PRESS RELEASE: National Medicaid Congress Call for Presentation Proposals
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.MedicaidCongress.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JANUARY 1, 2009: The Fourth National Medicaid Congress, www.MedicaidCongress.com, May 31 - June 2, 2009 , in Washington, DC announced today a Call for Presentation Proposals. Last year's Congress successfully drew together over 450 attendees, including national media, legislators, industry executives and patient representatives.

SAVE THE DATE AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Fourth National Medicaid Congress promises to be the most important one of all, with a new Administration poised for change but also faced with serious challenges. At a time when there is real potential for a fresh look at Medicaid policies and reforms, the new Obama Administration will have to wrestle with a staggering Federal budget deficit and soaring Medicaid costs. More than ever, the country needs ideas that work, and the National Medicaid Congress will highlight the best models and the best new thinking from the field as well as from Washington.

Please use the link below to submit presentation proposals. The Medicaid Congress staff will be looking for "the best and the brightest" in practical learning sessions from the field geared to:

  • expanding and maintaining access
  • reducing costs
  • improving care management and quality
  • harnessing the power of information technology
  • integrating Mediaid and other programs
  • protecting vulnerable populations
  • experimenting with incentives and disincentives
  • advancng the concept of the Medical Home
  • putting proven research into action.

Speaker/Presentation Proposals for the Medicaid Congress
May Be Submitted Through Our Online Form
- Click Here -


2008 MEDICAID CONGRESS FEATURED
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ON MEDICAID AND HEALTH REFORM
M. Gregg Bloche, JD, MD
Adviser to the Barack Obama Campaign, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Non-Resident Senior Fellow (on leave), The Brookings Institution, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Washington, DC
Katherine Hayes, Esq.
Adviser to the Hillary Clinton Campaign, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc., Former Health Counsel, Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, Former Legislative Assistant, Senator John H. Chafee, Washington, DC
Gail Wilensky, PhD
Adviser to the John McCain Campaign, Senior Fellow, Project HOPE, Former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Washington, DC

2008 CONGRESS CO CHAIRS
Debbie Chang
Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Nemours Division of Health and Prevention Services, Newark, DE
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, General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC

2008 FEATURED FACULTY
Majd Alwan, PhD
Director, Center for Aging Services Technologies, Washington, DC
Deborah Bachrach, Esq.
Medicaid Director and Deputy Commissioner, Office of Health Insurance Programs, Department of Health, State of New York, Albany, NY
Melanie Bella, MBA
Senior Vice President, Center for Health Care Strategies, Hamilton, NJ
Michael Birnbaum
Director of Policy, Medicaid Institute, United Hospital Fund, New York, NY
Jon Blum
Vice President, Medicaid Director, Avalere Health, LLC, Former Professional Staff, Senate Finance Committee, Washington, DC
Philip M. Bonaparte, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Horizon NJ, West Trenton, NJ
Michael F. Cannon, MA, JM
Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute, Coauthor, Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, Washington, DC
Irene Collins
Executive Director, Alabama Department of Senior Services, Montgomery, AL
Rosemarie Day
Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, Boston, MA
Paul J. Diaz
President and Chief Executive Officer, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Louisville, KY
Jay Feldstein, DO
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Keystone Mercy Health Plan, Philadelphia, PA
John G. Folkemer
Deputy Secretary, Health Care Financing, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD
Jim Frogue, MPhil
State Project Director, The Center for Health Transformation, Former Director of the Health and Human Services Task Force, American Legislative Exchange Council, Washington, DC
Laura Galbreath, MPP
Director of Healthcare Reform, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Jocelyn Guyer
Senior Program Director, Center for Children and Families, Senior Researcher, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Jennie Chin Hansen
President, AARP, Senior Fellow, Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco, Washington, DC
Jennie Harvell
Project Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Jack Hoadley, PhD
Research Professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Carolyn Ingram
Director, New Mexico Medicaid, New Mexico Human Services Department, Medical Assistance Division, Santa Fe, NM
Alicia Jacobs
Director, Division of Client Education & Outreach Services, South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services, Columbia, SC
Mary Kennedy
Director of Medicare, Association of Community Affiliated Plans, Former Minnesota Medicaid Director, Washington, DC
Michelle Mickey
Director, Georgia SCHIP, Atlanta, GA
Stefani Pashman
Special Assistant to the Secretary of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Jody Pettit, MD
HIT Coordinator, The Health Record Bank of Oregon, Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research, Salem, OR
Ron Pollack, Esq.
Founding Executive Director, Families USA, Founder and Chair, Health Assistance Partnership, Washington, DC
Michael A. Rashid
Executive Vice President, AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, Philadelphia, PA
Alan G. Rosenbloom
President, The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, Washington, DC
Raymond C. Scheppach, PhD
Executive Director, National Governors Association, Former Deputy Director, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC
Joan Senecal
Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Vermont Agency of Human Services, Waterbury, VT
James G. Sheehan, Esq.
New York State Medicaid Inspector General, Former Associate United States Attorney, US Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Albany, NY
David G. Stevenson, PhD
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Jude Walsh
Special Assistant, Office of Health Policy and Finance, Governor's Office, State of Maine, Augusta, ME
Congressman Henry Waxman (D/CA)
Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce, United Sates House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Kerry Weems
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Tim Westmoreland, Esq.
Professor, Georgetown University Law, Former Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Counsel, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Senator Ron Wyden (D/OR)
United States Senate, Washington, DC
Janice Zalen
Senior Director of Special Programs, American Health Care Association, Washington, DC

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
For further registration information, go to www.MedicaidCongress.com, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:

Medicaid Congress Office
3291 West Wilson Road
Pahrump, NV 89048.

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