Media Partner

The Wall Street Journal is the leading business newspaper, providing in-depth national and international coverage of the markets, the economy, industries, politics and regulation. And because business doesn't only influence one's career, the consumer-focused Personal Journal section analyzes how the day's news affects the business of time-pressed readers' lives. Just as it has for over 110 years, The Wall Street Journal continues to publish respected and useful news, making it the most influential and trusted newspaper in the nation. www.wsj.com

Supporting PR Partner

MyPRGenie is the only Do-It-Yourself PR platform for the healthcare industry. Using MyPRGenie's web platform, you can create an online business profile, upload your press release and significantly increase your exposure online. Connect to over 8,000+ healthcare journalists and post on 28 social media sites. For more information, please visit www.myprgenie.com

Strategic Partner

CAQH (www.caqh.org) is a nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations working to simplify healthcare administration for health plans and providers, resulting in a better care experience for patients and caregivers. A catalyst for healthcare industry collaboration, CAQH currently is helping streamline healthcare administration through its Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE™) and Universal Provider Datasource® (UPD) initiatives. CAQH solutions help promote quality interactions between plans, providers and other stakeholders, reduce costs and frustrations associated with healthcare administration, facilitate administrative healthcare information exchange and encourage administrative and clinical data integration.

Strategic Partner

Founded in 1990, the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) has grown to be the leading non-profit association dedicated to the support and development of the profession of case management. It is based in Little Rock, AR, and serves more than 11,000 members, 20,000 subscribers, and 70+ chapters through educational forums, networking opportunities, legislative advocacy and establishing standards to advance the profession.

Its leadership programs, educational forums, and breadth of tools and resources enable case management professionals to ensure more positive outcomes for individual patients' healthcare needs. Case management professionals help patients get healthier, faster; and help curtail the exorbitant costs that too often afflict the nation's health care system. To further the professional knowledge and career opportunities of its members, CMSA also offers a number of education programs. www.cmsa.org

Strategic Partner

Established in 1996, Gorman Health Group, LLC is the leading consulting and solutions firm in Medicare managed care. Gorman Health Group demonstrates thought leadership and provides expert strategic, operational, financial, compliance, and other professional services and technology. Having served nearly 200 health plan clients since 2004, Gorman Health Group is largely credited with spearheading the creation and design of the Medicare Advantage PPO, pioneering Medicare HCC management, and empowering plans with Medicare-specific business solutions. Gorman Health Group is frequently sought out by the investment community for its insights, analyses, and predictions about the evolving Medicare managed care market, and to provide merger and acquisition support services. Visit us online at www.gormanhealthgroup.com

AIS’s Health Plan Week, formerly Managed Care Week, provides hard-hitting business and financial news of the health insurance industry that gives you a competitive edge. This weekly newsletter includes information on HMOs, PPOs, POS plans, new products and markets, as well as government initiatives that are changing the face of health insurance. Get the inside news, targeted data and expert analysis that will help improve your bottom line. Visit http://www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsMCW.html to learn more.

Medicare Advantage News is a biweekly newsletter from Atlantic Information Services with timely news and winning strategies to boost enrollees and reduce costs in Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid. Visit www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsMAN.html to order your No-Risk Subscription today!

AAHAM is the premier association for patient accounting and administrative management professionals. AAHAM offers certification, education, networking and government relations to over 2500 members and 38 chapters. AAHAM is renowned for its certification programs; the Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM), The Certified Clinic Account Manager (CCAM), The Certified Patient Account Technician (CPAT) and The Certified Clinic Account Technician (CCAT). Visit our website at www.aaham.org or call 703/281-4043 for additional information.

Drug Benefit Trends, published by Cliggott Publishing Group, a division of CMP Medica, is a monthly journal that reaches more than 28,000 drug benefit decision makers, primarily medical directors and pharmacy directors of managed care organizations, who control or direct the pharmacy service, administer the drug benefit, and have an impact on formulary decisions. The circulation also includes major employers and PBMs.

Drug Benefit Trends presents research findings and other information and analyses to guide readers in making best possible decisions affecting patient health using the tools of managed care. Articles are peer-reviewed for accuracy, objectivity, and sound methodology. Regular features include “Trend of the Month,” a graphic and descriptive analysis of a major trend affecting the drug benefit, and regular columns authored by well regarded managed care experts on drug benefit management, specialty pharmacy, and behavioral health issues.

Drug Benefit Trends also publishes a variety of issue-oriented single-sponsored supplements and multi-sponsored supplements focusing on specific disease categories.

The Executive Report on Managed Care provides twice-monthly news and information on issues affecting the managed care industry, legislation and regulations, real-life examples of how managed care organizations are benefiting from innovative programs and cost saving initiatives.

Healthcare Finance News is the business newspaper for healthcare financial managers. Our award-winning editorial staff provides comprehensive coverage of the unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs and an aging population. As the costs of providing the world's best healthcare system rise, Healthcare Finance News chronicles the tools, techniques and strategies used to address the industry's pressing financial imperatives. Subscribers can also opt-in to our weekly e-newsletter, HealthcareFinanceNewsweek and find daily news on our website at HealthcareFinanceNews.com.

The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. The MCIC delivers this strategic business information to its clients via executive newsletters, yearbooks, leading industry databases and directories, management reports, and client research studies. The information is available in print, on CD-ROM and via the Internet at www.themcic.com.

Medicare Patient Management (MPM) is the first and only journal focused on enhanced care for Medicare beneficiaries. As Medicare evolves, the focus shifts from an acute care, volume-based paper system to an integrated digital system of enhanced preventive care. Quality of care issues become more important and directly impacts pay for performance. MPM offers practical approaches to enhancing care of Medicare beneficiaries by offering: tools for the implementation of evidence based medicine, helping providers improve clinical outcomes, evidence based prescribing models, insight on integrating information systems. http://www.MedicarePatientManagement.com

Found in 1987, OPEN MINDS is the premier industry research and management consulting firm for the behavioral health and social service field. It is our mission to provide behavioral health and social service payers and service providers, and the vendors that serve them, with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Services include consultation, technical assistance, workforce development, executive education, and subscription information services. For more information, visit www.openminds.com.

PharmaVOICE is the executive forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the myriad challenges and trends impacting the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE reaches more than 17,000 U.S.-based executives who influence business strategies and affect change. Published monthly, PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through its forums, topics, and articles that cover a range of issues from molecule through market. To Raise Your VOICE, contact [email protected].

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a multinational publisher and information services company with key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill. For more information, visit: www.aspenpublishers.com