Managed Healthcare Industry Forum
on Emerging Technology Presents:

IT and the Future of Managed Care:
The Next Wave

Monday, March 29, 2010 • New York City

Keynote Speakers
	Meg McCarthy Chief Information Officer Aetna Inc. (View Biography)		Jay Levine Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer BCBS-MN
	Carolyn W. Luther Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer Independence Blue Cross (View Biography)		Stephen Wiggins Chief Information Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
	John Kelly Director of eBusiness Architecture Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (View Biography)		Lisa Caplan Vice President, Business Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente (View Biography)
	John Moore Managing Partner, Chilmark Research (View Biography)		Anne-Marie J. Audet, MD Vice President, Quality Improvement and Efficiency, The Commonwealth Fund (View Biography)

After a five-year hiatus, Corporate Research Group is back with its Managed Healthcare Industry Forum series of conferences on key competitive issues and trends - the first being managed care information technology.

The decision to re-launch the series is a direct result of the challenges facing the managed care industry, according to Carl Mercurio, president of CRG. These include healthcare reform, the erosion of the industry's fully funded membership base, and the shift to low-premium consumer-directed health plans - all of which mean tighter industry margins going forward.

"To survive, health plans must do a much better job of reducing administrative costs and managing care," Mercurio said. "Health information technology will play an increasing role in both, and that's why our first industry forum will cover managed care IT."

We are expecting 150 or so high-level technology executives from leading managed care organizations, benefit consultants, the Wall Street and investment communities, provider organizations, and the pharmaceutical industry.
The goal of the meeting is to showcase managed care organizations at the forefront of information technology innovation and application - and to provide a framework for future industry success.

Top Five Reasons to Attend:

1. Learn the HIT strategies top health plan CIOs are employing to engage consumers, manage populations and facilitate transactional capabilities that yield administrative savings.
2. Find out which health plan e-prescribing and EMR initiatives are yielding results - and why adoption of these promising technologies continues to be painfully slow.
3. Get case studies of population and care management through HIT - including the use of Health 2.0, emerging member engagement techniques, and informatics.
4. Find out where the money is flowing in managed care IT - including how much plans are allocating toward streamlining administration vs. care management through technology.
5. Learn how health plans are increasingly finding common ground with competitors around healthcare information technology - leading to important and successful industry collaborations.

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Corporate Research Group has been serving the healthcare marketplace for 14 years as the industry's leading source for breaking news, strategic intelligence, market research and custom consulting.

CRG products consist of print and electronic newsletters, e-mail updates, annual forecasts, webinars, and the unique Managed Care Access online information service. CRG’s various information products include the The Coming Explosion in Individual Health Insurance,  Managed Healthcare Market Newsletter, HSA Market News, Outlook for Managed Care, and various print and electronic databases and special reports.