Healthways, CareAdvantage on Cutting Acute and Chronic Care Costs with Risk Stratification

April 28, 2009 - PRLog -- MANASQUAN, NJ, USA --- Matching the health risk levels of patients and members to appropriate healthcare interventions offers substantial payoffs in reducing acute and chronic care costs. During "Reducing Acute and Chronic Care Costs Through an Effective Health Risk Stratification Model," a May 6, 2009 webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network, two industry experts will describe how their organizations approach health risk stratification, from identifying individuals for stratification purposes to analyzing the effectiveness of risk stratification programs.

The 60-minute webinar is also available in on-demand, DVD and CD-ROM formats for training. Learn more about reducing chronic care costs with health risk stratification by visiting: http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?cchrs.

NEWS FACTS:

--- Scheduled Speakers: John Harris, chief wellness officer and senior vice president, Healthways, and Dr. William Vennart, vice president of medical management and national medical director with CareAdvantage Inc.

--- Conference Highlights: Identifying, assessing and assigning stratification levels; using predictive modeling, rules engines and deep analytics such as neural net and statistical models in health risk stratification; employing stratification to drive program placement, as well as media and type of approach used to impact the participant; analyzing best practice health risk stratification including targeting and tailoring; monitoring the effectiveness of stratification levels; and understanding how risk stratification programs are evolving.

--- Target Audience: CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, care management nurses and business development and strategic planning directors.

--- Webinar Formats: 60-minute live webinar on May 6, 2009 includes a 15-minute Q&A; "On-Demand" rebroadcast available May 8, 2009; 60-minute training DVD or CD-ROM with printed transcript available May 27, 2009. Get more information on using health risk stratification to reduce acute and chronic care costs by visiting: http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?cchrs.


QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:

To view Melanie Matthews's profile, please visit: http://www.hin.com/bios.html#mm.

“Individuals with chronic conditions are the largest, highest-cost and fastest-growing segment of the population. Data mining and predictive analytics are great hedges against the escalating costs of acute and chronic care. These tools can help organizations to identify and target individuals who are at risk for costly health conditions and tailor appropriate medical interventions. Health risk stratification not only helps to head off costly medical interventions but can also predict those individuals likely to experience future gaps in care."

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