Chairperson
Karen Bender, FCA, ASA, MAAA Principal and Consulting Actuary Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting, Inc. Member Society of Actuaries
2011 Confirmed Speakers
Michael Cleary Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer Capital BlueCross	Ceci Connolly Senior Adviser, McKinsey Center for Health Reform; Former Health Policy Reporter, Washington Post
Lou Felice Deputy Bureau Chief New York State Insurance Bureau	Joshua Goldberg Health Policy and Legislative Analyst National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Kris Haltmeyer Executive Director of Legislative and Regulatory Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)	Richard Hamer Principal Deft Research, LLC
Katie Hays Executive Director, Congressional and Public Affairs U.S. Chamber of Commerce	Joy Johnson Wilson Health Policy Director National Conference of State Legislatures
William E. Kramer Executive Director for National Health Policy Pacific Business Group on Health	Robert Krughoff President Center for the Study of Services/Consumers’ Checkbook
Darren M. McCue Executive Vice President PayFlex	Carl McDonald, CFA Director Citi Investment Research (tentative)
Larry C. McNeely II Senior Associate National Coalition on Health	Richard Millard, PhD Practice Leader, Healthcare J. D. Power and Associates
Emily Henehan Murry Policy Advisor Office of the Majority Whip	Bob Nevins Chief Operating Officer Massachusetts Health Connector
Christina Nyquist Vice President, Public Policy Aetna	Steve Ostlund, FSA, MAAA Life and Health Actuary Alabama Insurance Department Chair, Health Actuarial Task Force National Association of Insurance Commissioners (Chaired one of two working groups tasked with developing standards for medical loss ratios (MLR) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Wendell Primus Senior Budget and Health Policy Advisor Nancy Pelosi’s Office (tentative)	Joachim Roski, PhD, MD Research Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform Fellow, Economic Studies The Brookings Institution
Norman K. Thurston, PhD Health Reform Implementation Coordinator Utah Office of the Governor	Janet Trautwein President and Chief Executive Officer National Association of Health Underwriters

The Affordable Care Act’s Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirements passed on November 22, 2010 in accordance with The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). With Health and Human Services establishing and implementing medical loss ratios, health plans must begin making changes to the way they are approaching their business strategy, including products, services and administrative processes.

Those plans that fail to meet the MLR mandates will be required to rebate their members the difference. Can you afford to have that cut into your profit margin?

The year’s ahead will be a challenge for health plans as they work to comply to the MLR standards - the demand for process change and improvement will be critical. It is essential that health plans re-assess their approach in benefit design, broker commissions, financial reporting, delivery of care, and quality performance to meet the regulations while maintaining a positive profit.  World Congress Leadership Summit on Medical Loss Ratios is a must attend for health plans in terms of learning mission critical steps for implementing and adhering to Medical Loss Ratio mandates: navigate the complex requirements, maintain and maximize revenue streams and improve quality of care. Uncover the financial, clinical and operational implications of MLRs and prepare a strategy to drive your plan past the challenges and obstacles.

A must attend event for all health plans- analyze, adhere and comply with federally mandated Medical Loss Ratio’s.

Hear Critical Perspectives on Medical Loss Ratios from the Nation’s Plan and Policy Leaders, Including Insights on:

• News From the Hill – The Latest Legislative Developments in Health Reform
• Infrastructure and Mandate Deadlines for Implementation
• Dissecting the Regulations – Defining Medical Loss Ratio Requirements and Implementation
• Implementation and Adherence – Who’s Doing What and How Are They Doing
• AHIP Case Study: How are the Plans Adjusting? Issues of Initial Medical Loss Ratio Compliance
• Quality Measurement and Improvement and the Medical Loss Ratio
• Preparing for the Growth of the Individual Marketplace
• Aftermath and Consequences – Repealing and Waiving the Regulations
• Establishing Processes and Systems for Issuing Rebates – Projections for the Future
• Complying with MLR – First Hand Advice from Plans Meeting the Regulations