• Strategies for Navigating the New Medicaid
• May 31 - June 2, 2009
• Washington, DC
• www.MedicaidCongress.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- APRIL 6, 2009: The Fourth National Medicaid Congress, www.MedicaidCongress.com, will take place May 31 - June 2, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Last year's Congress successfully drew together over 450 attendees, including national media, legislators, industry executives and patient representatives.

NEWLY CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

James R. Tallon, Jr. President, United Hospital Fund of New York, Chairman, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Former Majority Leader, New York State Assembly, New York, NY Diane Rowland Executive Vice-President and Executive Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC

CONGRESS CO CHAIRS

Debbie Chang (Invited) Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Nemours Division of Health and Prevention Services, Newark, DE John Iglehart Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC Thomas Scully Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird, General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC

FEATURED FACULTY

Gary Alexander Director, Department of Human Services, State of Rhode Island, Providence, RI Rodney C. Armstead, MD, FACP Senior Vice President, Western Region Plan Operations, AmeriChoice, Phoenix, AZ Michael Birnbaum Director of Policy, Medicaid Institute, United Hospital Fund, New York, NY Barry Brauth Director, Knowledge Development, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Alexandria, VA John M. Colmers Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Pete Delgado Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles County/USC Healthcare Network, Los Angeles, CA Catherine Hess Senior Program Director and Program Director, Maximizing Enrollment for Kids, National Academy for State Health Policy, Washington, DC Ed Howard, JD Senior Vice President, Alliance for Health Reform, Washington, DC Ann Clemency Kohler Director, National Association of State Medicaid Directors, Washington, DC Jeanne M. Lambrew, PhD (Invited) Deputy Director, White House Office of Health Reform, Former Program Associate Director for Health, Office of Management and Budget, Former Senior Health Analyst, National Economic Council, Washington, DC Al Lewis President, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc., Founder and Past President, Disease Management Association of America, Wellesley, MA Barbara Lyons, PhD Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation, Deputy Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Washington, DC Patricia MacTaggart Lead Research Scientist/Lecturer, Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Social Services, George Washington University, Washington, DC Mary McCluskey, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, AMERIGROUP, Virginia Beach, Virginia Dan Mendelson President and Founder, Avalere Health, Former Associate Director for Health, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC Allen Miller Chief Executive Officer, COPE Health Solutions, Los Angeles, CA Vic Miller Senior Fellow for Intergovernmental Finance, Federal Funds Information for States, Washington, DC Lynn Mitchell, MD Director of Medicaid, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK J. Mario Molina, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Molina Healthcare, Inc., Long Beach, CA Christine Nye Director, Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis, State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Tallahassee, FL Sara Rosenbaum, JD Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Harold and Jane, Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC Raymond C. Scheppach, PhD Executive Director, National Governors Association, Washington, DC Christobel Selecky President and Chief Executive Officer, LifeMasters Supported Self-Care, Inc., Irvine, CA Dennis Smith Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics, The Heritage Foundation, Washington DC Carol H. Steckel, MPH Commissioner, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Montgomery, AL