11th Annual World Health Care Congress

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Media Coverage

1. CAQH AND MAJOR HEALTH PLANS LAUNCH COB SMART - A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE CLAIMS PROCESSES (February 19 2014 - CAQH)

2. What Are the Benefits of Outsourcing Statutory Reporting Services? (December 19 2013 - Stone Carlie )

3. Improved systems will help make EHR benefits real (April 17 2013 - TechTarget )

"EHRs weren't designed to accumulate the kind of data we need for population health or bundled payments, so we've got some work to do there," Joseph Pleasant, CIO of Premier Inc., said in a session at the World Health Care Congress. As you start to get ... more»

4. World Health Congress 2013: The future of health IT (April 11 2013 - DOTmed.com )

The future of health information technology may lie in the hands of patients. Panelists at the World Health Congress on Tuesday hashed out the challenges of disjointed health information and predicted what form the elusive universal health record will take — and if that's up to patients. more»

5. Reducing Healthcare Costs Discussed At World Health Congress (April 11 2013 - Wusa 9)

The 10th annual World Health Care Congress just wrapped up at the Gaylord National Hotel. One key subject was how to reduce the costs of health care. Doctor Salim Aziz, a cardio-vascular surgeon, was a presenter. He joined us on Thursday to talk about the issue. more»

6. Rate of employer-based health insurance keeps dropping (April 11 2013 - USA TODAY)

The availability of employer-sponsored insurance has fallen by about 10% over the past decade, which has spurred an increase in the overall number of Americans without health insurance, according to a report released today. more»

7. Healthcare of the Future (April 11 2013 - Wusa 9)

Interview with Dr. Robert Pearl Executive Director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group more»

8. World Health Care Congress Wraps Up (April 10 2013 - Wusa 9)

Doctors talked about how to reduce the cost of healthcare and other topics. Salim Azizi, MD talked to us about the issues before the World Health Congress more»

9. How can an employer tell if its corporate wellness program is really working? (April 10 2013 - MedCityNews)

Corporate wellness programs have become a cause celebre of the cost-saving era in healthcare. Everyone has started using employee wellness plans and there are plenty of ways to try them. more»

10. World Health Care Congress: HHS CTO, Premier CIO Talk Data Liquidity (April 10 2013 - Healthcare Informatics)

This week's 10th Annual World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C., saw a lively discussion April 9 involving a panel of experts on innovation, including Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Joe Pleasant Jr., senior vice president and CIO of the Premier health alliance. more»

11. One doctor's motivation to move from anger to the arena of healthcare innovation (April 9 2013 - MedCityNews)

An undercurrent at most healthcare innovation conferences is “what's to be done with the doctors?” more»

12. Healthcare convergence moves beyond the buzzword. But here's what still needs to happen (April 8 2013 - MedCityNews)

Is healthcare at its Wal-Mart moment? Barry Mason thinks so. IBM’s vice president of global healthcare payers sees an entire industry – insurance companies, hospitals, medical devices, pharma and beyond – getting behind concepts like convergence with more than just words. more»

13. Game Show Network CEO on Reforming Catastrophic Care (April 8 2013 - Fox Business)

Game Show Network CEO David Goldhill argues everyone should be insured, but not for everything. more»

14. Omar Ishrak at World Health Care Congress 2013 (April 8 2013 - MedCityNews)

Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak discusses how Medtronic must act differently more»

15. How Will the Health-Care Law Affect You? (April 8 2013 - Fox Business)

Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak and Dr. John Noseworthy, Mayo Clinic CEO, on what the health-care law means to the average consumer. more»

Press Releases

16. Teleperformance Brings Global Expertise to the World’s Largest Healthcare Companies at 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (April 7 2014 - Teleperformance)

Company’s healthcare practice presents proprietary insights into consumer needs at leading conference to help transform the healthcare industry more»

17. Capital BlueCross to Speak at the World Health Care Congress Health Plan and Payer Summit (April 7 2014 - Insurancenewsnet.com)

Capital BlueCross Chief Marketing Officer Donna K. Lencki will discuss the power of the consumer in shaping today's health care industry during a panel on April 7 at the 11th annual World Health Care Congress Health Plan and Payer Summit in National Harbor, Maryland. "Joining Lencki will be Paul Nutting, divisional vice president, Customer Experience, Health... more»

18. Independence Blue Cross CEO speaks at 11th World Health Care Congress (April 7 2014 - Independence)

Daniel J. Hilferty shares insights on innovative collaborations and partnerships during keynote pane more»

19. HealthEdge Surpasses Six Million Lives Under Contract For The HealthRules Product Suite (April 7 2014 - HealthEdge)

Payors turning to HealthRules® in record numbers to help them address the fundamental regulatory economic and social changes in the healthcare market more»

20. Silverlink CEO Stan Nowak to Speak About the Power of Technology and the Human Touch in Consumer Engagement and Care Navigation at World Health Care Congress (April 4 2014 - Silverlink)

This week, more than seven million newly insured Americans enrolled in health insurance, while at the same time the growth in healthcare spending in the U.S. reached a 10-year high. more»

21. Donna K. Lencki to discuss power of the consumer in today's health care industry at World Health Care Congress (April 2 2014 - PR Newswire)

Capital BlueCross Chief Marketing Officer Donna K. Lencki will discuss the power of the consumer in shaping today's health care industry during a panel on April 7 at the 11th annual World Health Care Congress Health Plan and Payer Summit in National Harbor, MD. more»

22. HealthEdge to Present with Medica at the 2014 World Health Care Congress (April 2 2014 - HealthEdge)

Presentation will feature Medica’s real-life example of how deploying modern technology can drive business transformation more»

23. Hospital supply purchaser aptitude sees 50-fold increase in business (March 27 2014 - Dallas Business Journal)

24. HEALTHEDGE LAUNCHES EXPANDED EDUCATION SERVICES (March 19 2014 - healthedge)

State-of-the-art training facilities and expanded curriculum created to meet the growing demand for education related to the HealthRules product suite more»

25. Inova Health System CEO J. Knox Singleton Keynote at 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (December 4 2013 - Red Orbit)

The 11th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 7-9, 2014 in Washington, D.C., is pleased to announce J. Knox Singleton, CEO of Inova Health System and Inova CFO Richard Magenheimer, will be a featured keynote presenters and address how partnerships and collaborations are driving the health care business model forward. more»

26. Inova Health System CEO J. Knox Singleton Keynote at 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (December 4 2013 - PR Web)

The 11th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 7-9, 2014 in Washington, D.C., is pleased to announce J. Knox Singleton, CEO of Inova Health System and Inova CFO Richard Magenheimer, will be a featured keynote presenters and address how partnerships and collaborations are driving the health care business model forward. more»

27. Troy Kirchenbauer of aptitude™ Joins Advisory Board of the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (October 3 2013 - PR.com (press release))

Troy Kirchenbauer, the General Manager of the industry’s first direct contracting market, has been named to the Advisory Board of the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress, taking place April 7-9, 2014 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Resort in National Harbor, Maryland. more»

Industry News

28. Trends in Healthcare Payments Fourth Annual Report: 2013 (April 15 2014 - InstaMed)

The U.S. healthcare payments market is growing at a rapid pace – reaching an estimated $2.7 trillion, as a total of both payer and consumer payments.1 However, administrative costs are estimated to consume 25 to 40 cents of every dollar spent in the healthcare industry.2 These costs are poised to increase as changes due to reform and consumerism reshape the healthcare payments industry at a staggering pace. more»

29. Plan Design, Cost Sharing and Beyond: The Next Frontier of Healthcare Cost Containment for Employers (April 10 2014 - Becker's Hospital Review)

Employers have been largely responsible for the healthcare coverage of Americans since World War II, when employers starting paying for healthcare coverage as a means of supplementing workers beyond wage limits. more»

30. HealthFair Supported Health Initiatives at World Health Care Congress (April 10 2014 - HealthFair)

HealthFair supported the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress by providing over $12,000 in free health screenings. One of the 40 foot mobile health screening units was onsite to provide free health screenings to the healthcare executives attending the congress. more»

31. World Health Care Congress: Taking a Customer-centric Approach (April 10 2014 - Teleperformance)

As consumers gain more power over their choice of health care plans, companies must reach their existing and potential customers in new and innovative ways. more»

32. Take politics out of health care delivery, Oregon governor urges (April 10 2014 - Business Insurance)

At a time when bipartisan cooperation on making changes to the nation's health care delivery system is virtually nonexistent, it is time to take politics out of it, one governor says. more»

33. Venrock Partner Bob Kocher on Health Technology Winners, Losers (April 9 2014 - Becker's Hospital CIO)

What type of healthcare technology will be poised for growth under value-based care and what types will face difficulty? more»

34. The Doctor Will Email You Now (April 9 2014 - Becker's Hospital Review)

Last year, physicians at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente received approximately 13 million secure emails from patients. more»

35. Trends in Health Care from #BenefitsConf and #WHCC14 (April 9 2014 - Inside Workplace Wellness)

I had the pleasure of attending both the Health and Benefits Leadership Conference and the World Health Care Congress recently. I've heard some inspiring things, connected with true thought leaders and learned a lot. I'll share some of the things here that I keep turning over again and again in my mind. more»

36. Health Care Consumerism a Major Theme at WHCC (April 9 2014 - High Roads)

Insights and sound bites from the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress in National Harbor, Md. … more»

37. Paris-based Teleperformance Customer Experience Lab Reveals Options for Healthcare Payers (April 8 2014 - loyalty360)

According to Paris-based Teleperformance’s CX Lab, which recently examined how U.S. healthcare payers-entities other than the patient that finance or reimburse the cost of health services such as insurance carriers, other third-party payers, or health plan sponsors (employers or unions)-are addressing their members’ needs, healthcare payers have an opportunity to expand communications to additional channels sometimes preferred by their members. more»

38. Exchanges reaching previously uninsured, say health system execs (April 8 2014 - Internal Medicine News)

The Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges have provided coverage for the previously uninsured, two health system executives said April 7 at the ninth World Health Care Congress. more»

39. West Coast Purchasing Coalition Selects aptitude LLC for Direct Contracting (April 8 2014 - PR Newswire)

22-member hospital network likes market's ability to increase speed-to-value more»

40. Teleperformance Brings Global Expertise to the World’s Largest Healthcare Companies at 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (April 7 2014 - Business Wire)

Teleperformance (RCF.PA), the global leader in outsourced multichannel customer experience management, today announced that its Healthcare Practice Group will be speaking at the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (WHC) on April 7-9 in National Harbor, Maryland, USA. more»

41. World Health Care Congress (April 7 2014 - aptitude)

aptitude General Manager Troy Kirchenbauer will be the summit chairperson for the Hospital and Health System track of the World Health Care Congress conference. more»

42. Will time help ObamaCare? (April 7 2014 - Fox Business)

The Permanente Medical Group’s Dr. Robert Pearl weighs in on ObamaCare. more»

43. White Paper - Demand-Driven Customer Experience Management: Solutions for US Healthcare Payers (April 7 2014 - Teleperformance)

Consumer expectations are changing in every industry and healthcare is not immune to these challenges. Consumers can now reach a company using many different channels, some of them online channels, in person, or via the phone. They are currently able to communicate at any time from mobile devices and have an expectation that service will be provided 24/7. They increasingly want to decide how and when to engage with their healthcare environment, thus increasing the complexity of customer experience management. more»

44. Cracking Health Costs Executive Summit: April 7-9, 2014 (April 1 2014 - Cracking Health Costs)

The 11th Annual World Health Care Congress will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on April 7-9. more»

45. Positive Patient Experience, Healthy Performance (March 28 2014 - HappyOrNot for healthcare)

With the ever growing need to set themselves apart from their competition and attract the best medical personnel, healthcare providers need to establish an image and brand presence in the market that conveys added value, differentiation, focus on the patient and their visitors, and quality of patient care. more»

46. Connexions Loyalty to Attend and Exhibit at the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (March 18 2014 - Connexions)

Connexions Loyalty will be attending and exhibiting at the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress from April 7-9, 2014 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. more»

47. InstaMed Launches InstaMed Go: The Payment App Designed for Healthcare (March 18 2014 - BusinessWire)

InstaMed has launched InstaMed Go, a payment app designed specifically for healthcare, allowing providers to increase patient payments by securely collecting at every patient interaction point. more»

48. New Drugs to Fight Obesity (March 5 2014 - Aon Hewitt)

Recently two new products, Qsymia and Belviq have been approved by the FDA. Both drugs are indicated as adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adults with established criteria of overweight or obese. more»

49. Aon Hewitt Research: Employers Will Continue Sponsoring Health Benefits for Employees and Retirees, but Deliver Those Benefits in New Ways (March 5 2014 - Aon Hewitt)

New research from Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), shows that the majority of employers plan to continue sponsoring health benefits for active employees and retirees, but will change the way those benefits are managed and delivered in the coming years.

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50. Eliza Corporation’s Medicaid Solution Saves $2.4 Million in Revenue and Delivers 10:1 ROI for a National Managed Care Organization (February 26 2014 - Eliza)

At HIMSS14 Annual Conference and Exhibition this week, Eliza Corporation (“Eliza“), the pioneer and recognized leader in Health Engagement Management, announced the “Eliza for Medicaid” member management solution suite that addresses key clinical and operational measures for Medicaid populations. more»

51. UnitedHealthcare's Online Bill Payment Service Grows to More Than 50,000 Participating Care Providers, $20 Million in Payments Processed (February 24 2014 - BusinessWire)

More than $20 million in payments have already been made to more than 50,000 health care providers through a recently introduced secure, online bill-payment service by UnitedHealthcare. more»

52. An Amazon-like coup for the supply chain (February 12 2014 - Healthcare Finance News)

A new online direct contracting service hopes to upend the healthcare market more»

53. ActiveHealth Management Receives Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award for Early Intervention and Wellness (October 16 2013 - MarketWatch )

Award recognizes integration of leading-edge CareEngine(R) technology to support disease management and wellness programs more»

54. Aon Hewitt Research Finds Consumer-Driven Health Plans Continue to Grow in Popularity (October 9 2013 - Aon)

CDHPs are the Second Most Prevalent Plan Offered by U.S. Employers more»

55. Novation’s Self-Contracting Entity –aptitude™– Showing Nice Progress (October 3 2013 - Healthcare Matters)

Troy Kirchenbauer, the General Manager of aptitude™ , Novation’s new entity serving the direct contracting market, has been named to the Advisory Board of the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress, taking place April 7-9, 2014 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Resort in National Harbor, Maryland. more»

56. Program facilitates direct contracting (August 27 2013 - The Journal of Healthcare Contracting)

Novation is calling its recently announced aptitude LLC subsidiary “the healthcare industry’s first online direct contracting model.” Though it was created and is a subsidiary of a group purchasing organization, aptitude is designed to facilitate... more»

57. Scottsdale Healthcare gets aptitude for online buying (July 26 2013 - Phoenix Business Journal)

Scottsdale Healthcare is the first in Arizona to use a new online market called aptitude to help hospitals contract directly with vendors, cutting negotiation time down to one month, compared with 18 months the old way. more»

58. To make hospital supply chains more efficient, aptitude takes direct contracting online (July 12 2013 - MedCity News)

Even though hospitals typically use some kind of group purchasing model to save money on their supplies, the startup aptitude thinks there's still untapped opportunity to eliminate inefficiencies in hospital supply chains. more»

59. CONVERGE Startup Showcase: What Health Startups need to succeed (July 9 2013 - MedCityNews )

Justin Hibbs of aptitude talks about how his medhealth startup company was founded, and what the "recipe" for success is for other Health Startups. Starting with a culture of innovation, to extensive surveying and testing, to finally proving that his model works with actual test cases, Justin has advice to give other health startups. more»

60. Cubist late-stage antibiotic gets two more fast-track designations (May 7 2013 - Boston Business Journal)

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CBST) has received Fast Track status in two more areas for its investigational antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, abdominal infections and hospital-acquired pneumonia. more»

61. Mastering Change: Succeeding in Healthcare's New World Order (May 6 2013 - McKesson)

This series on mastering change and succeeding in the new world order will describe the conditions and strategies necessary to manage the pressures that payers and providers are facing today, while positioning those organizations to thrive in an industry that will be transformed by advanced payment and care delivery models.

In part 1, we examine why rapid transformation has become an imperative, where it needs to start, and what innovations are creating a promising path forward.

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62. Treatment Adherence Emerging as Critical Theme in Improving Quality and Cost of US Healthcare (April 24 2013 - PR Newswire)

As leaders across business, policy and academia gathered at the recent World Health Care Congress (WHCC) to discuss ways to improve the quality and cost of healthcare, experts in treatment adherence identified a common theme: a patient-centric adherence strategy will be critical to achieving success. more»

63. Aptitude launches direct contracting market for medical supplies (April 22 2013 - Dallas Business Journal)

Irving-based aptitude LLC, an online medical supplies purchasing marketplace, has launched a one-stop destination designed to complement hospitals' existing contracting models. more»

64. Building the E-bay of medical devices: A conversation with Aptitude's Troy Kirchenbauer (April 22 2013 - Mass Device)

MassDevice talks disruptive business models in the medical device and hospital world with Novation executive and aptitude vice president Troy Kirchenbauer more»