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Monday April 21, 2008
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Chairperson:
Vicky Gregg
President and CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN

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1:20 pm -
2:20 pm
From Engaging to Entertaining - Helping Consumers Make Better Informed Health Care Decisions
Sam Nussbaum, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
WellPoint, Inc

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Grant Harrison
Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience
Humana, Inc.

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2:25 pm -
3:25 pm
Impact of Disintermediaries and Building a New Value Proposition
  • Forecasting the impact of new market entrants and technology/Internet plays on the health plan sector
  • Revitalizing the value proposition to employers, purchasers and consumers
Mark B. Ganz
President and CEO
The Regence Group

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Helena B. Foulkes
Senior Vice President – Health Services
CVS Caremark

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Peter Neupert
Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group
Microsoft, Inc.

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Tuesday April 22, 2008
9:10 am -
10:10 am
Universal Coverage in Massachusetts - Implications for Payers
Moderator:
Dr. Martin Silverstein, MD
Senior Partner and Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group

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James Roosevelt Jr.
President and CEO
Tufts Health Plan

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David Cochran, MD
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

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Kevin Counihan
Chief Marketing Officer
Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector

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Wednesday April 23, 2008
9:15 am -
9:55 am
Critical Health IT: Capturing the Value in PHRs and EMRs to Improve Outcomes for Patients, Providers and Payers
  • Launching interoperable health records, where claims data can combine with medical data and follow consumers
  • Leveraging healthcare data of all kinds to improve outcomes and reduce expense across the healthcare value chain
Moderator:
Simon Kennedy
Partner & Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group

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Jeffrey Kang, MD
Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA;
President, eHealth Initiative

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Charles D. Kennedy, MD
Vice President, Health Information Technology & Research
WellPoint, Inc.

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10:00 am -
10:40 am
Orchestrating and Measuring Success in Transforming Chronic Care
  • How BCBS of Michigan assisted restructuring of physician organizations (to support PCMH structures, among other innovations) and the incentives it used to drive evidence based care
  • CareFirst’s customized chronic care intervention model and how to work with employers to reinforce transformations
  • Deploying key DM principles in various employer, payer, provider settings; transformation seen as social innovation and measured accordingly
  • Comparing strategies to re-align the care system and economics to drive evidence-based medicine and outcomes
Moderator:
David Matheson
Senior Partner and Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group

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Panelists:
Thomas Simmer, MD
Chief Medical Officer and SVP, Health Care Value and Provider Affiliation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

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Richard Safeer, M.D., FAAFP
Medical Director, Preventive Medicine
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield

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Gordon Norman, MD, MBA
Chair-Elect, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance;
EVP, Chief Science Officer, Alere Medical, Inc

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World Congress welcomes our attendees celebrating the Passover holiday and is pleased to provide kosher meals throughout the conference.

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