To increase and maximize revenue, many health plans are focusing on the health risk assessment scores of the elderly population they serve, including Medicare members. Managing these risks can have a bottom line impact by reducing healthcare resource utilization through early identification and management of potentially high expense conditions.
Listen to pre-conference comments from Dr. Marcia Wade.
During Assessing and Predicting Health Risk in the Elderly, a 45-minute archive version webinar on February 10, 2010, now available as a CD-ROM, via On Demand Web access or as a training DVD, we learned what to assess in the elderly population, how to match interventions based on risk score and the impact of this type of initiative.
We heard from Marcia Wade, MD, FCCP, MMM, senior medical director at Aetna Medicare on:
- What health status indicators should be considered in an HRA geared toward the elderly;
- Predictive modeling and stratification models to assign members into risk tiers based on clinical need;
- Identifying members for complex case management;
- Intervention strategies to address risk factors;
- Engaging members to complete the health risk assessment; and
- Expected results and outcomes from an elderly-focused HRA.
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You can listen to this program right in your office and enjoy significant savings – no travel time or hassle; no hotel expenses. It’s so convenient! Invite your staff members to gather around a conference table to listen to the CD, DVD or the On Demand version.
Here's what participants said about the program:
The conference was informative, very useful, said a disease care coordinator with a Medicare health plan.
"Comprehensive review....excellent audio visuals to accompany lecture," said Ann Posey, case management manager with Peoples Health.
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS CONFERENCE?
CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, care management nurses and business development and strategic planning directors.
ABOUT OUR PANELISTS:
Dr. Marcia Wade
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Dr. Marcia Wade, F.C.C.P., M.M.M., is senior medical director for Aetna Medicare Medical Management. She is responsible for medical management strategy, performance metrics and provider collaboration program nationally for Aetna Medicare Advantage membership. Dr. Wade’s background includes managing a private multi-specialty medical group and senior medical management positions in several major healthcare organizations.
Dr. Wade graduated from Yale Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Pulmonary Medicine. She trained in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and Memorial/Sloan-Kettering Cancer center, and in Pulmonology at Boston University. Dr. Wade received a Master of Medical Management from Tulane University in 2001. She is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and has been a member of the voluntary clinical teaching faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine at Boston University and at the University of Pittsburgh.
