The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies to Participate in the 12th Annual Health Management Congress
Philadelphia, PA - Three AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies representatives will speak at the 12th Annual Health Management Congress. The conference will be hosted at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California from September 24-26, 2007.
Diana Rappa-Kesser, RN, MSN, CCM, Director Care Coordination, AmeriHealth Mercy, will present Creative Case Management Staffing Solutions…Filling the Gaps to Patch Up Your Staffing Crisis Through a Case Study on September 24, 2007 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am.
Lynne Harsha, Assistant Vice President, PerforMED, will speak on Benefits of a “Blended” Service Model for Medicaid Population on September 26, 2007 from 2:05 pm to 2:45 pm. PerforMED is AmeriHealth Mercy’s care management product that incorporates the best practices in intensive case management, disease management and care coordination. This holistic approach provides comprehensive care for members in this program. For more information, go to www.amerihealthmercy.com/performed.
Maureen George, PhD., RN, AE-C, Healthy Hoops Clinical Expert, will present Healthy Hoops: Effective Health Education and Management Programs for the Public Sector, also on the 26th at 2:05 pm. Healthy Hoops is a health education and management program from the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies for children and their families. This NCQA-recognized program uses basketball as a platform to teach participants how to manage a variety of disease states. To do this, the program uses a coalition of local health care providers and community organizations coupled with full physical screenings, individualized health action plans and targeted health education.
About AmeriHealth Mercy
The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies is a mission-driven organization, dedicated to ensuring the delivery of quality health care to low-income populations covered by publicly-funded programs throughout the United States. With more than 20 years of experience exclusively serving the Medicaid population, the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of more than 2 million members nationwide. Please visit AmeriHealth Mercy for more information.
About the 12th Annual Health Management Congress
The 12th Annual Health Management Congress is aimed toward helping various affiliates of the health care industry implement outreach and education strategies, build an integrated health management team, and position their organization for the impact of genomics and personalized medicine on the evolving models of behavior change. Keynote speakers for the conference will be Founder and Director of the Gesundheit Institute, Patch Adams, and Former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee. For more information please visit www.iirusa.com/hmc/13358.xml.
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