Current Healthcare Issues Including Medicare, Costs of Prescription Drugs, Health Savings Accounts, Discussed at the 2005 World Health Care Congress
Posted on: Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 12:00 CST
WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 1,500 healthcare industry leaders will convene at the 2005 World Health Care Congress. Issues to be discussed include Medicare reform, pharmaceutical costs, health savings accounts, solutions for the uninsured, and more.
The World Health Care Congress (WHCC), organized by the World Congress and co-sponsored by The Wall Street Journal and CNBC, will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., January 30 - February 1, 2005. All attendees -- CEOs and senior executives from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as leading government officials -- will have the opportunity to participate in educational sessions, industry updates and open forums addressing important issues facing the healthcare industry today.
Topics to be covered include the following:
* Top 10 Issues in Health Care
* Best Practices to Manage Pharmaceutical Costs Effectively
* Consumer Perceptions of Health Care Quality and Value
* ROI on Pay-for-Performance Programs
* Federal Advances in the Electronic Health Record
* Solutions for Low Income/Medicaid Populations
* Patient Safety
* Standardization in Health Care Quality
* Solutions for the Uninsured-Employer Solutions to Improve Health Care
Access and Quality
In addition, all attendees will be able to attend keynote presentations on subject such as "Financing Medicare-Escalating Forecasts and Viable Solutions,""The Impact of Rising Health Care Costs on the Economy,""The CMS Benchmark for Quality and Accountability," and "Health Care Policy and Legislative Action in 2005."
About the 2005 World Health Care Congress
World Congress is the producer of The World Health Care Congress, the first focused and inclusive conference to determine and implement solutions for an improved U.S. health care system, focusing on the needs of the nation's largest employers.
The World Health Care Congress will convene the major constituencies in health care including: leading health care purchasers, payers, providers, suppliers, analysts and governmental officials. Delegates will determine actionable goals and feasible implementation strategies for a new healthcare model that is based on value, quality and consumer choice. For more information visit http://www.worldcongress.com/.
Sponsors of the World Health Care Congress
Capgemini, the Presenting Sponsor, contributed extensive thought leadership and advanced the importance of technology as a common thread to connect the various industry sectors of health care. Booz Allen Hamilton, the Gold Sponsor, provided important CEO and management consulting perspectives across the program agenda. UnitedHealth Foundation, the Foundation Sponsor, helped drive the importance of their mission to support the health and medical decisions made by physicians, health professionals, community leaders, and individuals that lead to better health outcomes and healthier communities.
CONTACT:
Linda Dickerhoof
703-243-4515
PR@worldcongress.com
World Health Care Congress
CONTACT: Linda Dickerhoof of World Health Care Congress, +1-703-243-4515,PR@worldcongress.com
Web site: http://www.worldcongress.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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