Press Releases: 2007

The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies to Present at 15^th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress

Philadelphia, PA - Daniel J. Hilferty, President and CEO, AmeriHealth Mercy, will lead the keynote panel, Meet The Champions on Thursday, June 14th at 10:15 a.m.at IIR’s 15th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress, being held June 13-15 at the Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD.  Joining Hilferty on this panel will be Representative Ken Svedjan from North Dakota and Senator Julie Denton from Kentucky. 

Also presenting from the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies is Joyce Hagen, President, Passport Health Plan.  Hagen will participate on the Special Needs Programs and Dual Eligibility Executive Panel, on Friday, June 15th at 8:45 a.m. 

In addition, Passport and AmeriHealth Mercy’s pharmacy benefit management division, PerformRx, will present on Reducing Medicaid Pharmacy Costs: Focus on Clinical Outcomes, on Friday, June 15th at 3:15 p.m.  Denise Cubbin, Associate Vice President of Clinical Programs, PerformRx, and Thomas Kaye, Senior Pharmacy Director, Passport Health Plan, will speak on the panel.

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 over 2 million members nationwide.  the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies specializes in providing management care services and management for publicly funded programs, with special expertise in Medicaid, Medicare and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). For more information, go to AmeriHealth Mercy.

IIR’s 15th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress is the best practices event for States and Plans looking to improve quality and control health care costs. The event offers three 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/mmcc.