Healthcare Intelligence Network

Christy L. Beaudin, PHD, LCSW, CPHQ, corporate director of quality improvement at PacifiCare Behavioral Health, describes the crucial differences between the "baby blues" and postpartum depression.

David Hunsaker, president of public programs, APS Healthcare, describes how to maintain contact with the Medicaid population, dispels some of the myths about the Medicaid population and discusses ways to reduce non-urgent emergency room usage among Medicaid recipients.

Elizabeth Reardon, managed care director, Vermont Health Access, discusses the challenges of serving a rural population in Medicaid disease management programs and how case managers can utilize home visits conducted either by the case manager or by other service provides already visiting the home to help coordinate the care of Medicaid patients.

Dr. Peter Kongstvedt, a partner in the health and managed care consulting services division of Accenture, evaluates hospitals' response to requests for quality data from federal and private agencies.

Dr. Alan Spiro, vice president and chief medical officer of Anthem National Accounts, a Wellpoint company, fears that the industry has become so focused on metrics that it is missing the people. Learn how his organization is utilizing the concept of primary nurse who is the single telephonic contact for a patient.

Dr. Kate Lorig, a registered nurse, doctor of public health and professor of medicine at Stanford Patient Education Research Center describes the identification and training of patient leaders for self-management workshops, cultural considerations and other program details.

Paul Harris, a senior healthcare consultant with Hewitt Associates, describes how organizations can utilize the data resulting from health fairs. Harris and Larry Hicks, a senior consultant with the Hay Group, also list the privacy issues an organization must consider when planning a health fair and the single greatest error organizations make when organizing health fairs. Harris, Hicks and Heidi Laubach, a consultant with AON Consulting, discuss the elements of a successful health fair that generate a return on investment and improve the health and well-being of its participants during a September 28th audio conference on CD-ROM, Health Fairs: Planning, Marketing and Achieving Bottom-Line Results.

Larry Hicks, a senior consultant with the Hay Group discusses the role a health fair can play in the benefits open enrollment process and the optimal timing for this type of health fair. Paul Harris, a senior healthcare consultant with Hewitt Associates and Hicks also list the privacy issues an organization must consider when planning a health fair and the single greatest error organizations make when organizing health fairs. Harris, Hicks and Heidi Laubach, a consultant with AON Consulting, discuss the elements of a successful health fair that generate a return on investment and improve the health and well-being of its participants during a September 28th audio conference on CD-ROM, Health Fairs: Planning, Marketing and Achieving Bottom-Line Results.

Heidi Laubach, a consultant with AON Consulting, explores how to mesh employees' expectations of a health fair with the goals of the hosting organization, the most successful and the most creative health fair promotion strategy she has seen and some planning tips for organizations that would like to hold a health fair but have employees at multiple sites. Paul Harris, a senior healthcare consultant with Hewitt Associates, Larry Hicks, a senior consultant with the Hay Group and Laubach discuss the elements of a successful health fair that generate a return on investment and improve the health and well-being of its participants during a September 28th audio conference on CD-ROM, Health Fairs: Planning, Marketing and Achieving Bottom-Line Results.

Dr. Fred Hosler, senior vice president and chief medical officer at Alegent Health, describes the role of electronic medical records in the pay-for-performance arena, the importance of adequate ramp-up time and of building staff support in a collegial fashion for organizational ventures such as pay-for-performance. Dr. Hosler also describes how his organization is developing a physician leadership program in conjunction with Gallup University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Hosler and Michael O'Neil, vice president of strategic iniatives with HealthSpring, will be presenting inside details on how their organizations have engaged physicians in PFP programs during a September 6th audio conference, Making the Business Case for Physician Participation and Engagement in Pay-for-Perforamnce Programs.