Health Delegation Headed to Spain.Business Editors &Health/Medical Writers SACRAMENTO Sacramento, city, United States Sacramento (săkrəmĕn`tō), city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 4, 2000 Twenty-five American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of and global health leaders, organized by the Academy for International Health Studies, will spend the week of May 7/8, 2000 in Madrid Madrid (mədrĭd`, Span. mäthhrēth`), city (1990 pop. 3,120,732), capital of Spain and of Madrid prov., central Spain, and the focus of its own autonomous region, on the Manzanares River. , Spain Spain, Span. España (āspä`nyä), officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 40,341,000), 194,884 sq mi (504,750 sq km), including the Balearic and Canary islands, SW Europe. studying the local health system and exploring managed care opportunities and challenges. Full delegation A sending away; a putting into commission; the assignment of a debt to another; the entrusting of another with a general power to act for the good of those who depute him or her; a body of delegates. The transfer of authority by one person to another. roster appended below. &uot;This trip is part of the Academy's continuing program to expose To make available. When software "exposes" certain functions, it makes those routines available to the programmer through a programming interface (API). If a company "exposes" its Web services, it is making certain services available to users or to other companies over the Web. American healthcare thought leaders to the global healthcare economy. The Spanish mission Spanish Mission may mean:
Jonathan James Benjamin Lewis (born 21 May 1970, Isleworth, Middlesex, England) is a former English cricketer. said. Full agenda appended below. The Davis, California-based Academy for International Health Studies, an educational and networking business organization, founded in 1993, to serve senior healthcare executives from multinational multinational Of, relating to, or being a company with subsidiaries or other operations in a number of countries. The diversity of operations of such companies subjects them to unique risks (for example, exchange rate changes or government nationalization) health industries: health plans, healthcare providers, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and information technology vendors. The Academy arranges trade and study missions for chief executive officers of American health American Health Inc. is a company that manufactures health supplements. It is located in Holbrook, New York. One of its products is labeled the "Chewable Original Papaya Enzyme" with the attached registered trademark, "The 'After Meal Supplement'". care companies and presents the annual International Summit on Private Health Sector. The International Summit, which is jointly sponsored with over 60 American and global healthcare companies, NGOs, trade associations and international institutions, in 1999 assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. 525 senior healthcare executives, industry thought leaders, leading government officials and distinguished academics from 56 nations. The Academy is also the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Office of the London-based International Federation of Health Funds.
SPAIN TRADE/STUDY MISSION
SPEAKER AGENDA
& DELEGATION
ROSTER
May 7/8-12, 2000
Hotel Orfila
Madrid, Spain
CONFIRMED TOPIC &SPEAKER ROSTER
Topic:
Introduction to the Spanish Health Care System
Speaker:
Enrique Castellon, M.D.
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs
Topic:
The Private Health Insurance Sector: Performance, Prospects
and Plans
Speaker:
John de Zulueta
Managing Director
Sanitas (British United Provident Association)
Topic:
The Spanish Healthcare Economy: Forecasts and Opportunities
Speakers:
Dr. Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas
Professor, Department of Economy
University Pomepu Fabra-Barcelona
Jose Ignacio Echaniz Salgado
Consejero de Sanidad
Autonomous Community of Madrid
Topic:
The Healthcare Delivery System: Hospitals and Physicians
Speakers:
Robert Manson
Chief Executive Officer
Centro Medico Teknon
Joan Gene Badia, M.D.
Director
Castelldefels Health Centre -- ICS
Topic:
Quality Assurance and Accreditation Issues
Speaker:
Lluis Bohigas
Director
Avedis Donabedian Foundation
Topic:
National Health Reform: Issue &Trends in Primary Care
Speaker:
Albino Navarro
Territorial Director
INSALUD
Topic:
National Health Reform: Issues &Trends in the Autonomous
Regions
Speaker:
Eduard Rius, M.D.
Minister of Health
Government of Catalonia
Topic:
Employer and Consumer Perspectives
Panelists:
Javier Hernandez
Ex-Director of Health Benefits
MUFACE (Civil Service Health Program)
Jose Ma. Cuevas
President
Confederation of Employers and Industries
Topic:
Pharmaceutical Benefits: Coverage, Cost and Delivery
Speaker:
Pere Ibern
Healthcare Practice Leader for Spain
NERA
CONFIRMED DELEGATION ROSTER
Clark W. Bell
Editor
Modern Healthcare
Chicago, Illinois
Brad A. Bowlus
Chief Executive Officer
PacifiCare of California
Cypress, California
Frank Colantuono
President
Independent Health
Buffalo, New York
Karen A. Coughlin
President
Northeast Division
Foundation Health Systems
Shelton, Connecticut
Joseph M. Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Medimetrix
Cleveland, Ohio
Mark Degatano
Vice President
Merck &Company
West Point, Pennsylvania
Kabelo Ebineng
Manager
Associated Fund Administrators Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana
Steven Epstein
Managing Partner
Epstein, Becker &Green
Washington, D.C.
Arthur Goshin
Chief Executive Officer
Univera Healthcare
Buffalo, New York
Pam Hara
Senior Consulting Actuary
Milliman &Robertson
San Francisco, California
Martin Hauser
President
SummaCare Health Plan
Akron, Ohio
Timothy J. Heady
Vice President
Searle
Skokie, Illinois
Jonathan Lewis
President
Academy for Int'l Health Studies
Davis, California
Cleve Killingsworth
Chief Executive Officer
Health Alliance Plan
Detroit, Michigan
Baltej Maini
Chief Executive Officer
Fallon Clinic &Foundation
Worcester, Massachusetts
J. Michael Mavrogordato
Vice President
PCS Health Systems
Scottsdale, Arizona
Nancy Featherstone
Customer Center Leader
Astra Pharmaceuticals
Overland Park, Kansas
Dianne Peregrina
Program Manager
Academy for Int'l Health Studies
Davis, California
Edward C. Peddie
Chief Executive Officer
AvMed Health Plan
Gainesville, Florida
Jeannine M. Rivet
Executive Vice President
Health Products and Services
United HealthCare Corporation
Minnetonka, Minneapolis
Tom Sackville
Chief Executive Officer
International Federation of Health Funds
Reading, United Kingdom
M. Edward Sellers
Chief Executive Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Russell J. Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Health Insurance Association
Deakin, Australia
Cora M. Tellez
Chief Executive Officer
Health Net
Woodland Hills, California
Bert B. Wagener
President
CIGNA HealthCare of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Allen R. Woolf
Chief Medical Officer
Intracorp
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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