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The 2nd Annual WORLD HEALTH CARE CONGRESS

January 30 – February 1, 2005 ~ Washington DC ~ Marriot Wardman Park Hotel

Woburn – August 5, 2004- The 2 nd Annual World Health Care Congress will reconvene leaders to achieve quality, accountability and cost-effective health care. The 2005 conference highlights purchaser demands, controversial debates and innovative case studies. Over 1,500 CEOs and senior executives from the largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies will attend. Also participating are public purchasers, governmental officials, regulators, suppliers, analysts, and regulators.

Controversial, Visionary Keynote Addresses Include:

“In Pursuit of the Electronic Medical Record -- Perspectives from the US DHHS and UK's NHS”

• David Brailer, M.D., Ph.D ., National Health Information Technology Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services
• Richard Granger , Director General IT ,  National Health Service , U.K. Department of Health

“Financing Medicare – Escalating Forecasts and Viable Solutions”

• Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D., Director, Congressional Budget Office
• Robert D. Reischauer , President, The Urban Institute; Vice Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; former Director, Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Gail Wilensky, John M. Olin Senior Fellow, Project Hope
• Daniel Henninger , Deputy Editor, Editorial Page, The Wall Street Journal; Pulitzer Prize Winner (Moderator)

“Transformation of Health Care by Consumers – Financial Incentives, Information and Market Forces”

• John W. Rowe, MD , Chairman and CEO, Aetna
• George C. Halvorson , Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals
• Jack O. Bovender, Jr. , Chairman and CEO, HCA
• David Brennan, President and CEO, AstraZeneca US

“The CMS Benchmark for Quality and Accountability”

• Mark McClellan, MD , Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

“Achieving Excellence in Health Care through Sound Management Practices”

• Jim Collins , Author of “Good to Great” and “Built to Last”

“CEO Panel –The Impact of Rising Health Care Costs on the Economy”

• Michael J. Critelli , Chairman and CEO, PitneyBowes

“Creating Catalysts for Competition in Healthcare”

• Leonard Schaeffer, Chairman and CEO, WellPoint Health System

Additional Industry Leaders Include (as of 7/26/04 ):

• Sidney Taurel, Chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly
• Joe Feczko, MD, Vice President, Pfizer Inc.; President of Worldwide Development, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals
• Janet Woodcock, M.D. , Acting Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Food and Drug Administration
• William Haseltine, Ph.D. , Chairman and CEO,Haseltine Associates
• Bruce E. Bradley , Director, Health Care Public Policy and Strategy, General Motors
• James Mongan, M.D., CEO, Partners HealthCare
• David K. Wessner, President and Chief Executive Officer,Park Nicollet Health Services –
• Edward D. Miller, MD , Dean of the Medical Faculty & CEO, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• David J. Balland , Interim Associate Commissioner for Medicaid and CHIP, Texas Health and Human Services
• W. Allen Schaffer , MD , Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA
• Jon Kingsdale, PhD , Senior Vice President, Tufts Health Plan
• William J. Cahill , Corporate Vice President, Human Resources, FedEx Corporation
• J. Clifford Dodd, SVP, CIO and CAO, Kaiser Permanente
• Greg Walton , CIO, Carilion Health System
• John Hummel, SVP and CIO, Sutter Health
• Robert Shapiro, Chief Financial Officer, North Shore-LIJ Health System
• Robert M. Kolodner, M.D., Acting Chief Health Informatics Officer, Veterans Health Administration (19), Department of Veterans Affairs
• Dennis O’Leary , President, JCAHO
• William W. Stead, M.D, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Head of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, Acting Undersecretary for Health, Department of Veteran Affairs
• Marc Probst , Vice President and CIO, Information Systems, Intermountain Health Care
• Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D. , President, Center for Studying Health System Change
• Dave Hom , Executive Director, Human Resources Innovations, Pitney Bowes
• John C. Goodman , President, National Center for Policy Analysis
• William C. Rollow, MD, MPH , Deputy Director, Quality Improvement Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Kenneth Kizer, MD, MPH , President and CEO, National Quality Forum
• Denis Cortese , MD, President and CEO, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
• Michael Blaszyk , Executive Vice President, Catholic Healthcare West
• Patricia Gabow, MD , CEO and Medical Director, Denver Health
• Sheryl D. Dodds, RN, MS , Chief Executive Officer, Nebraska Heart Institute, P.C
• Tom Williams , President, Integrated Healthcare Association
• Jeff Flocken , SVP and COO, St. Joseph Health System ( Orange County )
• Barry R. Freedman , President & CEO, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
• Scott P. Serota , President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
• Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, FACP , Director, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative; Chair, Board of Regents, American College of Physicians; Commissioner, JCAHO
• Carolyn Clancy, MD , Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Robert Seidman, PharmD, MPH , VP, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Healthcare Quality Assurance, WellPoint Health Networks
• William W. Stead, M.D, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Head of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Vincent Kerr, MD , EVP, Network and Clinical Strategies, UnitedHealthCare
• Tom Parry , President, Integrated Benefits Institute
• Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH , Founder and CEO, Health Technology Center
• Rick Skinner , Vice President, Information Services/CIO, Providence Health System
• Harvey V. Fineberg , MD, President, Institute of Medicine
• James C. Reardon , Chief Information Officer, Military Health System, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
• Mesfin Tegenu , MS , RPh, Vice President, Pharmacy Services, AmeriHealthMercy
• Mary Kennedy , Medicaid Director, State of Minnesota
• William F.Bria, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Director Clinical Information Systems, UniversityofMichiganSchool of Medicine; President, Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems
• Nancy Turett , President and Global Director, Health, Edelman
• Michael Shabot, MD , Medical Director, Enterprise Information Services, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
• Richard G. Popiel, MD , Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
• JackLewin, MD, CEO/EVP, California Medical Association
• Janet Marchibroda , Executive Director, eHealth Initiative
• Cheryl Scott , CEO, Group Health Cooperative
• Jack Mahoney, MD , Corporate Medical Director, Pitney Bowes
• Thomas H. Lee , MD, Network President, Partners Healthcare System; Associate Editor, New England Journal of Medicine
• Dale Whitney , Corporate Health Care Manager, United Parcel Service
• Andrew Webber , President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health
• Reed Tuckson, MD , SVP, Consumer Health and Medical Care Advancement, UnitedHealthCare
• Sally Welborn ,Vice President, Corporate Benefits, Wells Fargo
• Humphrey Taylor , Chairman, Harris Interactive

Additionally, 9 By-Invitation-Only Summits for Senior Executives:

• Employer CEO/CFO Summit
• Employer VP, HR and Corporate Medical Director Summit
• Health Plan and Insurer CEO/CFO/CMO Summit
• Pharma and Biotech CEO/CFO Summit
• Health System and Hospital CEO/CFO/CMO Summit
• Health System and Hospital CIO/CTO Summit
• Chief Medical Officer Summit for Health Plans and Providers (Sunday, 1/30)
• CFO Summit for Health Plans and Providers (Sunday, 1/30)
• CFO and VP, HR Summit for Employers (Sunday, 1/30)

Participate in this unique opportunity to be among the nation’s top stakeholders to rebuild a health care system that delivers value, accountability and quality.

For additional information or to register contact Dave Newcomb

Phone: 781-939-2565

E-mail: d.newcomb@worldcongress.com

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