The Medicare Congress announces its call for presentation and speaker proposals. Of particular interest are presentation on the following topics:

• The Roles of CMS and FDA as Purchasers/Regulators
• The Roles of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and PBMs
• The Roles of Health Plans and Providers
• The Ramifications for Employer-Sponsored Retiree Drug Coverage
• The Medicare Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card
• The Drug Reimportation Debate
• The Implications for Pharmaceutical Market Structure and Profitability

Most well received will be proposals relating to sophisticated analysis of particular technical aspects of the new legislation.

Presentation and speaker proposals should be set forth in a brief email. The email should list proposed topic name, a brief description of the topic, proposed speaker(s) name(s), and brief description of speaker qualifications. Proposals will be considered as received.

All proposal should be sent on or before: Friday, December 12, 2003.

Please email presentation and speaker proposals to: PeterGrant@MedicareCongress.com.

Drew E. Altman, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Former Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, New Jersey, Washington, DC

Robert S. Galvin, MD, MBA (Invited)
Director, Global Healthcare, General Electric Company, Founding Member, The Leap Frog Group and Vice Chair, Washington Business Group on Health, Fairfield, CN

John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, Washington, DC

Charles N. ("Chip") Kahn III, MPH
President, Federation of American Hospitals and Former President, Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA), Washington, DC

Mark B. McClellan, MD, Ph.D.
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

Robert D. Reischauer, Ph.D. (Invited)
President, The Urban Institute and Former Director, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC

John Rother
Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP and Former Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Washington, DC

Julie Rovner
Health Policy Reporter, National Public Radio, Special Correspondent, National Journal's Congress Daily and Contributing Editor, Business and Health, Washington, DC

Leonard D. Schaeffer
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wellpoint Health Networks and Former Administrator, Healthcare Financing Administration, Thousand Oaks, CA

Thomas Scully
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

James Sheehan, Esq.
Chief of the Civil Division, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Sidney Taurel (Invited)
President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eli Lilly and Chairman, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Indianapolis, IN

Barrett Toan (Invited)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Express Scripts, Inc., Maryland Heights, MO

CONGRESS TRACKS:

• The Roles of CMS and FDA as Purchasers/Regulators
• The Roles of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and PBMs
• The Roles of Health Plans and Providers
• The Ramifications for Employer-Sponsored Retiree Drug Coverage
• The Medicare Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card
• The Drug Reimportation Debate
• The Implications for Pharmaceutical Market Structure and Profitability

CONGRESS SPONSORS:

• The Milbank Memorial Fund, an endowed national foundation that engages in nonpartisan analysis, study, research and communication on significant issues in health policy, www.Milbank.org.
• Health Affairs, the preeminent journal of the health policy sphere, www.HealthAffairs.org.
• Harvard Health Policy Review, published by Exploring Policy in Health Care at Harvard University, www.HHPR.org.
• HealthLeaders, a leading multi-platform media company dedicated to meeting the business information needs of healthcare executives and professionals, www.HealthLeaders.com.

CONGRESS GRANTORS:







EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For sponsorship and exhibit information review the Promotional Opportunities pages on the Congress website: www.MedicareCongress.com or contact:

Joni Lipson
Exhibit Manager
Phone: 215-599-6626
Fax: 215-545-8107
joni.lipson@rmpinc.com

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

For further registration info, call 800-684-4549, go to the Congress website at www.MedicareCongress.com, email: registration@hcconferences.com, or write:

Medicare Congress Office
7790 Barberry Ave.
Yucca Valley, CA USA 92284

FOR E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGE, ADD OR DELETE REQUESTS:

For changes or additions, please email your request to: webmaster@MedicareCongress.com.

For removal of your e-mail address, please click the link below for "SafeUnsubscribe" to automatically remove your address from the list.