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The World Health Care Congress (WHCC) is the most prestigious meeting that convenes global thought leaders and key decision-makers to share global best practices in an elite networking forum resulting in an exchange of valuable strategies to improve quality and cost-effectiveness. The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress held April 12-14, 2010 will convene over 2,000 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from all sectors of health care including the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and leading government agencies. Through hard hitting keynotes and 10 targeted summits, WHCC delivers:

• Unparalleled speaker faculty of over 250 nationally recognized thought leaders
• Most critical and timely program agenda
• Over 130 members of the press
• Networking opportunities with leaders from all sectors including Health Plans, providers, employers government, pharma, biotech, medical devices and academia
• Best Practices from the World's Innovators including delegations from over 30 countries and growing!

Featured Speakers Include

Lawrence Becker Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, Corporate Human Resources Xerox Corporation   John Berry Director U.S. Office of Personnel Management   Jonathan Blum Director, Center for Medicare Management Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services   Chester Burrell President and CEO CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield   Michael J. Dowling President and CEO North Shore – LIJ Health System   Douglas W. Elmendorf, PhD Director Congressional Budget Office   John A. Fallon, MD, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts   Otto Larsen Chief Executive Officer, Connected Digital Health National Board Of Health   H. Eugene Lindsey, MD President and CEO Atrius Health   Roger C. Merrill, MD Chief Medical Officer Perdue Farms Inc.   Robert E. Nesse, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Mayo Health System   J. Brent Pawlecki, MD Corporate Medical Director Pitney Bowes Inc.   Michael Sherman, MD, MBA Corporate Medical Director, Physician Strategies Humana Inc.   David Simmons President and General Manager, Established Products Business Unit Pfizer   Paul C. Tang, MD Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Vice-Chair, DHHS, Health IT Policy Committee   Ann Torregrossa, Esq. Director, Governor's Office of Health Care Reform Commonwealth of Pennsylvania   Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs UnitedHealth Group

See the full WHCC 2010 Speaker List >>

2009 Media Coverage

The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress featured expansive national coverage from top television media outlets, including CNBC U.S. and Europe, NBC News, Bloomberg Television and C-SPAN. Watch selected coverage right here on the WHCC site:

• Extremely Affordable Health Innovations and World Health Care Congress, NBC TV
  NBC News Channel visited the Extremely Affordable Health Innovation Exhibit to learn how global copies are providing life-saving technologies at very little cost. Featured is a wheelchair made from spare bicycle parts, an ultrasound that can be hooked up to a cell phone and an infant incubators that costs less than $25 to manufacture.
• Future Health Care Trends and Consumer Services, C-SPAN
  Ben Leedle, CEO of Healthways, moderated a discussion featuring Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and founder of the Center for Health Transformation on the impact the consumer has on driving health care in United States.
• Grameen's Yunus Says Loan Repayment High During Crisis, Bloomberg TV's "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox"
  Bloomberg TV's "Taking Stock" program interviewed Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus about the remarkably high repayment rates with his micro-lending venture Grameen Bank.
• Public vs. Private Health Insurance, CNBC's "Squawk on the Street"
• Pulse of Health Care Reform, CNBC's "Closing Bell"
  With health reform leading the agenda for the Obama administration, CNBC business reporter Bertha Coombs spoke with Angela Braly, CEO of Wellpoint, Steve Burd, CEO of Safeway and several other leading executives to hear what they think the proposed reform will mean for the health care industry.
• A visit to the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress, CNBC Europe "Healthy Horizons"
  The crew of CNBC's "Healthy Horizons" attended the World Health Care Congress to report on what the buzz is on the health care as seen by the industry's top executives. Featured is Novartis CEO
• See all WHCC Media Coverage...