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Contact:
Patty Jamison
Healthcare Web Summit Office
Tel: 209.577.4888
Email: pattyj@mcol.com   
Healthcare Web Summit Presents
Medicare Reform: Updates and Opportunities
May 11th through May 21st, 2004
http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medicare.htm
A Unique Package of Four Audio Conference sessions, 12 on-line faculty presentations, $95 registration fee

Please join us at Medicare Reform: Updates and Opportunities, an exciting new web summit addressing market updates and opportunities resulting from the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The Medicare Reform Web Summit will feature a wide range of topics including: key aspects and implications of the new Act; opportunities and risks for health plans, health insurance companies, disease management companies; prescription drug discount cards; overview of IRS and DOL HSA guidance; implication of HSAs for employers; roundtable discussion; and more. 

MCOL's exclusive Healthcare Web Summits are Internet-based conferences that you can attend on-line at any time during the course of the web summit. The Medicare Reform web summit features four audio conference sessions and twelve on-line faculty presentations, all designed to help you understand the various implications of the new Medicare Act. Faculty will be available to answer email inquiries during the entire course of the summit.

LIVE AUDIO CONFERENCE SESSIONS:

Four separate audio conference sessions will be featured. Audio Conference sessions are limited to the first 75 attendees that register to participate in that audio conference.   Simple dial-in registration instructions, along with presentation materials, will be emailed to all attendees. Each audio conference session is scheduled for forty-five minutes, with the last 10-15 minutes reserved for question and answers.  There is no additional fee to participate in these sessions; however, registrants will incur their own long distance phone charge. Sign up for one or all four (at no additional cost)!

Thursday May 13th 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific
(1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Eastern)
Health Plan Issues and Opportunities Under the MMA: More Than Meets the Eye
Stephen Wood, Principal,
Reden & Anders
Friday May 14th 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific
(12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Eastern)
Chronic Care Improvement Under the Medicare Modernization Act
Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA
Better Health Technologies, LLC
Monday May 17th 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific
(1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Eastern)
Medicare Meets Disease Management: Exceeding Expectations
Jeffrey Odell, Vice President
Health Management Corporation
Tuesday May 18th 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific*
(1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern)
Health Savings Accounts Market Update: A special one-hour audio conference featuring Ashley Gillihan, Alston & Bird, LLP and Doug Kronenberg, Chief Strategy Officer, Lumenos
IRS and DOL Stay Busy Filling Gaps in HSA Rules, Ashley Gillihan, Alston & Bird, LLP
What employers need to know about Health Savings Accounts, Doug Kronenberg, Chief Strategy Officer, Lumenos

*This special audio conference session is included in the registration package for Medicare Reform Web Summit attendees.  Non-summit attendees may register for this HSA audio conference separately for $49.00.  Additional information is available at: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/hsa.htm

ON-LINE FACULTY PRESENTATIONS

In addition to the Audio Conference sessions, all faculty presentations may be viewed on-line at any time during the course of the summit event, and all faculty will be available to answer email inquiriess!

Confirmed faculty include: G. Lawrence Atkins, PhD, Schering-Plough Corporation *  Jennifer R. Breuer, Gardner,Carton & Douglas *  Ashley Gillihan, Alston & Bird LLP * Douglas Kronenberg, Lumenos *  Vince Kuraitis, Better Health Technologies *  Terry S. Latanich, Medco Health Solutions  *  Larry A. Oday, Esq, Vinson & Elkins LLP  *  Jeffrey Odell, Health Management Corporation *  Clive Riddle, MCOL  *  Claire Thayer,  MCOL *  R. Alexander Vachon, III, Ph.D., Hamilton PPB   *  Stephen Wood, Reden & Anders

AGENDA: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medagenda.htm
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medobjectives.htm
DETAILED SUMMIT FEATURES: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medfeat.htm
REGISTRATION:
Summit Only: $95.00 (50% Discount for MCOL Paid Member)

Web Summit plus CD-ROM: $115.00 (Discount for MCOL Paid Member) Includes recording of special HSA Audio Conference 

Group Discounts and Site Licenses Available - See Details on Registration Form or call us at 209.577.4888.
To Register, please go to: https://www.managedcarestore.com/summit.htm

ABOUT HEALTHCARE WEB SUMMIT:

This HealthcareWebSummit event is sponsored by MCOL and is co-sponsored by other leading organizations. MCOL (www.mcol.com) is focused on helping professionals position themselves for a new kind of health care in the 21st Century. For more information on Healthcare Web Summit, please visit www.healthwebsummit.com.  


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