Third National Medicare Congress
Press Release: Medicare Congress Features AARP's John Rother and Kaiser Family Foundation's Tricia Neuman on the Role of the Consumer in Medicare
  • The Leading Forum on the Future of Medicare
  • Powered by Avalere Health and sponsored by Health Affairs, Harvard Health Policy Review, Inquiry, Milbank Memorial Fund, Duke Health Sector Management, and FDC Reports
  • October 15 -17, 2006
  • L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC
  • www.MedicareCongress.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.MedicareCongress.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- AUGUST 30, 2006: The Third Annual National Medicare Congress, www.MedicareCongress.com, which will be held at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel on October 15 -17, 2006 in Washington, DC, announced today that it will feature AARP's John Rother and Kaiser Family Foundation's Tricia Neuman on the Role of the consumer in Medicare. The Medicare Congress is powered by Avalere Health and sponsored by Health Affairs, Harvard Health Policy Review, Inquiry, Milbank Memorial Fund, Duke Health Sector Management, and FDC Reports.

Tricia Neuman, ScD
Vice President and Director, Medicare Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC
John Rother, Esq.
Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP, Former Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Washington, DC
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Joseph R. Antos
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
David Beier
Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Amgen, Washington, DC
Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
John Coster, RPh, Ph.D.
Vice President of Policy and Programs, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Washington, DC
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Partner, CCMP Capital, Former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Washington, DC
Michael O. Leavitt (Invited)
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Mark E. Miller, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Former Assistant Director of Health and Human Resources, Congressional Budget Office, Former Deputy Director of Health Plans, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Herb Kuhn
Director, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Ron Pollack
Founding Executive Director, Families USA, Founder and Chair, Health Assistance Partnership, Washington, DC
Julie Rovner
Health Policy Correspondent, National Public Radio, Author, Health Care Politics and Policy A-Z, Special Correspondent, National Journal's Congress Daily, Contributing Editor, Business and Health, Washington, DC
David B. Snow, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ
Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA)
Ranking Democrat, Health Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Kathleen Harrington
Director, Office of External Affairs, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

MEDICARE CONGRESS OVERVIEW:

Medicare is at a critical juncture in its evolution. Market dynamics, policy changes, and public sentiment are likely to shift the Part D landscape. Managed care is on the rise, once again. And, Medicare fee-for-service is being transformed. How will the pharmaceutical and managed care industries respond? How will the patient-physician dynamic change? How will Part D fare in 2007?

Medicare beneficiaries, pharmaceutical companies, managed care organizations (MCOs), pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), state Medicaid programs, healthcare providers, patient advocacy groups, and research organizations will be influential in shaping the future direction of the drug program and broader changes to the Medicare. Join national thought leaders from each of these sectors for the Third National Medicare Congress, where Medicare's expansion, evolution, and future direction will be explored. This three-day interactive forum will take place October 15 - 17, 2006 at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC.

FEATURED TOPICS:
  • Impact of the Drug Benefit on Patient Care
  • Market Based Competition Among Private Plans
  • Medicare Fee for Service Trends
  • Medicare Reimbursement for Part B
  • Dual Eligible and Special Needs Populations
  • Health Information Exchange Initiatives in Medicare
  • The Role of Technology in Improving Quality in Medicare
  • Part D Formularies and Access to Specialty Drugs
  • Policy and Business Operations in Part D: Perspectives from the Hill, State, CMS and Plans
MEDICARE CONGRESS CO CHAIRS:
Robert Atlas, MBA
Senior Vice President, Avalere Health LLC, Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Lewin Group, Washington, DC
John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC
Dan Mendelson
President and Founder, Avalere Health, Former Associate Director for Health, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
Thomas Scully
Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird, Senior Adviser, Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC

FEATURED FACULTY:

Alexis Ahlstrom
Senior Manager, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC

Valerie Barton
Director, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC

Cybele Bjorklund
Staff Director, Subcommittee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC

Jon Blum
Vice President, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC

Christina Boccuti
Senior Analyst, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Washington, DC

Charles Boorady
Managing Director, Citigroup Investment Research, New York, NY

Jennifer Bowman
Director, Avalere Health LLC, Washington DC

John Coster, PhD, RPh
Vice President, Federal and State Programs, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Washington, DC

Laura Cranston, RPh
Executive Director, Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Fairfax Station, VA

Alice Valder Curran
Partner, Hogan and Hartson LLP, Washington, DC

Colette Desmarais
Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee, Washington, DC

Benjamin Edmands
Principal, JP Morgan Partners LLP, New York, NY

Jeff Farkas
Director, Health Policy & Payment, Medtronic, Washington, DC

Nancy Featherstone
Director, Medicare Strategy, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE

James Firman
Chair, Access to Benefits Coalition, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council on the Aging, Washington, DC

William Fleming
Vice President of Pharmacy Management, Humana Inc., Louisville, KY

Elizabeth Fowler
Vice President, Public Policy and External Affairs, Wellpoint, Washington, DC

Jon Glaudemans
Senior Vice President, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC

James B. Grant, MA
PPP QIOSC Project Manager, Florida Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, Tampa, FL

Tom Gustafson
Deputy Director, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Stuart Guterman
Senior Program Director, The Commonwealth Fund, Washington, DC

Daniel Haimowitz, MD, CMD, FACP
American Medical Directors Association, Secretary, Pennsylvania Medical Directors Association, Levittown, PA

Kathleen Harrington
Director, Office of External Affairs, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

Lindy Hinman
Senior Manager, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC

Scott Hughes, RPh
Vice President, MemberHealth, Cleveland, OH

Thomas Hutchinson
Director, Medicare Plan Policy Group, Center for Beneficiary Choices, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Larry Kocot
Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

Shannah Koss
Vice President, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC

Sheila Lambowitz
Division Director, Chronic Care Policy Group, Division of Institutional Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Jenifer Levinson
Vice President, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC

Reed Liggin (Invited)
Director, e-Prescribing Solutions, McKesson Provider Technologies, Apharetta, GA

Ann-Marie Lynch
Executive Vice President, Payment and Health Care Delivery, Advanced Medical Technology Association, (AdvaMed), Washington, DC

Chris Mancill
Director, Health Policy and Payer Relations, Amgen, Washington, DC

Christopher McFadden
Healthcare Analyst, Goldman Sachs, New York, NY

Stephen D. McMillan
Director, Government Reimbursement, AstraZeneca, Washington, DC

Alan Rosenbloom
President, Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, Washington, DC

Susan Sanabria
Vice President, Advocacy, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Washington, DC

Christy Schmidt
Director, Public Policy, American Cancer Society, Washington, DC

Marta Schroeder
Divisional Vice President and General Manager, Public Health Policy, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL

Dexter W. Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Healthways, Nashville, TN

Kirsten Sloan
National Coordinator, Health Issues, AARP, Washington, DC

Tom Snedden
Director, Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Program, Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly, Harrisburg, PA

Steven Svitenko
Director, Reimbursement and Access, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA

Cindy Parks Thomas
Senior Scientist, Brandeis University Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Waltham, MA

Ashley Thompson
Director, Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC

James M. Verdier, JD
Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC

Ann Morgan Vickery
Partner, Hogan and Hartson LLP, Washington, DC

Elizabeth Ward
Assistant Director, Policy and Legislation, Association of Community Affiliated Health Plans, Washington, DC

Tom Williams
Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

Albert Wu
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Bruce Yarwood
President, American Health Care Association, Washington, DC


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