various tools, techniques, and best practices currently being implemented for care management.
Address care management strategies and challenges in managing high cost patient populations

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Health Plans, Insurance Companies, TPAs, Employers, Provider Networks, Government, Utilization and Health Management Companies, PBMs, Consultants, Solutions Providers, Reinsurance Companies, and Media.
Chief Medical Officers and Medical Directors
Executives and Staff in Medical Management, Care Management, Case Management, Disease Management and Quality Management functions
Employee Benefit Managers and Corporate Health Management Staff
Health Management Consultants
C-Suite Executives involved in Care Management Financial and Operational Decisions
Administrative Staff involved in Financial Analysis of Care Management Programs

PRICING

Individual Registration Fee: $295. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $355 for non-attendees after the event.

Individual registration fee covers a single phone line
Multiple persons may listen via speaker phone with individual registration fee
Each individual registrant receives a unique dial-in ID which may not be shared
Corporate pricing is available when registrations are desired for more than one phone line. For details, visit: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/corprice.htm

4 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER

4 Easy Ways to Register:

1. Online: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/caremanagment.htm
2. Call: 209.577.4888.
3. Fax: Click here or go to: https://www.managedcarestore.com/hwsorder.pdf and fax your registration to the HealthWebSummt office at: 209.577.3557
4. Mail: Click here or go to: https://www.managedcarestore.com/hwsorder.pdf and mail the Registration Form to the HealthWebSummit Office at:

HealthWebSummit Office

1101 Standiford Avenue, Suite C-3

Modesto, CA 95350


Healthcare Web Summit Events: Audio conferences, webinars and multi feature web summit learning events for health management professionals Experience e-learning, gain market intelligence, identify solutions, interact with faculty, network and share experiences with attendees, gather data resources and more, and do it all in a web event or audio conference without having to leave your home or office, or having to adjust your schedule.