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Press Releases: 2004

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.