Seminars

Renal Seminar for Health Plan Case Managers

November 5, 2007 – Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on the MSU Campus,

East Lansing, Michigan   ( note date change)

OR

September 27, 2007 – Lyon Meadows Conference Center, New Hudson, Michigan

Health plan case managers face many challenges when working with members who experience chronic kidney disease across the continuum of care.  Please join us for this free, one-day seminar that will focus on relating the most current information on the management and treatment of kidney disease and its contributing factors with applications for managed care case management.  Morning coffee, lunch, and all seminar materials are included!

Topics will include:

• Pathophysiology of kidney disease
• Standard therapies for the treatment of chronic kidney disease including pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions
• Interventions and therapies for the patient with advanced chronic kidney disease 
• Effective strategies for chronic kidney disease case management
• Tools and guidelines in applied health plan scenarios

Featured speakers: 

Naima Ogletree, MSN, NP, Henry Ford Hospital Nephrology CKD Clinic

Susan K. Moore, RN, MHSA, President, Managed Healthcare Resources, Inc.

Registered nurses who attend the entire event and complete an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 5.25 hours, provided by Michigan State University College of Nursing, which is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Michigan Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Click here to register online.  Telephone or email registrations will not be accepted!

**IMPORTANT NOTE:  We are committed to offering these seminars at no charge.  However, to do so, we must bill non-attendees who do not cancel within five (5) working days prior to the event $35 for their individual banquet charges (meals, parking, and service fees).  Substitutions are allowed and welcome. 

If you have questions, please contact:

Stacey Duncan-Jackson at 517-432-9826 or Stacey.jackson@hc.msu.edu

or

Debra Darling at 517- 432-9822 or Debra.darling@ht.msu.edu.