Conference Presentations

Monday, May 10th

ACG System Training

12:00-1:00: Session 1a: Case identification using the ACG System.  
Presenters:  Meg McGinn and Amy Salls, DST HealthSolutions

12:00-1:00: Session 1b: Customization of the ACG System.
Presenter: Klaus Lemke, The Johns Hopkins University

1:15-3:00: Risk Stratification using the ACG System.
Presenters:  Lisa Kabasakalian and Amy Salls, DST HealthSolutions

Plenary I: Welcome Plenary
Speaker: Jonathan Weiner, The Johns Hopkins University

Plenary II: ACGs: One System Many Nations
Speaker: Barbara Starfield, The Johns Hopkins University
Speaker: Karen Kinder,  The Johns Hopkins University

Tuesday, May 11th

Plenary III: Keynote From Measurement to Management
Speaker : Dave Bodycombe, The Johns Hopkins University
Speaker : Linda Dunbar, Johns Hopkins HealthCare
Speaker : Dave Knutson, University of Minnesota

Concurrent Session Ia:  Population Health:  Identifying “at risk” Groups in Enrolled Populations

Work Limitations and Their Relationship with Morbidity Burden in Employed Persons with Diabetes
Presenter: Martha Sylvia, Johns Hopkins HealthCare

Using the ACG Case Mix System to Stratify Medicare SNP Members for Annual Health Risk Assessment and Care Management Activities
Presenter: Debra Read, CareOregon

Peer Grouping: Hospital and Provider Profiling Across Minnesota
Presenter: Rob Kreiger, University of Minnesota

Concurrent Session Ib:  The Benefits of Local Calibration/Customization

Understanding Predictive Models of ACG with Ambulatory Patient Data in Thailand
Presenter: Supasit Pannarunothai, Centre for Health Equity Monitoring, Naresuan University

Applying Diagnosis and Pharmacy-Based Risk Models to Predict Pharmacy Use in Aragon, Spain: The Impact of a Local Calibration
Presenters: Amaia Calderon-Larranaga, Aragon Health Science Institute & Chad Abrams, The Johns Hopkins University

Adapting the ACG Case-Mix System to Swedish Health Care - creating Swedish weights
Presenters: Andreas Johansson, Ensolution & Henrik Magnusson, Linköping University

Concurrent Session IIa:  Population Health:  Improving Care Management

Experiences of ACGs as a Part of Primary Health Care Funding in a Swedish Region
Presenter: Lars Bjorkman,  Department of Health Care Evaluation

A Management Perspective with Practical Applications on the Use of ACG Predictive Modeling in the Managed Care Environment
Presenter: Sue Belcher, Select Health of South Carolina

Management of the ACG Process and Multiple Uses of Output in a Managed Care Environment
Presenters: Martin Raffel, Heather Castro, Allen Lesko , Johns Hopkins HealthCare

Concurrent Session IIb:  Advanced Analytic Issues:  ACG Applications in Research

Understanding ACG Health Measures as Outcomes in Longitudinal Research
Presenter: Thomas Bohman, University of Texas Center for Social Work Research

Applying Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) Case-Mixed Adjustment to Demonstrate Efficacy of Disease Management: A Case Control Study of Patients with Moderate to Severe Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Presenter: Kam Reams, Brown and Toland

Using the ACG as a Longitudinal Measure of Comorbidity within a State High Risk Pool
Presenters: Jan Moore, Jean Hall, University of Kansas

Concurrent Session IIIa:  Leveraging the Power of Pharmacy Data for Risk Prediction and Care Management

Unexpected Rx Use
Presenter: Chad Abrams, The Johns Hopkins University

Pharmacy Gaps
Presenter: Dave Bodycombe, The Johns Hopkins University

Using pharmacy information in a decision support system to improve efficient delivery of primary health care. A study on the Swedish National Drug Register
Presenter: Andreas Johansson, Ensolution

Concurrent Session IIIb:  Profiling and Choice of Physician

A Comparison of Physician and Non-Physician Case-Mix in Community-based Veterans Administration
Presenter: J. Glenn Forister, Laurel A. Copeland, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Stability and Variation in Burden of Illness Between Primary Health Care Centres in Stockholm, Sweden
Presenter: Lennart Carlsson,  Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Instituet

Impact of Co Morbidity on Patients Choice of Primary Health Care Provider (Sweden)
Presenter: Anders Halling, Blekinge Kompetenscentrum

Wednesday, May 12th

Plenary IV: Transforming Healthcare: The Role of Predictive Modeling and Advanced Analytics Under US Health Reform
Speaker Jonathan Weiner, The Johns Hopkins University

Concurrent Session IVa: Advanced Analytic Techniques: Making the Most of ACG Predictive Modeling

ACG Predictive Modeling in Practice: Improving the Identification Process for Care Management Programs Using Cut Points
Presenters: Shannon Murphy, Heather Castro, Martha Sylvia, Johns Hopkins Healthcare

Using ACG Output as Control Variables in Program Evaluations
Presenter: April L. Seifert, Medica

Predicting Hospitalization
Presenter: Klaus Lemke, The Johns Hopkins University

Concurrent Session IVb: Improving Equity and Efficiency in Health Care Delivery

Reaching the Unreachable: Facilitating equity & efficiency in the Malaysian Primary health care system through the application of the ACG System
Presenters: Peter Lee Fuei Siong, Noraziah Aboo Bakar, Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Socioeconomic Status and Healthcare Utilization in Israel's Largest Health Plan
Presenter: Efrat Shadmi, Health Policy and Planning Division, Clalit Health Services

Coordination
Presenter: Patricio Muniz, The Johns Hopkins University

Plenary V: ACG Future Directions and Opportunities
Speaker Jonathan Weiner, The Johns Hopkins University