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TRACK SESSIONS –THURSDAY, Oct. 16th

6:30 am   Health Fair in Exhibit Hall - sponsored by HMC and Impact Health
7:00– 8:00 am  Healthy Breakfast in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors
8:00 am – Noon Track Sessions 1, 2, & 3 as noted below

10:00 – 10:30 am   Morning Track Sessions Break in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

Track Session (1) – Health and Productivity Measurement – IHPM was founded on the idea that the connection between health and productivity could be measured, and a business case built for investing in the health of employees as an asset – not just a cost.  Peter Drucker’s classic statement “you can’t manage what you can’t measure” has driven the Institute’s work ever since, and the newest and best in measurement is a leading feature of every IHPM conference.

8:00 – 8:45 am – Using Research to Develop a Health and Productivity Improvement Strategy for Employees with Depression – Debra Lerner, PhD, Associate Professor, Tufts School of Medicine – Debra Lerner shares the latest findings – of big gains in productivity – from a research project that identified the drivers of depression, a leading cause of productivity loss in the workplace, and then developed better strategies to treat the condition, which also produced larger gains in productivity measured by the WLQ.

8:45 – 9:30 am – Measuring Productivity Loss to Reduce It – Harris Allen, PhD, Yale School of Public Health – A recently published analysis of an international sample of nearly 18,000 employees who completed an HRA containing the WLQ affirmed the key role played by health in determining productivity loss, but also identified non-health influences like work/life balance and job characteristics that interacted with health issues to impact productivity.  Harris Allen, IHPM’s field research “partner,” will discuss targeting interventions for the best returns.

9:30 – 10:00 am  Measuring the Effects of Illness on Productivity – Lloyd Herlong, Project/Relationship Manager, Integrated Health, Eastman Chemical.

10:00 – 10:30 am    Break in the Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

10:30 – 11:00 am   Comparative Data on Health and Productivity from the U.S. and Europe – Alberto Colombi, MD, Global Medical Director, PPG Industries – Dr. Colombi presents comparative findings from PPG work sites in Europe and the U.S., using the Work Limitations Questionnaire.

11:00 am – Noon   Panel Discussion on the Use of Different Measurement Instruments – Moderated by Joe Leutzinger, PhD - Discussion will involve users from Mayo Health Solutions, Alere (formerly Matria) and HealthMedia.

Track Session (2) – Disease Management

(A) Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health - Rick Nevins, MD, VP & Chief Research Officer - IHPM and Denise Balch, President - Connex Health.  Dr. Nevins shares highlights from the recent IHPM Symposium Defining and Managing Metabolic Health in the Workplace , including findings from his latest field research with the City of Albuquerque and the State of Washington. Denise Balch presents first-time results from a cardiometabolic risk reduction project with the Toronto Police Service.

(B) Musculoskeletal Pain (Intel) - John Schaab, Chief Ergonomist at Intel shares powerful results from a new field research pilot project at Intel on using deep tissue massage to reduce pain and improve functional health and productivity in the workplace.

(C) Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism - Dr. Rick Nevins tells employers what they need to know about a leading preventable cause of hospitalization and inpatient mortality.

(D) Bipolar Disorder - Impact of Treatment Adherence for Bipolar Disorder on Medical Utilization and Productivity in the Workplace - William Bunn, MD, Vice-President of Health, Safety, and Productivity, Navistar International. Dr. Bunn will discuss the significance for employers of bipolar disorder in the workplace, present results from a research project examining the impact of adherence to treatment for bipolar disorder on medical care utilization and worker productivity, and consider effective interventions to improve outcomes

(E) Cancer (integrative treatment)- Lise Altschuler, D.N.  -As a successful JCAHO-accredited set of cancer specialty hospitals, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) has been a pioneer in integrated healthcare for over almost 20 years.   The unique model of healthcare practiced by CTCA exemplifies patient-centered, interdisciplinary integration.  Attributes of CTCA’s model of integrated healthcare will be described to provide an example of a profitable, clinically successfu, growing enterprise.  The following questions will be addressed:  What does this integrated operation look like?  What are the unifying values that hold it together? How are practitioners credentialed and hired?  What is the working relationship between practitioners?  How do patients access integrated services?  What are the clinical outcomes of integration?  How much does it cost to integrate?  What are the safety and liability issues of integration?  What do patients experience? 

Track Session (3) – Putting Theory into Practice:  Applying the Science of Behavior Change

Chaired by James Prochaska, PhD with Don Kuhl, CEO of The Change Companies - will show you how employees can progress through the stages of behavior change to improve their health – demonstrating and comparing applications of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) and showing outcomes with single and multiple behaviors.  This will be followed by a robust panel discussion and interaction with the audience.

This track session will provide attendees with a fuller understanding of the TTM, give them concrete examples of its use and prepare them to apply the model to their organizations.  It also will serve as a necessary introduction to the Workshop on Friday where they will be introduced to high impact, low cost practical tools to enhance employee health and productivity.

***END OF MORNING TRACK SESSIONS***

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch in the Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

1:00 – 5:00 pm   Track Sessions 1, 2 & 3 as noted below

3:00 – 3:30 pm   Afternoon Track Sessions - Break in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

Track Session (1) – Organizational Health and Culture - Chaired by Joe Leutzinger, PhD

1:00 – 1 :45 pm   Getting Senior Management Support for a Culture of Health – Judd Allen, PhD, President, Human Resources Institute -- senior management interest is being sparked  by the strong evidence linking employee health improvement and organizational success.

1:45 – 3:00 pm    Mutual of Omaha – productivity study of outcomes from treadmill work stations -- MaineHealth – integrating behavioral health services into a health improvement program - Novartis and Procter & Gamble, the Philippines

3:00  – 3:30 pm  Break in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

3:30 – 4:00 pm   City of Ames, Iowa and the State of Washington

4:00 – 5:00 pm    Panel Discussion – participants and audience

5:00 – 6:30 pm    Reception in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

Track Session (2) Behavioral Health Chaired by Rick Nevins, MD

              1:00– 2:00 pm    Insomnia: Hidden Diminisher of Productivity

2:00 – 3:00 pm    Promoting Depression Self-Management at All Levels of Care

3:00 – 3:30 pm    Break in the Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

3:30 - 4:15 pm    Binge Eating: Hidden Driver of Obesity

4:15 – 5:00 pm    IHPM's Workplace Center for Behavioral Health: Market Needs and Business Results – Panel discussion of the prevalence and co-morbidities of depression, insomnia, stress, substance abuse, and binge eating – their collective impact on health care costs and productivity, effective interventions to treat or manage them.

5:00 - 6:30 pm   Reception in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

Track Session (3) Value-Based Health and Benefits – Value-Based Health (VBH), (formerly the Initiative for Value-Based Health Benefits - IVB) is in its third year of helping to build an employer-led movement to change the basis of employee health benefit design from consideration of cost alone to assessment of total value.  The track will be chaired by VHB’s Steve Priddy and Jack Bastable.

1:00 – 2:15 pm  Panel Discussion with National Health Plans - Aetna, CIGNA, Humana, United Health Care discuss their strategies and products for bringing greater value to employers – Moderated by Randy Abbott of Watson Wyatt

2:15 – 3:00 pm - Panel Discussion with Health Management Providers – HealthMedia, Health Management Corporation, and Alere discuss their strategies and programs for bringing greater value to employers – moderated by Jack Bastable of CBIZ.

3:00 - 3:30 pm  Healthy Break in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

3:30 - 4:30 pm  Multistakeholder Diabetes Benefit Design Program in California – Raleys Stores, Pipefitters Union, Blue Shield of California, and the University of California at San Francisco – teaming up on a diabetes management program that includes value-based benefit design changes.

4:30 - 5:00 pm  Two leading public employer programs - Scott Pritchard, State of Washington, and Doug Farmer, State of Kansas

5:00– 6:30 pm    Reception in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

6:30 – 9:00 pm   Dinner Panel
Moderated by Steve Priddy and Jack Bastable, and featuring brief presentations by IVB Award Winners and a panel discussion among them, including audience participation.

General Session:  Friday, October 17th

6:30 am                Health Fair in Exhibit Hall (sponsored by HMC and Impact Health)

7:00 – 8:00 am    Healthy Breakfast in Exhibit Hall with Exhibitors

8:00 – 8:45 am    Building a Culture of Health at HMC: A Vision in Action - Jim McGee, Kristin Patterson &Alycia Sepe -- You’ve heard the phrase “lead by example” be applied to successful  companies in the way they do business. Nowhere is this more true than in how they invest in their own best asset: their employees. Leaders of successful organizations know that a healthy employee is a more productive employee.   You will hear how HMC takes it one step further - promoting a culture of health and wellness in the workplace to increase the chances that positive attitudes and behaviors will take root and grow outside of work - demonstrating that building healthier lives is not just about what we do, but also who we are.  

8:45 – 9:30 am    Impact of an Aging Work Force on Health and Productivity – Bill Bunn, MD, Vice President of Health, Safety and Productivity, Navistar International, and Harris Allen, PhD, Yale School of Public Health --  Recently published new research on the impact of an aging work force on employee health and productivity – a critical issue for the performance of the entire U.S. business economy because of the  New Demographic Imperative, as employers will have to pay more attention to the functional health of their shrinking skilled work force to maintain their productivity.

9:30 – 10:00 am Physical vs. Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace: Empathy vs. Stigma- Alberto Colombi, MD, Corporate Medical Director,  PPG Industries will discuss the relative productivity and financial impact of cardiovascular disease vis-a-vis stress and depression, making the case for an equally serious approach to mental and physical health and well being - especially in the modern knowledge-based workplace.

10:00 – 10:30 am Creating a Culture of Health in a Major Metropolitan Police Force  -- Toronto Police Service Deputy Chief Keith Forde and Denise Balch, President of Connex Health, will share remarkable results from an ongoing health improvement and culture change initiative at the Toronto Police Service - the 5th largest in North America.  The Toronto initiative is intended to serve as a model for similar initiatives in selected U.S. cities, dealing with the uniquely challenging culture of a para-military organization.

10:30 – 11:00 am   Refreshment Break

11:00 – 11:45 am  Depression: Scourge of the New Knowledge-Based Economy –David Goldbloom, MD, FRCPC, - Senior Medical Advisor, Education & Public Affairs - Center for Addiction and Mental Health; Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Vice-Chair, Mental Health Commission of Canada, will reprise his remarkable talk on depression -- a subject central to the overall health and performance of the modern knowledge-based workplace – and the leading cause of presenteeism in the work place according to an earlier IHPM/Ingenix survey.  Several attendees at the recent Connex/IHPM Sixth Annual Canadian Forum called it “the best talk they had ever heard by a physician”.

11:45 am – 12:30 pm – Panel Discussion Featuring IHPM’s new Workplace Center for Behavioral Health, focusing on the related issues of depression, insomnia, stress, and binge eating and their huge combined impact on health and productivity.  Participants from HealthMedia, founding sponsor of the new Center, Aetna Behavioral Health, and Corp Health.

General Session Closes

1:00 - 3:00 pm     WORKSHOP - Putting the Science of Behavior Change to Work for Improved Employee Health and Performance - Dr. Prochaska will join with Don Kuhl, CEO of The Change Companies®, to lead a workshop introducing a comprehensive approach to employee health and performance.  This population health system includes tools to evaluate current employee health status, measure improvements in health and productivity, and educate and motivate employees to take greater responsibility for their health and health care – culminating in a healthier workforce and improved corporate performance.