2010 ACG System International Conference
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