Event Overview

The Medicaid Managed Care congress brings together State and Federal Medicaid Officials, Medicaid Managed Care Executives and National Policy Experts in a collaborative environment to work together to create efficiencies while improving access to high quality care. The Medicaid Managed Care Congress provides Medicaid professionals who share the common goal of maintaining quality and access while containing Medicaid program costs an opportunity to share best practices, position for pending healthcare reform and obtain proven strategies for innovation in quality, access and efficiency.

Shrinking state budgets mean every dollar counts and the most progressive states across the country have found Medicaid Managed Care stretches dollars by providing access to quality preventative care services and reducing acute emergency room usage in Medicaid populations. MMCC is the only event which provides innovation in managed Medicaid healthcare delivery and access all in one place

Keynote and Featured Speakers

FEATURED KEYNOTE: Senator Tom Daschle Solving the Healthcare Crisis Former Senate Majority and Minority Leader Based on his book, Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis, Senator Tom Daschle outlines the healthcare reform strategies that are the foundation of President Obama’s healthcare plan. Evaluating where previous attempts at national healthcare coverage have succeeded and where they have gone wrong, he explains the complex social, economic, and medical issues involved in reform and sets forth his vision for change. As an in-demand healthcare speaker and the architect of Obama’s healthcare strategy, Daschle engages audiences in a productive and serious dialogue on healthcare reform and its impact. Philip M. Bonaparte, MD, VP of Clinical Affairs, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Chief Medical Officer, Horizon NJ Health Anthony Rodgers, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Carolyn Ingram, Director, Medical Assistance Division, New Mexico Department of Human Services Bruce Johnson, Technical Director, Division of Integrated Health Systems, CMSO, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

How will the Obama Administration's efforts to expand coverage to America's uninsured affect        Medicaid Managed Care?                      What new opportunities exist to increase quality and control costs for America's high                      risk populations?           How can you leverage technologies to create efficiencies in a troubled economic environment?

President Obama's stimulus packages put dollars directly in the hands of states to spend money on preventative service, electronic health records and Medicaid quality.  States are now looking to managed care companies to provide services and MMCC brings all those states to one place.  Gain clarity on states' expectations to ensure your Medicaid RFP meets their needs and gets you noticed.

Attend MMCC to Learn how to Prepare
For 17 years, IIR’s Medicaid Managed Care Congress has been the one place where all the market participants will be gathered to discuss today’s burning issues such as:
	Create successful marketing outreach programs		Treat the uninsured population
	Attract providers to work with the Medicaid market		Economic outlook and implications for State Medicaid Programs
	Integrate Medicare and Medicaid		Accurately measure quality through operational metrics
	Work more closely with Medicare SNPs		Utilize health information technology for improved processes
	Manage the high-cost/ high-risk population

What is Changing for 2009
	Medicaid Reform Roundtable with representation from the Obama Administration
	Medicaid 101 Workshop for Healthcare Executives New to Medicaid, Managed Care or in Need of a Refresher
	Strategies to Improve Health Literacy to Affect True Behavioral Change
	Tools to Implement a Comprehensive Program to Track, Report and Reduce Never Events
	Opportunities to Leverage the Medical Home Model in Medicaid
	Expanded State Medicaid Director and Health Plan CEO Panels