Wednesday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
You can be an informed purchaser of disease management and wellness services or you can be a passive recipient of vendor reports. The difference: An informed purchaser is able to critically analyze the validity of outcomes reports by taking this Critical Outcomes Report Analysis (CORA) course. In this course you will learn how to:
- Tell when a "pre-post" result is certainly invalid or probably valid;
- Use "plausibility indicators" to cross-check the validity of high return on investments; and
- Avoid regression to the mean in both disease management and wellness outcomes.
The course is partially taught in the form of self-tests, so that you yourself can see these mistakes in action. You may also take the formal CORA exam, and either have it scored informally as a "mock test" or have it evaluated for lifetime CORA certification, a unique credential which has been earned by more than 200 people.
Materials provided as take-aways include the White Paper on Outcomes Measurement and the sample tests and the template for creating valid reports (or checking the reports submitted to you), all of which can be re-used within your organization.
Faculty: Alfred Lewis, JD (left), president of the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International (DMPC) Inc., also is a past president and founder of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance. He was named the "most influential person" in disease management twice by Managed Healthcare Executive magazine.
Price:
DMPC Symposium: $200
DMPC Symposium with "mock test" and scoring: $500
DMPC Symposium with lifetime Critical Outcomes Report Analysis Certification: $700
All Prices Include "how-to" take-aways. Please note: Only registered 2010 Forum and Summit attendees are eligible to register for the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium Symposium. Registrations solely for the Symposium will not be accepted and refunded accordingly.