Impact of Health Reform on Health Plans and the Medicare Program

Health Reform: Impact on Health Plans and Medicare

Health Reform Impact on Health Plans and the Medicare Program

Thursday, December 10th, 2009
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eastern (10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Pacific)
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Impact Assessment on Medicare Advantage and Part D
Strategies and Tactics for Plans to Prepare for Market Changes

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John Gorman and Jean LeMasurier provide an insider’s view of the latest legislative action
Who’s likely to win or lose, and what Medicare plans can start doing now to prepare
Examination of expected outcomes applicable to Medicare Advantage and Part D
Practical discussion on how to prepare for the direct impact legislative changes in key plan functions

Faculty:
John Gorman
CEO, Gorman Health Group

Faculty:
Jean LeMasurier
Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Gorman Health Group

Health reform readiness starts now.

Health care reform represents one of the most sweeping changes to this country’s health care system that many of us will ever see. Medicare Advantage and Part D plans cannot afford to fall behind as health care reform nears closer to becoming a reality. Too many plans are taking a wait-and-see attitude. Such a short-sighted response is not likely to work. Organizations must be able to anticipate change and react quickly in order to survive under a reformed health care marketplace.

Join Gorman Health Group experts John Gorman and Jean LeMasurier for an insider’s view of the latest legislative action, who’s likely to win or lose, and what Medicare plans can start doing now to prepare. They will examine not only what is expected to come out of health reform, but will also present a practical discussion on how to prepare for the direct impact legislative changes could create for areas such as product development, compliance, customer support, information infrastructure, medical management, and distribution strategies.

Update on the status of health care reform bills in the Senate and the House
Impact assessment of health reform on Medicare Advantage and Part D programs, the new rules of engagement
Strategies and tactics Health Plans should be considering to prepare for potential market changes

Interested attendees would include:

C-Suite Executives
Strategy and Planning Executives and Staff
Medicare General Managers and Operations Executives
Product Development Executives and Managers
Compliance Officers
Marketing Executives and Managers
Regulatory Affairs Executives and Staff

Attendees would represent organizations including:

Health Plans
Provider Networks
Business Processing Organizations
Solutions Providers
Associations, Institutes and Research Organizations
Media
Other Interested Parties

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

Corporate Site licensing also available. Click here to register or call 209.577.4888 We look forward to your participation in this event!

John Gorman

CEO, Gorman Health Group

John Gorman is CEO of Gorman Health Group, a company he founded in 1996 (under its predecessor name, Managed Care Compliance Solutions) to provide Medicare regulatory compliance advisory services to healthcare payers. Under John’s leadership, Gorman Health Group has since emerged to become the leading consulting firm in Medicare managed care, providing thought leadership along with expert strategic, operational, financial, and other professional services to the healthcare industry, including an array of leading-edge business process outsourcing solutions.

Mr. Gorman and his team of more than 65 senior-level consultants are considered by many in the industry to be the go-to source for understanding the regulatory and business implications of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) and the introduction of the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. John and his team are largely credited with having spearheaded the creation and design of the Medicare Advantage PPO product, and for being early advocates for plans having diverse product portfolios.

John is a dynamic, engaging, and highly-regarded speaker -- known for his on-the-mark insights as well as his candid, no-nonsense, cut-to-the-chase style. John speaks at dozens of healthcare industry conferences each year, reaching thousands of senior healthcare executives and professionals nationally. John was ranked Best Speaker for the Industry Collaboration Effort (ICE) annual conference each of the last three years, the nation’s largest annual convention of the managed care industry.

John is regularly quoted in the trade press and the national media, including the The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and serves on the editorial advisory boards of several industry publications. He is also frequently sought out by the investment community for his insights, analyses, and predictions about the evolving Medicare managed care market.

In addition to founding Gorman Health Group, John was a founding partner of Leprechaun, the industry’s leading risk adjustment management outsourcing company.

Prior to founding his own company in 1996, John served as Assistant to the Director of HCFA’s Office of Managed Care, where he provided day-to-day management and served as the external liaison for the Medicare and Medicaid managed care programs. During the 1993 debate on national health care reform, John was chief lobbyist on health care financing issues for the National Association of Community Health Centers, an organization of Federally-funded primary care clinics for the medically underserved. Prior to that, he served as Press Secretary and Staff Director for U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), then-Chairman of the Government Operations Committee.


Jean LeMasurier Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Gorman Health Group		Jean LeMasurier joined Gorman Health Group after a 30 year career with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Jean provides strategic planning and consulting services to Medicare Advantage Health Plans, Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, drug companies and employers on programs under the Medicare Modernization Act. Her areas of focus include health policy and health care reform and advising plans and employers on retiree options. Engagements include analysis of Medicare market opportunities, strategic advice on CMS legislative and regulatory requirements, audits and gap analyses to assure implementation of regulatory compliant programs. Jean is also engaged in policy analysis, public speaking and educational and training activities. As a senior CMS career official, Jean was responsible for the leading the $40 billion Medicare Managed care programs for many years, including serving as the Director of Policy and the Acting Director/Deputy Director of Operations and Regulatory Oversight. Jean also served as a Senior Advisor in the Employer Operations and Policy Group which implemented the employer provisions of the Medicare Modernization Act. Jean also worked as a professional staff member on the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health.

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