expensive, dangerous and worthless HEALTH CARE to expensive, dangerous and worth

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Oh, boy!!!!

 

From the people who brought you expensive, dangerous and worthless

HEALTH CARE, ... who will now be bringing you expensive, dangerous and

worthless ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE.

 

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The New Healthcare Consumer: Identifying New Opportunities for

Healthcare Providers and Wellness & Fitness Professionals

 

The transformation to a consumer-centric health marketplace is

creating both new opportunities and new responsibilities for wellness,

fitness and prevention professionals. The National Health, Wellness

and Prevention Congress (NHWPC) will delve into the innovative

initiatives through programming and workshops such as " The New Healthy

Living Consumer - Looking 'Outside the Traditional Health Care Box'

for Health, Wellness and Prevention Solutions. "

 

With rising health care costs and reduced coverage in employee

wellness plans, increasing numbers of consumers are looking for health

and wellness solutions outside of the healthcare system - In fact, for

a growing number of consumers, the healthcare system is last place

they will look for their health and wellness needs. A parallel

consumer-driven wellness industry is experiencing tremendous growth as

a favored alternative to the health care industry - spas, yoga

centers, wellness centers, organic foods, complementary & alternative

therapies (CAM), mind/body approaches to wellness, and holistic

strategies for healthy aging. Will these two parallel industries

continue down separate paths, or will integration occur?

 

The National Health, Wellness & Prevention Congress is co-located with

the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference, which will convene May

8-10, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero, as the

leading national forum for all of the healthcare stakeholder sectors

to participate together by sharing points of view, asking a lot of

questions, finding some answers and maybe disagreeing on some key issues.

 

Don't Miss the Joint Keynote Sessions for NHWPC and CDHCC

 

Tuesday, May 9

 

The Next Generation of Consumer Health Care

 

Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business

Administration, Harvard Business School

 

Why a Consumer Driven Health Care System will Succeed and a Government

Run/Single Payor System Will Fail

 

Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute; Sally Pipes, President

and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Research Institute; Allan

Hubbard, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Director,

National Economy Council (invited)

 

Leading Employers with Different Approaches to Healthcare Management,

Benefits, and Employee Health

 

Susan Chambers, Executive Vice President of Risk Management and

Benefits Administration, Wal-Mart; John T. Kelly, MD, PhD, Chief

Health and Medical Officer, Union Pacific Railroad; Fred Williams, of Benefits and Strategic Alliances, Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 

Moderator: Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute; Co-Chair

 

Wednesday, May 10

 

Turbocharging Consumerism

 

Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH, U.S. Healthcare Thought Leader, Mercer

Health & Benefits, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health;

Francois de Brantes, Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, GE

Corporate Health Care and Medical Services Programs; Officer and, Bridges to Excellence; Reed Tuckson, MD, Senior Vice

President of Consumer Health & Medical Care Advancement, UnitedHealth

Group; John Nelson, MD, Immediate Past President, American Medical

Association; Neil deCrezenzo, Vice President, Healthcare, Perot Systems

 

Moderator: Neil Trautwein, Vice President, Employee Benefit Policy

Counsel, National Retail Federation

 

A Look at Consumer Directed Healthcare: What's Working and What's Not

 

Larry Leisure, Senior Vice President, Kaiser Permanente; Tom Richards,

Senior Vice President Product Development, CIGNA Healthcare; TBD,

Definity/United Health Group; Douglas Kronenberg, Chief Strategy

Officer, Lumenos/Wellpoint

 

Moderator: John Hickman, Partner, Alston & Bird

 

Technologies Empowering Consumer Health Wellness & Prevention

 

Peter Neupert, Vice President Healthcare Strategy, Microsoft; Kevin

Fickenscher, MD, CPE, FACPE, FAAFP, Executive Vice President, Perot

Systems; Herschel Q. " Buzz " Peddicord, III, Chief Executive Officer

and President, Honeywell HomMed, LLC; Mike Mosquito, Senior Vice

President, Technologies and Solutions, McKesson; Paul Smit, Senior

Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Philips Medical

Systems.

 

Moderator: Bill Crounse, MD, Director, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare

and Life Sciences, Microsoft Corporation; Co-Chair

 

Getting to " Niravana " in Consumer-Centric Healthcare: How Do We Get There?

 

Phillip L. Polakoff, MD, MPH, M.ENV.SC, National Practice Leader

Clinical Consulting & Lifetime Health Strategy, Buck Consultants, an

ACS Company; Michael Singer, Managing Director, Revolution (invited);

 

Jonathan Bush, Chief Executive Officer, athenahealth (invited)

 

NHWPC will be co-located with CDHCC, with both taking part in

quality keynote sessions with these speakers:

 

Regina Herzlinger, PhD

Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration

Harvard Business School

 

Newt Gingrich

Founder

Center for Health Transformation

 

Susan Chambers

Executive Vice President Risk Management, Benefits Administration,

Aviation and Travel

Wal-Mart

 

Fred Williams of Benefits and Strategic Alliances

Quest Diagnostics

 

John T. Kelly, MD, PhD

Vice President and Chief Health & Medical Officer

Union Pacific Railroad

 

Esther Dyson

Editor at Large

CNET Networks

(ReadySetRaise! For HealthT)

 

Larry Leisure

Senior Vice President Kaiser Permanente

 

Sally Pipes

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pacific Research Institute

 

John Nelson, MD

Immediate Past President

American Medical Association

 

Neil deCrescenzo

Vice President

Healthcare

Perot Systems

 

Mike Mosquito

Vice President

Technology and Solutions

McKesson

 

Chris McFadden

Managing Director

Goldman Sachs

(ReadySetRaise! For HealthT)

 

Read below for details on ReadySetRaise! for HealthT and other special

Forums and Workshops on May 8th:

 

National Health, Wellness & Prevention Congress tracks:

 

Wellness and Fitness Initiatives

 

Wellness, Fitness, Prevention: Who's Driving the Initiatives

 

" Wellness & Prevention Management: A Serious Business Strategy "

 

Fitness First It's More Than Just Exercise

 

Carrot or the Stick.

 

Wellness and Fitness Initiatives

 

From Local to Global to Grass Roots Initiatives

 

The Voice of the Media-Setting the Priorities or Reporting the News

 

Prevention & Health Promotion

 

Wellness, Fitness, Prevention: Who's Driving the Initiatives

 

" Wellness & Prevention Management: A Serious Business Strategy "

 

Municipality Case Study: King County Design and Implementation of CDHP

& a Wellness Program

 

Connecting With the Consumer - Understanding Consumer Behavior and

Targeting the Right Message

 

Alternative and Complementary Medicine Today

 

Prevention & Health Promotion

 

Wellness Promotion/Prevention: Overcoming Legal Compliance Hurdles

 

The Voice of the Media-Setting the Priorities or Reporting the News

 

National Health, Wellness & Prevention Session Speakers Include:

 

 

John Spencer Ellis

President

National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association &

Spencer Institute for Life Coaching

 

Wendy Borow-Johnson

President

Healthy Living Channel

Senior Vice President

Turner Media Group

 

Bill Crounse, MD

Healthcare Industry Director

Healthcare and Life Sciences

Microsoft Corporation

 

Steven Pratt, MD

Author

SuperFoods Rx

 

George Lundberg, MD, SCD

Editor

WebMD/Medscape General Medicine

 

Helen Burstin, MD, MPH

Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

 

Vicki Rackner, MD

Medical Bridges

 

Joseph Denucci

Chief Operating Officer

Miraval Spa

 

Richard Sangerman

Senior Vice President

Ogilvy

 

D. W. Edington, MD

University of Michigan Health Management Research Center

 

Kelley Connors

Founder

KC Healthcare Communications, LLC

 

 

John T. Kelly, MD, PhD

Vice President and Chief Health & Medical Officer

Union Pacific Railroad

 

Carol Kelly of Office of Policy

Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services

 

Tam McDonald

Chief Executive Officer

Harley Street Direct

 

Bett Lujan Martinez, M.Ed

The Possible Society of California

 

Phillip L. Polakoff, MD, MPH, M.Env.Sc

National Practice Leader

Clinical Consulting & Lifetime Health Strategy

Bucks Consulting, an ACS Company

 

Richard Sheola

President

ValueOptions Public Health Sector

Former Chief Executive Officer

Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

 

Neil Sofian

Chief Executive Officer

The NewSof Group

 

Donna Hill Howes, RN, MS

President

Staywell Productions

Vice President

Corporate Development

MediMedia USA

 

Leslie Lovejoy

Executive Director

Wellness Center and Foundation

Sutter Lakeside Hospital

 

Alan Greene, MD, FAAP

Founder

DrGreene.com

Chief Medical Officer

A.D.A.M.

 

Martin Hatlie

President

Partnership for Patient Safety

 

Hugh Lytle

President

Axia Health Management, LLC

 

Jamie Spriggs

Co-Founder

ConnectYourCare

 

Michael Mayer, PhD

Author

Secrets to Living Younger Longer: The Self-Healing Path of Qigong,

Standing Meditation and Tai Chi

 

Jay Handline

Chief Marketing Officer

Convergence Health

 

Michael Samuelson

Vice President

Health and Wellness Services

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island

 

Howard Weyers

President & Chief Executive Officer

WEYCO

 

David Pickering

President

Preventure/International Fitness Club Network

 

Roger Jahnke, OMD

Chief Executive Officer

Health Action

 

National Health, Wellness & Prevention Workshop Speakers Include:

Darren Hodgdon

Senior Vice President

American Healthways, Inc.

 

Katie Hurley

Principal

Spa Wellness Solution

 

Roger Jahnke, OMD

Chief Executive Officer

Health Action

 

Erik Peper, PhD

Co-Director

Institute of Holistic Healing Studies

San Francisco State University

 

Graham Simpson, MD

Principal

Ageless Zone International

 

James Strohecker

President and Co-Founder

HealthWorld Online

 

Howard Weyers

President & Chief Executive Officer

WEYCO

 

Register Today: click Here for NHWPC

Save on a variety of registrations, including a Combo Pass to attend

not only

 

ALL NHWPC, but also ALL CDHCC events!

 

ReadySetRaise! for HealthT

 

ReadySetRaise! For HealthT is the premier venture conference for

consumer directed healthcare. On May 8th, leading companies from

around the globe will be in San Francisco to present their emerging

businesses. This is the only consumer health care venture conference

in the world and promises to be an eye opening experience.

 

Assembled together, these 20 companies will discuss their target

markets, technologies and efforts to offer customers solutions, tools

and services in the health care field. The audience will include

venture capitalists, corporate strategists, executives, entrepreneurs

and analysts - potential customers, partners and suppliers at the

cutting edge of innovation who want to find new deals and partnerships.

 

This is an excellent opportunity to understand what the new business

models in consumer health care will look like. Learn more about how to

present your business to these leading executives by visiting

www.readysetraise.com.

 

 

For more information about sponsoring ReadySetRaise! For HealthT

 

Karen Barr at 804.266.7422, ext: 7409 or Karen

Neil Hoyt at 804.266.7422, ext: 7402 or Neil

 

 

 

Find out more: visit www.readysetraise.com or call (888) 669-7839 ext 84.

 

For Combined Expo Floor Information Contact:

NHWPC

Neil Hoyt of Sales - NHWPC

804.266.7422 X7402

neil

 

Platinum Sponsors

Platinum Media Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

 

 

Association Sponsors

Organization Sponsors

Media Sponsors

 

 

Contact Information

 

For Marketing Information:

Regina Amos of Marketing

804.266.7422 X7407

regina

 

 

For Sales Information:

Willie Moreno of Operations

804.266.7422 X7408

willie

 

For Operations Information:

Neil Hoyt of Sales - NHWPC

804.266.7422 X7402

neil

 

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