In this webinar you will learn about the fastest-growing, most transparent and valid measurement tool anywhere. Just introduced in 2008, there are almost three dozen health plans, employers and states signed up already, and the United States Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is using it too on a trial basis.

Why? Because it answers some incredibly basic questions which you -- yes, you -- have no idea about. For instance, you've probably undertaken multiple initiatives to manage heart disease to reduce heart attacks...and yet you have no clue what your heart attack rate is, whether it is high or low relative to peers, and whether the rate (along with related events, like angina attacks) has declined since you initiated these programs. The same is true for asthma attacks, CHF fluid overload etc.

Further, you have no idea how much those rates must decline in order to earn a return on your investment.

How can you manage something if you don't have goals and if you can't measure success?

This webinar will answer all those questions, provide benchmarkable data from many payors and show you the surprising results of valid measurement from two organizations which have won every major award for their disease management:

• Harvard-Pilgrim -- #1 in the country in disease management outcomes according to those DMPC outcomes comparisons --will provide a case study on what they've done to reach this pinnacle and what they're doing to stay there.
• Among state and local groups, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is likewise a leader, having been recognized a sector-leading three times by HIRC and DMPC for its own programs. They will also provide a case study on DM Program design, implementation and measurement.

Most importantly, this seminar will provide all the tools you need to measure your own outcomes validly yourselves. Further, we will provide a "number needed to decrease" analysis so that you can see how to translate those measurements into dollars. Say goodbye to high-priced actuarial consultants, one of whom acknowledged to the New York Times that their methodologies were "a step above voodoo."

And say hello to valid, transparent, and intuitive measurement for all of your care management initiatives, along with some ideas from best-in-class payors on how to improve them.

It is a live event that includes session handouts, an interactive question and answer period, and access for an unlimited number of participants at each call-in site. However, only one site can be offered per registration. It is impermissible for an organization to purchase one registration and to operate multiple sites through an internal telephone system. During the live Audioconference participants will be able to ask questions and make comments. The Audioconference faculty has agreed to take follow-up questions via email. Audioconferences are simple, accessible, cost effective and reach a broad audience locally.

Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Information Officers and Chief Financial Officers, Privacy Officials, Security Officers, Compliance Officers, Legal Counsel, Patient Account Managers, Billing Staff and Information Services Staff.

All Faculty Materials will be Posted on the Disease Management Audioconference website:
www.DMAudioconferences.com/dmaudio20081203 in downloadable PDF Formats.