March 3 | March 4

12:00-5:00 pm / Registration

1:00-1:15 pm / Welcome and Introduction (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

1:15-1:45 pm / Broaden Your View: Diabetes in the U.S. Today (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

The United States spends more than $174 billion annually to care for approximately 21 million residents diagnosed with diabetes. By 2025, the number of people with diabetes is expected to double, putting increased emphasis on integrated, forward-thinking, patient-centered disease management. Among current efforts to meet this challenge, which show the most promise? An expert in the diabetes community will discuss the current state of diabetes care, identify key challenges and opportunities, and present a vision for a path forward.

1:45-2:45 pm / Improving Access: Diabetes Stakeholder Priorities (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

How can the diabetes community ensure that advances in care benefit as many patients as possible? This session will outline how health disparities disproportionately affect diabetes patients, how access to health insurance is especially critical in diabetes care, and how policy reform imperatives can affect the diabetes community. Experts will reveal how they are working to expand care through insurance reform, patient education, and innovative reimbursement agreements.

2:45-3:15 pm / Avalere Research: Paying for Chronic Conditions: Value-Based Insurance Design in Medicare (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

3:15-3:30 pm / Refreshment Break (Oriental Ballroom Foyer)

3:30-4:15 pm / Preparing for Change: The First 100 Days (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

The first 100 days of the Obama Administration will shape the policy debate over the next four years. Everybody – policymakers, providers, payers, patients, and industry leaders – will face a new set of policy imperatives, and it is crucial that diabetes advocates have a clear understanding of where their issues fit into the future of health reform. Learn how diabetes stakeholders will be affected as the Obama Administration makes its mark on regulatory actions and industry guidance. Find out when and how public opinions and pressure influencing new policies will shape diabetes policy moving forward.

4:15-5:30 pm / Legislating Change: The Health Agenda of the 111th Congress (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

What are the prospects for legislation on key topics such as covering the uninsured, creating a new federal entity to conduct comparative effectiveness reviews, and supporting broader adoption of health information technology?  In this session, a bipartisan, bicameral panel will weigh the prospects for these and other timely issues.  Attendees will gain actionable information about how they can engage the newly constituted Congress to advance diabetes care.

5:30-6:30 pm / Networking Reception (Hillwood)

6:30-8:30 pm / Dinner and Keynote Address (Oriental Ballroom Salon B)

Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show, is a celebrated journalist and best-selling author.  Having covered every presidential election since the 1980s, Matthews has a keen understanding of inside-the-Beltway politics, especially as they pertain to difficult reform topics. This understanding, combined with his personal experience with Type 2 diabetes, gives him a unique vantage point on the prospects of health reform as we enter into a new administration.

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March 3 | March 4

7:30 am-4:00 pm / Registration

8:00-8:30 am / Networking Breakfast (Oriental Ballroom Foyer)

8:30-9:00 am / Congressional Perspective: Rep. Zack Space of Ohio (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

Congressman Zach Space (D-OH) serves Ohio’s 18th District and is a member of the influential Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Congressman Space is a strong advocate for diabetes issues in the U.S. Congress and has testified on the floor about his own family’s experience with diabetes. Hear Space’s perspectives on how diabetes advocates can effectively influence policy decisions around stem cell research and other issues related to diabetes research and care.

9:00-10:00 am / Envisioning Change: Shifting to a Chronic Care Model (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

Transitioning the U.S. healthcare system away from an acute care model and toward a chronic care model would greatly benefit diabetes patients, but the shift has been slower than desired. Why is diabetes an ideal candidate for this new care paradigm? What are the critical success factors required for reaching a tipping point? Learn what diabetes prevention and care will look like in the coming years and how to begin preparing now for impending changes in care and reimbursement.

10:00-10:30 am / Accelerating New Diabetes Therapies:  The Role of Patient Groups (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

Patient groups can play an important role in accelerating the availability of new therapies. This session will provide a case study of how a patient funded research group, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, is using research and advocacy to accelerate the development, regulatory approval, clinician adoption, and health insurance coverage of cutting-edge new technology, an artificial pancreas.

10:30-10:45 am / Refreshment Break (Oriental Ballroom Foyer)

10:45-11:45 am / Changing the Delivery System: Success Stories (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

While the healthcare system inches toward better serving patients with diabetes, there are pockets of innovation that illustrate efficient paths forward. Learn how innovative payment models are enabling physicians to better manage patients with diabetes over the long term and between office visits.

11:45 am-1:00 pm / Networking Lunch (Oriental Ballroom Salon B)

1:00-2:00 pm / Supporting Patient-Centered Care: Success Stories (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

The nature of diabetes as a chronic illness requires patients to be their own central caregiver. Successful programs recognize this reality and work to educate, support, and incentivize patients to implement best practices in taking charge of their own health between doctor visits. A panel of employers and payers will reveal how they are making drugs, devices, and services more accessible and affordable to their employees and how they are linking these efforts to improved outcomes and increased productivity.

2:00-2:15 pm / Refreshment Break (Oriental Ballroom Foyer)

2:15-3:15 pm / Interpreting the Data:  Diabetes in the Information Age (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

Securing and sharing health information such as blood glucose readings is critical to diabetes management, but the infrastructure to support electronic health records and personal health records is still in its infancy. Learn how the information age is poised to transform diabetes care, how increased access to data can alleviate disparities between population groups, how patients and providers can manage the deluge of data, and how to use currently available health IT products to improve outcomes.

3:15-4:15 pm / Changing the Standard of Care: A Look Ahead (Oriental Ballroom Salon C)

What will diabetes treatment look like in five years?  An expert in the field will discuss how emerging therapies such as new insulins, bariatric surgery, and treatment for pre-diabetes might become standard care and how shifting FDA priorities might impact evaluation of these emerging therapies.  Learn how the marketplace will respond to new, personalized therapies and what these changes will mean for patients, providers, and insurers. 

4:15-4:30 pm / Concluding Remarks

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