2004 Summit

Piedmont Health Coalition held its 4th Annual NC Employers' Summit on Health Care on March 25, 2004 at the Moseley Center at Elon University. The full-day summit featured the following presentations:

• Future Directions In U.S. Health Policy -- Andrew Webber, President & CEO National Business Coalition on Health
• All Doctors Are Not Created Equal -- Becky Cherney, President & CEO Central Florida Health Care Coalition
• Diabetes: Its Impact On Health Care, Utilization and Costs -- David G. Marrero, Ph.D, Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
• Gearing Up with the Lifestyle Center for Diabetes Maintenance -- Michelle Fritsch, Pharm.D, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Alamance Regional Medical Center, Principal Investigator, Bayer & PHC diabetes project
• "Health Impact Award " Presentation -- Allen E. Gant, Jr., President, Glen Raven, Inc. & Chairman, Piedmont Health Coalition, Inc.
• Survive and Thrive: The Future Business Model for TPA'S -- Nancy C. Blough, JD, MBA, American Health Data Institute
• The Future of Self-Insurance and Alternative Risk Transfer -- James A. Kinder, CEO Self-Insurance Institute of America
• CDHC - An Idea Whose Time Has Come -- Jeff Miller, Market Leader for the Carolinas & Hamilton M. Henson, Jr. CEBS, Mellon