ABQ       Title: 3rd Annual ABQAURP Medical Management System Innovations Conference Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Time: 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM Type: ANCILLARY-PUBLIC Level: INTERMEDIATE Track: - Sponsor(s): ABQUARP Speaker(s): - ANCILLARY PROGRAM This ancillary program is being held in conjunction with CMSA's Annual Conference. Additional fees and separate registration is required. Please contact the program organizers at: http://www.abqaurp.org/MMS-2008.asp. It’s an election year, and the pressure is on. Can we afford to pay for care? Can your hospital, physicians, and health plan quantify their ability to optimize patient care? As patients move through the continuum of care, what outcomes should we be measuring? Innovation and change is now the “constant” in medical management. What worked yesterday might not be what the market is demanding today. Has the pendulum swung back in favor of utilization review programs, specialty referral networks and disease management programs? Or, does today’s medical management program require a dynamic, interactive, integrative and customized approach to support the patient? What will be the impact of information technology on medical management? How can we develop platforms that support more advanced, decision-making techniques and mobilize the resources necessary to support a complex, care management program? The 3rd Annual ABQAURP Medical Management System Innovations Conference provides a timely update on the rapid transformations in medical and care management. This is a must-attend conference for anyone who performs, coordinates, supports, uses, purchases, or otherwise is interested in the next generation of medical management tools and techniques. CONFERENCE GOALS Participants will be able to: Identify recent innovations and trends in medical management Review the impact of pay-for-performance and other provider reporting initiatives Assess which quality initiatives make sense for your organization – and those that don’t Visualize how global healthcare initiatives influence purchaser decisions Address the integration of convenience care clinics into the continuum of care Learn how surgical outcomes are influenced by regionalization of care Recognize patient and provider engagement strategies to improve clinical outcomes Discuss how to integrate case management into day-to-day care