Chief Medical Officer Dexter Shurney, M.D., to Speak about Kidney Disease at 4th Annual National Summit on Health Disparities.

Healthways:

WHAT      Fourth Annual National Summit on Health Disparities with
          presentations by Healthways Chief Medical Officer Dexter
          Shurney, M.D., and Carter Coberley, Ph. D., Vice President
          of Healthways Center for Health Research. The National
          Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) hosts the event, which
          connects key medical figures, researchers, healthcare
          industry leaders and civil rights groups in discussions
          aimed at improving the quality of care for minorities. For
          additional information about the Summit, please visit
          www.nmqf.org.

WHEN      Monday April 23, at 2:15 p.m. EDT
          Dr. Coberley will discuss Quality Improvement initiatives in
          health disparity zones.

          Tuesday, April 24, at 8 a.m. EDT
          Dr. Shurney will discuss why chronic kidney disease
          guidelines are not being followed and what is being done to
          address the issue.

WHERE     Ritz-Carlton Hotel
          Washington, D.C.
          1150 22nd Street

MORE INFO Gary A. Puckrein, Ph. D, President and Chief Executive
          Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF,
          formerly the National Minority Health Month Foundation),
          founded the organization in 1998 to address the critical
          need for strengthening national and local efforts to use
          evidence-based, data-driven initiatives to guide programs
          to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death
          and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities
          and other special populations.

          Healthways' Center for Health Research and NMQF recently
          issued the results of a yearlong study to determine the
          impact of Care Support disease management programs in areas
          of identified health disparities. Results show that such
          programs can significantly reduce gaps in care and drive
          statistically significant health improvements, particularly
          among older participants.