Makanont: Diabetes and Chronic Disease Risk Management: Techniques to Reduce Plan Costs While Improving Care

Overview

Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Time: 2pm EST | 11 am PST

[Also available for free, on-demand viewing for all registrants starting on 8/4/2022]

Cost: Complimentary

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Chronic diseases, and diabetes in particular, are significant cost drivers for most health plans. These costs are largely driven by failure to enable patients to successfully manage their disease, which results in 16 million ER visits per year and 7.8 million inpatient hospital stays. Most health plans are designed to be pennywise and pound foolish, as they pay for catastrophic treatments but miss opportunities to improve diabetes management, employee morale and productivity as well as reduce overall plan costs. Plan design issues can also cause reduced compliance of critical chronic disease management therapies.

Join this complimentary webcast to learn about the state of diabetes management and prevention, including new innovations and insurance market dynamics influencing cost and coverage. Topics discussed will include:

How diabetes impacts overall health plan risk and costs
The disproportionate impact of diabetes on communities of color
Applying recent innovations in medicines to help manage the disease, greatly reduce complications, and prevent Type 2 diabetes
Concrete steps your organization or your clients can take now to manage plan risk, reduce costs and improve care
And more…

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Speakers:

	George J. Huntley – Chief Executive Officer, Diabetes Leadership Council George Huntley is a founding member of the Diabetes Leadership Council and currently serves as CEO of both the Diabetes Leadership Council and its affiliate, the Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition. He has been living with type 1 diabetes since 1983 and has 3 other family members also living with type 1. A passionate advocate for people with diabetes, George served as the National Chair of the Board of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in 2009. George is also the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Theoris Group, Inc., a professional services firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana that provides engineering and information technology solutions. In his corporate role George has been the plan administrator of a self-insured health plan for over 20 years.
	Aaron Turner-Phifer – Director, Health Policy, JDRF Aaron Turner-Phifer is the Director, Health Policy at JDRF. He has over a decade of experience advising and crafting public policy at the federal, state, and local levels. Turner-Phifer has experience working on health care quality initiatives and public policy that impacts prescription drug benefits, commercial insurance markets as well as Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Insurance Marketplace enrollees. He is an expert political and policy analyst with a unique understanding of the intricacies associated with the development of health care policy. He achieved his Master of Health Administration degree from the George Washington University.
	Donna B. Ryan, RN, RD, MPH, CDE, FAADE – Ascension Health, Pensacola, FL and Board Member, Diabetes Leadership Council Donna Ryan currently is the Regional Director of Population Health for Ascension Health – Sacred Heart Health System on the Florida Gulf Coast. She holds dual licenses as a registered nurse and registered dietitian. She earned her Master’s in Public Health from California State University, Northridge in 2004 and her Bachelors in Science at the University of Alabama. She is a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, and a Fellow of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). Ms. Ryan served as the 2018 President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). She has also served as AADE Treasurer and as member of Board of Directors from 2012 to 2019.