FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 13, 2011

Patrick Golden, Director of Communications, World Congress

World Congress Announces Winter 2012 Educational Event Roster – Presenting Industry Leaders on Strategies to Help Advance Attending Organizations in the New Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. December 13, 2011 – With the amount of changes in the industry planned for 2012, health care organizations are looking for solid strategies, techniques and tools to guarantee success in 2012 and beyond in order to compete and to succeed.

After much in-depth research, World Congress has created several events in early 2012 to provide industry leaders with new and proven practices to ensure success within the ever-changing marketplace. By attending one of these events, attendees like you will benefit from the educational content, the in-depth analysis and the established solutions found by leading organizations.

Featured events in January include:

• The World Congress 8th Annual Executive Forum on Rewarding Healthy Behaviors: The Behavioral Economics Forum on January 24 - 26, 2012 | San Diego, CA
• The World Congress National Forum on the Business of Medicare Advantage on January 24 - 26, 2012 | Washington, DC
• The World Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Hospital Readmissions on January 26 - 27, 2012 | Falls Church, VA
• The World Congress 3rd Annual Predictive Modeling Congress for Health Plans on January 30 - 31, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress 6th Annual Leadership Summit on Advancing the Profitability of Wound Care Centers on January 30 - 31, 2012 | Orlando, FL

Featured events in February include:

• The World Congress 6th Annual Leadership Summit on Health Care Supply Chain Management on January 30 - February 1, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress Executive Forum on Self-Funding and Alternative Models for Health Benefit Financing on February 7 - 8, 2012 | Washington, DC
• The World Congress 7th Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress on February 7 - 9, 2012 | Washington, DC
• The World Congress 5th Annual Executive Forum On-Site Employee Health Clinics on February 21 - 23, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress Leadership Summit on Medical Necessity on February 29, 2012 | Reston , VA
• The World Congress 5th Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid Managed Care on February 28 - March 1, 2012 | Washington, DC

Featured events in March include:

• The World Congress Inaugural New England eHealth Innovation Conference on March 15, 2012 | Boston, MA
• The World Congress Annual Leadership Summit On Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) on March 18 - 20, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress 4th Annual Health Plan Innovation Congress on March 21 - 23, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on Ancillary Products and Voluntary Benefits on March 21 - 23, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress Leadership Summit on Medicare Marketing and Enrollment Strategies on March 21 - 23, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress Leadership Summit on Consumer Engagement on March 21 - 23, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress 9th Annual Leadership Summit on Optimizing the Role of the Physician Advisoron March 22 - 23, 2012 | Orlando, FL
• The World Congress Leadership Summit on the Business Case for Integrating Behavioral Health into Patient-Centered Primary Care and Medical Homes on March 22 - 23, 2012 | Orlando, FL

Click here to view the full 2012 event roster.

Just released for viewing: FEATURED SPEAKER PODCASTS

• Inside Intel's employee "Health for Life" program with Tami Graham, Global Benefits Design Director, Intel Corporation
• Revolutionizing American Health Care using 21st Century Information Technology with Robert Pearl, MD, CEO, The Permanente Medical Group
• Keeping physicians and patients connected with mHealth with Matthew Holt, Co-Chairman, Health 2.0
• Quantify the Impact of Culture-Building and Investments in Worksite Wellness on Bottom-Line Business Results with Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Research Professor and Director, Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
• The Thomson Reuters Workplace Wellness Index: Tracking the effectiveness of employer-sponsored wellness programs with Raymond J. Fabius, MD, CPE, FACPE, Chief Medical Officer, Thomson Reuters
• Collaborating at the local level to promote sustainable wellness with Troy Vincent, President, Live Healthy America

About: World Congress, the leading global provider of health care conferences, forges communities by convening senior executives from all segments of the health care industry. Whether it's our annual flagship event, The World Health Care Congress , its overseas counterpart, World Health Care Congress Europe , or one of our more specialized Congresses and Leadership Summits, we produce the premier industry forums that generate content that matters while fostering connections between attendees that provide the lasting benefits

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For General Questions Regarding Leadership Summits and/or Leadership Summit Conference Inquiries Contact:

Ann McGrath
Director, Leadership Summits
Phone: 781.939.2506
Email: Ann.McGrath@worldcongress.com

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