WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- FEBRUARY 1, 2006: The National Consumer Driven Healthcare Summit, www.ConsumerDrivenSummit.com, will take place September 13 - 15, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

The Consumer Driven Summit provides the leading forum on the impact and implication of Consumer Choice for providers, pharmaceutical companies, health plans, employers and other professionals involved with consumer driven care. The Summit provides nationally renowned keynote speakers, plus concurrent sessions organized into conference tracks including A) Strategies for Providers; B) Strategies for Pharmaceutical, Device and Biotechnology Enterprises; C) Strategies for Health Plans and Employers; D) The Role of Financial Institutions in HSAs, HRAs and FSAs; E) The Role of Health Information Technology; F) Legal issues; and G) Case Studies.

Presentations during the summit will provide the most current market information and solutions regarding: benchmarking data; decision support tools; price transparency; provider contracting issues; product offerings; legal, technical and operational issues and challenges; account integration and administration; communication strategies, marketplace trends; prescription benefit strategies and issues; consumer driven quality initiatives; open enrollment challenges; regulatory and public policy issues; marketplace trends, estimates and projections; and much more.

The Summit also provides the ideal networking opportunity for professionals throughout all industry sectors to interact, develop future relationships and meet key contacts.

SUMMIT TRACKS:

• Consumer Driven Healthcare Strategies for Providers
• Consumer Driven Healthcare Strategies for Pharmaceutical, Device and Biotechnology Enterprises
• Consumer Driven Healthcare Strategies for Plans and Employers
• The Role of Financial Institutions, Including Banks, Credit Unions and Money Management Firms, in HSAs
• The Role of Health Information Technology in Consumer Driven Healthcare
• Consumer Driven Healthcare and HSA Legal issues
• Case Studies in Consumer Driven Healthcare

CONSUMER DRIVEN SUMMIT CO CHAIRS:

Beth Bierbower Vice President Product Design and Development Humana Louisville, KY
William Boyles Editor & Publisher Consumer Driven Market Report Washington, DC
John Iglehart Founding Editor, Health Affairs National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine Washington, DC
Doug Kronenberg Chief Strategy Officer Lumenos, a WellPoint Company Alexandria, VA
Greg Scandlen President and Founder Consumers for Health Care Choices Hagerstown, MD
Michael Showalter Vice President, Consumerism, Cigna Hartford, CT
Maureen E. Sullivan Senior Vice President, Strategic Services Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Chicago, IL

FEATURED FACULTY:

Kim Bellard Vice President, eMarketing & CRM, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield James Dean, CDH Co-lead, Insurance, BearingPoint William DeMarco President, DeMarco and Associates Marc J. Dettmann CEO, Univ of VA Health Services Foundation Alexander C. Domaszewicz Senior Consultant, Mercer Health and Benefits Bridget Eber, PharmD Senior Consultant, Health and Welfare Practice, Towers Perrin Anne Elmlinger Assistant Vice President, Greenwald & Associates Paul Fronstin Senior Research Associate, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Jon Gabel Vice President, Health Systems Studies, Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) Ashley Gillihan Partner, Alston & Bird LLP John Goodman President, National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) Mathew Greenwald President, Greenwald & Associates David Hammer Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions , McKesson Provider Technologies Michael Howe President, Minute Clinic Cheryl Risley Hughes Principal, Sanders, Schnabel & Brandenburg, P.C. Paul Hughes-Cromwick Senior Analyst, Altarum Institute James G. Hutton, Ph.D. Author of "The Feel-Good Society" Ann Mond Johnson President, Subimo Timothy Jost Robert Willett Professor, Washington and Lee University - School of Law

Daniel Kelly U.S. Bancorp Don Kemper Chairman and CEO, Healthwise Greg Kline Senior Research Associate, Greenwald & Associates Vince Kuraitis Principal, Better Health Technologies JoAnn Laing President, Information Strategies, Inc, parent company of HSAfinder.com John Lovett, JD Principal, Preferred Health Strategies Peter Miller, CEO Take Care Health Systems John Mills Director of Product Development, HIP Health Plan of New York David Randall Executive Director, Consumer Driven Health Care Institute Jerry L. Ripperger Director - Consumer Health, The Principal Thomas M. Robertson VP, Business Strategies & Tactics, University HealthSystem Consortium Charles Roehrig Vice President , Altarum Institute Jim Sizemore SVP and CIO, Information Technology, Inc., A Fiserv Company Kismet Toksu Senior Consultant, Reden & Anders Dennis Triplett President, UMB Healthcare Services Kirsten Trusko Co-lead CDH, Banking, BearingPoint Grace-Marie Turner President, Galen Institute Mike Vittoria Director of Human Resources, Bacou-Dalloz USA, Inc. Lincoln Weed Principal, Sanders, Schnabel & Brandenburg, P.C.

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SUMMIT EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For sponsorship and exhibit information go to www.consumerdrivensummit.com/promotional/index.html or contact:

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

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Register online at www.consumerdrivensummit.com/registration.html, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:

Consumer Driven Healthcare Summit Office
7790 Barberry Ave.
Yucca Valley, CA USA 92284