CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS, Click Here for full descriptions/required wording:

• 5.25 Recertification Credit Hours PHR, SPHR, and GPHR - APPROVED

• University CEU-Pending Approval

• 7.0 Credits Virginia Insurance-APPROVED

• 7 CMEs-PHYSICIANS -APPROVED

• 6.75 - Nursing Contact Hours -APPROVED

• .75 CEUs/7.5 CONTACT HOURS-PHARMACISTS -APPROVED

Martin D. Merry, MD, CM

Senior Advisor / Medical Affairs
University of New Hampshire Consultant/Facilitator, Quality, Physician Liaison and Organizational Transition

"Leadership for Health Care's Emerging Paradigm"

Andrew Webber

President and CEO
National Business Coalition
on Health
"Business Leaders Driving Health Care Reform "

Joe Quinn

Senior Director
State Health Care Policy
Wal-Mart
“Health Reform: The Wal-Mart Perspective"

Bio
Slides

CONGRATULATIONS LEWIS GALE MEDICAL CENTER! Cami Jones (center), Quality Management Vice President, Lewis-Gale Medical Center accepted an award from Bernard Niemeier (left) of Summit 2008 Media Partner Virginia Busness and Robert Cramer of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Chair of the VBCH Board of Directors.  The Award was for fully meeting the Leapfrog Hospital Survey Safe Practices Score Leap and having the highest score in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Photo by Eileen Ciccotelli

WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE AWARDS RECOGNITION

VBCH recognized three employers....to read more Click Here

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Business and hospital, healthcare leaders, CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CMOs, benefit, human resource, and pharmacy benefit managers, information technology (IT) professionals, policy makers,  physicians, hospital executives, and others involved in the delivery of care health care, coalition executives, government representatives, insurance company representatives, benefits consultants, lawyers, accountants and anyone interested in employee/consumer health care cost and quality.

EXHIBITOR BOOTH ASSIGNMENTS