The 12th Annual World Health Care Congress

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Media Coverage

1. Gingrich: GOP really doesn't want to repeal Obamacare (March 26 2015 - USA TODAY)

USA TODAY's Jayne O'Donnell talks to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich about ObamaCare, Medicaid and the future of health care. more»

2. Infographic: The 11th Annual World Health Care Congress (July 15 2014 - Teleperformance)

On the 3 days of WHCC 2014 The e-Performance team detected 1,872 mentions throughout social media coming from executives and experts in the healthcare industry, but these had the potential to reach 4 million people. These posts and comments on social media serve as a good source in order to understand what the industry trends are. At the top of the industry’s concerns is ‘Technology and Big Data’ and ‘Consumer Engagement’. more»

3. Employee Benefits Forecast (May 5 2014 - Human Resource Executive Online)

While the spring HR-related conferences showed there's still a heavy employer focus on the Affordable Care Act and employee health, companies are starting to bridge the gap that’s existed between mental and physical -- and even financial – health. more»

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

National Harbor, MD April 7-9, 2014 – 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»

5. 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»

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

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»

7. 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»

8. 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»

9. 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»

10. The Doctor Will Email You Now (April 9 2014 - Becker's Hospital Review - The Daily Beat Blog)

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

11. 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»

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

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

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

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

14. 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»

15. 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»

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

President and CEO Daniel J. Hilferty joined national industry leaders today at the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress, which runs from April 7-9, for a keynote panel discussion on health care partnerships and collaborations. Hilferty discussed Independence’s past, present, and future innovative collaborations and partnerships at the event held at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. more»

17. 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»

18. 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»

19. World Health Care Congress Where (April 1 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»

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

21. 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»

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

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»

23. Novation’s Self-Contracting Entity –aptitude™– Showing Nice Progress (January 1 1900 - 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. “I’m looking forward to contributing and am honored to have this opportunity to join the World Congress Advisory Board,” said Kirchenbauer, “it is important that we stay topical and informative as our industry continues its path towards change.” more»

Press Releases

24. Millennium Health Announces Expanded Pharmacogenetic Tests New Online Portal Helps Patients and Clinicians Access Information (March 17 2015 - Millenium Health)

Millennium Health announced today that it has added three new genes to its Millennium PGTSM menu. The company also launched DestinationWell.com, an online tool offering consumers information about pharmacogenetics and how these tests can help patients understand the role that genetics plays in determining which prescription medications are right for them. more»

Industry News

25. HealthEdge to be Featured at the 12th Annual World Health Care Congress (March 19 2015 - BusinessWire)

Panel and keynote introduction to unveil the health plan of the future and describe how health plan executives will adapt to the changing health care marketplace more»

26. New Pharmacogenetic Options for Managing Pain With Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions (March 17 2015 - Pain Medicine News by Millenium Health)

This article discusses the role of pharmacogenetic testing in treating pain patients who have comorbid psychiatric diagnoses. Genetic makeup influences medication response. Understanding a patient’s unique genetic profile can help clinicians customize pharmacologic treatment in order to maximize therapeutic efficacy and minimize side effects. more»

27. Future of Health Is More, Better, Cheaper (March 11 2015 - Strategy&)

New entrants and established players are racing to create the next generation of medical products and services. more»

28. Birth of the Healthcare consumer (March 11 2015 - Strategy&)

Growing demands for choice, engagement, and experience more»

29. 2015 Healthcare Trends (March 11 2015 - Strategy&)

Riding a wave of policy turmoil, consumer empowerment, and tightening margins, payors and providers have no choice but to go bold. more»

30. Cloud paper - A growth engine for healthcare: (March 9 2015 - IBM)

How cloud computing can help the industry navigate change more»

31. Beyond the EMR (March 9 2015 - IBM)

Optimizing healthcare IT investments for better business and care outcomes more»

32. Analytics across the ecosystem: (March 9 2015 - IBM)

A prescription for optimizing healthcare outcomes more»

33. Government healthcare shifts to survival of fittest (March 5 2015 - Strategy&)

The market just keeps getting more competitive for U.S. health plans that cover Medicare Advantage (MA) patients. Most recently, the February 21 Advance Notice from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) implied a proposed reimbursement cut for MA patients of approximately 4 to 5 percent. That follows a 2014 reduction of about 4 percent. more»

34. IBM, Apple to release healthcare enterprise app in Q1 (February 4 2015 - mobihealthnews)

Although the IBM-Apple partnership for enterprise mobility has yet to make a healthcare-focused app public, one is coming up in the first quarter of 2015, and the two companies are still planning to make healthcare a focus of their sales pitch, according to a job posting that went up recently, first spotted by 9to5Mac. more»

35. HealthEdge “State of the Payor” Industry Survey Shows Insurers Turning To Next-Generation Technology To Transform Their Organizations (December 11 2014 - HealthEdge)

Research highlights the reasons behind this adoption, including the significant impact of the Affordable Care Act more»

36. Accretive Health's new CEO, Dr. Emad Rizk (July 11 2014 - Modern Healthcare)

Dr. Emad Rizk is set to assume leadership of hospital revenue-management company Accretive Health on July 21. Modern Healthcare recently interviewed Rizk, president of McKesson Health Solutions since 2003, about the revolution afoot in healthcare payment, with providers on a fast and rocky path from fee-for-service to value-based models. more»

37. Challenges and Opportunities for Payers in the Changing Healthcare Payments Landscape (June 1 2014 - Instamed)

Data on healthcare payments shows how drastically the industry has shifted in recent years. Consumers have become decision-makers who are sensitive to healthcare costs, and payers and providers are moving toward industry-standard, electronic transactions due to regulatory mandates and high administrative costs. These changes present both challenges and opportunities for payers to focus on the consumer and streamline processes to ultimately reduce costs. more»

38. Trends in Healthcare Payments Fourth Annual Report: 2013 (April 1 2014 - Instamed)

Much of the growth in the healthcare payments industry has spurred from the rise in patient responsibility, as the number of patients enrolled in high-deductible health plans (HDHP) increased nationally to 15.5 million as of January 2013 Due to this growth in HDHP enrollment, providers are required to collect more money from their patients, but many providers still rely on paper-based, manual payment collection and posting processes. As a result, providers are spending more money and more time to collect from consumers than in other industries, yet still accumulating a large amount of bad debt more»

39. Aetna Selects HealthEdge Technology to Help Enable the Next Generation of Consumer Offerings (January 20 2014 - HealthEdge)

The HealthRules administrative platform transforms the relationship between consumers, providers and health insurers more»

40. Simplify Your Healthcare Payments Process (January 1 2014 - Instamed)

The InstaMed Network delivers immediate value to payers by enabling instant cost savings, simplifying the end-to-end healthcare payments process and connecting payers, providers and members, all in one place. more»

41. About The Anthem Government Business Division (December 1 2012 - Anthem)

Anthem was formed through the 2004 merger of WellPoint Health Networks, Inc. and Anthem, Inc. Anthem's Government Business Division (GBD) serves members across the country through three business units: Medicare, Medicaid and Federal Government Services (FGS). more»

42. Government Business Division Fast Facts (December 1 2012 - Anthem)