MANY FACES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFERENCE
Preliminary Agenda
Many Faces of Community Health 2008:
Prevention & Treatment of Diabetes at the Community Level
(as of 9/4/2008)

Sessions and speakers may be updated.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration/Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome – Rhonda Degelau MNACHC &
                                                     Sanne Magnan, MD, Commissioner, MDH

8:45 – 10:15 a.m. KEYNOTE -"Engaging a Community in Chronic Disease Management"
                                                     Joia Mukherjee, MD

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Break / Exhibits Open

10:45 – 12:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS I

A. Creating A Future Healthcare Workforce - Kathleen Brooks, MD
& Jo Peterson, PhD U of M Academic Health Center

B. Cutting Without Bleeding: Keeping Your CHC Going Strong
Michael Taylor, Precision Resources, Inc.

C. ISCI Guideline for Prevention of Chronic Disease – Tom Kottke, MD,
Health Partners Medical Group

D. Diabetes Care Coordination: Case Manager and CHW Model
Mara Glantz RN, West Side Community Health Services

12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. ADDRESS: Sweet, Sweet Diabetes: A Patient's Perspective
                                                     Jim Northrup, Storyteller

1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Break / Exhibits Open

2:00 – 3:15 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS II:

A. Legislative and Policy Update – Jonathan Watson, MNACHC & Roger Schwartz, NACHC

B. Incentive-Based Compensation, Part I – Michael Holton, RSM McGladrey, Inc.

C. ICSI Guideline for Prevention of Chronic – repeat of earlier session

D. Getting Behind the Smoke Screen: – One Clinic's Successful Tobacco Cessation Program – Christina Cipolle, PharmD, Community University Health Care Center

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Break / Exhibits Open

3:45 – 5:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS III:

A. Opportunities under the New Safe Harbor Rule – Roger Schwartz, Senior Director, State Affairs, NACHC

B. Incentive-Based Compensation, Part II – Michael Holton, RSM McGladrey, Inc.

C. Is Vitamin D the New Silver Bullet for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease? – Pam Van Zyl York, MPH, PhD, RD, LN MDH Health Promotion & Chronic Disease

D. Translating Diabetes Medications into Protocol – Kate Pyzdrowski, MD NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Evening Reception

Friday, October 31, 2008

7:30 – 8:15 a.m. Registration / Breakfast / Exhibits Open

8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome, Awards – Walter Cooney, NHCN

8:45 – 10:15 a.m. PLENARY: "Medical Home Old Paradigns / New Direction"
                                                      Moderator Gary Oftedahl, MD, Institute for Clinical Systems
                                                      Improvement; other speakers TBA

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Break / Exhibits Open

10:45 – 12:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS IV:

A. Minnesota Health Care Reform: "Nuts & Bolts for FQHCs on Structuring & Paying for Care Coordination" – Moderator Michael Scandrette, JD, Halleland Health Consulting; other speakers TBA

B. The Agony and Ecstasy of EHR Implementation – Robert E Thompson, Consultant & Brian J Bergs, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center

C. The Relationship of Sleep Apnea to Diabetes and CVD – Colleen Bazzani, CRT, RPSGT, Park Nicollet / Methodist Hospital Sleep Disorder Clinic

D. Reaching Across the Pharmacy Continuum – Todd Sorensen, PharmD, U of M School of Pharmacy

12:00 – 12:15 p.m. Pick Up Box Lunchs

12:15 – 2:15 p.m. WORKSHOP: Cultural Perspectives on End of Life Care
Moderator John Song, MD, U of M Center for Bioethics
Community Panelists include representatives from Hmong, Somali, Latino, African American and Native American communities.