The World Congress Presents the 8th Annual HEALTH CARE QUALITY Congress August 2-4, 2010 | The Colonnade Hotel | Boston, MA HCQ '10 has an unmatched speaker faculty of 60+ visionaries, thought leaders and topic experts across all industry sectors. As a leading executive at an organization focusing on quality, you must attend and join these decision-makers and strategists to gain the latest and greatest solutions and tactics.

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Health Plan / Insurer Thought Leaders:
Douglas Allen, MD, MMM Vice President, Clinical Services CareMore Health Plan	Mark T. Bertolini President Aetna
Nicole DeVita, RPh, MHP Senior Director, Alternative Quality Contract Consultative Support Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	Antonio P. Linares, MD, FAAFP Regional Vice President and Medical Director Anthem Comprehensive Health Solutions
Leslie Margolin President and General Manager Anthem Blue Cross	Harold A. Picken, MD, MPH Vice President Health Operations Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI)
Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D. Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)	Kenneth P. Yale, DDS, JD Executive Director AmeriChoice MSO, a UnitedHealth Group Company
Hospital / Health System / Group Practice Thought Leaders:
Kenneth J. Abrams, MD, MBA Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations, Chief Quality Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System	Gloria L. Austin Chief Executive Officer Brown & Toland Medical Group
A. John Blair III, MD President Taconic IPA	Michael E. Brown , MD, MS, MHCM Chief Information Officer Harvard University Health Services
John Byrnes, MD Senior Vice President, System Quality Spectrum Health System	Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer Lifespan Corporation Assistant Professor, Medicine and Public Health The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Carole Cotter Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Lifespan Corporation	Gregg Coughlin, MBA, CPA President Great Rochester IPA (GRIPA)
Kathleen Curtin, RN, MBA Chief Clinical Informatics Officer Kaleida Health System	Steve Dobbs Chief Executive Officer Hillcrest Medical Center
Joseph Fifer, FHFMA, CPA Vice President, Finance Spectrum Health System	Maria Francesconi, RN, NP Chief of Nursing Harvard University Health
Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer Partners HealthCare System Inc.	James Hereford Executive Vice President, Group Practice Division Group Health Cooperative
Martin E. Hickey, MD Chief Executive Officer Alegent Health Clinic	Dennis R. Horrigan President and Chief Executive Officer Catholic Independent Practice Association of Western New York (Catholic IPA-WNY)
Eliot J. Lazar, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System	Rick MacCornack, PhD Chief Systems Integration Officer North West Physicians Network
Edward G. Murphy, MD President and Chief Executive Officer Carilion Clinic	April A. Perry, MA, CCC- SLP Disease Program Leader Deaconess HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
Brian K. Regan, PhD Director, Clinical Affairs New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System	Barbara E. Rutkowski, EDD, MSN, CCM Director, Case Management and HIMS HealthSouth Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital
Mark C. Shields, MD, MBA, FACP Vice President, Medical Management, Advocate Health Care; Senior Medical Director, Advocate Physician Partners	Christopher H. Tashjian, MD President River Falls, Ellsworth and Spring Valley Medical Clinics
Brian R. Taylor, PhD Director, Clinical Analytics New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System	Jeffrey E. Thompson, MD President and Chief Executive Officer Gundersen Lutheran Health System
Government Thought Leaders:
Karen M. Bell, MD, MMS Senior Vice President of Health Information Technology Services, Masspro; Former Director, Office of the National Coordinator, US Department of Health and Human Services	Irene Fraser, PhD Director, Center for Delivery, Organization and Market Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Stuart Guterman Assistant Vice President, Director, Medicare's Future The Commonwealth Fund	William J. Kassler, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, New England Regional Office Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Gwendolyn Lohse Deputy Director and Managing Director, Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH)	Nancy Meadows, RN, BS Clinical Specialist The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Care Transitions Program
Dolores L. Mitchell Executive Director Group Insurance Commission
Association / Coalition Thought Leaders:
Brett Baker Director, Regulatory Affairs American College of Physicians	Kent Bottles, MD President Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)
Paul W. Brand Executive Director The Employers' Coalition on Health	Jim Chase President Minnesota Community Measurement
Francois de Brantes, MS, MBA Chief Executive Officer, Bridges To Excellence; National Coordinator, PROMETHEUS Payment®	William A. Dolan, MD Member, Board of Trustees American Medical Association (AMA)
Mary Durfee, MD, PC President IHA	Donald W. Fisher, PhD, CAE President and Chief Executive Officer American Medical Group Association
Keith T. Kanel, MD, MHCM, FACP Chief Medical and Learning Officer Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative	Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN Executive Director Case Management Society of America (CMSA) Project Director National Transitions of Care Coalition
Eric Linzer Executive Director Massachusetts Health Plan Association	Cathie Markow, BSN, MBA Senior Manager Pacific Business Group on Health
Christopher Queram President and Chief Executive Officer Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ)	Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM Director, Health and Productivity Initiatives, Employers Health Coalition of Ohio; Consulting Corporate Medical Director, Whirlpool Corporation
Teresa M. Trieger, RN-C, MA, CCM, CCP President Case Management Society of America (CMSA)	Michael Vittoria Vice President, Human Resources, Sperian Protection; President, Rhode Island Business Group on Health
Annette C. Watson, RN-BC, CCM, MBA Chair-Elect Commission for Case Manager Certification	Lynda M. Young, MD Vice President Massachusetts Medical Society
Academic / Other Think Tank Leaders:
Richard A. Bankowitz, MD, MBA Enterprise Wide Chief Medical Officer Premier, Inc.	William J. DeMarco, MA, CMC President & Chief Executive Officer DeMarco and Associates, Inc.
R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy; Associate Director for Research Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)	Beth Connor Guest Attorney at Law Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis LLP
David B. Kendall Senior Fellow, Health Policy Third Way	Gary Young, JD, Ph.D Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management Boston University School of Public Health Associate Director, Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research Department of Veterans Affairs;

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