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The Wall Street Journal is the leading business newspaper, providing in-depth national and international coverage of the markets, the economy, industries, politics and regulation. And because business doesn't only influence one's career, the consumer-focused Personal Journal section analyzes how the day's news affects the business of time-pressed readers' lives. Just as it has for over 110 years, The Wall Street Journal continues to publish respected and useful news, making it the most influential and trusted newspaper in the nation. www.wsj.com

Supporting PR Partner

MyPRGenie is the only Do-It-Yourself PR platform for the healthcare industry. Using MyPRGenie's web platform, you can create an online business profile, upload your press release and significantly increase your exposure online. Connect to over 8,000+ healthcare journalists and post on 28 social media sites. For more information, please visit www.myprgenie.com

AIS’s Health Plan Week, formerly Managed Care Week, provides hard-hitting business and financial news of the health insurance industry that gives you a competitive edge. This weekly newsletter includes information on HMOs, PPOs, POS plans, new products and markets, as well as government initiatives that are changing the face of health insurance. Get the inside news, targeted data and expert analysis that will help improve your bottom line. Visit http://www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsMCW.html to learn more.

The Next Generation of Disease Management: 2009 and Beyond is a new book from AIS that provides directional insight on: planning for successful DM implementation, deciding whether to build or buy programs, integrating care coordination, targeting specific groups, and many more hot button topics. Visit www.aishealth.com/Products/bdmEBWC2.html to learn more.

AAHAM is the premier association for patient accounting and administrative management professionals. AAHAM offers certification, education, networking and government relations to over 2500 members and 38 chapters. AAHAM is renowned for its certification programs; the Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM), The Certified Clinic Account Manager (CCAM), The Certified Patient Account Technician (CPAT) and The Certified Clinic Account Technician (CCAT). Visit our website at www.aaham.org or call 703/281-4043 for additional information.

Since 1995, The American Journal of Managed Care has provided an independent, peer-reviewed forum for the publication of clinical research and opinion related to quality, value, and policy in healthcare delivery. Researchers prefer it because of its strong reputation, fair and timely peer review, widespread indexing, and strong impact factor. Real world decision makers rely on it for the carefully vetted research and wide-ranging coverage in each issue. Visit us on the Web to learn more about the journal, our plans for special issues, and details about the editorial process. www.ajmc.com

The Center for Health Value Innovation has grown into the nation's premier organization dedicated to sharing the evidence of improved health and economic outcomes through value-based designs. www.vbhealth.org

Drug Benefit Trends, published by Cliggott Publishing Group, a division of CMP Medica, is a monthly journal that reaches more than 28,000 drug benefit decision makers, primarily medical directors and pharmacy directors of managed care organizations, who control or direct the pharmacy service, administer the drug benefit, and have an impact on formulary decisions. The circulation also includes major employers and PBMs.

Drug Benefit Trends presents research findings and other information and analyses to guide readers in making best possible decisions affecting patient health using the tools of managed care. Articles are peer-reviewed for accuracy, objectivity, and sound methodology. Regular features include “Trend of the Month,” a graphic and descriptive analysis of a major trend affecting the drug benefit, and regular columns authored by well regarded managed care experts on drug benefit management, specialty pharmacy, and behavioral health issues.

Drug Benefit Trends also publishes a variety of issue-oriented single-sponsored supplements and multi-sponsored supplements focusing on specific disease categories.

Eli Research is a research and information company with more than 120 print and on-line publications, teleconferences and audio learning products for our core markets of healthcare, law and litigation, financial services, education, travel, human services, sales and customer service, technology and the internet. We serve a reader base of more than 150,000 high-level professionals and decision makers nationwide. Our mission is to make a difference in the life of every business professional through information. www.eliresearch.com

The Executive Report on Managed Care provides twice-monthly news and information on issues affecting the managed care industry, legislation and regulations, real-life examples of how managed care organizations are benefiting from innovative programs and cost saving initiatives.

Healthcare Finance News is the business newspaper for healthcare financial managers. Our award-winning editorial staff provides comprehensive coverage of the unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs and an aging population. As the costs of providing the world's best healthcare system rise, Healthcare Finance News chronicles the tools, techniques and strategies used to address the industry's pressing financial imperatives. Subscribers can also opt-in to our weekly e-newsletter, HealthcareFinanceNewsweek and find daily news on our website at HealthcareFinanceNews.com.

The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. The MCIC delivers this strategic business information to its clients via executive newsletters, yearbooks, leading industry databases and directories, management reports, and client research studies. The information is available in print, on CD-ROM and via the Internet at www.themcic.com.

Pacific Business Group on Health is one of the nation's top business coalitions focused on health care. Our 50 large purchaser members spend billions of dollars annually to provide health care coverage to more than 3 million employees, retirees and dependents. PBGH is a respected voice in the state and national dialogue on how to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care while moderating costs. Partnering with the state's leading health plans, provider organizations, consumer groups and other stakeholders, PBGH works on many fronts to promote value-based purchasing in health care. www.pbgh.org

PharmaVOICE is the executive forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the myriad challenges and trends impacting the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE reaches more than 17,000 U.S.-based executives who influence business strategies and affect change. Published monthly, PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through its forums, topics, and articles that cover a range of issues from molecule through market. To Raise Your VOICE, contact [email protected].

The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy (SHCA) is a not-for-profit healthcare organization dedicated to individuals interested in advocacy as well as patient representatives, guest relations professionals, physicians, nurses, social workers and others currently employed in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, home health agencies, long-term care facilities and other health-related organizations.

As a dynamic and growing organization, the SHCA provides a voice for advocacy for patient's rights, ethics, patient satisfaction/measurement, and customer service in today's healthcare facilities and hospitals. We are the heart of the hospitals, advocating in the name of the patient. www.shca-aha.org