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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, July 22 /PRNewswire/ — The high and rising cost of health care in Maine and what can be done about it will be the focus of a statewide conference on Wednesday, October 1 sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Maine health Management Coalition. “Health Care Costs: Maine’s Burning Platform — Can We Extinguish the Fire?” will examine strategies to moderate Maine’s cost of care.
The conference will feature keynote speeches by two national experts on health care costs: Dr. Arnie Milstein, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on health and the National health Care Thought Leader at Mercer Consulting and Michael Chernew, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Dept. of health Care Policy. Dr. Erik Steele, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Eastern Maine health Systems, will open the conference with a presentation on why it is critical that Maine control health care cost increases.
“Our health Care Leadership Conference Series focuses attention on the important issues facing Maine and no issue is more important than moderating the rising cost of health care in Maine,” said Dan Corcoran, president, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
“The Maine health Management Coalition is pleased to co-sponsor this conference bringing together the purchasers and providers of health care to seek solutions to the unsustainable increases we have seen in costs of care,” said Doug Libby, executive director, Maine health Management Coalition.
The half day conference will take place at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Community Center. The cost to attend the conference is $25. Pre-registration is required by September 25. Participants can register online at .
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s health Care Leadership Conference series examines critical health care issues facing Maine. A series of conferences over the past three years has focused on wellness and preventative strategies to improve the health of Maine people.
The October 1 conference will be of special interest to health care providers and the Maine business community, as well as public policy makers and the general public.
About Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the trade name of Anthem health Plans of Maine, Inc., and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. (R)ANTHEM is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Additional information about Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine is available at .
About MHMC
The Maine health Management Coalition is a non-profit organization whose over 50 members include public, private and non-profit employers, hospitals, health plans and doctors working together to measure and report healthcare quality and use this information to drive quality improvement. Currently, more than 200,000 member employees and thousands of others are benefiting from the Maine health Management Coalition’s work. For more information, visit .
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