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  The World Health Care Congress is the health care event to attend next year.  Innovators, Knowledge leaders, and Visionaries from different sectors are brought together to share ideas and information to help transform the Health Care Industry.  Next year is to be no exception!  World Congress strives to bring together the best minds, ideas, and topics for this exciting and ground-breaking event..

 
2005 Recently Confirmed Speakers
 

Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP
Acting Undersecretary for Health, Department of Veteran Affairs

Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Founder and CEO Health Technology Center

Janet Woodcock, M.D.,
Acting Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Food and Drug Administration

Patricia Gabow, MD,
CEO and Medical Director, Denver Health

Rick Skinner,
Vice President, Information Services/CIO, Providence Health System

Sheryl D. Dodds, RN, MS,
Chief Executive Officer, Nebraska Heart Institute, P.C.

Mary Kennedy,
Medicaid Director, State of Minnesota

>>Click here to view full list (to date)


Sunday, January 30, 2005

By-invitation-only CFO and Benefits Executives Summit for Employers

1:00 pm Innovations in Benefit Design

2:00 pm Government or Employer-Sponsored Care – Implications of National Health Care Coverage

4:00 pm Solutions to Improve Transparency and Quality Indicators

5:00 pm Lessons Learned from Adoption of Bridges to Excellence – United, CMS and UPS Perspectives

By-invitation-only Chief Medical Officer/Corporate Medical Director Summit for Payers, Providers and Purchasers

1:00 pm Pay-for-Performance – A CMO Discussion on Clinical Quality Metrics]

2:00 pm Electronic Medical Record Implementation Challenges

4:00 pm Next Generation Care Management Strategies

5:00 pm Lessons Learned from Adoption of Bridges to Excellence – United, CMS and UPS Perspectives

Invitational CFO Summit for Payers and Providers

1:00 pm Financial Incentives for Provider Quality – Structuring Successful Performance Based Contracts

2:00 pm eCommerce to Substantially Reduce Administrative Costs

4:00 pm Negotiating Reimbursement, Pricing and Cost Controls

5:00 pm TBA

Monday, January 31, 2005 — Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Track 1: Executive Congress (Open Forum)

Session 1: Standardization in Health Care Quality to Reduce Variation and Improve Outcomes

Session 2: Employer-Backed Solutions to Improve Consumer Access and Quality

Session 3: Creating a Revolution in Health Care — The Mayo Perspective

Session 4: Consumer Perceptions of Health Care Quality and Value

Session 5: ROI on Pay-for-Performance Programs

Track 2: Public/Private Sector Collaboration (Open Forum)

Session 1: Emerging CMS Financing Models to Improve Outcomes-

Session 2: Federal Advances in the Electronic Health Record

Session 3: Public/Private Information-Sharing to Improve Outcomes — Results from Local Health Information Infrastructures

Session 4: Solutions for the Uninsured -- Lessons Learned from Florida’s Public/Private Partnership

Session 5: CMS Initiatives in Disease Management Funding

By Invitation Only Summits

Track 3: Employer CEO and CFO Summit

Session 1: Using Purchasing Power To Improve Efficiency in Health Systems

Session 2: Maximizing Returns from Human Capital Investments

Session 3: A Debate on Health Savings Accounts (HAS) – Policy Implications and Impact of HSAs Fostering Competition as a Health Care Purchaser

Session 4: Engaging Employees to Better Manage Health and Productivity

Session 5: Strategic Approach to Stem Benefit Costs from Eroding Profit Margins

Track 4: Employer VP, Human Resources and Corporate Medical Director Summit

Session 1: Best Practices to Control Rising Health Care Costs and Maximize Benefits Investments

Session 2: Consumer-Driven Health Care – Future Projections for Employers and Consumers

Session 3: Driving Health Care Improvement through Quality Measurement and Aligned Incentives

Session 4: Employer Strategies to Reduce Waste through Quality and Safety Initiatives with Providers

Session 5: Predictive Modeling, Chronic Care Management and Prevention Strategies to Increase Productivity

Track 5: Health Plan and Insurer CEO/CFO/CMO Summit

Session 1: Medicare Reform Implications

Session 2: Product Architecture Strategies – Developing Medicare Advantage, Tiered Networks and Consumer-Driven Products

Session 3: Market Forces and Opportunities – Payer Consolidation and Horizontal Diversification Beyond the Core Business

Session 4: Addressing Chronic Care – Impact of Predictive Modeling and Genomics 

Session 5: Payer-Provider Clinical Collaboration for Improved Delivery

Track 6: Pharmaceutical and Biotech CEO/CFO/Chief Strategy Officer Summit

Session 1: Advancing R&D Productivity through Business Models and Clinical Trials

Session 2: Anticipating the FDA Regulatory Environment for Product Review and Approval

Session 3: Consumer Perceptions -- Influencing the External Environment

Session 4: Breaking Down the Silos – How Biopharmaceutical Companies Can Become Part of the Emerging Healthcare Delivery Continuum

Session 5: Vision to Transform the Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Track 7: Healthcare System and Hospital CEO/CFO/CMO Summit

Session 1: Opportunities and Challenges in the Health Care Environment – Addressing the Impact of the MMA and Industry Consolidation

Session 2: Fostering Quality and Accountability

Session 3: Achieving Clinical Transformation through Information Technology

Session 4: Access to Capital – Strategies to Generate Capital Internally and Externally

Session 5: Excellence in Capacity Management for Growth, Improved Quality and Revenue Enhancement

Track 8: Healthcare System and Hospital CIO/CTO Summit

Session 1: New Visions for Technology in Healthcare, the Influences of Industry and Convergence

Session 2: Patient Safety Excellence -- Demonstrating Measurable Quality and Patient Safety Results

Session 3: EMR Implementation Challenges– Lessons from Leading CIOs

Session 4: Disruptive Technologies – Building the Case for IT Investment

Session 5: Key Connectivity Strategies with Payers to Revolutionize Revenue Cycle and Clinical Information


 


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