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A Healthcare Web Summit Event featuring the sixth annual web summit on the key trends shaping the business of health care for 2008 and beyond, with Live Webinar faculty: Peter Kongstvedt, M.D. Partner, Health & Life Sciences Accenture; Sandy Lutz, Director, Health Research Institute, PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Alexander (Sander) Domaszewicz, National Consumerism Practice Leader, Mercer, plus four faculty Podcasts with companion presentations, and additional web summit features.

Live Future Care Webinar
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Eastern (10:00 - 11:45 a.m. Pacific)
Position yourself and your organization for 2008 and beyond by receiving a well rounded view of key health care business issues and trends from prominent national thought leaders. Get the most current view on how health care reform, the health plan marketplace and the employer benefit arena will shape this year's landscape via an informative, fact-filled live webinar, and then supplement your knowledge of what's affecting the 2008 landscape at your pace as you hear from industry leaders on the ChangeNow4Health reform initiative, disease management, revenue cycle management and consumer driven care.

Webinar / Audioconference

  • The Webinar / Audioconference is scheduled for Thursday, January 17th, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Eastern. 
  • Peter Kongstvedt, M.D. Partner, Health & Life Sciences, Accenture in his presentation Health Care Trends 2008: key issues and responses that are likely to shape the health care landscape for 2008 - 2009, shares his perspective on the top issues and marketplace responses facing health plans and others in the managed care arena. 
  • Sandy Lutz, Director, Health Research Institute, PricewaterhouseCoopers in her presentation Beyond the Sound Bite: A review of Presidential Candidates' proposals for Health Reform, covers the details and impact of the proposed reforms being advanced by the major candidates.
  • Alexander (Sander) Domaszewicz, Principal and Senior Consultant, Mercer Health & Benefits Services, details the  Employer Benefit Trends and Issues for 2008: A discussion of employer benefit perspectives, strategies,  plan design, cost sharing and more for the coming year
  • In addition to a thorough discussion of their presentations, the Webinar will include ample time for audience questions and answers.
  • Attendees will receive dial-in instructions shortly before the event, and have two options to view the companion presentations: they can logon to view the live webinar online, or simply link to download and view or print the presentation offline.

Podcasts

  • Four downloadable Podcast recordings will be available 24/7 to attendees, ranging from approximately four minutes to twenty minutes in length.
  • Companion presentations related to each Podcast discussion are also available for downloading.
  • Mike McCallister, President and CEO, Humana, will discuss the ChangeNow4Health Initiative. Mike will overview how and why the American health care system is broken, and unveil the new ChangeNow4Health initiative Humana is funding to engage the public towards developing and implementing actionable ideas to fix health care now.
  • David Hammer, Vice President - Revenue Cycle Solutions, McKesson Provider Technologies, will discuss Revenue Cycle Management Issues for 2008. David will overview the top current challenges for providers regarding revenue cycle management, and the leading strategic responses that hospitals and others are undertaking during the coming year.
  • Vince Kuraitis; Principal; Better Health Technologies, will discuss Disease Management Megatrends. Vince will review the mega-topics impacting Disease Management today, including integration, Medicare, assembling, technology, behavior, ROI, providers and more.
  • William R Boyles; Editor and Publisher; Consumer Driven Market Report will discuss Consumer Driven Care Trends and Issues. Bill will cover his predictions and forecasts for the consumer driven industry during the upcoming year, addressing the impact on plans, financial institutions, vendors and employers.

Additional Web Summit Features

  • A Library of selected recent articles on upcoming health care business trends is available to attendees
  • Attendees can link to faculty web pages and click to send them follow up questions
  • Attendees can take the Future Care e-poll on which are the most significant trends impacting health care, and receive a summary of the survey results
  • Attendees will be given the opportunity to provide immediate feedback after the webinar event
  • The Summit web site, including podcasts, faculty presentations, article library, faculty pages, e-poll and results, and more, will be available 24/7 for three months following the event.
  • Attendees will receive a complimentary 30-day paid MCOL membership
  • A Summit CD-ROM with full webinar and podcast recordings, faculty presentations and additional materials is also available to attendees for an extra $40.

 

Participants will:

  1. Gain an overall sense of the major trends and issues shaping the business of health care for the coming year and beyond, and predications from leading sources.
  2. Obtain a detailed understanding of current issues and developments regarding issues including Health Care Reform, Disease Management, Revenue Cycle Management, Employer Benefits, Consumer Driven Care, Managed Care and more.
  3. Experience e-learning at the attendees' convenience, with faculty presentations, podcasts, articles and web summit resources available 24/7
  4. Engage in interactive learning and networking through e-inquiries with faculty, and the live webinar.
  • Health Plans, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical Companies, Insurance Companies, TPAs, Employers, Provider Networks, Medical Groups, Government, Utilization and Health Management Companies, PBMs, Consultants, Solutions Providers, Vendors, Financial Institutions, policy organizations, and Media.
  • C-Suite Executives, and administrative staff
  • Sales and Marketing executives
  • Strategic, planning, policy, legislative and regulatory staff
  • Employee Benefit Managers
  • Consultants, Analysts, Research, and other interested parties
Peter R. Kongstvedt, M.D., F.A.C.P., Senior Executive, Accenture, Health and Life Sciences Consulting Services - is a senior executive with Accenture in their Reston, VA office. He has fifteen years of consulting experience and fifteen years of operational experience at the senior-most levels of health plans, including managed care, health insurance, and Blue Cross Blue Shield plans. In addition to his industry experience, Dr. Kongstvedt’s primary client focus is in strategy. He has also created and led industry benchmarking studies of financial and operational metrics in high performing health plans, worked in medical management, and keeps a regular focus on trends and issues in the marketplace. 
   
Sandy Lutz, Director, Health Research Institute, PricewaterhouseCoopers - Sandy Lutz is director of the Health Research Institute (HRI) of PricewaterhouseCoopers. As director, Ms. Lutz leads national and global thought leadership and research initiatives for the firm and clients.  HRI is a dedicated research group that provides new intelligence, perspective, and analysis on major health-related business issues. Based in Dallas , Sandy speaks extensively on healthcare trends and the future of healthcare. She also consults with healthcare systems, corporations, private equity funds, trade associations, policy groups, and health plans on strategic planning, trends, forecasting, and research initiatives.  Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, she was a healthcare equity analyst for an investment bank and the Dallas bureau chief for Modern Healthcare, a weekly business magazine. Ms. Lutz has written four books on the business of healthcare.
Alexander (Sander) Domaszewicz, National Consumerism Practice Leader, Mercer - Sander is Mercer’s National Practice Leader for Consumerism within the Health Care & Group Benefits business, specializing in emerging benefits and areas where technology intersects with human resources, benefits, and health care. Areas of focus include health care strategy, consumer directed health care, health and benefits decision support tools, web health resources, HR portals and online benefits. Sander’s prior experience includes project management in the Health & Group Benefits Delivery Services group at Hewitt Associates for flexible benefits administration outsourcing. Sander holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University, a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and a certificate in Human Resources Management from Cornell.
    
Mike McCallister, President and CEO, Humana - As Humana's President and CEO, Mike McCallister has led the Fortune 200 company to a leadership position within the health-benefits industry. During Mike's tenure, Humana, based in Louisville, Ky., has gained a reputation as the nation's premier health-benefits innovator, leveraging new products, processes and technology to solve the employer's cost dilemma through a consumer-centric value proposition. Under Mike's direction, Humana is defining a new world of health benefits featuring consumer-choice health plans that empower employees to choose and use their health benefits with confidence. Mike has an extensive history with Humana, having joined the company in 1974. Mike holds an MBA degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and a bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, La.
   

David Hammer, Vice President - Revenue Cycle Solutions, McKesson Provider Technologies - Mr. Hammer is a Vice President in McKesson's Revenue Cycle Solutions group. In his more than 22 years of industry experience, Mr. Hammer has held a variety of positions with leading health systems, Big-4 consulting firms, I. T. vendors, and revenue cycle outsourcing companies. Mr. Hammer received an MBA in Management and an MHS in Health Care Administration from the University of Florida in 1987. He also received a BBA in Accounting with a minor in Information Systems (Magna cum Laude) from the University of North Florida in 1985. Mr. Hammer is certified by HFMA as a Fellow (FHFMA) and as a Certified Healthcare Finance Professional (CHFP). He has been named an HFMA Distinguished Speaker for six consecutive years, and is a 2007 recipient of HFMA's Medal of Honor service award.
   
Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA,  Principal; Better Health Technologies has 20+ years health care experience in multiple roles: President, VP Corporate Development, VP operations, management consultant, and marketing executive. His consulting and work projects span 100+ different health care organizations, including hospitals, physician groups, medical devices, pharma, health plans, disease management, e-Health, IT, and others. Since 1997 Vince has worked as founder and Principal of Better Health Technologies, LLC (www.bhtinfo.com), a strategy and business development consulting company. BHT creates value for patients and shareholders by leveraging technology, business models and partnerships in areas relating to e-health and chronic disease management. 
  

William R Boyles; Editor and Publisher; Consumer Driven Market Report  - is the Editor & Publisher of Consumer Driven Market Report, an independent newsletter financed by subscriptions, and Health Market Survey, a subscription newsletter for health insurance leadership, financial analysts, CFOs, actuaries and marketing consultants. Mr. Boyles started working in health care in 1971 as a medical claims review analyst and has been writing about health insurance topics for over 30 years.
    
           
Individual Registration Fee: $295. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $355 for non-attendees after the event.

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