90-minute Webcast on CD

Beyond the Asheville Project…

Employers Realize Benefit from Pharmacist-coordinated Health Management

Webcast held April 18, 2007. Now available on CD.

See how U.S. employers are lowering costs and improving the health of employees with diabetes and cardiovascular conditions using a new pharmacist-coordinated, patient self-management program. The turnkey program, called HealthMapRx^SM, was developed by the nonprofit American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation.

Modeled after the highly successful Asheville Project, HealthMapRx enables employers nationwide to offer chronic disease care to employees through ongoing relationships with community pharmacists and health management teams. Nationwide, 70 employers are using HealthMapRx, including those participating in the APhA Foundation's Diabetes Ten City Challenge.

Learning Objectives

This Webcast is designed for human resource benefit professionals, health care benefit consultants, and pharmacy professionals to:

• Learn the key principles of a pharmacist-coordinated disease management program that effectively engages patients in self-management.
• Identify the role of the employer, employee, community pharmacist, health care providers, TPA or PBM in this collaborative effort to lower the cost and improve the quality of employee health.
• Understand how employers receive a return on investment through healthier beneficiaries and a decrease in overall health care costs.
• Hear how employers have implemented this voluntary program for their employees.
• Identify cost saving drivers through real-world examples.

Agenda

More About the Speakers…

Daniel Garrett, R.Ph, MS, is senior director of medication adherence programs for the APhA Foundation and a member of the APhA Foundation consulting team that helps employers implement the voluntary HealthMapRx program. Garrett was instrumental in developing the Asheville Project, which is nationally recognized for its creative approach to managing costs while improving outcomes for employees with diabetes. This local initiative served as the basis for the national HealthMapRx model.

The APhA Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(C)(3) corporation dedicated to research and improving health outcomes.

David Westerfield is director of human resources for Mohawk Industries, Inc. in Dublin, Georgia. He oversees human resource services for employees at company plants in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina, and for Mohawk's U.S. sales force.

Joleen Deames, CPA, assistant chief financial officer for the City of Charleston, South Carolina, has worked for the city in a variety of ever-changing capacities during her eight-year tenure. She has performed internal audits, worked in the finance, information technology, human resources, and safety management divisions and helped retool the city's healthcare plans. She oversaw the implementation of HealthMapRx for the city.

The City of Charleston is the major coastal city and principal seaport of the state. As the second largest city in the state, it encompasses two counties. It is one of five employers in the Charleston area selected to participate in the APhA Foundation's Diabetes Ten City Challenge, a national program that offers HealthMapRx services to employers.

Nancy Kennedy is the executive director of the Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership. Under her leadership, the Healthcare Partnership was chosen as one of America 's best community health networks by its selection and participation in the National Community Care Network Demonstration Program, an initiative funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Nancy was instrumental in leading four of the Healthcare Partnerships' employer members to implement HealthMapRx.

Jason Hopkins is director of human resources for Hamilton Health Care System (HHCS), Inc. He oversees employment, benefits and compensation, associate health and worker's compensation administration, ensuring that all services support the HHCS strategic plan.

John D. Steele, PHR is manager of benefits and compensation for Hamilton Health Care System (HHCS). He is responsible for administration of HHCS' associate benefits programs and compliance with applicable regulatory agencies, as well as day-to-day compensation program administration, associate relations, and open enrollment.  He is the coordinator of the disease management program for HHCS.

Located in Dalton, Georgia, HHCS has been providing a continuum of care for the past 78 years. It is a thriving network of services that includes everything from wellness programs to acute care, mobile health services to senior residential services and a host of other life-enhancing programs. A member of the Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership, HHCS, along with three other area employers, is implementing HealthMapRx through the Diabetes Ten City Challenge.

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