Speakers, Sessions, Solutions

Health Care Reform Implementation and
Your Plan’s Operations at AHIP’s Fall Forum

As health care reform implementation moves forward, what are the critical action steps you should be taking now, in the coming months, and the coming years to support your plan's operations? AHIP’s Fall Forum 2010, November 8-10 in Chicago, is your opportunity to take a few days from the office to immerse yourself in educational sessions that will deliver solid solutions to help you guide your organization.

You’ll hear from health care and business leaders in keynote, concurrent, and breakfast sessions, as well as in a pre-conference workshop. Plenty of networking opportunities are built into the program as well as time to learn about some of the most innovative products and services available helping health insurance plans meet the needs of our evolving health care system.

Keynote Sessions Include:

• How Can the Market Control Rising Health Care Costs?
  Dan L. Crippen, Economist, Health Policy Expert; Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
• Strategies for Working Towards Health Insurance Exchange Implementation
  Rosemarie Day, President, Day Health Strategies; Former Deputy Director & COO, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
  Cheryl S. Smith, Director, Leavitt Partners; Former Director of the Utah Health Exchange Office
• Moderator
  Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs; On-Air Health Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• Beyond Health Reform: Strategic Implications for Health Insurers and Employers
  Jeff Goldsmith, President, Health Futures, Inc.; Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia
• Politics Revealed: What do Mid-term Election Results Mean for Health Care?
  Norman J. Ornstein, PhD, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

Some of the Concurrent Sessions Include:

• Exchanges: How Will You Use the New Distribution System?
• Strategic Development: What Makes Your Company Unique?
• B2B Communications: Effectively Working through Change with Your Partners
• Improved Customer Service and Helping Members Understand Reform
• Ensuring Compliance: Keeping Up With the Changing Regulatory Environment
• Market Issues: Looking Forward to 2011 and 2014
• Employer Perspective on Health Care Reform
• Provider Contracting: Designing Contracts that Advance the Value Proposition
• Cost Containment Strategies: Back to the Future
• ACOs Part I: The Political and Regulatory Perspectives
• ACOs Part II: The Practical Issues in ACO Implementation
• Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Engaging Providers in System Improvements
• Administrative Simplification: Technologies to Reduce Complexities
• IT-Enabled Information Sharing: Can Your Systems Connect?
• ICD-10: Navigating the Transition
• Communicating about the ICD-10 Transition

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For more information or to register, visit the conference website.

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