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NEWLY CONFIRMED!
Phil Bredesen Phil Bredesen
48th Governor
State of Tennessee
Keynote Speakers Include:
Max Baucus United States Senator Max Baucus
Chairman
Senate Finance Committee
David M. Cordani David M. Cordani
President and CEO
CIGNA Corporation
David J. Brailer David J. Brailer, MD, PhD
Founder, Health Evolution Partners;
Former and First National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Todd Park Todd Park
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Joseph Jimenez Joseph Jimenez
Chief Executive Officer
Novartis
John Mackey John Mackey
Chief Executive Officer
Whole Foods Market
George C. Halvorson George C. Halvorson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Permanente;
Board of Directors, AHIP
David Cutler Professor David Cutler
Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University;
Author of Your Money or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Healthcare System
Robert Blendon Robert Blendon, Sc.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Policy Translation and Leadership Development; Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Department of Health and Policy Management
Harvard School of Public Health
William A. Hawkins William A. Hawkins
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Medtronic
Joseph F. Coughlin Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD
Founder and Director
Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab
Robert S. Galvin Robert S. Galvin, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Equity Healthcare, The Blackstone Group;
Former Director, Global Healthcare, GE
Mark T. Bertolini Mark T. Bertolini
Chief Executive Officer and President
Aetna
Jonathan B. Perlin Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI
President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer
HCA, Inc. / Hospital Corporation of America
Mark B. Ganz Mark B. Ganz
President and CEO
Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
Gary Lauer Gary Lauer
Chairman & CEO
eHealth, Inc
Peter Barnes Peter Barnes
Senior Washington Correspondent
FOX Business Network
Susan E. Voss Susan E. Voss
PresidentElect, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Commissioner, Iowa Insurance Division
Richard Afable Richard Afable, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Gail K. Boudreaux Gail K. Boudreaux
Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group;
President, UnitedHealthcare
Paul Speranza Paul Speranza, JD, LL.M.
Vice Chairman, General Counsel, and Secretary, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.;
Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Charles W. Sorenson Charles W. Sorenson, Jr, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Intermountain Health Care
David Lansky David Lansky, PhD
President & Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Business Group on Health
Delos  (Toby) Cosgrove Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Uwe Reinhardt Uwe Reinhardt, PhD
Professor of Economics & Public Affairs
Princeton University
Chester Burrell Chester Burrell
President and CEO
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Christine Cassel Christine Cassel, M.D.
President and CEO
American Board of Internal Medicine
Scott Armstrong Scott Armstrong
President and Chief Executive Officer
Group Health Cooperative
Zoë Baird Zoë Baird
President
Markle Foundation
Harvey V. Fineberg Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD
President,
Institute of Medicine
Francis S. Collins Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
Director
National Institutes of Health
Emad Rizk President, McKesson Health Solutions;
Author of The New Era of Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Providers and Payers;
2009's Top 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare (Modern Healthcare) and 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives (Modern Physician)
Troyen Brennan Troyen Brennan, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark Corporation ;
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Aetna
 
PLUS! Featured Confirmed Media:
Elizabeth Cohen Elizabeth Cohen
Senior Medical Correspondent 
CNN
Susan Dentzer Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief
Health Affairs
Julie Rovner Julie Rovner
Correspondent, Health Policy, Science Desk
NPR
Peter Barnes Peter Barnes
Senior Washington Correspondent
FOX Business Network

Top reasons to attend!

Achieve Your Goals at the 8th Annual WHCC!

  1. The Next Stages of Health Reform—Through 13 keynote sessions, 10 executive summits, 10 emerging trend forums, 10 innovation and market insight series - WHCC features multi-perspective, high-level panel discussions that deliver expert opinions on the necessities to drive efficiency and quality in care—and the possibility of dismantling health reform
  2. Cross-Industry Collaboration!—WHCC is the ONLY event that breaks the industry silos and convenes ALL sectors of health care—over 1,800 executives from the Nation’s largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plan and payers, pharmaceutical, government, academia under one umbrella for the common goal of reshaping care delivery
  3. Unparalleled Education — Take action and learn actionable and tangible strategies from best-in class organizations that help improve your business performance and ROI
  4. Gather insights during dynamic, high-level panel discussions featuring leaders including Senator Baucus, Boudreaux of United, Cosgrove of Cleveland Clinic, Mackey of Whole Foods, and Sorenson of Intermountain, who deliver expert opinions on the future of health care
  5. Lessons learned to launch an ACO from Premier, Brookings Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Billings Clinic, and Advocate - plus innovative delivery models from Cleveland Clinic, Scott & White,Marshfield Clinic and Atrius Health
  6. Develop benefit design strategies that measurably improve health status from case studies by: Whole Foods Market, Pitney Bowes, American Express, Unilever, Target, Dow Chemical, Wegmans Food Market, State of Maine, State of Vermont and Tennessee Department of Health
  7. Learn how Todd Park CTO of DHHS is driving OpenGov and data liberation, how CIOs from Humana and Aetna are leveraging health IT to develop a consumer-focused business and how UPMC is realizing virtualized health systems through connected health solutions
  8. Featuring the 2nd Annual World Health Innovation Summit! — Explore extremely affordable, sustainable health innovations from developing countries that can be applied in the U.S. and developed markets
  9. Featuring New Strategy Curriculums — Over 16 hours of unparalleled case studies and presentations on Accountable Care Organizations, State Health Policy Issues, Strategies for Prevention, Wellness and Health Promotion and Next Generation Health IT and mHealth
  10. PLUS- EXPANDED NETWORKING! Over 14 hours of dedicated networking! An unrivaled opportunity to walk away with tangible strategies and make new contacts and network with health care’s most senior business and government leaders to generate new business and share best practices – WHCC’s Executive Network Lounge features book signings, keynote speaker “meet-and-greets”, industry and topical specific roundtable discussions, innovation showcases, luncheons, gala receptions and NEW in 2011! – We want to hear from you! Featuring interviews with WHCC Delegates featuring industry insights on the necessities to drive health reform!

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Ron Trznadel
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Phone: 781-939-2432
Email: Ron.Trznadel@worldcongress.com

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