We are all aware that a health care crisis exists in this country, but would you agree that the crisis is actually twofold – a quality crisis and a cost crisis? The quality of care delivered today remains highly variable, and the cost of health care continues to grow at twice the rate of the GDP, making it harder and harder to pay for care.

The World Health Care Congress is pleased to present the 3rd Annual Chronic Care and Prevention Congress which focuses on the challenge to support and lead the emerging standard of chronic disease management. Now in its 3rd year, the Congress convenes thought leaders from distinct shareholder groups to exchange ideas, share their expertise and discuss new and innovative ways to treat chronic disease and manage total health population.

Partnering with the Medical Home: Treating the Chronically Ill Through the Use of Technology Conquering the Chronic Care Conundrum – The Key to Reform Health Care Beyond Insurance Restructuring the Health Care Delivery System to Improve Access to Quality Care Chronic Disease and Social Determinants; Instilling Healthy Behaviors from Childhood through Elder-hood In-depth pilot case studies from Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative The Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum Innovative Practice Management: Modern Approaches to Chronic Care Design and Practice in Primary Care Educational Tracks on: Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Management Cancer and Other Chronic Pain Management Friend or Foe: Will Aligning Reimbursement Incentives Propel Success? A Business Case for Sustainability: How to Build Upon the Patient-Centered Medical Home for Improved Outcomes?

Confirmed Chairs

Matthew J. Narrett, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Erickson Health  View Biography Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD Professor and Chair, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease  View Biography

2009 Congress Keynote Speakers
John Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF Medical Director, Minnesota Gastroenterology Chair, AGA Institute of Clinical Practice and Quality Committee	Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA Director, Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care; Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
John H. Cochran, MD, FACS Executive Director The Permanente Federation	Timothy Jost Professor of Law Washington and Lee University School of Law
David B. Kendall Senior Fellow, Health Policy Progressive Policy Institute	David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP Dean, Jefferson School of Population Health and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University
Edward B. Noffsinger, PhD Vice President of Shared Medical Appointments and Group-Based Disease Management Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates/Atrius Health	John Rother Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategy AARP
Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Geisinger Health System	Andrew Webber President and Chief Executive Officer National Business Coalition on Health
Hospitals/Health Systems/Group Practice
Joel Berman, MD Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Concord Hospital; 2008 AMDIS Award Winner	Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc Professor of Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine; Founding Member, Louisiana Healthcare Quality Forum
Nandini Gadkar, MD, MHSA Senior Assistant Vice President, Health Care Improvement/Innovations New York City Health and Hospitals Corporations (HHC)	Marjie Grazi Harbrecht, MD Medical/Executive Director Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative
Pranav Mehta, MD, FAAP Associate Medical Director and Patient Safety Officer Metropolitan Hospital Center	Leticia Ocaña Manager, Health Education and Promotion Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute & Project Dulce
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD Corporate Vice President Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute & Project Dulce
Health Plans/Insurers
Douglas Allen, MD, MMM Vice President and Clinical Program CareMore Health Plan	Pankaj Gupta, MD Senior Medical Director AmeriChoice NY by United Healthcare
Edwina Rogers Executive Director Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC)	Cynthia Naper Rosenberg, MD Senior Medical Director, Network Management and Provider Relations UPMC Health Plan
Dana Gelb Safran, ScD Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)	Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas; Chair, National Commission on Prevention Priorities (NCPP); former Commissioner, Texas Department of Health; former Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Department of Health
Eric S. Sullivan, MS, MBA Director, Patient-Centered Medical Home; Primary Care Analytics & Measurement, Clinical Innovation UnitedHealthcare	Craig Thorne, MD, MPH, FACP, FACPEM Vice President and National Medical Director, Employee Health and Wellness Erickson Retirement Communities
Janet Tomcavage, RN, MSN Vice President, Health Services Geisinger Health Plan	Steven E. Wegner, JD, MD President North Carolina Community Care Network
Charles C. Wilhelm, MD Chief Medical Officer Health System One
Senior Policy Thought Leaders
Jeffrey Guterman, MD, MS Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Medical Director, CRM; Department of Health Services, County of Los Angeles	Stuart Guterman Assistant Vice President and Director, Program on Payment System Reform The Commonwealth Fund
Jeffrey Kelman, MD, MMSc Chief Medical Officer, Center for Drug and Health Plan Choice Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)	Linda M. Magno Director, Medicare Demonstration Program Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Anand Parekh, MD, MPH Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Science & Medicine), Office of the Secretary/OPHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH Assistant Vice President for Research National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Associations/Academics/Other Thought Leaders
Ashish J. Abraham, MD, MBA Partner Johnston, Villegas-Grubbs, Abraham and Associates	Richard L. Atkinson, MD Clinical Professor of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University; Director, Obetech Obesity Research Center
Doug Berkson Vice President, Provider Solutions Health Dialog	Alfred Bove, MD President American College of Cardiology
Robert Carey, MD President The Endocrine Society	Dan Castillo, MHA, FACMPE, FACHE Administrator, Medical Services Initiative Orange County Health Care Agency
Christine C. Ferguson, JD Director, STOP Obesity Alliance; Associate Research Professor, School of Public Health and Health Services Department, The George Washington University	Deborah Julie Franklin, MD, PhD Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Comprehensive Acute Rehabilitation Unit; Director, Cancer Rehabilitation, Thomas Jefferson University
Bettina Herbert, MD, FAAPMR Lead Physician, Integrative Pain Management, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	John (Jack) C. Lewin, MD Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Alfred (Al) Lewis, JD Founder and President Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International	Robert Massey, PhD, RN, NEA-BC Director, Clinical Nursing M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Ann McDermott, PhD, MS, LDN Director, Emerging Center of Obesity Prevention & Education (COPE); Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; Lecturer, Harvard School of Dental Medicine	Robert Mechanic, MBA Senior Fellow, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University; Director, Health Industry Forum
Brian J. Morrissey Vice President, Strategy & Development Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP)	Matthew J. Narrett, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Erickson Health
Dianne Rittenhouse, MD MPH Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine University of California San Francisco	Christobel E. Selecky President and Chief Executive Officer LifeMasters
Jaan Sidorov, MD, MHSA, FACP Principal, Sidorov Health Solutions; Former Medical Director, Geisinger Health Plan; Blogger, Disease Management Care Blog	Audrey Spolarich Senior Advisor Spectrum
Barbara J. Turner, MD, MSEd, FACP Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Regent, American College of Physicians (ACP); Past President, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)	David Whelan Staff Writer Forbes