GREEN BAY, WI and DALLAS, TX — (Marketwired) — 08/14/13 — and today introduced the , the premier industry event designed specifically to deliver critical intelligence, resources, and best practices for care managers and professionals involved in care coordination within patient centered medical homes (PCMH). The conference will be held August 28, 2013, at Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
The conference will host 15 distinguished panelists and speakers, including nationally recognized experts in care management, physicians and policymakers. The event will feature keynotes from , MD, MPH, the founding President of the and IBM-s Director of IBM Global Healthcare Transformation, as well as , MD, FAAFP, Interim President and CEO of , a nonprofit subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
“The purpose of this conference centers around the concept of providing better care to more with less,” said Ashok Rai, President and CEO of Prevea Health, a 180-physician medical group based in Green Bay. “We-ll explore how the patient centered medical home model and innovative care management tools and processes can help accomplish this goal by improving the health of our populations and positioning us for success under value-based reimbursement. Our set of experts will lead us through these areas and share what they-ve learned and what we can adopt to meet the challenge of driving value in today-s healthcare environment.”
“The patient centered medical home is the ideal delivery model for advancing care management and proactively engaging patients in their care. Phytel is pleased to partner with Prevea Health who has taken a leadership role in helping its physician practices develop the infrastructure for automating population health management and patient engagement in the PCMH setting,” said Steve Schelhammer, CEO of Phytel. “We expect this conference will set a precedent for highlighting the spectrum of voices involved in the PCMH and advance care delivery strategies designed to improve the quality of care.”
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Panel and session topics include:
Empowering Care Teams to Make a Difference within the PCMH Neighborhood
Partnering with Patients in Care Management: Tools and Principles for Effective Engagement
Case and Care Management for Population Health
Quality Measures, Advanced Stratification within Care Management Workflows
Impact of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) on Hypertension Control and Adherence
Evidence Based Medicine for Diabetes-Past, Present, and Future
Patient Activation: Engaging Low-Activated Patients
Improving Provider/Patient Communication and Engagement
Conference panelists and speakers include executives from IBM, NCQA, Phytel, Prevea Health, TransforMED, and the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality.
The lead sponsor for the conference is Phytel. Additional sponsors include TransforMED, and .
To register for the conference please visit .
Prevea Health-s mission is to care for people with passion, pride, and respect. Founded in 1996, Prevea Health partners with St. Mary-s and St. Vincent Hospitals in Green Bay, and St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan, Wis. to provide access to more than 300 providers in over 50 specialty areas. Prevea-s 24 health centers and 17 worksite medical clinics are throughout the greater Green Bay area and in Luxemburg, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto, Plymouth, Pulaski, Seymour, Sheboygan and Sturgeon Bay. Visit for more information.
The premier company empowering physician-led population health improvement, Phytel provides physicians with proven technology to deliver timely, coordinated care to their patients. Phytel-s state-of-the-art registry, which now encompasses more than 30 million patients nationwide, uses evidence-based chronic and preventive care protocols to identify and notify patients due for service, while tracking compliance and measuring quality and financial results. For more information, please visit . Follow us on and find us on .
Rob Carviou
Prevea Health
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