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Medicare Advantage Webinar

Medicare Product Development and Diversification for the 2010 Benefit Year
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
1:00-2:15PM Eastern
http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medicare101608.htm

OVERVIEW

Please join us! With the challenging environment ahead for Medicare Advantage plans, stakeholders must address key strategic product development and diversification issues now. Learn how to position Medicare Advantage plans for the next market growth!

This webinar will address topics including:

With demise of PFFS, PPO space will become very crowded very quickly
Key to position for middle- to upper-income segments and group retirees
Contractual leverage with providers key to risk adjustment too
There is a right way to operate an MA-PPO
Must consider retiree group strategy
Examine impact of PFFS demise in your market – and go after those affected
MIPPA emphasis on LIS presents HMO/SNP boost
SNPs now limited opportunity if not already offering
MSAs likely to remain niche product

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Attendees will be able to:

Understand aspects and key issues for applicable Medicare Advantage product offerings
Evaluate important strategic issues regarding products in the Medicare Advantage portfolio
Address the impact of the demise of PFFS in their marketplace and develop strategic responses
Consider the limitations of SNPs and MSAs in future benefit years
Develop applicable MA-PPO and Group Retiree product strategies
Plan for provider network considerations relating to these strategies

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Health Plans, Provider Networks, Consulting Firms, Employers and Vendors to the Industry
C-Suite Executives
Product development leadership
Marketing & sales leadership
Strategic, planning and development leadership
Medicare and Government program leadership
Retiree Benefit Managers Consultants
Others monitoring Medicare Advantage activity

PRICING

Individual Registration Fee: $225. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $285 for non-attendees after the event.

Individual registration fee covers a single phone line
Multiple persons may listen via speaker phone with individual registration fee
Each individual registrant receives a unique dial-in ID which may not be shared
Corporate pricing is available when registrations are desired for more than one phone line. For details, visit: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/corprice.htm

4 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER

4 Easy Ways to Register:

1. Online: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medicare101608.htm
2. Call: 209.577.4888.
3. Fax: Click here or go to: https://www.managedcarestore.com/hwsorder.pdf and fax your registration to the HealthWebSummt office at: 209.577.3557
4. Mail: Click here or go to: https://www.managedcarestore.com/hwsorder.pdf and mail the Registration Form to the HealthWebSummit Office at:
HealthWebSummit Office
1101 Standiford Avenue, Suite C-3
Modesto, CA 95350

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