The 8th Annual Health Care Quality Congress convenes over 200 of the industry's top visionaries and thought leaders to discuss cost containment strategies and how to develop solutions that align incentives with various payment models to maximize reimbursement and enhance value. The Congress is the only focused event to discuss quality from both a provider and plan perspective and feature "national" programs discussing their implementation strategies and how they are achieving meaningful use.

Distinguished Speakers:
Douglas Allen, MD, MMM Vice President, Clinical Services CareMore Health Plan	Karen M. Bell, MD, MMS Senior Vice President of Health Information Technology Services, Masspro; Former Director, Office of the National Coordinator, US Department of Health and Human Services
Mark T. Bertolini President Aetna	Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Lifespan Corporation; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research), The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Carole Cotter Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Lifespan Corporation	Kathleen Curtin, RN, MBA Chief Clinical Informatics Officer Kaleida Health System
Francois de Brantes, MS, MBA Chief Executive Officer, Bridges To Excellence; National Coordinator, PROMETHEUS Payment® (invited)	R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy; Associate Director for Research Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Mary Durfee, MD, PC President IHA	Donald W. Fisher, PhD, CAE President and CEO American Medical Group Association
Irene Fraser, Ph.D Director, Center for Delivery, Organization and Market Agency for Health Care Quality (AHRQ)	Keith T. Kanel, MD, MHCM, FACP Chief Medical and Learning Officer Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
David B. Kendall Senior Fellow, Health Policy Progressive Policy Institute	Rick MacCornack Chief Systems Integration Officer North West Physicians Network
Dolores L. Mitchell Executive Director Group Insurance Commission	Harold A. Picken, MD, MPH Vice President Health Operations Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI)
Brian K. Regan, PhD Director, Clinical Affairs New York Presbyterian	Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D. Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
Annette C. Watson, RN-BC, CCM, MBA Chair-Elect Commission for Case Manager Certification	Gary Young, JD, Ph.D Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management Boston University School of Public Health