PRESS RELEASE:
Consumer Centric Healthcare: Beyond Plan Design to Health Management That Embraces Wellness, Prevention & Fitness PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Regina Amos
Phone: 804.266.7422 X7407
Email: regina@cdhcc.com
Websites: www.cdhcc.com, www.nhwpc.com
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SAN FRANCISCO CA USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- FEBRUARY 20, 2006: The Consumer Directed Health Care Conference & Expo (CDHCC) and the co-located National Health Wellness & Prevention Congress (NHWPC) is the leading national forum for all of the healthcare stakeholder sectors to participate together by sharing points of view, asking a lot of questions, finding some answers and perhaps disagreeing on several key issues. This is the time to network with the thought leaders who will be attending and speaking at the conferences; it is time that everyone is heard.

The Consumer Directed Health Care Conference is co-located with the National Health Wellness and Prevention Congress (NHWPC), which will convene May 8-10, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero because there can be no real healthcare cost reductions without healthy consumers. This is your opportunity to assess how new healthcare delivery offerings, new marketing strategies and new technologies are transforming the healthcare marketplace.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
  • Newt Gingrich, Founder, Center for Health Transformation
  • John T. Kelly, MD, PhD, Chief Health and Medical Officer, Union Pacific Railroad
  • Susan Chambers, Executive Vice President Risk Management, Benefits Administration, Aviation and Travel, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
  • Reed Tuckson, MD, Senior Vice President Consumer Health and Medical Care Advancement, United Health Group
  • Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH, U.S. Healthcare Thought Leader, Mercer Health & Benefits; Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health
  • Neil deCrescenzo, Vice President, IBM Global Healthcare
  • Howard Weyers, President and Chief Executive Officer, WEYCO
  • Francois de Brantes, Program Leader of Health Care Initiatives, GE Corporate Health Care and Medical Services Program; Officer and Director, Bridges to Excellence
Tuesday, May 9th:
Keynote Session
    Getting Involved & Doing Things Differently from Travel to Entertainment to Healthcare
      Sir Richard Branson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Group, Ltd. (Invited)

    Why a Consumer Driven Health Care System will Succeed and a Government Run/Single Payor System Will Fail
      Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute; Sally Pipes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Research Institute.

    Leading Employers with Different Approaches to Healthcare Management, Benefits, and Employee Health
      Susan Chambers, Executive Vice President of Risk Management and Benefits Administration, Wal-Mart; John T. Kelly, MD, PhD, Chief Health and Medical Officer, Union Pacific Railroad; Marianne E. De Fazio, Director of Global Health Benefits, IBM (invited). Moderator: Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute; Co-Chair.
Wednesday, May 10th :
Keynote Session
    Turbocharging Consumerism
      Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH, U.S. Healthcare Thought Leader, Mercer Health & Benefits, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health; Francois de Brantes, Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, GE Corporate Health Care and Medical Services Programs; Officer and Director, Bridges to Excellence; Reed Tuckson, MD, Senior Vice President of Consumer Health & Medical Care Advancement, UnitedHealth Group; John Nelson, MD, Immediate Past President, American Medical Association. Moderator: Neil Trautwein, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources Policy, National Association of Manufacturers

    A Look at Consumer Directed Healthcare: What's Working and What's Not
      Robin Downey, Vice President and Head of Product Development, Aetna (Invited); Tom Richards, Senior Vice President Product Development, CIGNA Healthcare; Beth Bierbower, Vice President of Product Innovation, Humana; John Watts, Executive Vice President and CEO National Accounts, Wellpoint/Anthem (Invited); Kyle Rolfing, President, Definity/United Health Group; Larry Leisure, Senior Vice President, Kaiser Permanente (Invited). Moderator: John Hickman, Partner, Alston & Bird

    Technologies Empowering Consumer Health Wellness & Prevention
      Peter Newpert, Vice President Healthcare Strategy, Microsoft; Neil deCrescenzo, Vice President, IBM Global Healthcare; Herschel Q. "Buzz" Peddicord, III, Chief Executive Officer and President, Honeywell HomMed, LLC; Doug Bush, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Digital Health Group, Intel (invited). Moderator: Bill Crounse, MD, Director, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Microsoft; Co-Chair

    Consumer Directed Initiatives from The Center for Medicare and Medicaid, The Food & Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Now and In the Future
      Andrew Von Eshenbach, MD, Acting Commissioner, FDA (invited); Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Disease Control; Helen Burstin, MD, Director of the Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnership, AHRQ (invited). Co-Moderators: Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute and Wendy Borow-Johnson, President, Healthy Living Channel
Check www.cdhcc.com or www.nhwpc.com for details and to register.
You can save on a variety of registrations, including a Combo Pass to attend ALL CDHCC and NHWPC events.

Pre-Conference Workshops:
Consumer/Employee Healthcare Options - Education and tools empowering the consumer/employee with their health care options
  • What's It All About, Alfie? - Overview of why consumer driven health care is happening and what the alternatives are. Why has consumerism worked in every other sector of the economy and not in health care? - Regina Herzlinger, PhD (invited)
  • Show Me The Money! - Financing health care, choosing an insurance program, managing an HSA
  • Choosing an insurance program - What to look for in finding an insurance program - Greg Westcott, WestMSA; Dick Matthews, Desjardin, Matthews; Bob Hurley, eHealthInsurance
  • Managing an HSA - Bill West, MD, First HSA; Cora Tellez, Sterling HSA; Amit Gupta, MD, CareGain
  • Whadya Know? - Now that you've got the money, how do you learn about health care services? - Phil Micali, bWell International; Jeremy Synder, MedTerra; Toby Rogers, Rxaminer; Jamie Spriggs, ConnectYourCare
  • What's Up, Doc? - The new era of service delivery - Tom Lagrelius, MD, Concierge Practice; Robert Berry, MD, Cash-Only Practice (invited); Alieta Eck, MD, Zaraphath Medical Clinic (invited); Jamie Harris, MedCath Cardiac Care (invited)
CDHP/HSA Workshops
  • 1.01/2.01 - The basics of what you need to know about Consumer Directed Health Plans and Healthcare Savings Accounts
  • 4.01/5.01 - Intermediate to Advanced Presentations on Consumer Directed Health Plans and Healthcare Savings Accounts Chaired by: Karen Kirkpatrick, Infinisource/National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU)
Medicaid/Medicare Workshops for State & Local Health Care Administrators
  • Discussion of 4 Generation C-C Medicaid Transformation - A Vision for a 21st Century Medicaid System - Newt Gingrich, Center for Health Transformation; Ron Bachman, Healthcare Visions, Inc.; Jim Frogue, Center for Health Transformation
  • Existing State Initiatives Towards Consumer-Centric Medicaid
  • Developing Multi-State Initiatives Toward Consumer-Centric Medicaid - Kelly McCutcheon, George Public Policy Foundation; John Goodman, PhD, National Center for Policy Analysis
  • Medicaid Special Needs Population Under Consumer-Centric Medicaid - Russ Newman, American Psychological Association; Russ Fendley, ValueOptions; Cynthia Wainscott, National Mental Health Association (invited)
  • Federal Support for Consumer-Centric Medicaid
  • Political and Other Barriers to Consumer-Centric Medicaid - Michael T. Bond, PhD, Cleveland State University; Richard Sheola, ValueOptions; Larry Goldman, DMD, ValuOptions
  • Next Steps and Possibilities for Consumer-Centric Medicaid
The New Healthy Living Consumer - "Outside the Traditional Health Box" for Health Wellness & Prevention Solutions
  • Self-Responsibility, Self-Care & Self-Regulation - Mind-Body Health Strategies in the Wellness Revolution - Erik Peper, PhD, Institute of Holistic Healing Studies, San Francisco State University
  • Fast-Forward to the Future - How the Spa Culture is Transforming the Healthcare Landscape - Katie Hurley, Spa Wellness Solutions
  • An Integrative Approach to Optimal Health & Longevity - A New Integral Model - Graham Simpson, MD, Ageless Zone International
  • Future of Complementary/Alternative Medicine - A Consumer-Direct Market or Integrated Component of our Healthcare System - Roger Jahnke, Health Action; Panelists: James Strohecker, HealthWorld Online; Erik Peper, Institute of Holistic Healing Studies, San Francisco State University; Katie Hurley, Spa Wellness Solutions; Graham Simpson, MD, Ageless Zone International
Managing Total Healthcare for the Company and the Employees
    Discussions lead by: Howard Weyers, WEYCO; Darren Hodgdon, American Healthways; John Harris, Harris Health Trends
    • Improving the Health Status of Employees and Families Through Worksite Programs
    • Methods of Getting a High Percentage of Employees & Spouses in Worksite Programs
    Personal Evaluations, Physical Evaluations, Preventive Care and Disease (Care) Management
Tuesday, May 9th:
Community Focus Track Sessions will include:
    CDHCC
    The Employer Community Track
    • Leading Employer Healthcare Practices - Beyond Healthcare Design for Better Employee Health & Greater Company Productivity & Profitability
    • Case-Study: Providing a Total Integrated Consumer Directed Plan
    • Small to Mid-Size Employers Implementing CDHPs With Wellness & Prevention Programs
    • Adapting Your CDHP Program to the Cultural Context of Your Organization- Microsoft CDHP Experience)

    The Health Plan, Broker, & Agent Community Track
    • Financial Incentive, Quality Improvements and Measurable Efficiencies for Payors, Providers & Consumers
    • Unraveling the Money Flows: Dollars and Cents, Retail Style: Moving from Business to Business Complexity to the Simplicity of a Nordstrom Style Payment System
    • From CDH Plans to True Consumerism
    • The Convergence of Healthcare and Financial Services: Where is this headed?
    • Virgin Tackles Healthy Lifestyles - Humana Partners with Virgin Life Care: A Health Rewards Program that Engages Employees To Take Control of Their Health Through Healthy Living and Having Fun!

    Quality Improvement and Measurable Efficiencies for Providers and Payors
    • Financial Incentive, Quality Improvements and Measurable Efficiencies for Payors, Providers & Consumers
    • Unraveling the Money Flows: Dollars and Cents, Retail Style: Moving from Business to Business Complexity to the Simplicity of a Nordstrom Style Payment System
    • What Do Workers Think About Health Care?
    • The Role of Financial Incentives and Quality Improvement
    • The Search for a "Good Housekeeping" Seal of Approval: Who Will Emerge as the Final Arbiter?

    NHWPC
    Wellness and Fitness Initiatives
    • Wellness, Fitness, Prevention: Who's Driving the Initiatives
    • "Wellness & Prevention Management: A Serious Business Strategy"
    • Fitness First It's More Than Just Exercise
    • Carrot or the Stick...

    Prevention & Health Promotion
    • Wellness, Fitness, Prevention: Who's Driving the Initiatives
    • "Wellness & Prevention Management: A Serious Business Strategy"
    • Municipality Case Study: King County Design and Implementation of CDHP & a Wellness Program
    • Connecting With the Consumer - Understanding Consumer Behavior and Targeting the Right Message
    • Alternative and Complementary Medicine Today ...

    CDHCC/NHWPC
    Technologies Enabling the Consumer/Employee
    • Emerging Technologies: Enhancing the Quality of Life
    • Technology at the Point of Need
    • The Convergence of Healthcare and Financial Services: Where Are We Headed?
    • Medical Technologies Moving from the Hospital into the Home

    Healthcare Direct to Consumer/Retailization
    • Healthcare Consumer Demands and Preferences. The Latest Research
    • Marketing Experts Share Their Strategies for the Changing Behavior and Patters of Consumers
    • Mobile Technology: Changing the Focus of Healthcare from Reactive Care to Intervention Care and the Financial Benefits to Society and Patients
    • The Changing Face of the Consumer/Provider
    • Just Who is Bringing Health Products to Your Door?
Wednesday, May 10th:
Community Focus Track Sessions will include:
    CDHCC
    The Employer Community Track
    • The CDHP Selection: Three Plan Providers Develop and Present CDHP Proposals to HR Execs at "XYZ Corp"
    • Case-Study: A Service Company with Their Broker Develop a Comprehensive CDHP Strategy, Implement and Report the Early Results

    The Health Plan, Broker, & Agent Community Track
    • The CDHP Selection: Three Plan Providers Develop and Present CDHP Proposals to HR Execs at "XYZ Corp"
    • Navigating and Accessing Information within the Health System

    Quality Improvement and Measurable Efficiencies for Providers and Payors
    • Lessons Learned from California's Pay for Performance Experiment
    • Evaluating Quality Improvement & Financial Incentive Results

    CDHCC
    Wellness and Fitness Initiatives
    • From Local to Global to Grass Roots Initiatives
    • The Voice of the Media-Setting the Priorities or Reporting the News

    Prevention & Health Promotion
    • Wellness Promotion/Prevention: Overcoming Legal Compliance Hurdles
    • The Voice of the Media-Setting the Priorities or Reporting the News

    CDHCC/NHWPC
    Technologies Enabling the Consumer/Employee
    • New Technologies Enhancing the Payer/Consumer Strategies
    • Data, Date Everywhere - Accessing Focused Information for Patients and Physicians

    Healthcare Direct to Consumer/Retailization
    • Convenient Care: Retailers Providing Healthcare Services
    • Getting the Goods to Consumers: Smarter & Swifter Ways to Get Devices and Services to the Masses
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Check www.cdhcc.com or www.nhwpc.com for details and to register. You can save on a variety of registrations, including a Combo Pass to attend ALL CDHCC and NHWPC events.

SPONSORS:
Platinum Sponsors:
ValueOptions
 Platinum Media Sponsors:
Fortune

Corporate Sponsors:
Great-West Healthcare
Medco
TriZetto
Alston + Bird
American Healthways
WEYCO
Axia
JP Morgan Chase
Teladoc
Exante Financial Services
Media Sponsors:
Coalition America
Health Care News
Health World Online
Healthy Living Channel
AIS
Consumer Driven Health Care
Benefits & Compensation Solutions
CDHC Solutions

Organization Sponsor:
Galen Institute
Consumers for Health Care Choices
Center for Health Transformation
Association Sponsors:
eHealth Initiative
National Association of Health Underwriters
NAFE
Council for Affordable Health Insurance
Pacific Research Institute
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For Marketing Information:
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 For Operations Information:
Regina Amos
Director of Marketing
804.266.7422 X7407
regina@nhwpc.com 		Neil Hoyt
Director of Sales - NHWPC
804.266.7422 X7402
neil@nhwpc.com 		Karen Barr
Director of Sales - CDHCC
804.266.7422 X7409
karen@cdhcc.com 		Willie Moreno
Director of Operations
804.266.7422 X7408
willie@nhwpc.com