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2008 Schedule
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Monday, April 7, 2008
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibitor Move-In
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Open (The Benton Convention Center)
7:30 PM - 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Party - Marriott Hotel
Sponsored by United Healthcare
Dinner on your own Dining in Winston-Salem
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration Open
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Opening Ceremonies & Remarks Welcome
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Beth Ashemore, NAHU President
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Medicaid Panel
Joyce Fritts, Medicaid Program Representative - NC Division of Medical Assistance
Christine A. Evans, State Health Plan
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM BREAK (Exhibit Hall)
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Medicare Panel
Jeanie Schepisi, Regional Mgr., NC DOI SHIIP
Ed Wooten, Wooten Agency, Inc.
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Mel Schlesinger - 2007 Frederick W Joyner Award Winner
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch (Exhibit Hall)
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM "Political/Voting Trends in NC"
John Davis, NC Free
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Long Term Care
Betty Doll, CLTC, CSA, Long Term Care Insurance Services
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Break (Exhibit Hall)
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Dr. Dale Henry
Dinner on your own Dining in Winston-Salem
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration Open
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Opening Ceremonies and Remarks
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CDHC/Wellness
Sherelyn Hammett, Definity Sales Excutive, United Healthcare
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Break (Exhibit Hall)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM Self-Funded Panel - "Myths & Realities"
Chris Brown, President & CEO - Benefit Management Services
Myrna Harris - Crescent Preferred Provider Organization
Eric Ludwig - President & CEO Interactive Medical Systems
John Miall - The Asheville Project
Tom Snell, JD, CLU, ChFC, REBC, RHU - Benefit Edge of the Carolinas, Inc.
11:30 AM - 11:50 PM Special Recognitions
11:50 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch (Exhibit Hall)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Legislation and Regulation Update
Robert C. Paschal, NCAHU Lobbyist
Michael Keough, Exec. Director NC Health Ins. Risk Pool
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Break (Exhibit Hall)
2:20 PM - 3:30 PM Medical Cost Trends in NC
John Friesen, VP Actuarial & Underwriting Services, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Jeanne Robertson