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SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

We thank the following Grantors and Exhibitors for their support in helping to make this conference possible.

GRANTORS
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Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a health care company with an 87-year history of innovation and achievement in diabetes care. Novo Nordisk is Changing Diabetes® by helping to improve diabetes care through partnerships, research, products and services that make a significant difference to patients, the medical profession and society at large. Our portfolio of diabetes pharmaceuticals and delivery systems is the most comprehensive available and now includes the first human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog for the treatment of diabetes. For more information visit www.novonordisk-us.com or call (609) 987-5800.


TriZetto
TriZetto provides world-class healthcare software and services that drive administrative efficiency, improve the cost and quality of care and increase payer-provider collaboration and connectivity. TriZetto solutions today touch nearly half the U.S. insured population and reach more than more than 21,000 physician practices representing more than 90,000 practitioners.

TriZetto is helping our customers meet the demands of healthcare reform and support accountable care initiatives through one of our latest products, NetworX Payment Bundling Administration™. This patent-pending solution tightly integrates with TriZetto and non-TriZetto claim systems and prospectively aggregates claims into bundles for processing and payment. The solution includes pre-configured, industry-standard bundles and allows for customization of bundles. The NetworX Payment Bundling Administration solution rewards providers for the value, not volume, of care delivered and can help reduce medical costs, leading to an immediate ROI. For more information, visit www.trizetto.com.

BRONZE

Davis Wright Tremaine
Those of us in the Davis Wright Tremaine health care practice group devote nearly all of our time to industry-specific matters. This allows us to develop niche practices within the field that serve needs unique to the health care market. We also understand the business issues and regulatory developments that affect health care delivery and compliance, and as a unified team we can match the attorney with the niche expertise that best addresses client needs. For more information visit our website at www.DWT.com.


Optum
Optum is an information and technology-enabled health services business platform serving the broad health marketplace, including care providers, plan sponsors, life sciences companies and consumers. Its business units - OptumInsight (formerly Ingenix), OptumHealth and OptumRx - employ more than 30,000 people worldwide who are committed to enabling Sustainable Health Communities. For more information visit www.optum.com.

ADDITIONAL

Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for nearly a century. Today, the firm provides services primarily to the US government in defense, intelligence, and civil markets, and to major corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. Booz Allen offers clients deep functional knowledge spanning strategy and organization, engineering and operations, technology, and analytics--which it combines with specialized expertise in clientsÂ’ mission and domain areas to help solve their toughest problems.

Booz Allen is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, employs more than 25,000 people, and had revenue of $5.59 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2011. To learn more, visit www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH) or contact Susan Phillip, Lead Associate, Technology, (415) 281-4972.


EXHIBITORS

Abbott
Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health. Abbott's products span the continuum of care, from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics through medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. The company's comprehensive line of products encircles life itself - addressing important health needs from infancy to Seniors. Abbott has sales, manufacturing, research and development, and distribution facilities around the world and is recognized for its global reach and its ability to serve customers around the world. Throughout its 120+ year history, Abbott Employees have been driven by a constant goal: to advance medical science to help people live healthier lives. It's part of the company's heritage. And, it continues to drive Abbott's work. Today, approximately 90,000 employees around the world share the passion for "Turning Science Into Caring". It's a commitment to focusing on what matters most: life and the potential it holds when people are feeling their best.

For more information visit: www.abbott.com or contact (847) 937-6100.


Ascender Software
Ascender Software is a national leader in healthcare analytics. Ascender's comprehensive solutions are designed to meet the demands of healthcare organizations needing to improve their HEDIS, P4P, PQRI, STARS and HCC outcomes. With over 20+ years of experience, Ascender has empowered many organizations to reduce costs and improve patient satisfaction, while increasing revenue. This comprehensive web-based solution is available via hosted or self-hosted implementations which allow the ability to create unlimited ad-hoc reporting, and EHR integration. For more information, please visit the Ascender booth or contact us at www.ascendersoft.com.


California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG)
The California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) is the voice of organized medicine in California. We are the nation's largest professional association representing physician groups practicing in the accountable care model. Our members are committed to the delivery of coordinated, accountable, clinically integrated health services. We support our members through public advocacy, educational services and collaboration with other stakeholders in California healthcare. For more information visit www.capg.org or contact Lura Hawkins, MBA, Director of Member Services, (213) 624-CAPG.


HCI3
HCI3 is a non-profit organization, guided by a Board of Directors that includes physicians, employers, health plans, and others. We have created a broad range of programs to:

  • Measure outcomes
  • Reduce care defects
  • Promote a team approach to caring for patients
  • Realign payment incentives around quality, and
  • Reward excellence wherever we find it.
We've implemented our programs in communities across the country, working collaboratively with clinicians, hospitals, employers, health plans and others, through our two brands. (1) Bridges to Excellence® (BTE): A family of programs to reward Recognized physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who meet certain performance measures. (2) PROMETHEUS Payment®: A compensation approach, based on medical episodes of care that provides a fair and realistic blueprint for true payment reform.

For more information on Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3), please visit www.hci3.org or contact us at Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, 13 Sugar Street, Newtown, CT 06470-2046.


HealthCall, LLC
HealthCall, LLC is a medical communications company and the first provider of Automated Patient Response™ solutions. Healthcare providers throughout the U.S. use HealthCall's clinical management solutions to join patient outreach technologies, behavioral sciences, and population management tools; creating strategic partnerships to improve patient outcomes, reduce readmission rates, and reduce length of hospital stay. The services offered by HealthCall are aligned with the goals of Accountable Care Organizations and other performance-driven programs that a healthcare provider uses. HealthCall solutions are customizable, automated, and comprehensive; encompassing chronic care, care transitions, wellness programs, medication management, and administrative outreach. Sophisticated data collecting and reporting technology enables patient-centric collaboration and continuity of care in a HIPAA compliant setting.

Join the HealthCall network of healthcare providers and experience the excellence...

For more information, please visit www.healthcall.com or contact us at 866-944-5433.


Health Policy Publishing
Health Policy Publishing, LLC offers selected paid subscription monthly newsletters in print and electronic formats including Readmissions News, Accountable Care News, Medical Home News, and Predictive Modeling News, as well as free subscription newsletters in electronic format. Health Policy Publishing newsletters are administered by MCOL, a leading publisher of health care business information since 1995. For more information visit www.managedcarestore.com/ypg/hpp.htm or contact HPP at 209-577-4888.


Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)
The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) is a nonprofit multi-stakeholder leadership group that promotes quality improvement, accountability and affordability of health care in California. IHA administers regional and state wide programs, serves as an incubator for pilot programs and projects, and actively convenes all healthcare parties for cross sector collaboration on health care topics. The IHA P4P program is the largest private physician incentive program in the U.S. and includes 8 health plans and over 200 physician organizations representing 35,000 physicians providing care for 10 million members; total health plan incentive payouts to date equal $410 million. Other IHA programs include the measurement and reward of efficiency in health care, value based purchasing of medical devices, health care affordability, bundled episode of care payments, and accountable care organizations. For more information, please visit: www.IHA.org or contact Cindy R. Ernst, Director of Administration and Communications, (510) 208-1743.


Intelligent Healthcare
Intelligent Healthcare is the most cost-effective, easily deployed foundation for accountable care and demonstrating meaningful use. With Intelligent Healthcare's secure Web-based registries, organizations achieve significant breakthroughs in:

  • Accountable Care
  • Clinical Integration
  • Pay for Performance
  • PQRS Reporting
  • HCC Auditing, and
  • CMS's Medicare STAR program.
Intelligent Healthcare's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) approach solves one of a provider organization's most vexing challenges in demonstrating meaningful use -- collecting, integrating, and managing patient data. Intelligent Healthcare is pleased to be the choice of Advocate Physician Partners nationally recognized Clinical Integration program. For further information, please contact Faye Jarow at (310) 458-6966.


McKesson Health Solutions
Engage your provider networks and enable episodes of care and bundled payments today. Only McKesson delivers the expertise, industry-accepted clinical content and proven technology to ease payers' and providers' transitions to new care and payment models. We're ready with consultative and technology solutions to help you design and implement effective, scalable episodes that meet your business needs.

Visit the McKesson booth to learn about new approaches to managing the challenges of growing your episodes of care and bundled payment programs. For more information visit our website www.mckesson.com.

McKesson Health Solutions
5 Country View Road
Malvern, PA 19355
800-782-1334


MCOL
MCOL is a leading publisher of health care business information, offering online memberships, newsletters, webinars, training software, resource books, directories, web content, and much more to health care business professionals since 1995. MCOL is a privately held corporation based in Modesto, California, with additional office locations. For more information visit www.mcol.com or contact MCOL at 209-577-4888.


MedAssets
MedAssets (NASDAQ: MDAS) partners with healthcare providers to improve their financial strength by implementing revenue cycle, spend and clinical resource management solutions that help capture revenue, control cost, improve margins and cash flow, increase regulatory compliance, and optimize operational efficiency. MedAssets serves more than 180 health systems, 4,000 hospitals and 90,000 non-acute healthcare providers. The company currently manages $45 billion in supply spend and touches over $316 billion in total patient revenue annually through its revenue cycle solutions.

For more information, go to www.medassets.com or call (888) 883-6332.


NCQA
NCQA is America's most trusted independent authority on health care quality. We evaluate a wide range of health care organizations and recognize clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA's Health Plan Accreditation is considered the industry's gold standard. Our Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in healthcare, safeguarding the health of more than 118 million Americans.

To learn more, visit us online at www.ncqa.org.


Press Ganey Associates
WE ARE PRESS GANEY. To be the best of the best in health care takes a keen understanding of your organization from top to bottom and a never-ending commitment to deliver the highest quality of care possible to your patients. At Press Ganey, we are continuously inspired to provide innovative, data-driven solutions that will help you become a high-performance organization. We do this by helping you become outcomes driven, so your organization will be performance strong.

For more than 25 years, Press Ganey has been committed to providing insight that allows health care organizations to improve the quality of care they provide. Press Ganey works with more than 10,000 health care organizations nationwide, including medical practices, home care organizations and 50% of all U.S. hospitals, to improve clinical and business outcomes. For more information visit www.pressganey.com or call (800) 232-8032.


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