Institute For International Research (IIR) Announces The 6th Annual Medicare Advantage Congress

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Also Included In: Conferences
Article Date: 05 Nov 2008 - 5:00 PDT

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Institute for International Research (IIR) announced the 6th Annual Medicare Advantage Congress (MAC), your original partner on the journey to build and maintain profitability, scheduled to be held from February 9-11, 2009 at the Hilton San Diego Resort in San Diego, CA. The first MAC was in 2003 and held on December 8, the day President George Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act. Fast forward six years, Medicare Advantage has been implemented successfully although not without its challenges. The 6th Annual event focuses on protecting the profitability of your Medicare business. The event delivers the tools needed to improve quality, maximize revenue, ensure compliance, and improve operational efficiency to achieve profitability, broaden your base, and grow your organization's Medicare market share.

Highlights of the event include:

- Ground-breaking strategies to improve quality, maximize revenue, ensure compliance, and improve operational efficiency
- New marketing and retention approaches proven to improve Medicare market share
- Over 30 speakers representing the nation's largest and most progressive Medicare plans
- 3 Customized Educational Tracks for Marketing, Operations and Clinical Management
- 4 In-depth Hands On Workshops on Managing the Chronically Ill, Broker and Agent Management, Marketing and Provider Network Building

Featured and Keynote Speakers include:

- Gregg Bloche, MD, JD, Co-Director of Georgetown-Johns Hopkins Joint Program in Law and Public Health, Professor, Georgetown University
- John Gorman, CEO, Gorman Health Group
- Sid King, MD, Medical Director, Living Well Clinic
- John R. Mach, MD, CEO, Evercare
- Patricia Neuman, ScD, Director, Medicare Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Richard A. Norling, President and CEO, Premier, Inc.
- John Rother, Director, Policy and Strategy, AARP
- Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego, Medical Director, Americhoice
- Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, Executive Director, Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease
- Steve Wiggins, Founder and Former CEO, Oxford Health Plans, Health Market And Health Partners, Managing Director, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures

About the 6th Annual Medicare Advantage Congress

The Institute for International Research's Medicare Advantage Congress is the longest running and most comprehensive event for Medicare Advantage executives bringing together leaders from across the healthcare landscape from Health Plans and CMS to share strategies on all issues related to Medicare Advantage. For more information on the event or to register, visit http://www.medicareadvantagecongress.com or email register@iirusa.com.

About The Institute for International Research

IIR is the world's leading knowledge and skills transfer company with a global network of 47 companies and 112 operating units. Every year, IIR works with 650,000+ business executives providing them with knowledge and skills through training, conferences, seminars, e-Learning, blended solutions, exhibitions, consulting and mentoring. For more information about IIR, please visit http://www.iirusa.com

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Vania Bernardino
Marketing Manager - IIR

The Institute for International Research