The 1st Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Disease Management and Chronic Care presents the nation's best practices and thought leaders in implementing successful disease management programs that produce positive clinical and financial outcomes. The conference agenda is designed to address the market demands from employers and public purchasers as well as the leading edge programs offered by health care insurers and providers. The agenda will highlight legislative trends that impact the adoption and scope of disease management programs including updates from CMS on the Chronic Care Improvement Program.

At this groundbreaking summit you will:

• Create a framework to change employee behavior by understanding programs that improve lifestyle change, adherence, health, satisfaction, and utilization outcomes
• Understand the most effective ways of measuring ROI
• Deliberate with industry experts in an industry debate to identify the best strategies for benchmarking outcomes measurement
• Recognize the value of ‘person centered health’ and its impact on the future of disease management
• Learn how the Chronic Care Improvement Program is improving beneficiary health and mitigating costs
• Identify the most effective predictive modeling strategies that produce a financial return on disease management investments
• Hear exciting case studies from employers who have achieved success in their disease management implementations
• Investigate the true cost of ill health and make the business case for your disease management investment

Thought Leaders In Attendance
William B. Bunn, MD, JD, MPH Professor, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity International Truck & Engine Corporation	Keynote Gary Christopherson former Senior Advisor for the Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration; former Senior Advisor to COO, CMS; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, DoD
A. Michael Collins, PhD Consulting Practice Leader Thomson/Medstat	Robert Doherty Senior Vice President Governmental Affairs and Public Policy American College of Physicians
Ian Duncan President Solucia Consulting, Inc.	Dr. Donald Fetterolf Chief Medical Officer Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Sandra Foote Senior Advisor Chronic Care Improvement, Center for Medicare Management Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	David Groves Vice President Corporate Health Management Comerica
Stuart Guterman Senior Program Director, Medicare's Future The Commonwealth Fund	Jeffrey Hanson Vice President, Pay for Performance, Thomson Healthcare Medstat former Regional Healthcare Manager, Verizon Communications
James L. Hardy Deputy Secretary, Medical Assistance Programs Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare	Chip Hunzinger Deputy Administrator, Government Programs McKesson
Alfred Lewis, JD Executive Director Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International	William P. Molmen General Counsel Integrated Benefits Institute
David Moskowitz Chairman, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer Genomed	Alan Muney Chief Medical Officer Oxford Health Plans
William D. Novelli CEO AARP	Sam Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer WellPoint, Inc.
Patricia Salber, MD, MBA Chief Executive Officer Center for Pracital Health Reform	Christobel Selecky President Disease Management Association of America
Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH Professor and Director Center for Health Communications Research Department of Health Behavior and Health Education University of Michigan School of Public Health	Tom Wilson, Ph.D. President Trajectory Healthcare