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"... the meeting was an excellent opportunity and venue to identify the most important challenges to improving healthcare and to share information that will help transform the future of health care."
   — Andrew C. von Eschenbach, MD, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

"Hearty congratulations to you for having arranged an excellent programme... This was one of the best healthcare meetings I have ever attended."
   — Prathap C. Reddy, MD, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group (India)

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   — Robert Pearl, MD, Executive Director and CEO, The Permanente Medical Group

"I guess this conference is the place to be"
   — Pete Stark, (D-CA) U.S. Representative; Ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee

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   — Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics, Princeton University


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The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress is proud to partner with and acknowledges the support of its key sponsors and educational underwriters. Click on the sponsor logo to find out more about each sponsoring company.

AmeriHealth Mercy and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of more than one million members in six states, making us the industry leader in Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs.

AmeriHealth Mercy also specializes in providing pharmacy care management (PerformRx) and disease case management (PerforMED). Our programs offer improved health outcomes and have saved taxpayers dollars.

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

Breakthrough Management Group is a global leader in Performance Excellence and Six Sigma consulting, training, and technology solutions. We help companies increase shareholder value and maximize profits by improving their operational efficiencies.

Our Total Performance Excellence (TPE) framework includes process improvement and design methodologies such as Six Sigma, Lean, DFSS, TRIZ, and Strategic Thinking/Planning. Our experience spans all industries, from manufacturing to transactional environments, with a great deal of experience in healthcare.
http://www.bmgi.com/

Cognizant's Healthcare Practice is a strategic partner to leading healthcare and life sciences organizations and helps them navigate today's dynamic healthcare environment by delivering high value IT and business solutions across the healthcare spectrum- pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, payers and provider organizations. Leveraging its industry domain expertise, technical depth, and global talent pool of over 5,000 healthcare-focused associates, Cognizant's Healthcare Practice provides comprehensive solutions covering healthcare IT consulting, transformation services, process optimization/reengineering, business process outsourcing, IT infrastructure services management, IT strategy consulting, regulatory compliance services, and IT applications development and management. Cognizant's customers include 7 of the top 10 life sciences organizations, 3 of the top 5 leading national payers and numerous other leaders in the industry.
Find additional information about Cognizant at www.cognizant.com

Healthways

Healthways provides total population health management solutions aimed at lowering costs and improving quality of care for health plans the government and employers. We deliver integrated health and care support programs, including health risk screening and support, condition and disease management and high-risk care management to more than 2 million people. Through innovation, collaboration and a relentless pursuit for flawless execution, we have returned more than $1 billion in healthcare savings to our customers. For more information, visit www.healthways.com.

Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of financial management solutions for consumers, small-businesses and, accounting professionals. We specialize in using deep consumer insights to make complex tasks, such as tax and accounting, simple. Our flagship products include Quicken®, TurboTax®, QuickBooks®, and now Quicken for Healthcare. Learn more at www.intuit.com/quickenhealth.

Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. www.microsoft.com

Organon - with shared head offices in Roseland, NJ, USA and Oss, The Netherlands - creates, manufactures and markets innovative prescription medicines that improve the health and quality of human life. Through a combination of independent growth and business partnerships, Organon strives to remain or become one of the leading biopharmaceutical companies in each of its core therapeutic fields: fertility, gynecology, anesthesia and neuroscience. Research areas also include immunology and oncology. Organon products are sold in over 100 countries, of which more than 60 have an Organon subsidiary. Organon is the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel. For more information please visit: www.organon-usa.com

Press Ganey Associates, Inc. is the United States’ premier vendor of health care satisfaction measurement and improvement services. Press Ganey partners with more than 7,000 facilities to improve the delivery of care through the collection and analysis of patient, employee, and physician survey data. Press Ganey’s comparative databases are the largest in the industry and provide the most meaningful benchmarking. The company also offers comprehensive management reports with actionable data, solution resources, and unparalleled customer service.

About one-third of inpatient hospitals measure patient satisfaction through Press Ganey, with 39% of hospitals with more than 100 beds choosing to partner with the company. In fact, more hospitals select Press Ganey than all other vendors combined. In addition, 1 out of every 11 households will return a Press Ganey questionnaire in 2006.

Press Ganey is proud to be associated with 4 of the 5 health care facility recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige Award—Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, St. Luke's Health System in Kansas City, and SSM Healthcare in St. Louis. For more information please visit: www.pressganey.com

Reed Group is an independent medical information and clinical case management services company focused on workplace health and productivity, based in Westminster, Colorado. Reed Group publishes the industry-standard disability duration guidelines, The Medical Disability Advisor and provides integrated disability case management service for non-occupational and occupational leaves, with advice-to-pay services, and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administrative services to employers. For more information on Reed Group, please contact Marty Reader at 866.889.4449 or visit www.reedgroup.com


To Inquire About Sponsorship/Exhibit Opportunities Contact:

Ron Trznadel
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Phone: 781-939-2432
Email: [email protected]

 
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