The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies to
Present at National Health Care Leadership Conference
November 22, 2004 - Philadelphia (PA) - Executives from
the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies will present at
the National Health Care Leadership Conference (also known as
the Cajun Christmas Conference), being held December 6-8, 2004,
at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. This
year's theme is "Medicaid and Medicare in Transition -
Searching for Solutions."
Executives presenting or moderating from the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
and its affiliates include: Daniel J. Hilferty, President and
CEO, AmeriHealth Mercy; Michael A. Rashid, Executive Vice President
and COO, AmeriHealth Mercy; Joyce Hagen, President, Passport
Health Plan; Gayle Pearce, Chief of Staff, Passport
Health Plan; Tom Lyman, Senior Vice President, Market Expansion,
AmeriHealth Mercy; Barbara Nabrit-Stephens, MD, MBA, Vice President,
Medical Affairs, AmeriHealth Mercy; Karen Squarell Shablin,
Associate Vice President, Market Expansion, AmeriHealth Mercy;
and Dea Belazi, Pharm.D., MPH, Senior Manager, Clinical Programs
and Outcomes Research, PerformRx.
The conference will bring together a wide range of professionals
in health care operations, delivery, policy, financing and management
from health plans and state and federal levels to discuss challenges
and solutions in caring for vulnerable populations.
Workshops, roundtables and presentations will offer practical
solutions to the leadership challenges faced by health plans
and states in serving population groups through Medicare, Medicaid
and charity care for the uninsured. Participants will hear first-hand
practical experience, insights and lessons learned from legislators,
Governors, public policy advisors and managed care executives.
About AmeriHealth Mercy
With more than 20 years of experience exclusively serving the
Medicaid population, the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies and its affiliates comprise
the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United
States, touching the lives of more than one million members
in seven states, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, South Carolina,
Virginia, Arizona and California. For more information, please
visit AmeriHealth
Mercy.
For more information on the National Health Care Leadership
Conference, visit www.cajunconference.com.
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