Predictive Modeling Innovators From Leading Health Plans And Large Employers Showcase Advantageous Outcomes In Patient Care And ROI

NEW YORK, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Implementation of Predictive Modeling by leading health plans and large employers has produced advantageous outcomes in patient care and return on investment for early adopters. IIR is pleased to showcase these results at our Advanced Strategies for Predictive Modeling for Health Plans and Employers conference, taking place June 21-23, 2004 at the Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel, which features the latest strategies and outcomes from the speaking faculty of our sold-out event from January 2004, and the previous two Health Based Risk Assessment conferences. This event brings together health plans, employers, research scholars and innovators to enable conference participants to leverage risk assessment, disease management, and provider profiling to maximize ROI.

Highlights Include: - PACIFIC BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH together with a panel of employers, examines the use of predictive modeling tools by private purchasers to support strategic and value-based purchasing - HORIZON/MERCY presents on evaluating the success of a predictive modeling solution - HIP HEALTH PLANS discuss integrating provider profiling, disease management, and predictive modeling, incorporating risk adjustment at HIP - PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER on national trends, the uses of predictive modeling and risk adjustment by purchasers and health plans - AETNA, INC provides innovative applications of pharmacy-based risk assessment and predictive models to integrate pharmacy and medicine - KAISER PERMANENTE OF OHIO on measuring and modeling outcomes from 10 years of cardiac disease management - HIGHMARK discusses disease management stratification and modeling disease risk using decision trees - BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE provides information on next generation care management - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN presents on utilizing a customer focused predictive modeling strategy to target intervention - WELLPOINT talks about developing an approach to integrating predictive risk information into large group renewal underwriting Download the full agenda at: ( http://www.iirusa.com/predictivemodeling/index.aspx/Link=8 )

Attendees are eligible to receive ACCME, ANCC, and PD credits for attending.

The last event sold out and this event will too. Benefit from our special group discount -- send three or more individuals and receive a 15% discount off the registration fee.

To register, call 888.670-8200 or 941.951.7885 Int’l, email register@iirusa.com, or visit our website at http://www.iirusa.com/predictivemodeling . Please mention priority code XPPRNEWS.

Contact: Nikki Myers 212.661.3500 x 3031 nmyers@iirusa.com

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CONTACT: Nikki Myers of IIR, +1-212-661-3500 x 3031, ornmyers@iirusa.com

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