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Dedicated Executive Networking Program Agenda:
April 14, 2009
12:15pm - 12:45pm Luncheon
Keynote Q&A: Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO, Gallup, Ben R. Leedle Jr., President and CEO, Healthways and Jim Guest, President and CEO, Consumers Union
2:40pm - 3:10pm Networking Break
6:30pm - 7:00pm Welcoming Reception
Keynote Q&A: Shivinder Singh, Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare; Prathap Reddy, Founder and Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group
April 15, 2009
10:00am - 10:45am Networking Break
Book Signing: How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Carlson Companies, Inc.
1:00pm - 1:30pm Luncheon
Keynote Q&A: Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank; Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Devi Shetty, MD, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals (India)
6:30pm - 7:00pm Reception
Keynote Q&A: TBA
April 16, 2009
10:15am - 10:45am Keynote Q&A: Catherine Baase, MD, Director of Global Health Services, The Dow Chemical Company; Will Cavendish, PhD, Director, Health and Wellbeing, UK Department of Health; Bradley Perkins, MD, Chief, Officer of Strategy and Innovation, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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Companies Featured in the Executive Lounge

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Health Dialog (Without Tag)

Health Dialog is a leading provider of healthcare analytics and decision support. The firm is a private, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bupa, a global provider of healthcare services. Health Dialog helps healthcare payors improve healthcare quality while reducing overall costs. Company offerings include health coaching for medical decisions, chronic conditions, and wellness; population analytic solutions; and consulting services. Health Dialog helps individuals participate in their own healthcare decisions, develop more effective relationships with their physicians, and live healthier, happier lives. For more information please visit www.healthdialog.com.

Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health. Our products span the continuum of care, from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics through medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. Our comprehensive line of products encircles life itself - addressing important health needs from infancy to the golden years.

Throughout our 120+ year history, Abbott people have been driven by a constant goal: to advance medical science to help people live healthier lives. It's part of our heritage. And, it continues to drive our work. Today, 68,000 Abbott employees around the world share the passion for " Turning Science Into Caring." It's a commitment to focusing on what matters most: life and the potential it holds when we are feeling our best.

Abbott has sales, manufacturing, research and development, and distribution facilities around the world, close to where our customers need us to be. We are recognized for our global reach and our ability to serve our customers around the world. www.abbott.com

Click here to view thought leadership provided by ActiveHealth Management

ActiveHealth Management is a leading provider of advanced clinical decision support and health management services. ActiveHealth was founded by physicians with the goal of using evidence-based clinical intelligence to improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs. In 2009, ActiveHealth launched a new business offering solutions directly to providers and health information exchanges to improve quality and care outcomes more efficiently. Found by physicians, ActiveHealth's integrated suite of health management and provider solutions is powered by our patented CareEngine® System. For more information, please visit http://www.activehealth.net/

AllOne Health encourages individuals to take responsibility for their health and provides tools and services to employers and health plans to help support them. Results include better health, improved productivity and reduced health care costs. Headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., AllOne has over 1,000 customers throughout the U.S. and in 44 countries. www.allonehealth.com

Anesthesia Healthcare Partners®, Inc. (AHP) is a provider of professional anesthesia services to hospitals and surgery centers, of all sizes, across the country. AHP specializes in managing the daily anesthesia operations, billing for all anesthesia services and recruiting the best permanent and locum nurse anesthetists. www.ahphealthcare.com

Anvita Health is an experienced and visionary clinical analytics company that provides deep clinical insights to companies who want to improve the quality and lower the cost of health care for their members and clients. With both batch mode and real-time analytics capabilities, the Anvita Insight analysis engine identifies gaps in care, medication safety and medication adherence issues among an entire population or an individual patient. The Anvita Insight analysis engine provides customizable business rules and seamlessly integrates into any existing IT platform, providing ultimate flexibility and scalability. www.anvitahealth.com

Inscrybe™ Healthcare is a secure healthcare information exchange service that allows tracking, managing, and exchange of CMNs, Referrals, Plan of Care forms, telehealth data and other healthcare information between physicians, hospitals, payers, and other authorized parties. Inscrybe Healthcare can help you reduce costs and unbilled revenue, expedite approvals and increase efficiency quickly and affordably. www.inscrybe.com

Bellevue University is the leader in healthcare management education. Select from more than 20 accelerated bachelor's degrees and 15 master's degrees online - including the nation's largest Master of Science Degree in Healthcare Administration. For more information, visit Booth 505. Call 800-756-7920 or visit www.bellevue.edu.

BST is a global safety consulting and solutions firm dedicated to creating extraordinary, sustainable results for organizations. From the shop floor to the boardroom, BST develops safety leadership capability, creates high-performance cultures and strengthens employee commitment to safety by applying unique processes, technology, tools and training. For more information please visit www.bstsolutions.com/healthcare

Carena, Inc. provides a health care benefit for the way we live and work today. Our physicians deliver care and education 24/7 at home or work-no appointment needed. Our services help employees avoid unnecessary ER care and become better consumers. Best of all, Carena reduces your health care costs. www.carenamd.com

Only the Catasys® substance dependence program lowers costs and improves member health through the delivery of coordinated medical and behavioral health management services for health plans, through a network of licensed and company managed providers. Catasys offers substance dependence programs built around its proprietary treatment protocols for alcohol and stimulants dependence which have lowered costs up to 68%. www.catasyshealth.com

Good communication is the very foundation of quality care, and CosmoCom raises health enterprises to new levels of communication and care with the most advanced all-IP contact center platform in the industry. The global leader in Contact Center Consolidation 2.0, CosmoCom supports optimum care with a lower TCO and a more favorable ROI than any comparable system. From advanced inbound call routing to sophisticated outbound campaigns for proactive health and lifestyle management, CosmoCom technology empowers health practitioners to create virtual contact centers of any size with unified recording, reporting and administration.

Consolidation 2.0 creates savings through greater agent efficiency, right-shoring, efficient IP communications, implementation and support savings, outsourcer control, and lower maintenance costs. Consolidation 2.0 enabled by CosmoCom is available as a premise-based platform and as a hosted service from top global service providers. Learn more at www.cosmocom.com/HealthcareContactCenter.

ECRI Institute

Looking for independent, unbiased evidence-based guidance on drugs, devices, procedures and systems of care? ECRI Institute's broad range of evidence reports, forecasting resources, membership programs, and custom consulting services help you with medical policy and coverage decisions. ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit, researches best approaches to improving patient care. For more information, visit www.ecri.org.

Anticipating the information needs of healthcare organizations and professionals across disciplines, Elsevier Clinical Decision Support delivers accurate, evidence-based and actionable information whenever and wherever needed within the healthcare workflow. From concise answers to in-depth information, from interactive task guidance to real-time data analysis, Elsevier provides a spectrum of knowledge for advancing healthcare.

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet (www.thelancet.com) and Cell (www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (www.scopus.com), Reaxys (www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com) and Nursing Consult (www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and SciVal Spotlight (www.info.spotlight.scival.com) and MEDai PinPoint Review (www.medai.com), which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

An innovator in corporate wellness programs, EngagementHealth® offers comprehensive disease prevention and health promotion programs to companies and group plan providers. The hallmark of EngagementHealth's service offering is a fully funded model that allows companies and group plan providers to implement EngagementHealth® programs without creating any negative budget risk. For more information visit our website or you may contact us at 866-692-1979 Ext. 801 or via email at [email protected].

Erickson Health R, the comprehensive healthcare system of Erickson Living, was one of the first developers of a patient centered model of care which continues to achieve better outcomes while lowering cost and improving patient and provider satisfaction. By using integrated programs, services, and technology, Erickson Health empowers seniors to live even better, no matter what their health. Visit our website www.erickson.com or join our health blog www.ericksonblog.com/blog.

Extend Health is the market leader in account-based defined contribution health care solutions. We utilize the individual Medicare marketplace to enable employers and public sector entities to both mitigate their accounting liability and offer their Medicare-eligible retirees customized, lower cost health care coverage. We have assisted many of the nations leading organizations including General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Eastman Chemical, Kellogg's and others. Visit us at www.extendhealth.com or contact Darcilyn Stack at 860.770.8418 for more information.

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) helps hospitals access affordable financing for capital projects. FHA mortgage insurance enables hospital clients to enhance their creditworthiness because their debt is backed by the United States Government.

The Game Ready Injury Treatment System(tm) is a standard of care for athletic and post-operative injuries through the simultaneous application of intermittent compression and controllable cold therapy. Game Ready treats knees, shoulders, ankles, backs, elbows, wrists and the hip/groin area. Contact us at 1.888.GameReady (1.888.426.3732) or www.gameready.com

Gordian Health Solutions has redefined wellness with the next generation of personalized individualized, interactive and integrated health solutions to reduce the demand and cost of healthcare and encourage healthier lifestyles. Gordian delivers whole-person one-on-one health coaching, individually tailored websites and multimedia to help individuals achieve and maintain healthy lifestyles and to address chronic condition needs. www.gordian-health.com

The Health & Wellness Institute, LLC (HWI) is a health and productivity management company which designs and delivers multi-channel healthy lifestyle programming and provides strategic consulting services to health plans and employers. By addressing modifiable health risks, HWI supports each client's business objectives, reducing medical costs and improving workplace performance.

Click here to view thought leadership provided by Health Affairs

Health Affairs, published monthly, is ranked as one of the top-cited, peer-reviewed journals in health care policy and health care sciences. For 30 years, Health Affairs has provided timely nonpartisan health policy research, analysis and commentary to inform and guide policy makers, healthcare executives, industry leaders, academics, opinion leaders, and the public. Its policy impact reaches around the globe as Health Affairs articles are cited by US administration officials and ministry of health leaders. Health Affairs content is available through multiple channels including the Journal in print and online, Web First articles, Health Affairs Blog, Health Policy Briefs, Issue and Media Briefings, Event Videos, and Podcasts. Individual and institutional subscriptions are available at www.healthaffairs.org.

Click here to view thought leadership provided by Healthways

Healthways is a global provider of science-based solutions that improve well-being, enhance business and human performance and reduce overall healthcare costs. Our solutions are designed to help healthy individuals stay healthy, mitigate and slow the progression to disease associated with family or lifestyle risk factors and promote the best possible health for those already affected by disease. We provide highly specific and personalized interventions to millions of people domestically and internationally, surrounding them with tailored support when they are at home, at work, seeking medical care or pursuing health improvement. www.healthways.com

Healthwise

Come full circle with Healthwise® health education solutions that deliver education and report results back to the care team. For more than 35 years, Healthwise was been a leader in consumer health education for health plans, hospitals, and care management organizations. Healthwise solutions integrate within EMR and PHR applications and care management platforms to make it easy for your clinicians and health coaches to empower and engage consumers with the tools they need to make decisions and take control of their health. And now, with our latest innovation, you can track what people do with their prescribed education interventions, so you can better support them. Healthwise health information contributes to better outcomes, higher quality, and lower costs. Healthwise is a nonprofit organization that helps people make better health decisions. www.healthwise.org

Founded in 1983, HMC is one of the nation's largest, most experienced leaders in providing employers and health plans with integrated care and total-population health solutions.

Our life² portfolio of programs and services encompasses education, prevention, support and management, empowering members with what they need to reach their optimal health. With life², we take members to the next level. It’s how we turn “health care” into “life care”.

Whether a person is healthy, at risk for developing a chronic condition or is living with illness, HMC’s dedicated health care professionals help each member overcome personal obstacles and improve progress. Our specially targeted team includes nurse care managers, physicians, pharmacists, dietitians, exercise physiologists and a host of others. Together, they build strong relationships with members that, in turn, help foster trust, behavior change and lasting positive outcomes.

Cost savings are achieved as well. HMC’s proactive approach combined with personalized health coaching results in healthier and happier people, less missed work and fewer hospital stays. Additionally, our integrated technology and clinical measures ensure increased compliance with health guidelines. Proven expertise in disease management, pregnancy management and lifestyle changes means that HMC can help people get healthier while improving an organization’s bottom line.

At HMC, we’re dedicated to the simple idea that life should feel better. This means meeting members where they are today to help them live healthier tomorrows. It’s how HMC is working to build healthier lives – every day.

www.chooseHMC.com. We are HMC. Welcome to the next level.

Healthcare guidance is about more than knowing your claim is paid. It's about understanding the pluses and minuses of all your healthcare options - and knowing how your decision might affect your finances. It's about choosing, financing, and using healthcare with confidence.

As a leader in health benefits innovation, Humana helps our members make healthcare and health insurance decisions with the same well-informed approach they use for other major purchasing decisions. And, of course, we strive to help members achieve the best possible health. Care for each individual is at the core of everything we do, and it's the reason we're committed to guidance. Visit www.humana.com or www.staysmartstayhealthy.com

At Institute for Oral Health, our mission is to advance oral health care by identifying effective and efficient treatment practices and guidelines for the dental industry, and to promote these best practices by serving as a central resource for shared practical knowledge and collaboration to benefit the dental profession and the public. In 2009 our initiative is defining Quality in Oral Health care and the metrics necessary to measure the quality definition. www.IOHwa.org

Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. (IPM) is a project management consulting firm specializing in the healthcare, life sciences, ag science and nutrition, consumer goods, and industrial products sectors. Through disciplined on-site leadership, IPM completes complex projects in often highly regulated industries. Since 1988, IPM has served over 250 clients across 3,500 projects, delivering measurable results. The company has regional offices in Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis and Boston. For further information, visit www.ipmcinc.com or call 630-789-8600.

Kalypso is the world's premier innovation consulting firm, helping life sciences companies improve profitability by delivering on the promise of innovation. Kalypso offers clients full service capabilities including Business and Innovation Strategy, Front-End of Innovation, Portfolio and Pipeline Management, Execution and Commercialization, Profit Optimization, PLM Technology, and Leadership and Learning. For more information, visit www.kalypso.com

Since 2005, Leprechaun has been a pioneer in HCC Management, innovating and leading the industry in providing the most complete product portfolio in the market. Our broad product line includes Retrospective, Prospective, RADV Audit and Undiscovered HCCs. One key differentiator for Leprechaun is our uncompromising focus on quality, workflow practices and accuracy of our coding practices, which is greater than 95%. As a full-service business process outsource provider, Leprechaun can be a single source for all your HCC Management needs.

The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, prematurity and infant mortality. The organization has created "Fourteen Standards for Workplaces that Support Maternal & Infant Health" to promote the well-being of employees before, during and after pregnancy. The standards focus on areas of education, environment, physical health, insurance coverage and scheduling flexibility. In addition, the March of Dimes has created a no-cost program (Healthy Babies, Healthy Business) to support education in the workplace. The program provides content on preconception and prenatal health that complements existing wellness programs in the workplace. For more information, go to www.marchofdimes.com

McKesson Health Solutions delivers solutions that drive clinical and business intelligence that helps payors and providers optimize the quality and cost of care. Our clinical knowledge, process expertise and technology tools optimize payment decisions, validate appropriateness of services, automate authorizations, manage diagnostics utilization, and harness the transformative power of analytics. www.mckesson.com

MediConnect Global, Inc. is the industry leader in retrieving and coding medical records worldwide via the internet. Our comprehensive, centralized solution can be easily customized to any health plan to achieve accurate reimbursement at a lower cost. Many of the most prestigious health plans in the nation enjoy MediConnect's services.

MedSolutions

MedSolutions is a medical cost management company that generates cost savings as a consequence of improving the quality of patient care and outcomes. MedSolutions' innovative solutions extend beyond Radiology Management to other areas of medical specialty, including Radiation Therapy, Cardiac Imaging, Sleep, Ultrasound, Lumbar Spine Surgery, ICD Surgery, and Premerus®.

NaviNet, formerly Navimedix, is America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, securely linking over 700,000 providers and the nation's leading payers, patients and other industry partners. NaviNet's advanced solutions, services and expertise streamline business processes and drive innovation. NaviNet fosters collaboration and helps government, payers and providers improve quality of care and reduce costs. www.NaviNet.net

The New York Times is the largest metropolitan newspaper in the U.S. Visit The New York Times booth for 50% off Home Delivery and receive a free gift with subscription.

Paquin Healthcare Companies is the national leader in Retail Healthcare solutions for hospital systems. Retail Healthcare is a key strategy for creating new profit centers, strengthening a brand, and improving patient outcomes by extending the care continuum with innovative patient-centric consumer services. Paquin Healthcare provides Hospital System Retail Business Plans, Retail Space Optimization Plans, and the Development of Specialty Medical stores that link to patient health conditions. Bricks and mortar stores as well as online retail solutions are part of the suite of consulting and implementation services offered. In order to remain competitive, hospitals must incorporate retail healthcare strategies into their operating plans. Paquin Healthcare has more than 200 hospital clients nationwide including North Shore-LIJ, CHRISTUS Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. www.paquinhealthcare.com

Come meet Tony Paquin, CEO of Paquin Healthcare and Author of The Retail Healthcare Revolution at the opening night reception, for a special book signing event, booth #511.

Sanofi-aventis U.S. is an affiliate of sanofi-aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions to help improve the lives of patients. Sanofi-aventis is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: SAN) and in New York (NYSE: SNY). For more information, visit: www.sanofi-aventis.us or www.sanofi-aventis.com

Siegel+Gale is one of the world's premier strategic branding companies. Since it was founded by Alan Siegel in 1969, the firm has applied the art and science of simplicity to create branding programs that have helped many of the world's best-known organizations excel. Siegel+Gale has full-service offices in New York, Los Angeles London and Dubai and strategic partnerships around the world. It is part of the Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE-OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com), a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. www.siegelgale.com

TriZetto's healthcare software and services drive administrative efficiency, improve the cost and quality of care, and increase payer-provider collaboration and connectivity. Payer offerings include enterprise and component software, and application hosting, BPO and consulting services. Provider offerings, delivered by Gateway EDI, detect and fix claims issues proactively. For information, visit www.trizetto.com.

URAC, an independent, nonprofit organization, is well-known as a leader in promoting health care quality through its accreditation and certification programs. URAC offers a wide range of quality benchmarking programs and provides a symbol of excellence for organizations to validate their commitment to quality and accountability. For more information, visit www.urac.org

VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® has been a leader in the American hospice movement, helping to define the standards of care since it was founded in 1978. Currently the nation's largest hospice provider, VITAS is committed to ensuring all patients and their families have ready access to compassionate and effective end-of-life support. Contact National Accounts by calling 1.800.873.5198 or by email at [email protected]. www.VITAS.com/NationalAccounts.

ZeOmega is a leading provider of care management software that transforms traditional episodic-based care management into proactive, collaborative healthcare management through use of EHRs, decision support and care plans. ZeOmega's software empowers clients to Identify Risk, Educate Members, Provide Incentives, Influence Behaviors, Coordinate Care, Track Outcomes and Measure Results. www.zeomega.com

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