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Successful Disease Management Programs Can Play Role In Health Care Reform
A study of the award-winning Behavioral Pharmacy Management Program (BPM) shows the private-public Medicaid partnership program has helped improve patient care while saving eight states almost $95 million in behavioral health pharmaceutical costs. Lilly funds the program, which is designed and run by research firm Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc. (CNS) at the sole direction and guidance of state Medicaid departments. The BPM, which has been executed in more than half of the states, has won a variety of national awards, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Science and Service Award, URAC Silver Award for Best Practices in Consumer Empowerment and Protection, American Psychiatric Association Bronze Achievement Award and Disease Management Association of America Gold Award.

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GDC Council Meeting - Thursday 11 June 2009

The next meeting of the General Dental Council (GDC) will take place on Thursday 11 June 2009 in the Harvey Goodwin Room, Church House Conference Centre, Dean"s Yard, Westminster, London, SW1P 3NZ from 10:30am. Key items to be considered at the June meeting: - The Chief Executive"s Annual Report will be presented by Duncan Rudkin. - Annual Reports from the Education Committee and the Finance and Human Res Committee will also be delivered. - Progress towards a new, fully appointed Council of the GDC is continuing with consideration of the process for the election of the Chair. There will be a question and answer session at the start of the meeting, to give members of the public an opportunity to find out more about the issues on the agenda. This will start at 10:30am and is done in an open forum format with no pre-selection or pre-ordering of questions. The full agenda and papers will be available on our website http://www.gdc-uk.orgat least a week ahead of the meeting. General Dental Council


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