Dear Colleague,

It has been estimated that half of the Medicare budget is spent on end of life care, with shockingly high expenses being administered in the final days of one’s life. This cost of care is growing at an exceedingly large number each year and now is the time for organizations to overcome barriers in treating individuals with advanced illness.

On December 7-8, 2009, World Congress is pleased to present the Leadership Summit on End of Life Care for CMOs and Medical Directors which convenes senior level executives from health plans, health systems, hospitals and employers to address critical issues surrounding end of life care to enhance the value of care delivered to patients with advanced illness.

Register Today!

From thought-provoking case studies to in-depth presentations, health care executives examine both hospice and palliative care as they relate to quality of life, outcomes, accountability and cost-effectiveness. Some of the subjects to be explored include:

• Quality of Life vs. Quantity of Service: A Path Driven By Choice
• An End of Life Dilemma: When Does Hospice Begin?
• Death as An Outcome: Analytic Methods to Ensure Accountability
• Optimizing Outcomes to Meet the Goals of Care
• Transitional Care: Best Practices for Avoiding Readmission
• Barriers to Quality of Life: An In-depth Look into the Primary Care Physician and Specialty Physician Relationship
• The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care: Exploring Variations of Care Amongst Advanced Illness
• Putting it in Writing: Exploring the Legal Side to End of Life Care Including Advanced Directives and Living Wills

We hope you join us at this unique event designed to exchange innovative solutions for how improve end of life care for those with advanced illness. We look forward to seeing you there and hearing you engage with our distinguished faculty for this timely and thought provoking event!

Sincerely,

Randall Krakauer, MD, PhD
Head of Medicare Medical Management
Aetna
Summit Chairperson