FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HEALTHCAREWEBSUMMIT TO HOST “NEW DIRECTIONS IN MANAGING
HEALTH CARE COSTS” IN DECEMBER 2002
INTERNET BASED
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD DECEMBER 2ND THROUGH DECEMBER 13, 2002 WITH
PRESENTATIONS FROM OVER 20 NATIONALLY PROMINENT FACULTY PLUS MANY OTHER FEATURES
MODESTO,
CA, November 8, 2002 ---- HealthcareWebSummit has announced the preliminary
agenda for its upcoming event, “New Directions in Managing Health Care
Costs,” a web
summit on emerging trends and solutions in dealing with double digit cost
increases to be held December 2nd
through December 13th, 2002. Detailed
conference information is available at http://www.healthwebsummit.com/newdirections.htm,
or by calling 209.577.4888.
The web summit faculty represents organizations including Better Health Technologies; Center for Studying Health System Change; CPRi Communications; Delta Health Systems; DeMarco and Associates; Direct Health Networks; Health Net of the Northeast, Inc; Hewitt Associates; Hill Physicians Medical Group; Intelligent Healthcare; MedVantage; Milliman USA; PacifiCare Health Systems; Shattuck Hammond Partners; Sherlock Company; Towers Perrin; Wellmed and WorldDoc, Inc.
“New Directions in Managing Health Care Costs” as an Internet based conference, allows attendees to experience e-learning, gain market intelligence, identify solutions, interact with faculty, network and share experiences with other attendees, gather data resources and more, and do it all on-line without having to leave the home or office, or having to adjust schedules.
Says, Clive Riddle, MCOL President and HealthcareWebSummit sponsor: “While there are certainly no easy answers, the continued onslaught of double digit health care cost and premium increases creates the critical need for all involved to examine the current trends and strategies emerging in new directions, and put this information to use going forward into 2003.”
The New Directions faculty will answer attendee e-inquiries; and
the presentations may be viewed anytime during the summit without the need to
schedule for a particular day or time. The New Directions web summit also
provides e-Networking with other attendees and Attendee Forums; Article
Libraries; Directories with Key Contacts and Bios; e-Newsletters throughout the
conference; Web Exhibit Hall; Click to win prizes; Complimentary 30 day MCOL
Paid Membership; and Continued web access even after the summit officially ends.
The registration cost for the event is $95.00 per individual attendee.
Paid MCOL members will receive a 50% discount. A CD-ROM version will also be
released at the conclusion of the event. Package
discounts and corporate site licenses are available. Organizations interested in
exhibiting, co-sponsoring or obtaining site licenses are encouraged to contact
the HealthcareWebSummit offices at 209.577.4888.
HealthcareWebSummit is sponsored by MCOL. MCOL, established in 1995, is a
leading provider of business-to-business health management and managed care
knowledge resources via e-mail, the web, as well as more traditional means. MCOL
provides membership services, e-commerce and business e-solutions to
professionals. MCOL is based in Modesto, California, with additional offices in
Portland, Oregon.
HealthcareWebSummit is co-sponsored by the Health Technology
Center (www.healthtechcenter.org), International Health Summit (www.ihsummit.com),
Integrated Healthcare Association (www.iha.org), Consumer Driven Health Care
Association (www.cdhca.org), the HMO Alliance and the Health Care Administrators
Association (www.hcaa.org)
For more information, please visit www.healthwebsummit.com.
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