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The Center for Health Value Innovation has grown into the nation's premier organization dedicated to sharing the evidence of improved health and economic outcomes through value-based designs. www.vbhealth.org

Health Plan Week, formerly Managed Care Week, provides business, financial and regulatory news of the health insurance industry. Each week, this newsletter covers new benefit designs and underwriting practices, new products and marketing strategies, mergers and alliances and more. Annual subscriptions include access to free quarterly data - Key Financial Indicators for Leading Health Plans.

Get inside news and tactics to help you succeed in the consumer-directed health plan and HSA markets from Inside Consumer-Directed Care. Every other week, receive strategic analysis on: plan design innovations, contract terms between vendors and employers, market strategies, and financial results. Visit www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsICD.html for your free issue.

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.

Behavioral Health Central is the most comprehensive, independent daily news site geared to all tiers within the medical community — behavioral health clinicians, business leaders, case managers, payors, primary care providers, employers, caregivers and patients. Our multi-media news portal is second-to-none when it comes to daily behavioral health news content covering research, legislative updates, industry trends, advocacy, technology, dual diagnosis, clinical news, pharmacotherapy, events and so much more. We are pleased to be a media partner with the World Congress. If your organization has evidence-based news or case studies — and the experts that make the news — then we invite you to submit copy for publishing consideration. And, we invite and encourage you to sign up for a free subscription to the Daily Update industry news eletter. Simply send your email address to [email protected]. Or, go to www.behavioralhealthcentral.com and look for the Daily Update sign up tool.

The Only Business Magazine Serving Consumer-Directed Health Care: CDHC Solutions magazine, enewsletter, and www.cdhcsolutionsmag.com cover consumer-directed health care innovation and solutions for more than 46,000 employers, TPAs, benefit brokers and health plans. CDHC Solutions is the first and only magazine exclusively focusing on the changing landscape of health care benefits. CDHCS advertisers benefit from the focus on employers, brokers, TPAs, health plans and the compatibility of the editorial environment for their advertising.

Introducing www.Employersweb.com , the industry's only web portal and companion magazine dedicated to providing real health care, benefits, compensation, work-life, recognition, and career development solutions.

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.

Health Care News is the only national monthly publication devoted to consumer-driven health care reform. With a monthly circulation of more than 25,000, HCN reaches federal, state and local government officials who are elected or appointed, plus key stakeholders including doctors, pharmacies, and insurance industry professionals. www.heartland.org/publications/newspapers.html#HCN

Healthcare Finance News is the industry’s business newspaper, offering healthcare financial managers comprehensive coverage of today’s unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers. Reaching more financial management than any other healthcare publication, Healthcare Finance News reaches more than 32,000 subscribers, including CFOs, VPs Finance, CEOs and other financial management at hospitals, multi-hospital systems, medical/surgical clinics and group practices, ambulatory care facilities, nursing homes, extended care facilities, as well as healthcare payers. HealthcareFinanceNews.com

The Heartland Institute is a 25-year-old independent think tank based in Chicago. With a national staff of more than 35 senior fellows, researchers, editors, journalists and administrative staffers, Heartland discovers, develops and markets free-market solution to social and economic problems. Heartland's core competencies are focused on five areas: health care (we support consumer-driven programs), the environment and climate (we support sound science), budget and tax (the smaller the better), info-tech and telecommunications (expanded consumer choice) and education (we encourage choice and competition at all levels of education). Our main audience are federal, state and local government elected and appointed officials. www.heartland.org

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.

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].

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Strategic Insights on the Future of the Health Insurance Industry www.corporateresearchgroup.com/MarketTrends

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The WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Site seeks and promotes health care innovations that can reduce the cost of quality care. Visit the site to learn how the share your innovation.