Presenting Sponsor

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. Visit us for more information at: http://www.accenture.com/h&ls;

Gold Sponsor

Booz Allen Hamilton is helping clients drive the evolution of healthcare. A global leader in strategy and technology consulting, Booz Allen brings an integrated and forward-looking approach to healthcare consulting. With our global perspective and four decades of results across all segments of the health industry, we offer seamless end-to-end delivery of innovative solutions to the most complex problems in healthcare. Whether by helping clients to better prepare for public health crises, bring new drugs to market sooner, improve processes to reduce costs, collaborate more effectively across public and private sectors, or drive business strategy, Booz Allen delivers results that endure. For more information, visit www.boozallen.com/health.

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Gold Sponsor

UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving approximately 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health. Visit us at www.unitedhealthgroup.com to learn more.

Silver Sponsor

As a Business of Caring, CIGNA provides employers with benefits programs, expertise and services that improve the health, well-being and productivity of their employees. Serving millions of customers, clients and members in the US and around the globe, CIGNA's operating subsidiaries offer a full portfolio of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and vision care benefits; group life, accident and disability insurance, and health care coverages for expatriate employees. For more information, visit www.cigna.com.

Silver Sponsor

Committed to the transformation of healthcare through innovation, collaboration and thought leadership, PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Industries Group is the nexus of industry and technical expertise across all health-related industries, including providers and payers, health sciences, biotech/medical devices, pharmaceutical and employer practices. Through its focus on performance improvement, risk management, regulatory compliance, tax, financial assurance, transaction support and human resource management, PricewaterhouseCoopers help clients address critical issues associated with maximizing stakeholder value, including: revenue enhancement, organizational simplification, mergers, and acquisitions, regulatory demands, crisis management, optimizing current strategies, attracting and retaining talent, and managing risk.Visit PwC at pwc.com/healthcare, or 800-211-5131.

Summit Sponsor

AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies with healthcare sales of $23.95 billion and leading positions in sales of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory, oncology and infection products. In the United States, AstraZeneca is a $10.77 billion healthcare business with more than 12,000 employees. AstraZeneca is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (Global) as well as the FTSE4Good Index.
For more information about AstraZeneca, please visit: www.astrazeneca-us.com

Daily Briefing Sponsor

DiamondCluster International is a premier global management consulting firm that helps pharmaceuticals, payers and health care providers develop and implement growth strategies, improve operations and capitalize on technology. Mobilizing multidisciplinary teams of highly skilled strategy, technology and operations professionals, DiamondCluster works collaboratively with clients, unleashing the power within their organizations to achieve sustainable business advantage. Learn more at www.diamondcluster.com.

Vendor Partner

American Board of Quality Assurance & Utilization Review Physicians, Inc.

The only board certification in the specialty of Health Care Quality Management & Patient Safety.

• Over 9,300 Health Care Professionals Certified
• Membership & Fellowship in the American Institute for Healthcare Quality (a division of ABQAURP)
• CME & CEU Accredited Online Courses, Seminars & Home Studies
• Joint Sponsorships & Co-Sponsorships Available

Vendor Partner

The Jackson Media Group is an innovative marketing and communications firm that helps national health care companies capture the attention of their audience and deliver compelling stories. Using intelligent branding strategies, creative design and the latest media technologies, The Jackson Media Group creates powerfully effective communication experiences for interactive, web, and trade shows. We understand the healthcare market like no other marketing communications firm. We know the issues faced by payers, providers and health plans in today’s healthcare world. Most importantly, we understand consumer-directed healthcare and the critical issues of effective member communication. www.jacksonmediagroup.com

Vendor Partner

Providing audience participation software and mobile networking for ultimate interactivity at your meeting or convention. Full service PDA and computer rental, networking and on-site tech support. Visit: www.trioapps.com for more information

Technology Partner

Palm, Inc., a leader in mobile computing, strives to put the power of computing in people's hands so they can access and share their most important information. The company's products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm® Treo™ smartphones, Palm handheld computers, and Palm LifeDrive™ mobile managers, as well as software, services and accessories. Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm Retail Stores and Palm online stores www.palm.com/store. More information about Palm, Inc. is available at www.palm.com

Technology Partner

VisionTree Software, Inc. is the leader in web-based, user-friendly decision support systems designed for patients, physicians and healthcare organizations. VisionTree® Healthcare Online, Conference Live! and Conference Enterprise are proven to deliver significant and measurable improvement in the documentation, accountability and data collection of decision making, strategic planning and large group interaction. Visit: www.visiontree.com for more information.