World Congress Presents The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 21-23, Washington, D.C.

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Article Date: 13 Feb 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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World Congress, the leading global producer of health care conferences, will convene 2,000 senior-level health care leaders from business, government and academia for the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 21-23 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington. D.C.

Featuring a growing roster of 250 executive-level speakers from all sectors of health care, The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The conference convenes more than 2,000 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical, biotech companies, and leading government agencies.

2008 program highlights include

- The Presidential Healthcare Agenda
- Chronic Care Management for co-morbidities
- Convergence of Health IT
- Challenges for biologics/specialty and pharma
- CMS Focus on value-based purchasing for hospitals and physicians and new quality reporting requirements
- Employer strategies for wellness/health promotion and value-based benefit design
- Transparency of quality and cost
- Emerging trends: Growth in medical travel, venture capital investments, retail care and new technology entrants' impact on health care information

Key speakers include

- Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office
- Thomas M. Ryan, Chairman and CEO, CVS Caremark
- Steven Burd, Chairman, President and CEO, Safeway Inc.
- Michael Howe, CEO, MinuteClinic
- Denis Cortese, MD, President and CEO, MinuteClinic
- James Hagedorn, Chairman and CEO, Scotts Miracle-Cro, Company
- Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
- Clayton Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
- Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Jack Lord, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, Humana, Inc.

For more information on the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, the program agenda and networking opportunities, please visit http://www.whcc2008.com.

About World Congress

World Congress, a global leader in healthcare educational conferences, delivers timely information, value and opportunity to our executive delegation of senior executives from all segments of the health care industry. Our events promote practical, actionable and strategic solutions that address challenges to escalating healthcare costs, improvements in quality, new models of finance and innovations in the delivery infrastructure.

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