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The 5th Annual Consumer Health Care Congress combines traditional CDHC strategy with advanced approaches to consumer engagement, behavior modification, wellness and health promotion, new-age technology applications, and emerging direct-to-consumer product innovations to curb the rising costs of care currently plaguing our system. The 2009 Congress serves as a platform for senior level executives charged with designing and delivering health benefits to today's health care consumer. By convening today's most progressive employers, payers, providers and academics to collaborate on short and long-term strategies for establishing a true consumer-driven health system, we define the next generation of products and services that influence consumer behavior, reverse cost trends, and drastically improve care quality.

Why Should You Attend?

  • KNOWLEDGE: Executives will gain insight into the trends and innovations driving consumer choice, impacting business strategy, and yielding bottom line savings
  • EMERGING TRENDS: New and emerging industry trends aimed at maximizing employee engagement, member retention and informed patient decision-making:
    • Reform Updates and Policy Implications
    • Product Design and Development Solutions
    • Marketing, Branding and Positioning Strategies
    • Behavior Modification Techniques
    • Reward and Incentive Programs
    • Worksite Health and Wellness Promotion
    • Health 2.0 Technology Innovations
    • Coverage and Affordable Access Points
  • SOLUTIONS: Demonstrates the programs and products gaining traction in the market place and highlights successful business models for employers and health plans looking to reduce costs while improving overall health outcomes.
Recently Confirmed Speakers to Date
 
Babette Apland - Speaker Photo Babette Apland
Senior Vice President, Health and Care Management
HealthPartners
 
Elizabeth L. Bewley - Speaker Photo Elizabeth L. Bewley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pario Health Institute;
former Vice President, Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.
 
William R. Boyles - Speaker Photo William R. Boyles, MA
Editor and Publisher
Consumer Driven Market Report
 
  Janny Dwyer Brust, MPH
Director, Medical Policy and Community Affairs
Minnesota Council of Health Plans
 
David Cerino
General Manager, Consumer Health Solutions Group
Microsoft Corp.
 
Debbie I. Chang
Senior Vice President, Policy and Prevention
Nemours Foundation
 
John M. Clymer
Senior Advisor
Alliance for the Healthiest Nation
 
K. Andrew Crighton - Speaker Photo K. Andrew Crighton, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Prudential Financial;
Chairman-Elect, Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO)
 
Donald R. Fischer, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President of Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
 
Susan Dentzer - Speaker Photo Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs;
On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS
 
M. James (Jim) Dougherty
Executive Director, Healthcare Practice
J.D. Power and Associates
 
Bill Dukes
Chief Innovation Officer
Health & Wellness Institute
 
Bill Ferris
Manager, Web Services
Henry Ford Hospital
 
Paul Fronstin, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
 
Lois Gargotto
Vice President, Market and Business Segment Operations
Humana Inc.
 
Pradeep Goel
Chief Executive Officer
Consumer Health Technologies (CHT)
 
John C. Goodman - Speaker Photo John C. Goodman, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)
 
Neil F. Gordon, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC
Chief Medical and Science Officer
Nationwide Better Health
 
Robert F. Graboyes - Speaker Photo Robert F. Graboyes, MSHA, PhD
Senior Healthcare Advisor
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
 
Pamela Grove
Director, Human Resources Operations and Benefits
Land O'Lakes Inc.
 
Leon Hammond
Executive Director
Utah Partnership for Healthy Weight
 
David Henderson
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
MVP Health Care
 
Benjamin Heywood
Co-Founder, President and Director
PatientsLikeMe
 
Robert B. Holben - Speaker Photo Robert B. Holben, MBA, CCP
Director, Global Total Rewards and International Human Resources
Gulfstream Aerospace
 
Kenneth Joslyn, MD
Medical Director, Quality and Population Health
Medica Health Plan
 
R. John Kaegi - Speaker Photo R. John Kaegi
Chief Strategy Officer
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF)
 
Beth Keyser - Speaker Photo Beth Keyser
Vice President, Employer Market
Healthways World Headquarters
 
Christine Kowalczyk
Vice President, Healthcare
Convergys Corporation
 
Doug Layman
Executive Vice President
Gilsbar, Inc.
 
Jeff Lemieux
Senior Vice President, Center for Policy and Research
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
 
Ingrid Lindberg - Speaker Photo Ingrid Lindberg
Customer Experience Officer
CIGNA
 
Rose Marie Matulionis, MSPH
Executive Director
Directors of Health Promotion and Education
 
Alan Momeyer
Vice President, Human Resources
Loews Corporation
 
Cyndy Nayer - Speaker Photo Cyndy Nayer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Center for Health Value Innovation
 
Diana Oreck - Speaker Photo Diana Oreck
Vice President
Global Learning and Leadership Center, The Ritz-Carlton
 
Michael D. Parkinson - Speaker Photo Michael D. Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM
President, American College of Preventive Medicine;
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Health and Medical Officer, Lumenos
 
Ronald A. Paulus, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Innovation Officer
Geisinger Health System
 
Ryan Pellet
Vice President, Center for Applied Analytics
Convergys Corporation
 
  Kirk Pion
Executive Director in Product Development
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC)
 
David Pizzi
Director, Health Care Policy
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
 
Nico Pronk, PhD, FACSM, FAWHP
Health Science Officer, JourneyWell;
Vice President, Health Management, HealthPartners
 
  Robert Restivo
Director, Benefit Strategy
General Dynamics Corporation
 
Michael H. Samuelson - Speaker Photo Michael H. Samuelson
Senior Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island; President and Chief Executive Officer, The Health & Wellness Institute
 
Greg Scandlen
Founder and Director, Consumers for Health Care Choices
Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
 
Barbara W. Schaefer
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Secretary
Union Pacific Corporation
 
Joshua Seidman - Speaker Photo Joshua Seidman, PhD
President
Center for Information Therapy
 
  Wayne Sensor
Chief Executive Officer
Alegent Health
 
Anna-Lisa Silvestre - Speaker Photo Anna-Lisa Silvestre
Vice President, Online Services
Kaiser Permanente
 
Neal S. Sofian - Speaker Photo Neal S. Sofian
Director, Behavioral Interventions
Resolution Health
 
David Spalding
Vice President, Medical Banking and Retail Services, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota;
President and Chief Executive Officer, MII/SelectAccount
 
  Richard M. Stapleton
Deputy Director, Web Content Division and National Web Content Manager
Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
 
  Toni Strahan, CEBS
Director, Health and Welfare Programs
Jack in the Box Inc.
 
  Erin Thomson
Project Manager, Jefferson School of Population Health
Thomas Jefferson University
 
Grace-Marie Turner - Speaker Photo Grace-Marie Turner
President
The Galen Institute
 
Kevin Volpp - Speaker Photo Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD
Staff Physician, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Philadelphia VA Medical Center;
Associate Professor and Director, Center for Health Incentives, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School
 
Paul von Ebers
Chief Executive Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
 
Andrew Webber - Speaker Photo Andrew Webber
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Business Coalition on Health
 
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