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Patty Jamison

Healthcare Web Summit Office

Tel: 209.577.4888

Email: pattyj@mcol.com 

 

 

 

The third annual web summit on emerging trends and solutions in dealing with double digit cost increases. Get the very latest on trends, strategies, case studies and more on premium increases, consumer cost sharing, tiered benefits, prescription costs and benefits, managed self-insurance, disease management, pay for performance, consumer driven initiatives and other current issues. Co-Sponsored by MCOL, Health Care Conference Administrators, WebMD, National Managed Health Care Congress, Atlantic Information Services, Sherlock Company and the Texas Association of Health Plans.

 

2004 MANAGING HEALTH CARE COST SUMMIT FACULTY:

Faculty presentations may be viewed on-line at any time during the summit event, and faculty will be available to answer email inquiries!!

• Kathy Bartow, Director of Benefits, Fujitsu
• Allan Baumgarten, Principal, A. Baumgarten & Associates
• William A. Bennett, Senior Vice President/Marketing & Communications, Mercy Health Plans
• William R. Boyles, Publisher, Consumer Driven Market Report  
• Greg Burgess, Managing Partner, The Burgess Group
• Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute
• Michael Cousins, MD, HMC
• William DeMarco, President, DeMarco and Associates
• Alexander C. Domaszewicz, Senior Consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
• Michael Deskin, President, Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute
• Patrick Dunks, Principal & Consulting Actuary, Milliman USA 
• Dave Flowers, Pharm.D., WebMD
• Agnes Hall, President, NMHC Integrail  
• Thomas Kaye, Sr., Pharmacy Director, Passport Health Plan      
• Vince Kuraitis, Principal, Better Health Technologies
• Ann Mond Johnson, President, Subimo 
• Francois Nader, MD, MBA, SVP Integrated Managed Markets & Government Div., Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• Gerry Purcell, Managing Partner, Pharmacy Partners
• Jerry Reeves MD, President of Las Vegas Operations, Culinary Health Fund
• Dan Rhodes, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Delta Health Systems
• Jacqueline Simmons MD, Chief Medical Officer, Passport Health Plan
• Bradley C. Strunk, Health Research Analyst, Center for Studying Health System Change         
• Michael J. Thompson, FSA, MAAA, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers  
• Eric Zimmerman, Senior Vice President, RelayHealth Corporation
• Plus many more!

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Attendees at the Managing Health Care Cost 2004 Web Summit will be able to:

• Gain an overall sense of the major trends and issues shaping health care cost management for the coming year and beyond, and predications from leading sources.
• Obtain a detailed understanding of applicable health care cost management initiatives through presentations involving case studies, and on various strategies currently being deployed in the marketplace.
• Understand current developments in care management components including Disease Management, Pay for Performance, Evidence based Medicine and Specialty Pharmaceutical Management.
• Receive a snapshot of the current data on health care and premium cost increases, and benefit changes through consumer cost sharing.
• Obtain reference resources for ongoing use including a Key Contacts Directory, Article Library, Key Facts presentation and Survey Results.
• Experience e-learning at the attendees' convenience, with faculty presentations and web summit resources available 24/7
• Engage in interactive learning and networking through e-inquiries with faculty, live audio conferences and audio forums with questions and answer sessions, e-networking with other attendees, and video clips.

SUMMIT FEATURES:

E-Mail Summit Newsletters: Receive key email news of the Summit including quick links to referenced events, presentation highlights, help in using summit features,  and breaking news.

Presentations from Nationally Prominent Faculty: Enhance your knowledge by reviewing faculty presentations covering Cost, Benefit and Premium Trends; Consumer Driven Initiatives; Patient Care Initiatives; Data and Technology Initiatives; Case Studies; Live Audio conferences and Archives from the 2003 web summit. Get key market intelligence, expert advice and breaking information from leading national faculty .

Live Audio conferences: You can choose to participate in selected live audio conferences versions of the faculty presentations.

Searchable Faculty Database: Search for Faculty by name, or organization, and review faculty bios, click to contact faculty, or click to review their presentation

Searchable Database of Presentations: Search for faculty presentations by title, faculty or category.

Searchable Database of Managing Health Care Costs Articles: Search MCOL’s database compiled just for this Summit of past articles.

Communicate with Faculty during the Summit: Faculty have agreed to answer participant e-mail during the summit .

E-Networking with other Summit Participants: Search for other participants by name, organization or state, and click to send private messages that still preserve the privacy of the recipients e-mail address . 

Video Clips: View a video clip of Opening Remarks for the web summit, or of Key Managing Health Care Costs Key Facts. 

Key Contacts Directory: Registrants receive the adobe acrobat version, plus a special searchable version on the web, containing key Managing Health Care Costs industry contacts and bios.

e-Poll: Attendees can take an exclusive e-poll ranking the critical issues and strategies involved with Managing Health Care Costs  with results made available in a post-summit e-newsletter.

Downloadable Tote Bag: Attendees can download the virtual Summit "Tote Bag", which contains adobe acrobat versions of the Key Contacts Directory, Video Clips, and Final Agenda.

Web Exhibit Booths: Attendees can visit web Exhibit booths offering key information, resources and solutions.

Free Thirty Day MCOL Paid Membership: Registrants (not already MCOL paid members) will receive a free 30 day MCOL bronze paid membership (a $15.00 value)  which provides access to MCOL’s paid member web site with extensive health management and managed care resources, and MCOL’s coveted paid member e-mail delivery services.

REGISTRATION COST:

Summit Only: $135.00 (50% Discount for MCOL Paid Member)

Summit plus CD-ROM: $155.00 (Discount for MCOL Paid Member)

Group Discounts and Site Licenses Available - See Details on Registration Form or call us at 209.577.4888.

 

THREE EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

1. Web.  Go to: https://www.managedcarestore.com/summit.htm and register online.

2. Fax.  Print off downloadable registration form at http://www.healthwebsummit.com/managingcostsflyer.pdf and fax to 209.577.3557.

3. Phone.  Place your order over the phone by calling us at 209.577.4888.

 

ABOUT HEALTHCARE WEB SUMMIT:

This HealthcareWebSummit event is sponsored by MCOL and co-sponsored by Health Care Conference Administrators, WebMD, National Managed Health Care Congress, Atlantic Information Services, Sherlock Company and the Texas Association of Health Plans.  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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