WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Managed Care Regulators (NAMCR) announced today it will hold its 2004 Annual Conference at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC, Oct. 18-20. This year’s conference will provide attendees a forum to meet and discuss state regulatory and legislative challenges in managed care, and to strategize about how best to meet them head on.
“For nearly three decades, the NAMCR Annual Conference has offered attendees an in-depth examination of the challenges we face in regulating the constantly changing managed care environment,” said Jeffrey Martin, president, NAMCR. “This year’s conference will empower attendees to walk away with new ideas and perspectives on topics ranging from consumer directed health to disease management and predictive modeling to medical management regulatory oversight and more.”
Through a mix of guest speakers, panelists and sessions, the NAMCR 2004 Annual Conference is the ideal forum to meet and interact with colleagues to address key regulatory and industry issues. This year’s conference will feature sessions on:
* Consumer Directed Health Care (CDHC): An exploration of the features of CDHC, variations of these products and how they work, and a discussion of what the future might hold for CDHC. Presenters include Guy D’Andrea, clinical program consultant, URAC and Rod Moyer, independent consultant. * Disease Management and Predictive Modeling: A discussion of why disease management and predictive modeling may be the best means of realizing the dream of prevention. Presenters include Chris Kryder, MD, president, D2 Hawkeye, Inc. and Marilyn Schlein Kramer, president of DxCG, Inc. * Government Reports: States from all over the U.S. will discuss issues they are facing including down-streaming update, ODS rules, mental health/substance abuse, class action, ethnic product issues, tiered networks, and more. Presenters include by Matt Salo, director, Health and Human Services, National Governors Association, Mary Beth Senkewicz, senior counsel for Health Policy, NAIC, Patricia P. Smith, director, Medicare Advantage Group, Center for Beneficiary Choices, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Joy John Wilson, Health Policy Director, Federal Affairs Counsel, National Conference of State Legislatures.
Additional topics will focus on fraud prevention, outsourcing, medical management regulatory oversight, pay for performance, and provider network access and availability. NAMCR will also hold a meeting of its newly formed Medical Management Workgroup in conjunction with the annual meeting to discuss their intent to produce a white paper addressing broad issues in the medical management regulatory environment. For more information on the Workgroup, including information on becoming a member, contact Ed Unger at eju0124@aol.com.
Martin added, “By bringing leaders of diverse health care fields together with regulators from all over the U.S., we can identify key issues of concern and importance and exchange ideas on regulatory approaches, problems and solutions. If you are a state or federal health or insurance regulator, handle regulatory compliance for a health care company or an insurer, work as a health care lawyer, represent a health care company, medical provider, or trade association, you won’t want to miss this year’s most comprehensive regulatory conference.”
The NAMCR 2004 Annual Conference will be held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., Oct. 18-20. For detailed program, registration and hotel information visit http://www.namcr.org/.
Nearing its 30th year, NAMCR, formerly the National Association of HMO Regulators (NAHMOR), brings together public members from State health and insurance regulatory agencies, Medicaid Agencies and the Federal government and private members from the health, insurance, workers’ compensation, legal, and related industries. The organization is dedicated to problem identification, assessment, and development of responsible model regulations, standards, and procedures to assist State and Federal government agencies in their mandates to provide public assurances that managed care entities meeting the operational criteria recommended by NAMCR are financially sound, administratively competent, and capable of delivering high quality, accessible services in a cost efficient manner.
National Association of Managed Care Regulators
CONTACT: Jeff Martin, HIA, MHP, Supervisor, HMO Financial Analysis Unit,+1-217-782-1798, or Jeffrey_Martin@ins.state.il.us
Web site: http://www.namcr.org/
