Medical Device Regulatory and Compliance Congress Addresses Major Medical Device Manufacturer Risk Management Concerns

PRESS RELEASE:
Medical Device Regulatory and Compliance Congress Addresses Major Medical Device Manufacturer Risk Management Concerns

Benchmarking Your Firm's Practices in Risk Management, Quality Systems, Fraud and Abuse, and Reimbursement

Classes Held in Harvard University's Annenberg Hall and Harvard Faculty Club

Congress Hotels Sold Out: Overflow Hotels: The Charles Hotel and Sheraton Commander Hotel

March 29 - 31, 2006

www.DeviceCongress.com

PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.DeviceCongress.com

CAMBRIDGE, MA USA -- PHARMA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE -- FEBRUARY 27 2006: The First Annual Medical Device Regulatory and Compliance Congress (Device Congress), www.DeviceCongress.com, will be held on the campus of Harvard University March 29 - 31, 2006.

REGISTRATIONS FOR THE DEVICE CONGRESS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED.

THE MEDICAL DEVICE CONGRESS HOTEL IS SOLD OUT. THE CONGRESS HAS ARRANGED FOR OVERFLOW HOTELS.

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Arthur Miller, Esq.
Bruce Bromley Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA

"It is my pleasure to welcome attendees of the Medical Device Congress to the campus of Harvard University. I hope that you will take advantage of this unique experience to study key Medical Device Regulatory and Compliance issues."

Special Preconference Sessions:

Managing Risk By Getting to the Root Cause for Effective CAPA

How to Explain Device Reimbursement to Your CEO

Congress Tracks:

Quality: Best Practices in Using Metrics to Measure and Improve Quality

Quality: Best Practices in Using Risk Management to Improve Your Quality System

Reimbursement - Best Practices in Medicare Coverage, Coding, and Payment

Off-Label Promotion: Managing Risk in Off- Label Promotion When Promoting New Products

Fraud and Abuse Issues for Medical Device Manufacturers

Keynote Speakers:

John T. Bentivoglio, Esq. Partner, King & Spalding, Former Special Counsel for Healthcare Fraud and Chief Privacy Officer, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Scott Gottlieb, MD Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Carol Kelly Director of the Office of Policy, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Michael K. Loucks, Esq. First Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Jim Sheehan, Esq. Assistant US Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Nancy Singer, Esq. President, Compliance-Alliance, Former Special Counsel, AdvaMed, Founder, AdvaMed Medical Technology Learning Institute, Arlington, VA
Stephen J. Ubl President and Chief Executive Officer, AdvaMed, Washington, DC
Tim Ulatowski Director of Compliance, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC

Congress Co Chairs:

George M. Burditt, Esq., Of Counsel, Drug and Device Law Group, Bell Boyd and Lloyd, Chicago, IL

Peter Claude, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Florham Park, NJ

Richard DeRisio, Vice President, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, TX

Ron Geigle, Partner, Polidais LLC, Arlington, VA

Robert J. Klepinski, Esq., Of Counsel, Fredrikson & Byron , Former Senior Regulatory Counsel, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN

Kathleen Lundberg, Chief Compliance Officer, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, MN

Stephanie Mensh, Former Vice President, Payment and Policy, AdvaMed, Falls Church, VA

Susan Morris
Vice President, Reimbursement Policy and Compliance, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, TX

Robin Strongin, Partner, Polidais, Arlington, VA

Featured Faculty:

Frances Akelewicz
Founder and President, Practical Solution, LLC, Yardley, PA

Paul E. Berger, Publisher, www.StrokeSurvivor.com, Merrifield, VA

Willie R. Bryant, Jr. (Invited), NNC Group, Former Senior Recall Officer, Food and Drug Administration, Middletown, MD

Barbara Calvert, Director, Medical Products Reimbursement, Abbott Diagnostics, Washington, DC

Sharon Canner, Vice President, Government Affairs, eHealth Initiative, Washington, DC Rosemarie Sweeney, Vice President, Socioeconomic Affairs and Policy Analysis, American Academy of Family Physicians, Shawnee Mission, KS

M. Weston Chapman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Medical Metrx Solutions, West Lebanon, NH

Norman L. Collazo, Worldwide Director, QA, Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL

Donald P. Conway, MD, MBA, Director, Healthcare Initiatives, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

Gregory de Lissovoy, Ph.D., Vice President and Senior Research Scientist, The MEDTAP Institute, United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD

William T. Fitzgerald, Esq., Director, Global Compliance, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, TX

Bonnie Handke, RN, Senior Reimbursement Manager, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

Sue Jacobs, Principal Consultant, QMS Consultants, Former Manager of Quality Assurance for Siemens Nuclear Medical Group, Hoffman Estates, IL

Georgia Layloff, Consultant (Former FDA Investigator), Granite City, IL

Nan Matthews, President, The Matthews Group, Littleton, CO

Rita C. McIntyre, RN, RAC, Manager, Customer Quality, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Raritan, NJ

Aabed Meer, Co-President, Harvard College Health Policy Society, Managing Editor, Harvard Health Policy Review, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Stephanie Mensh, Former Vice President, Payment and Policy, AdvaMed, Falls Church, VA

Michael Mentesana, Director, Pharmaceutical Business Operations, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, NY

Ron Milhorn, Former Senior Policy Analyst with Coverage and Analysis Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Managing Partner, Ron Milhorn, LLC, Finksburg, MD

Arthur Miller, Esq., Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Donald W. Moran, Founder and President, The Moran Company, Arlington, VA

Susan Morris, Vice President, Reimbursement Policy and Compliance, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, TX

Judith E. O'Grady, RN, MSN, Senior Vice President, Regulatory, Quality and Clinical Affairs, Integra Lifesciences, Plainsboro, NJ

Steve Ojala, Ph.D., Global Director, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN

Daniel Olivier, President, Certified Software Solutions, Inc., Expert Witness for FDA, San Diego, CA

Parashar Patel, Vice President For Reimbursement and Outcome Planning, Boston Scientific, Natick, MA

Randel Richner, Vice President, Government Affairs and Reimbursement and Outcomes Planning, Boston Scientific, Natick, MA

Brian Riewerts, Senior Partner, Global Pharmaceutical Advisory Services Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Baltimore, MD

Noemi Romero-Kondos, Lead Process Manager, Global Complaint Management, Hospira, Lake Forest, IL

Michael J. Ruggiero, Esq., King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC

Richard A. Samp, Esq., Chief Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC

Catherine A. Sazdanoff, Divisional VP, Ethics & Compliance, Abbott Laboratories Javad Seyedzadeh, Senior Vice President, QA/RA, Bayer Healthcare, Tarrytown, NY

Stephen Terman, Esq. Partner Olsson Frank and Weeda, Washington, DC

Tom Weaver, Quality and Operations Improvement Consultant, Weaver Consulting, Former Vice President, Quality Management, Baxter Healthcare, Chicago, IL

Greg White, Director of Health Policy, Johnson and Johnson, Washington, DC

SPONSORED BY:

GOLD GRANTORS:	SILVER GRANTORS

CONGRESS EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, or at joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Device Congress Office
7790 Barberry Ave.
Yucca Valley CA USA 92284