The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The 2009 conference will convene over 2,000 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and leading government agencies.

Recently Confirmed!
Steven A. Burd Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Safeway Inc.	Carl T. Camden President and Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Services, Inc.; Trustee, Committee for Economic Development
Frank Rijsberman Project Director, Predict and Prevent Google.org	Gail Wilensky Senior Fellow Project HOPE
David Cerino General Manager, Consumer Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corp.; former VP and General Manager, Orbitz LLC	Alex M. Azar II Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Eli Lilly and Company; former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Prathap C. Reddy Chairman Apollo Hospitals Group	Patrick Geraghty President and CEO Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Marilyn Carlson Nelson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Carlson Companies, Inc.; Author, How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership	Lieutenant General James G. Roudebush, MD Surgeon General United States Air Force
John Glaser, PhD Vice President and CIO Partners HealthCare	Vanessa Fuhrmans Staff Reporter Wall Street Journal
Elizabeth Cohen Anchor/Medical Correspondent CNN	Vijay Vaitheeswaran Correspondent, Energy and Healthcare The Economist
Dr. Peter Salgo, MD Host of the PBS series Second Opinion; Clinical Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Columbia University; Practicing physician, Intensive Care Medicine, Surgical and Open Heart ICU, New York Presbyterian Hospital	Catherine M. Baase, MD Global Director of Health Services The Dow Chemical Company
Lori Beer Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer WellPoint, Inc.	Troyen Brennan, MD EVP and Chief Medical Officer CVS Caremark
John H. Cochran, MD, FACS Executive Director The Permanente Federation	William E. Gerardi, MD Enterprise Clinical Programs, Policy and Technology Health Care Service Corporation/BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA Chief Information Officer and Chairman, Information Technology Division Cleveland Clinic Foundation	David L. Lacey, MD Senior Vice President, Discovery Research Amgen
Nicholas F. LaRusso, MD Charles H. Weinman Endowed Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Innovation Mayo Clinic	John W. Loonsk, MD Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services
Anthony Rosenberg Global Head of Business Development and Licensing Novartis Pharma AG	Michael Taylor, MD, FACP Medical Director, Corporate Medical and Health Promotion Caterpillar
Professor Michael Thick, MA, MB, Bchir, FRCS National Health Service	Mark L. Vachon President and CEO, Americas GE Healthcare
Brenda Wilson Correspondent and Editor, Science Desk National Public Radio	Robert E. Worthington Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Dan Ariely, PhD James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics, Duke University; Visiting Professor, Media Laboratory, MIT; Author, Predictably Irrational	Bruce Bodaken Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Blue Shield of California
Angela F. Braly President and Chief Executive Officer WellPoint, Inc.	Will Cavendish, PhD Director, Health and Wellbeing UK Department of Health
Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Jim Clifton Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gallup Organization
Susan Dentzer Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs; On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS	Charles P. Friedman, PhD Deputy National Coordinator Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services
Robert S. Galvin, MD Director, Global Healthcare General Electric Company	Jim Guest President and Chief Executive Officer Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports)
George C. Halvorson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; Partners in Care Foundation, 2008 Mathies Award Recipient	Edward Hanway Chairman and Chief Executive Officer CIGNA Corporation
Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD Chairman Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology	Henrick H. Lund, PhD Professor, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller Institute for Production Technology, University of Southern Denmark; Head, AdapTronics Group; Founder, LEGO Lab
Edward D. Miller, MD Dean of the Medical Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine	Bradley Perkins, MD, MBA, Capt, USPHS Chief, Officer of Strategy and Innovation, Office of the Director Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer HCA, Inc. / Hospital Corporation of America	Tim Rothwell Chairman, Pharmaceutical Activities, sanofi-aventis, US; Board of Directors, PhRMA; Member, Evidence-Based Medicine Roundtable at The Institute of Medicine and the CEO Roundtable on Cancer
Devi Shetty, MD Chairman Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals (India)	Shivinder Mohan Singh Managing Director Fortis Healthcare Limited and Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs UnitedHealth Group	Daniel L. Vasella, MD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Novartis AG
Andrew Webber President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Coalition on Health; Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence	Anne Wojcicki Co-Founder 23andMe
Muhammad Yunus Founder and Managing Director Grameen Bank and Grameen Health (Bangladesh); (Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize)
Confirmed Speaker List
Joanne Armstrong, MD, MPH Senior Medical Director Aetna	Naomi Aronson, PhD Executive Director Blue Cross Blue Shield Technology Evaluation Center
Mara G. Aspinall former President, Genzyme Genetics; Visiting Lecturer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School	Linda Avey Co-Founder 23andMe
Elizabeth (Betsy) Barbeau, ScD, MPH Senior Vice President, Health and Wellness Health Dialog	Bonita Lynn Beattie, PT, MPT, MHA Vice President, Injury Prevention, Center for Healthy Aging National Council on Aging
Elizabeth L. Bewley President and Chief Executive Officer, Pario Health Institute; former Vice President, Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.	Denise Bianchini Senior Manager, Corporate Marketing Abbott
Elizabeth Bierbower Vice President of Product Innovation Humana	John T. Bigalke Vice Chairman and U.S. National Industry Leader, Health Sciences & Government Deloitte LLP
Leah Binder Chief Executive Officer The Leapfrog Group	Colonel Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD, FACS Commander U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research
Stephen J. Boccuzzi, PhD, MBA, FAHA Vice President - Evidence Based Medicine sanofi-aventis - US	Captain Raquel Cruz Bono MC, Chief of Staff, Deputy Director, TRICARE Management Activity Medical Corps, United States Navy
Jack E. Bruner, FSA Executive Vice President, Strategic Development and Marketing CVS/Caremark Corporation	Raymond J. Brusca, JD Vice President, Benefits The Black & Decker Corporation
Charles M. Campbell Chief Information Officer Military Health System	Richard Campbell Consultant Humana Inc. and Humana UK
Robert N. Campbell III US Government Leader Deloitte LLP	Michael Cheng Senior Vice President, External Operations Division HMSA/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii
Jennifer Christian-Herman, PhD Vice President, National Integrated Health Improvement Health Net	Richard Chung, MD Senior Vice President, Health Services Division Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA)/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii
Simon P. Cohn, MD, MPH Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente; Former Chair, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Member, Board of the American Health Information Community (AHIC)	Grad Conn Senior Director, Health Solutions Group Microsoft Corporation
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD Vice President and Chief Quality Officer Lifespan Corporation	Samuel Cramer, MD, MBA Vice President, Clinical Programs Health Management Corporation
Timothy J. Crimmins, MD Vice President and Director, Health, Safety and Environment General Mills	Andrew A. Croshaw Senior Executive Advisor, Value-Driven Healthcare Initiative U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Francesca Cunningham, PharmD Director of the Center for Medication Safety Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Pharmacy Benefits Management Services (PBM) National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS)	Kathleen Curtin, RN, MBA Chief Clinical Officer Kaleida Health System
Charles M. Cutler, MD, MS former Chief Medical Director, National Accounts Aetna, Inc.	Jeffrey R. Davis, MD, MS Director, Space Life Sciences, NASA; Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UTMB
Karen Davis, PhD President, The Commonwealth Fund; Board of Directors, Geisinger Health System; Panel of Health Advisors, Congressional Budget Office; 2006 AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award	Carol Diamond, MD, MPH Managing Director, Health Program Markle Foundation
Sharon S. Dunn, RN, BSN, MAS Practice Leader, Healthcare Behavioral Science Technology, Inc.	Robert Epstein, MD Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Medco Health Solutions, Inc
Colin Evans President and CEO, Dossia Consortium; former Director, Digital Health Policy and Standards, Intel	John A. Fallon, MD, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Leslie Fore Co-Manager of Health and Productivity Michelin North America	Maggie Fox Editor, Health and Science Reuters
Steven J. Fox Vice President, Provider Network Management Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	Stephen Furia Vice President, Market Strategy TriZetto
Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, MD Director General, Indian Council for Medical Research, India; Member, Scientific Board, Grand Challenges in Global Health	Mark B. Ganz President and CEO Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
Julian M. Goldman, MD Director, CIMIT Program on Interoperability and the MD PnP Program Massachusetts General Hospital	Chester Bernie Good, MD Chair, Medical Advisory Panel for Pharmacy Benefits Department of Veterans Affairs
Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration	Karen Graham Health Plan Manager Marriott International
David Green Vice President Ashoka	Jeffrey Gruen, MD, MBA Director PRTM
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM Director, Healthcare Transformation, IBM; Chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative	Amir Hannan, MD General Practitioner, Strategy Group Member Map of Medicine, NHS Connecting for Health Programme
Bernadine Healy Health Editor, U.S. News & World Report; President's Council, Advisors on Science and Technology; Former Director, National Institutes of Health	Robert J. Henkel, FACHE President, Healthcare Operations and COO Ascension Health
Roberta Herman, MD Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Health Services Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Benjamin Heywood Co-Founder, President and Director PatientsLikeMe
Scott D. Hillstrom, JD Founder, Chairman and President The HealthStore Foundation	Matthew Holt Author The Health Care Blog
Rear Admiral Christine S. Hunter Commander Navy Medical Center, San Diego	Corinne Husten, MD, MPH Interim President, Vice President for Policy Development Partnership for Prevention
B. Tilman Jolly, MD Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Deputy Chief Medical Officer U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Jeffrey L. Kang, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer CIGNA
Paul Keckley, Ph.D. Executive Director Deloitte Center for Health Solutions	Joan Kennedy President, Health Management Corporation (HMC); Senior Vice President, Wellpoint, Inc.
Beth Keyser Vice President, Employer Market Healthways	Jon Kingsdale Executive Director Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
Steve Lampkin, FACHE Vice President, Benefit Services and Strategic Initiatives Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	Steven M. Lash President and Chief Executive Officer Satori World Medical former EVP, Institutional Care Sharp Healthcare
Peter Lee, JD Executive Director of National Health Policy Pacific Business Group on Health	Ben R. Leedle, Jr President and Chief Executive Officer Healthways
Sharon Levine, MD Associate Executive Medical Director The Permanente Medical Group	Alfred (Al) Lewis, JD Founder and President Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International
Richard Magnuson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Group Health Cooperative	Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair in Health Policy Studies, Brookings Institution; Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
George B. McGregor General Manager, Southern California Schools Voluntary Employees Benefits Association; Administrator, California Public Employers Employees Health Care Coalition	Will McKinney Vice President, Consumer Directed Health Systems Regence
Bill Motley Divisional Vice President, Corporate Accounts & Business Development Abbott	Matthew J. Narrett, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Erickson Health
Sam Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer WellPoint, Inc.	Tony Paquin Founder and Chief Executive Officer The Paquin Healthcare Group
John M. Parrish Executive Director The Erickson Foundation	Ronald A. Paulus, MD, MBA Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Geisinger Ventures, Geisinger Health System
Joel S. Policzer, MD, FACP, FAAHPM Senior Vice President and National Medical Director VITAS Innovative Hospice Care	Alexander S. Preker Lead Economist, World Bank; Editor, HNP Publication Series
Sarah Redmond Co-Manager of Health and Productivity Michelin North America	William C. Reed President and Chief Executive Officer AllOne Health Group
Joshua Riff, MD, MBA Medical Director, Clinics Target Inc.	Dennis Rivera Chair, SEIU Healthcare Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr. Surgeon General Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery US Navy	Edwina Rogers Executive Director, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Vice President, Health Policy,The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC)
Jay Sanders, MD, FACP, FACAAI Professor of Medicine (Adjunct), Johns Hopkins; President Emeritus, American Telemedicine Association	Jane Sarasohn-Kahn Founder, THINK-Health; Columnist, iHealthBeat, California HealthCare Foundation
Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH Chief Executive Officer American Well Systems	John A. Seibel, MD, MACE Medical Director New Mexico Medical Review Association (NMMRA)
Adam Sharp, MD Chief Medical Officer Sermo, Inc.	Bruce Sherman, MD Medical Director, Global Services Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
David A. Shore, PhD Associate Dean; Director, Forces of Change Program and Founding Director, Trust Initiative Harvard University, School of Public Health	Scott Shreeve, MD Chief Executive Officer and Founder Crossover Healthcare
Joanne Silberner Health Policy Correspondent, Science Desk National Public Radio	Greg Simon President FasterCures / The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions
Dan Spirek Executive Vice President and Chief Solutions Officer TriZetto	Barbara R. Spurrier Senior Administrator, Center for Innovation Mayo Clinic
Jack Thiadens, MD, LLM Chief Executive Officer Martini Teaching Hospital Groningen (The Netherlands)	Charles M. Trunz, III Founder and President Vivo Health, Inc.
Karen Tumulty National Political Correspondent TIME	Sean Tunis, MD, MSc. Founder and Director Center for Medical Technology Policy
Barbara A. Walters, DO, MBA Senior Medical Director Southern NH Community Group Practices, Dartmouth-Hitchcock	Jim Weinstein, DO Director, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Chairman, Department of Orthopedics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; Founder, Center for Shared Decision Making
Kenneth H. Weixel, CPA US Managing Partner, Health Sciences & Government Deloitte & Touche, LLP	G. Thomas Welsh Human Resources Director, Benefits and Services PPG
David Whelan Staff Writer Forbes	Richard Williams, MD Chief Health and Medical Officer NASA
William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA Senior Advisor, Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs	Nicholas Wolter, MD Chief Executive Officer, Billings Clinic; Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Member, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association (AHA)

The 2008 Presidential Election and the impact on health care policy for payers, providers and employers Results from value-based benefit design proven to contain costs and to improve health status Comparative effectiveness methodologies and policy implementation for new therapies Delivery and service innovations that disrupt the health care market Next generation value-based purchasing and the escalating impact of performance-based payment for providers Models to achieve consumer engagement through targeted information and incentives for consumers Advances in health IT that improve the quality of care and produce a measurable ROI Pilot results of payment reform and future directions for regional roll outs Prevention programs offering valuable incentives to track health status and demonstrate ROI Chronic care models that prioritize disease interventions and produce a measurable return Post market surveillance strategies for new therapies Advances in personalized medicine and market developments Effective implementation of EMRs and PHRs to improve clinical and financial outcomes

WHCC was an overwhelming success in 2008. Over 1,700 delegates were present in Washington, DC to address the latest trends and challenges in the health care industry. Ninety-four percent (94%) of our executive delegates rated the overall speaker and presentation quality either good or excellent and ninety-four percent (94%) of the delegates also rated that the overall timeliness, utility and relevance of the sessions in the program agenda was excellent or good. See below for specific delegate testimonials. "The solution to our health care problems is emerging at this ambitious Congress."
— Del Meyer, MD, Pulmonologist; Editor & Founder, MedicalTuesday E-Newsletters

"I appreciated the brilliance of some of the individuals who attended and thought the speakers and topics overall were excellent."
— Ted Conklin, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Carena, Inc.

"Very successful meeting due to high quality of speakers, diversity of topics, organization of tracks…"
— Gordon Norman, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President, Science & Innovation, Alere®

"High quality, thought provoking, yet practical sessions presented by our peers."
— Ronald H. Kirkland, MD, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Jackson Clinic; P.A. and Chair, American Medical Group Association

"This was an excellent event, and I often find that conferences offer little original thinking. Clayton Christensen provided excellent new insight, and George Halvorson is always worth hearing."
— Elizabeth L. Bewley, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.

"The Conference was structured and managed exceedingly well. It offered a great opportunity to interact with the leaders from different sectors of the industry. And, at the same time, the event witnessed a large number of delegates and eminent speakers."
— Shivinder M. Singh, MD, CEO & Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Limited

"World Health Care Congress offered me an excellent opportunity to share ideas on healthcare with a wide variety of industry leaders."
— Jennifer Davis, Director, Office Management & Budget, State of Delaware

"Perhaps the best conference I've ever attended in terms of content and quality."
— Joe Paduda, Principal, Health Strategies Associates

"The future of healthcare is very exciting and its great to see it reflected at the WHCC."
— Grant Harrison, VP Integrated Consumer Experience, Humana

"Great meeting. There are so many different perspectives."
— James Dilling, Senior Administrator, Mayo Clinic

"This was one of the best meetings I have attended… Very useful and relevant."
— Jean Mayhugh, Senior Strategic Account Manager, Managed Care and Government, Novo Nordisk Inc.

"This is my new conference - money well spent and I'm glad I came!"
— Charles Foulks, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Interim Chairman of Medicine, Scott & White Clinic

"This event is excellent… I’ve had a great experience."
— David Barhoum, MS, Employer National Account Manager, Sanofi-Aventis

"I really enjoyed the Executive Retreat with Clayton Christensen – it was really terrific!"
— Babette Apland, Senior Vice President, HealthPartners