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Press Releases: 2006

The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies to Present at 14th Annual
Medicaid Managed Care Congress

June 19, 2006 – Philadelphia (PA)Daniel J. Hilferty, President and CEO, AmeriHealth Mercy, will be featured on a Keynote CEO Panel on Wednesday, June 21st at 9:45 a.m. at IIR’s 14th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress, being held June 19-21 at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore, MD.

This keynote panel, Medicaid Plan CEO and State Executive Panel – Overcoming the Various Barriers to Implementation of Managed Care at the State and Federal Level, will focus on how and why managed care works. Joining Hilferty on the panel is Anthony Rodgers, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; Phillip Nowak,Chief, Division of Health Care Financing and Policy, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services; and Bob Thompson, President & CEO, Monroe Plan for Medical Care, Inc.  Thomas L. Johnson, Executive Director, Medicaid Health Plans of America will moderate the panel.

Also presenting form the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies is Ruth Atkins, Vice President Operations & Quality Improvement, Passport Health Plan. Passport, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is administered by AmeriHealth Mercy. Atkins will participate on theSpecial Needs Plan (SNP) Executive Panel – Implementing Strategies for Ensuring Profitability and Optimal Financial Performance, on Tuesday, June 20th at 1:30 p.m.  In 2005, 270 SNPs were approved for operation. In this panel, executives from leading Special Needs Plans from four States discuss will discuss issues and challenges with operating a SNP.

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 nearly 2 million members nationwide. For more information, go to AmeriHealth Mercy.

IIR’s 14th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress, the best practices event for States and Plans looking to improve quality and control healthcare costs. The event offers 3-days of workshops, case studies and interactive panel discussions with the nation’s leading Medicaid experts who provide the tools required to implement effective quality improvement initiatives, including pay for performance, disease management, and predictive modeling. For more information on the Medicaid Managed Care Congress, go to www.iirusa.com/MMCC06.