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The 4th Annual Consumer Healthcare & Wellness Congress focuses on the consumer revolution in healthcare that is driving the redesign in benefit design, patient-centered care, delivery methods and consumer tools. The pressure is on for providers, payers, employers, financial services and policy makers to improve health outcomes through the implementation of prevention initiatives at an affordable cost through consumer engagement and design strategies.

Confirmed Keynotes
 
Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders, MD
The 15th Surgeon General of the United States
 
Dee W. Edington, PhD
Director, Health Management Research Center, Professor, Division of Kinesiology
University of Michigan
 
Paul B. Ginsburg, PhD
President
Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC)
 
John C. Goodman, PhD
President
National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)
 
Thomas P. Miller
Resident Fellow
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
 
Deborah Peel, MD
Chairwoman
Patient Privacy Rights Foundation
 
Grace-Marie Turner
President
Galen Institute
 
Jennifer Wagner Davis
Director, Office of Management and Budget
State of Delaware
 
Linda Dunbar, PhD
Vice President of Care Management
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
 
Bill Greer
Vice President, Benefits
Kellogg Company
 
  Ricardo Guggenheim, MD, MBA
Vice President, Clinical Content Design and Development, Products and Services
McKesson Health Solutions
 
Other Confirmed Speakers Include
 
S. Robin Barca, MS, RN, CNAA
Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
Baptist Health
 
Patricia Barrett, MHSA
Vice President, Product Development
NCQA
 
Mary Ellen Benzik, MD
Medical Director
Integrated Health Partners (IHP)
 
Elizabeth L. Bewley
Vice President, Strategic Planning
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.
 
M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Chicago;
Professor of Law, Georgetown University;
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
 
William R. Boyles
Publisher
Consumer Driven Market Report
 
Claude Cadoux, MD, MPH
Medical Director
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 
Michael Canning
Principal
Deloitte Consulting LLP
 
Ruth E. Clark, RN, BSN, MPA
Executive Director
Integrated Health Partners (IHP)
 
Jim Clifton
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Gallup Organization
 
John M. Clymer
President
Partnership for Prevention
 
Grad Conn
Senior Director, Global Consumer Health Strategy, Health Solutions Group
Microsoft Corporation
 
James Dean
Principal
True Course Consulting
 
James S. Gandolfo
SVP, PNC Global Investment Servicing;
Chairman, The Health Savings Account Council
 
Cathey M. Gordon
Co-Founder InterFit/RediClinic, LLC;
Founder and CEO, Worksite Health Solutions
 
Robert F. Graboyes, MSHA, PhD
Senior Healthcare Advisor
National Federation of Independent Business
 
John W. Halsey
Senior Vice President, Strategic & Corporate Development
TelaDoc
 
Tine Hansen-Turton
Executive Director
Convenient Care Association
 
Scott Heimes
Senior Vice President, Consumer Solutions
OptumHealth
 
Benjamin H. Hoffman, MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Waste Management, Inc.
 
Dave Johnson, MD, MBA
Regional Medical Director
Premera Blue Cross
 
Greg Judd
Director
Center for Health Value Innovation
 
Marilyn Schlein Kramer
Executive Director
Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
 
Robert K. Kritzler, MD
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins Healthcare;
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
 
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
Founder and Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.;
Past President, American Telemedicine Association
 
Steve Lampkin, FACPE
Vice President, Benefit Services and Strategic Initiatives
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
 
Doug Layman
Executive Vice President
Gilsbar, Inc.
 
Roger C. Merrill, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Perdue Farms Incorporated
 
Scott A. Mushkin
Managing Director
Jefferies & Company
 
Cyndy Nayer
President and Executive Director
Center for Health Value Innovation
 
Jan Oldenburg
Practice Leader, Health Content, Internet Services Group
Kaiser Permanente
 
Kerry Olsen, MD
Professor and Consultant, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Chair, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic
 
Christine Paige, PhD
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Internet Services
Kaiser Permanente
 
Nick Paslidis, MD, PhD, MHCM, CHCQM
President and Chief Executive Officer
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
 
Don R. Powell, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Institute for Preventive Medicine
 
James C. Pyles
Principal
Power, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC
 
Robin Randall-Lewis
Vice President, Product Management, Consumer Solutions
OptumHealth
 
Jerry Reeves, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HEREIU) Welfare Funds
 
Sandra Festa Ryan, RN, MSN, CPNP
Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer, Take Care Health Systems;
Co-Chair, Clinical Advisory Board, Convenient Care Association
 
Michael H. Samuelson
President and CEO
The Health & Wellness Institute
 
Anna-Lisa Silvestre
Vice President, Online Services
Kaiser Permanente
 
Kim D. Slocum
President, KDS Consulting;
Former Director, Strategic Planning and Business Development, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
 
Neal S. Sofian
Director, Behavioral Interventions
Resolution Health
 
Dan Spirek
Executive Vice President and Chief Solutions Officer
TriZetto
 
  Norma Tatterfield
Chief, Integrated Business Solutions
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
 
Kirsten Trusko
Practice Lead Health Banking
Bearing Point
 
Peter Wald, MD, MPH
Vice-President, Enterprise Medical Director
USAA, San Antonio, TX
 
Beth A. Warren
Director, Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center
Mayo Clinic
 
  Kim Wells
Director, Statewide Wellness
Delaware
 
Fred Williams
Director, Health Benefits Management
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
 

Delegates will gain an in-depth understanding of:

Which corporate wellness, health prevention and promotion initiatives are gaining traction with employees and saving money
How the internet and on-line communications are influencing consumer behavior and spending, and affecting provider relationships
Why and how consumers are demanding global healthcare treatments
Why consumers, payers, employers and hospitals are embracing clinic networks, and how these clinics are impacting the delivery of patient-care
How the blending of healthcare and financial services provides new opportunities to reach and influence the consumer
Which innovative technologies are engaging the consumer and having a measurable impact on both the cost and delivery of care
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