Living/Aging Well |Understanding Your Health

June 3, 2016 • Mashantucket, CT • The Fox Tower
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
— Describe why everyone should be active healthcare consumers.
— Identify how consumers can become active participants in their health and healthcare.
— Discuss mutually respectful shared decision-making between clinicians and patients.
Better Health: It’s Your Health, Take Charge focuses on engaging consumers on how to manage Hosted by:
their healthcare through reliable information and resources. Learn from healthcare experts and
consumers as they share their experiences, best practices and innovations in patient engagement.
The conference offers four key tracks of informative breakout sessions focusing on:
Living/Aging Well | Understanding Your Health | Social Issues in Healthcare |
Improving Community Partnerships through Population Health
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Laurel Pickering, MPH
Dr. Gina Barreca
Diane Smith
D’Mario Sowah
President/CEO,
Northeast Business
Group on Health
President,
Diane Smith Media
Author, Columnist,
Hartford Courant and
Tribune Company
Founder and Master Trainer,
Akua Ba Fitness
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AGENDA
8:00am – 8:30am
Registration, Light Breakfast, Vendor Exhibits, Health Resources and Screenings
8:30am – 9:00am
Welcome and Introduction (Premier B&D)
Jocelyn Maminta – Reporter, WTNH
• Anne Elwell – Chairperson, CT Partners for Health
Ken Lalime – Chief Executive Officer, HealthyCT (Lead Sponsor)
9:00am – 10:00am Morning Keynote (Premier B&D)
YOU’VE GOT THE POWER! HOW TO BE AN EMPOWERED HEALTHCARE CONSUMER
Laurel Pickering, MPH - President/CEO, Northeast Business Group on Health
10:00am – 10:30am
Networking Break/Vendor Exhibits, Health Resources and Screenings
10:30am - 11:30am
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
LIVING/AGING WELL TRACK
UNDERSTANDING YOUR HEALTH TRACK
ADDRESSING THE ALZHEIMER’S CRISIS:
A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE - Premier E
HEALTH INSURANCE 101: NOW THAT
I HAVE INSURANCE... - Premier G
Carolyn DeRocco, BA – Vice President of
Programs & Education, Alzheimer’s
Association, CT Chapter
Ken Lalime – Chief Executive Officer,
HealthyCT
Moderator: Victoria Veltri, JD, LLM,
Office of the Healthcare Advocate
Moderator: Tracy Wodatch, CT Association
for Healthcare at Home
UNDERSTANDING YOUR HEALTH TRACK
CHOOSING WISELY®: HELPING PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES & CONSUMERS MAKE SMART AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE CHOICES - Premier F
Michelle Ferguson, BS – Marketing & Development Manager,
VNA Community Healthcare
Mark Safalow, MD, FHM – Hospitalist, Physician Advisor, and
Choosing Wisely® Steering Committee Chair, Middlesex Hospital
Thomas C. Woodruff, PhD – Director, Healthcare Policy & Benefit
Services, Office of the Comptroller
Moderator: Tiffany Donelson, MPH, Connecticut Health Foundation
SOCIAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE TRACK - BRIDGING CULTURAL EQUALITY AND UNDERSTANDING - Premier H
Muriel Appram, BSN, RN Grace Damio, MS, CD/N
Northern Connecticut Black Hispanic Health Council
Nurses Association Inc.
Mui Mui Hin-McCormick, MS, LMFT Marjorie Colebut-Jackson
Mashantucket
CT Asian Pacific American
Pequot Tribal Nation
Affairs Commission
Moderator: Catherine Wagner, EdD, CT State Medical Society
11:30am - 12:00pm Lunch (Premier B&D), Exhibit Hall Open
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch Keynote Address (Premier B&D)
OPENING REMARKS
Jason Grau – Executive Vice President of Population Health Strategy, Xerox Care Integration Services
GETTING MORE LAUGHTER INTO YOUR LIFE: HAVING A GOOD TIME AND MAKING TROUBLE
Dr. Gina Barreca – Author, If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?; Columnist, Hartford 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Courant and Tribune Company
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
LIVING/AGING WELL TRACK
AARP ROAD TO LIVABILITY - Premier E
Tia Murphy, BFA, MBA – Livability
Volunteer Lead, AARP CT
Moderator: Nora Duncan, AARP
LIVING/AGING WELL TRACK
PLANNING FOR AGING - Premier F
State Senator Kevin Kelly – Assistant
Minority Leader, 21st Senatorial District
Moderator: Maureen McIntyre, NCAAA
1:00pm - 2:00pm
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS (continued)
UNDERSTANDING YOUR HEALTH TRACK
2-1-1: CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY SUPPORTS - Premier G
Alana Kroeber, MPH – Director of Information Services, United Way of Connecticut
Annette Buckley – Manager, Quality Assurance and Training, United Way of Connecticut
Moderator: Fatmata Williams, CT Department of Social Services
SOCIAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE TRACK
Premier H
COMMUNITIES COLLABORATE:
A MEMBER’S STORY OF
RECOVERY & HOPE
Moderator: Sandi Quinn,
Beacon Health
PEER INTEGRATION AT
COMMUNITY HEALTH
RESOURCES
Chris White, LPC
Beacon Health
Nichole Langless Vincent Dobruck
Beacon Health
Beacon Health
Jennifer Greer, LCSW –
Community Health
Resources
Annette Diaz
Community Health Resources
POPULATION HEALTH TRACK
BENEVERA HEALTH - IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY AND TRUST - Premier A
William Brewster, MD, FACP – VP-New Hampshire Market, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Moderator: Thomas Meehan, MD, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
2:00pm - 2:30pm
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Networking Break/Vendor Exhibits, Health Resources and Screenings
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
UNDERSTANDING YOUR HEALTH TRACK
THE INS AND OUTS OF YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN, COSTS, COPAYS, ETC. - Premier E
Jeffrey J. Casberg, MS, RPh – Director of Clinical Pharmacy, IPD Analytics Moderator: Steve Ruth, SMC Partners
SOCIAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE TRACK
CARING FOR VETERANS - Premier F
Lucile Burgo-Black, MD – Associate Primary Care Director, Veterans Health Administration
Erin Blatchley, RN, MS CCM – Transition and Care Management Program Manager,
Veterans Justice Outreach
Moderator: Donna Druin, Middlesex Health System Patient & Family Advisory Council
LIVING/AGING WELL TRACK
COULD MY MEDICATIONS BE CAUSING ME TO FALL? - Premier H
Sean Jeffery, PharmD, CGP, FASCP, FNAP, AGSF – Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services, Integrated Care
Partners; Clinical Professor, UCONN School of Pharmacy; Assistant Adjunct Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Moderator: Marghie Giuliano, RPh, CAE, CT Pharmacists Association
SOCIAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE TRACK
LGBT ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE - Premier G
Robin McHaelen, MSW – Executive Director,
True Colors, Inc.
Moderator: Molly Rees Gavin, CT Community
Care, Inc.
POPULATION HEALTH TRACK
CT SIM: HELPING CONSUMERS AND
CLINICIANS ROW IN THE SAME
DIRECTION - Premier A
Mark Schaefer, PhD, MPH – Director,
Healthcare Innovation, Office of the
Healthcare Advocate
Moderator: Tim Elwell, PhD, MBA, Qualidigm
3:30pm – 4:15pm Closing Keynote Address (Premier B&D)
MY JOURNEY TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Diane Smith – President, Diane Smith Media • D’Mario Sowah – Founder and Master Trainer, Akua Ba Fitness
Moderator: Mary Cooper, MD, JD, Connecticut Hospital Association
4:15pm Closing Remarks & Door Prize Raffles (Premier B&D)
Steve Ruth – Vice Chairperson, CT Partners for Health
Victoria Veltri, JD, LLM – Healthcare Advocate, Office of the Healthcare Advocate
Thank You to Our Sponsors and Exhibitors!
LEAD SPONSOR
VIP SPONSORS
BREAKOUT SPONSORS
LUNCH SPONSOR
NETWORKING SPONSORS
TRANSPORTATION SPONSOR
MEDIA SPONSORS
EXHIBITORS
Access Health CT
Alkermes
Alzheimer’s Association, CT Chapter
American Cancer Society
Capital Workforce Partners
Citizens Bank
Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home
CT Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A)
Connecticut Choosing Wisely Collaborative
Connecticut Community Care, Inc. (CCCI)
Connecticut Institute for Primary Care Innovation (CIPCI)
Connecticut Pharmacists Association
Connecticut State Medical Society-IPA
Focus One Solutions
J. Morrissey
Leading Age
Middlesex Hospital Homecare
Pfizer
Qualidigm
Rhode Island Quality Institute
SMC Partners
Teladoc
United Healthcare
Voxivia