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The 3rd Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Medicare will convene government officials, hospitals, health systems, payer executives, and beneficiary advocates to discuss the progress in shaping the future landscape of Medicare. Innovative strategies and thought provoking discussions dealing with the dynamic issues facing Medicare today will be addressed by some of the nations most influential thinkers.

Featured Topics Include:
  • Medicare payment reform proposals to create a sustainable system
  • Moving forward in Part D – Progress and reformation
  • Changes in Medicare eligibility requirements and entitlement benefits
  • Beneficiary migration in 2007 and beyond
  • Drug pricing and negotiation
  • New approaches to beneficiary education and communication
  • Sustainable Growth Rate and physician fee cuts
  • Solutions to Part D coverage gap/ “donut hole”
  • Effective management, oversight and auditing of PBMs
  • The evolution of SNPs to manage low income and dual eligible populations
  • Successful coordination of medication therapy management programs
  • CMS's projects and initiatives to advance Chronic Care and Pay-for-Performance
  • MSAs/HSAs in Medicare Advantage
  • Formulary design - Cost containment and tiering placement
What people are saying:

"One of the better meetings I have attended in years."
-Randall Krakauer, MD, FACP, FAR, National Medical Director, Retiree Markets, Aetna

"This is the best event World Congress has developed yet."
-Ashok Chainani, Director of Reimbursement, Talecris Biotherapeutics

Current Speaking Faculty Includes
 
Abby Block
Director, Center for Beneficiary Choices
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
 
Robb Cohen
Chief Government Affairs Officer
XL Health
 
John Coster
VP Policy
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
 
Andrew Davis
Vice President, Senior Market Development, Senior Solutions
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
 
  Bob Donnelly
VP Government Programs
Member Health
 
Brent Eberle, RPh
Clinical Pharmacist,
Navitus Health Solutions
 
John Feather
President and CEO
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
 
Jeff Flick
Regional Administrator, San Francisco Regional Office, (RA), Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services
 
Stuart Guterman
Senior Program Director, Medicare's Future,
The Commonwealth Fund
 
David Hyman
Professor of Law and Medicine
University of Illinois
Adjunct Scholar
Cato Institute
 
John K. Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs;
National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine
 
Gary Jacobs
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Universal American Financial Corporation
 
Mary B. Kennedy
Vice President, State Public Policy
Evercare/Ovations
 
Jacqueline Kosecoff
CEO, Ovations Pharmacy Solutions
a UnitedHealth Group Company
 
Randall S. Krakauer, MD, MBA
National Medical Director, Retiree Markets
Aetna
 
Daniel Lyons, MD
President, and CEO
Veridign Health Solutions
 
Dr. Michael Montijo
Senior Vice President of Government Operations
Healthways
 
Leslie Norwalk
Acting Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (invited)
 
Peter R. Orszag
Director,
Congressional Budget Office (CBO); former Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
 
Francis B. Palumbo, PhD, Esq
Professor and Executive Director, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Center on Drugs & Public Policy, University of Maryland
 
Susan Rawlings
President, Senior Services,
WellPoint
 
Robert D. Reischauer, PhD
President
Urban Institute
Vice Chairman
MedPAC
 
Jeffrey A. Robertson, MD
Corporate Medical Officer,
Regence
 
Wayne Rosenberger
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Markets
Harte Hanks
 
John Rother
Director of Policy and Strategy
AARP
 
Thomas R. Saving, PhD
Senior Fellow
NCPA
Director, Private Enterprise Research Center
Texas A&M; University
 
Rebecca M. Shanahan
Ivpcare, Specialty Pharmacy
 
  Anthony G. Staresinic, PharmD
Clinical Coordinator, Medicare D
Navitus Health Solutions
 
Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD
Founding Executive Director, Health Policy Institute
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
 
Terri A. Swanson
Vice President
CIGNA Senior Care
 
Thomas B. Valuck, MD, JD
Director, Special Program Office for Value-Based Purchasing
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
 
Jim Verdier
Senior Fellow,
Mathematica Policy Research
 
Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA
Vice President, Care Management Services
McKesson Health Solutions
 
Gail R. Wilensky, PhD
Economist and Senior Fellow
Project Hope
 
Cecil B. Wilson, MD
Board Chair, American Medical Association
 
  Bob M. Charles
Staff Vice President,
WellPoint Specialty Pharmacy
 
  Jay V. Garriss, CEBS
National Client Relations Leader
ACS HSA Solutions
 
Harry Leider, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer,
XL Health/Care Improvement Plus
 
  Gail Miller
Vice President for Medicare Product Development and Strategy,
Humana
 
  Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN
Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology, Director of the Center for Health Transitions,University of Pennsylvania
 
Please click here for more information about the 2nd Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Medicare, which took place on
May 8-9, 2006 in Washington, DC.
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