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2010 ACG System International Conference

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Monday, May 10th

ACG System Training
  • 12:00-1:00: Session 1a: Case identification using the ACG System.
    Presenters:  Meg McGinn and Amy Salls, DST HealthSolutions
  • 12:00-1:00: Session 1b: Customization of the ACG System.
    Presenter: Klaus Lemke, The Johns Hopkins University
  • 1:15-3:00: Risk Stratification using the ACG System.
    Presenters:  Lisa Kabasakalian and Amy Salls, DST HealthSolutions
Plenary I: Welcome Plenary
  • Speaker: Jonathan Weiner, The Johns Hopkins University
Plenary II: ACGs: One System Many Nations
  • Speaker: Barbara Starfield, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Speaker: Karen Kinder,  The Johns Hopkins University

Tuesday, May 11th

Plenary III: Keynote From Measurement to Management
  • Speaker : Dave Bodycombe, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Speaker : Linda Dunbar, Johns Hopkins HealthCare
  • Speaker : Dave Knutson, University of Minnesota
Concurrent Session Ia:  Population Health:  Identifying “at risk” Groups in Enrolled Populations
  • Work Limitations and Their Relationship with Morbidity Burden in Employed Persons with Diabetes
    Presenter: Martha Sylvia, Johns Hopkins HealthCare
  • Using the ACG Case Mix System to Stratify Medicare SNP Members for Annual Health Risk Assessment and Care Management Activities
    Presenter: Debra Read, CareOregon
  • Peer Grouping: Hospital and Provider Profiling Across Minnesota
    Presenter: Rob Kreiger, University of Minnesota
Concurrent Session Ib:  The Benefits of Local Calibration/Customization
  • Understanding Predictive Models of ACG with Ambulatory Patient Data in Thailand
    Presenter: Supasit Pannarunothai, Centre for Health Equity Monitoring, Naresuan University
  • Applying Diagnosis and Pharmacy-Based Risk Models to Predict Pharmacy Use in Aragon, Spain: The Impact of a Local Calibration
    Presenters: Amaia Calderon-Larranaga, Aragon Health Science Institute & Chad Abrams, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Adapting the ACG Case-Mix System to Swedish Health Care – creating Swedish weights
    Presenters: Andreas Johansson, Ensolution & Henrik Magnusson, Linköping University
Concurrent Session IIa:  Population Health:  Improving Care Management
  • Experiences of ACGs as a Part of Primary Health Care Funding in a Swedish Region
    Presenter: Lars Bjorkman,  Department of Health Care Evaluation
  • A Management Perspective with Practical Applications on the Use of ACG Predictive Modeling in the Managed Care Environment
    Presenter: Sue Belcher, Select Health of South Carolina
  • Management of the ACG Process and Multiple Uses of Output in a Managed Care Environment
    Presenters: Martin Raffel, Heather Castro, Allen Lesko , Johns Hopkins HealthCare
Concurrent Session IIb:  Advanced Analytic Issues:  ACG Applications in Research
  • Understanding ACG Health Measures as Outcomes in Longitudinal Research
    Presenter: Thomas Bohman, University of Texas Center for Social Work Research
  • Applying Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) Case-Mixed Adjustment to Demonstrate Efficacy of Disease Management: A Case Control Study of Patients with Moderate to Severe Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
    Presenter: Kam Reams, Brown and Toland
  • Using the ACG as a Longitudinal Measure of Comorbidity within a State High Risk Pool
    Presenters: Jan Moore, Jean Hall, University of Kansas
  • Using the ACG as a Longitudinal Measure of Comorbidity within a State High Risk Pool
    Presenters: Jan Moore, Jean Hall, University of Kansas
Concurrent Session IIIa:  Leveraging the Power of Pharmacy Data for Risk Prediction and Care Management
  • Unexpected Rx Use
    Presenter: Chad Abrams, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Pharmacy Gaps
    Presenter: Dave Bodycombe, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Using pharmacy information in a decision support system to improve efficient delivery of primary health care. A study on the Swedish National Drug Register
    Presenter: Andreas Johansson, Ensolution
Concurrent Session IIIb:  Profiling and Choice of Physician
  • A Comparison of Physician and Non-Physician Case-Mix in Community-based Veterans Administration
    Presenter: J. Glenn Forister, Laurel A. Copeland, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Stability and Variation in Burden of Illness Between Primary Health Care Centres in Stockholm, Sweden
    Presenter: Lennart Carlsson,  Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Instituet
  • Impact of Co Morbidity on Patients Choice of Primary Health Care Provider (Sweden)
    Presenter: Anders Halling, Blekinge Kompetenscentrum
Concurrent Session IIIa:  Leveraging the Power of Pharmacy Data for Risk Prediction and Care Management
  • Unexpected Rx Use
    Presenter: Chad Abrams, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Pharmacy Gaps
    Presenter: Dave Bodycombe, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Using pharmacy information in a decision support system to improve efficient delivery of primary health care. A study on the Swedish National Drug Register
    Presenter: Andreas Johansson, Ensolution
Concurrent Session IIIb:  Profiling and Choice of Physician
  • A Comparison of Physician and Non-Physician Case-Mix in Community-based Veterans Administration
    Presenter: J. Glenn Forister, Laurel A. Copeland, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Stability and Variation in Burden of Illness Between Primary Health Care Centres in Stockholm, Sweden
    Presenter: Lennart Carlsson,  Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Instituet
  • Impact of Co Morbidity on Patients Choice of Primary Health Care Provider (Sweden)
    Presenter: Anders Halling, Blekinge Kompetenscentrum

Wednesday, May 12th

Plenary IV: Transforming Healthcare: The Role of Predictive Modeling and Advanced Analytics Under US Health Reform
Speaker Jonathan Weiner, The Johns Hopkins University

Concurrent Session IVa: Advanced Analytic Techniques: Making the Most of ACG Predictive Modeling
  • ACG Predictive Modeling in Practice: Improving the Identification Process for Care Management Programs Using Cut Points
    Presenters: Shannon Murphy, Heather Castro, Martha Sylvia, Johns Hopkins Healthcare
  • Using ACG Output as Control Variables in Program Evaluations
    Presenter: April L. Seifert, Medica
  • Predicting Hospitalization
    Presenter: Klaus Lemke, The Johns Hopkins University
Concurrent Session IVb: Improving Equity and Efficiency in Health Care Delivery
  • Reaching the Unreachable: Facilitating equity & efficiency in the Malaysian Primary health care system through the application of the ACG System
    Presenters: Peter Lee Fuei Siong, Noraziah Aboo Bakar, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • Socioeconomic Status and Healthcare Utilization in Israel’s Largest Health Plan
    Presenter: Efrat Shadmi, Health Policy and Planning Division, Clalit Health Services
  • Coordination
    Presenter: Patricio Muniz, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Plenary V: ACG Future Directions and Opportunities
    Speaker Jonathan Weiner, The Johns Hopkins University
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