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Monday May 8, 2006

7:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 am
Chairperson's Welcome and Opening Remarks
Barbara G. Benevento
Group Vice President Senior Markets
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

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8:30 am
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Improving Quality of Care in Medicare
Barry M. Straube MD
Acting Director & Chief Clinical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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9:00 am
Trends and Projections of Medicare and Impact on the Balanced Budget Act
Michael F. Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies
Cato Institute
Thomas R. Saving PhD
Senior Fellow
NCPA
Director, Private Enterprise Research Center
Texas A&M; University

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Gail R. Wilensky PhD
Economist and Senior Fellow
Project Hope

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Executive Seminar A: Drug Pricing and Structure Under Medicare Part D
10:15 am Seminar Leaders' Welcome and Opening Remarks
Best Practices from WellPoint’s Collaboration with CMS
Robert Seidman PharmD., MPH
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
WellPoint Inc.

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Role of United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
Roger L. Williams MD
Executive Vice President & CEO
U.S. Pharmacopeia

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Product Access and Positioning in the Medicare Market Place
Nadine Craig
Senior Vice President Government and Public Affairs
UCB

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12:15 pm Close of Seminar
Executive Seminar B: Disease Management Case Studies — Assessing Beneficiaries' Response to CMS Pilot Programs and Measuring ROI
10:15 am Seminar Leaders' Welcome and Opening Remarks
Case Study:
Care Management Innovation in the Mississippi Medicare Health Support Program
Julianne Howell Ph.D.
Project Officer, Division of Chronic Care Improvement Programs
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Sandeep Wadhwa MD, MBA
Vice President, Care Management Services
McKesson Health Solutions

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Case Study:
Measuring Financial and Clinical ROI
  Linda Dunbar PhD
Vice President of Care Management
Johns Hopkins University,
Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Case Study:
A Successful Launch of Medicare Health Support for Chronic Care Programs
Michael F Montijo MD, MPH, FACP
Senior Vice President, Government Operations
American Healthways, Inc.

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12:15 pm Close of Seminar
Executive Seminar C: Assessing Patient Risk and Managing Drug Spend
10:15 am Seminar Leaders' Welcome and Opening Remarks
Models of Risk Mangement and the Impact on Your Decision Making
Darlene C. Collins
Managing Director
Psilos Group Managers

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Assessing Patient Risk
Peter B. Collis MD, MPH
Medical Director
United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds

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Managing Drug Spend
  Shelby Marshall
Director
Critical Care Systems
Eric T. Michael PharmaD., BCNP, MBA
Principal
Mercer Health & Benefits

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12:15 pm Close of Seminar
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Luncheon with Executive Discussion Groups
1:15 pm
Conference Reconvenes / Chairperson’s Remarks
1:30 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Medicare Fiscal Challenges and Broad Base Healthcare Reform
David M. Walker
Comptroller General of the United States
Government of Accountability Office

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2:00 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL:
Enrollment Results of Medicare Part D — Key Factors and Future Strategies
Moderator
Terri A. Swanson
Vice President
CIGNA Senior Care

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Panelists
Lynne Gross
President Senior Market, Central Region
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

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Sam Srivastava
Chief Medicare Officer
Health Net

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2:45 pm
Networking and Refreshment Break
3:15 pm
PANEL:
How Well Has Medicare Part D Been Marketed? — Overcoming the Challenge to Communicate to 43 Million Americans
Moderator
Marsha R. Gold Sc.D.
Senior Fellow
Mathematica Policy Research

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Panelists
Kenneth Arruda
Director Senior Market
Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts

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Kim Brown CLU, CASL
Life/Health Product Management
State Farm
Michael E. Chernew
Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy
University of Michigan

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4:00 pm
Networking and Refreshment Break
4:30 pm
PANEL:
Beneficiaries' Perspective and the Market Response
Panelists
Robert M. Hayes
President and General Counsel
Medicare Rights Center

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Patricia Neuman SCD
Director Medicare Policy Project, Vice President
Kaiser Family Foundation
John Rother
Director of Policy and Strategy
AARP

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5:15 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE: View from Capitol Hill
Legislative Offical To Be Announced
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Executive Networking Cocktail Reception
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