2^nd National Predictive Modeling Summit Agenda and Speakers Announced for Sept 22-23, 2008, Washington, DC

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Second National Predictive Modeling Summit, the leading forum on healthcare predictive modeling implications, strategies and solutions for care management, underwriting, profiling and related activities, has announced its speakers and final agenda for the two-day event, scheduled for September 22-23, 2008 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Washington, DC.

The agenda, registration, conference hotel and other detailed information is available at www.predictivemodelingsummit.com or 1-800-684-4549.

The Second National Predictive Modeling Summit is co-sponsored by Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs, Predictive Modeling News and many associations, publications and organizations.

The Summit features 35 faculty members, including 5 keynote sessions with highly acclaimed national experts, and 18 concurrent sessions offered from 5 tracks including Basics, Actuarial Applications, Innovations, Health Plan Populations, and Clinical Applications.

The Summit also features an important preconference and post conference. The preconference: Predictive Modeling Basics and Beyond, is designed for executives and others less familiar with the detailed and technical aspects of predictive modeling. The post conference: Behavioral Economics Applied to Healthcare is a workshop examining behavioral economics models, their experiences in other fields relevant to healthcare, and their application in healthcare.

Summit speakers include: Swati Abbott, President, MEDai, Inc.; Gregory S. Binns, PhD, President, TruRisk, LLC; Joel V. Brill, MD, AGAF, FASGE, FACG, CHCQM, Chief Medical Officer, Predictive Health, LLC; Dogu Celebi, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President Clinical Affairs, Ingenix; Ian Duncan, FSA, MAAA, President, Solucia Inc.; Ken Freedman MD, MS, MBA, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Chief of Medicine, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; Shiva Gautam, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Biostatistics Director, Harvard-Thorndike General Clinical Research, Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Patrick Gleason, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, Director of Outcomes Assessment, Prime Therapeutics LLC, and Adjunct, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota; Kate Hall, ASA, MAAA, Actuary, Solucia Inc.; Shahram Heshmat, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Illinois at Springfield; Garett Jackson, Chief Financial Officer, National Patient Account Services, HCA, Healthcare; James Lederer, MD, Novant Health; Geraint Lewis, MD, MPH, Commonwealth Fund-Harkness Fellow, New York University, and Visiting, Fellow, Kings Fund; Alex Marano. Research Analyst, Analytics & Outcomes, Accordant, a CVS Caremark Company; Mo Masud. Senior Manager, Actuarial & Insurance Solutions, Advanced Quantitative, Services, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Julie A. Meek, DNS, Consultant; Jim Minnich, National Practice Leader, Underwriting Services, Reden & Anders; Soyal Momin, MS, MBA, Manager, R&D and Consulting, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee; Susan Novak, Manager, Strategy and Operations, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Lynn Puckett, Analyst/Planning Specialist, Oklahoma Healthcare Authority; Anand S. Rao, PhD. Partner, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants; Russell D. Robbins, MD, MBA, Principal & Senior Clinical Consultant, Mercer; Michael E. Salzillo, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Linda Shields, RN, BSN, Senior Associate, Mercer Government Human Services Consulting; Surya Singh, MD, Adjunct Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and SVP Clinical, Operations, D2Hawkeye, Inc.; Dan Steinberg, President & CEO, Salford Systems; Reg Warren, PhD, Chief Science Officer, SeniorMetrix, Inc.; Karl Weimer, Account Manager, MEDai, Inc.; Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Donna White, PhD, APRN-BC, CADAC-II, Addiction Specialist, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; Marian V. Wrobel, PhD, Research Associate, Harvard University - Institute for Quantitative, Social Science; Rong Yi, PhD, Senior Scientist, DxCG - A Division of Urix.

To register online or to download a conference brochure and registration form, visit www.predictivemodelingsummit.com, call 800-684-4549, or email registration@hcconferences.com. Organizations interested in Exhibit or Sponsorship opportunities may contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager at 215-599-6626 or joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.