New York / PRWeb / July 1, 2014 – Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors, as part of their Thought Leaders in Population Health Speaker Series, will host a complimentary webinar in July on emerging trends in population health. The webinar—What Role Do Patient Engagement Strategies Play in Promoting Population Health?—will examine different approaches to target, engage, and modify individual behaviors to lead a healthier lifestyle. Key thought leaders in population health will share examples of ways to engage high-risk and chronically ill groups so as to achieve meaningful clinical and financial outcomes.

This webinar, scheduled for July 31, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. ET, will be led by Kathleen Ann Fraser, RN-BC, MSN, MHA, CCM, CRRN, President, Case Management Society of America (CMSA); and Ben Gardner, Founder and President, Linkwell Health, a leading technology-enabled content marketing company serving health plans. Linda Tiano, Member, Epstein Becker Green, will moderate the session. To register, click here.

During the webinar, the panelists will discuss:

• Methods to promote better eating and exercise
• Avenues to promote healthy behaviors and address chronic disease head-on
• Ways to improve medication adherence
• Approaches to optimize provider involvement in patient care over the continuum
• Strategies to benchmark positive change in targeted populations and provide meaningful feedback loops to the patients

The summer webinars of the Thought Leaders in Population Health Speaker Series will focus on key aspects of the emerging population health paradigm, addressing big data and IT integration issues, patient engagement strategies, and population health strategies for employer-based coverage. The tenth session in the series will be held on August 26. The presentation, Population Health Strategies for Employer-Based Coverage, will assess how the Affordable Care Act is influencing population health management strategies for employer-based coverage.  To register, please click here.

“This webinar series attempts to find some common ground for health care professionals and other health care stakeholders by identifying best practices and creating a call to action for collaboration and outcomes improvement nationwide,” says Mark Lutes, Chair of Epstein Becker Green’s Board of Directors. “From the Affordable Care Act and data analytics to advancement in health IT systems, a number of factors are having a significant impact on the health care delivery system.”

The Speakers

Kathleen Ann Fraser, RN-BC, MSN, MHA, CCM, CRRN, and President, CMSA

Ms. Fraser has an extensive background in hospital nursing, which includes emergency room and labor and delivery experience, and as a Director of Nursing.  She became a Case Manager 21 years ago, creating the first Case Management Department for a large national health care system.   For the past 19 years, she has specialized in workers’ compensation, and, for the past 14 years, she has been a Regional Director of Managed Care Case Management for Zurich Financial Services.

Ms. Fraser is the current President of the CMSA National Board of Directors and will serve in this position through June 2016. She is also on the Role Delineation and Expert Panel Committees of the American Nurses Association Certification Council for Case Management.  She is the current Immediate Past-President of the Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter of CMSA and, during the past 21 years, has served three previous chapter presidency terms in Houston. She has also served twice as Chair of her chapter’s Annual Educational Conference and is a past Houston/Gulf Coast CMSA Case Manager of the Year.

Ben Gardner, Founder and President, Linkwell Health

Mr. Gardner founded Linkwell Health in 2007 with the mission of developing simple, meaningful ways to engage and empower consumers to promote healthier lifestyles. His 20+ years of experience span both the health care and marketing services sectors, working primarily in startup and early stage businesses.

Mr. Gardener’s earlier career was focused on health care, working with such companies as Stryker Medical (medical devices) and HPR (clinical software). He graduated from Bentley University with a B.A. in Marketing.

Linda Tiano, Member, Epstein Becker Green

Session moderator Ms. Tiano is a member of Epstein Becker Green’s Health Care and Life Sciences practice, in the firm’s Washington, DC, and New York offices. She has more than 30 years of experience serving clients in the health care industry, in legal and executive capacities.

Ms. Tiano has published extensively in the health law area and is a regular speaker at industry conferences. She is also a former adjunct faculty member at the New York University Graduate School of Public Administration. In 2013, Ms. Tiano was selected as a “Leading Lawyer” in the Health Insurance category by The Legal 500 United States.

To learn more, log on to www.ebgadvisors.com or click here to register for any of these webinars. A Q&A period will follow the webinar, so don’t miss this unique opportunity for leading population health experts to answer your questions. To listen to the previous webinars from our Thought Leaders in Population Health Speaker Series, please click here.

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About EBG Advisors

EBG Advisors, Inc., is a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy that takes a multidisciplinary approach to helping health care and life sciences companies navigate the many obstacles that they face. EBG Advisors’ reimbursement experts, policy analysts, strategists, and other professionals specialize in providing coordinated guidance and solutions across various segments of the health care industry. For more information, visit www.ebgadvisors.com.

About Epstein Becker Green

Epstein Becker Green, P.C., founded in 1973, is a national law firm with approximately 250 lawyers practicing in 10 offices, in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Newark, San Francisco, Stamford, and Washington, D.C. The firm is uncompromising in its pursuit of legal excellence and client service in these areas of practice: Health Care and Life Sciences, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Corporate Services, and Employee Benefits. Epstein Becker Green was founded to serve the health care industry and has been at the forefront of health care legal developments since 1973. The firm is also proud to be a trusted advisor to clients in the financial services, retail, and hospitality industries, among others, representing entities from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Our commitment to these practices and industries reflects the founders’ belief in focused proficiency paired with seasoned experience. For more information, visit www.ebglaw.com.