With 50.2 million people eligible for Medicare as of August 2012 and an estimated 3.3 million aging into the program there are “numerous” opportunities for health plans to increase their membership during the 2013 open enrollment period. By attending the 5th Annual National Forum on the Business of Medicare Advantage attendees will be able to participate in a program designed to discuss both the challenges and opportunities surrou...

The impact of technology on healthcare is dramatically increasing with each day – portals to provide secure access to patient records anywhere, new mobile applications for doctors and patients, and connected medical devices are just some examples. These advances are driving an exponential increase in the growth and volume of machine generated data produced by healthcare IT systems.Learn how organizations are using Splunk's unique big dat...

More than 4,600 NCQA-Recognized Patient-Centered Medical Homes practices and over 22,000 recognized clinicians have proved the strong relevance of the 2011 PCMH Standards. The 2011 standards are more patient-centered with a significant emphasis on the planning, managing and coordinating care for patients. They have a greater emphasis on continuous quality improvement in primary care practices, and align with Federal initiatives of Meaningful U...

Public Innovation & Supplier Diversity The 13th annual symposium of the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology is focused on the growth of innovation-driven companies with globally-competitive products, matching them with capital, customers and policymakers. Madame Noire likened its star-studded lineup to some of the top entertainment award shows. Registrants receive two exclusive reports with proprietary data on overlooked mark...

GOVERNING’S Healthy Living Summit, held in Atlanta at the Botanical Gardens on December 6, 2011, was a major success!This summit was born out of a need to address increasing healthcare costs as they are impacted by obesity. Recognizing that social and environmental determinants shape health outcomes, the 2012 Healthy Living Summit agenda will continue the discourse around healthy community strategies incorporating: Policy and Planning Tr...

The Transformation to Value-Based, Personalized Healthcare – Implications for Clinical and Translational Research Join Oracle thought leaders in the field of translational research and clinical analytics, and learn how leading healthcare and Academic Medical Centers can leverage new data platforms to integrate, store and analyze clinical and molecular data, reduce costs while increasing the effectiveness and quality of patient care. Agen...

Policy GPS: Directions to Delivery System Reform NCQA's 7th Annual Policy Conference, December 5 in Washington, DC, will explore prospects for advancing delivery system reforms that improve the quality, experience and cost of care. Panels with some of the nation’s foremost experts will address: Driving Delivery System Reform: The Next Four Years Joy Johnson Wilson, Health Policy Director, National Conference of State Legislators Alan Wei...

The Trust Women Conference is about making connections that make a difference. It places the world's most innovative leaders in women's rights in front of the best minds in law, finance, technology, media, government and philanthropy, to help spark new collaborations and solutions. In the mornings, attendees will gain a better understanding of the issues, hearing from those on the frontlines as they discuss and debate the key challenges that w...

Earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits at this event! Recognizing that the care and well being of our warfighters does not stop when they return home, IDGA are proud to welcome a diverse group of subject matters being addressed by both DoD and VA speakers. As our troops return from theater, healthcare professionals need to identify many of their symptoms, both physical and behavioral. Many of the psychological wounds, such as TBI and...

The 2012 mHealth Summit will build on last year’s success by highlighting emerging best practices from mHealth implementations as well as the latest business, finance, policy and technical perspectives, fostering in-depth dialogue to identify and accelerate cross-cutting value chains and sustainable mHealth business model adoption around the globe. The summit will also provide a dedicated focus on mHealth research, facilitating the devel...