Waller Lansden Unveils Line-Up for National Healthcare Conference
"Directions in Healthcare" to Feature Industry Leaders Discussing Critical Topics Including the Post-Reform Regulatory Environment and Physician Alignment

(firmenpresse) - NASHVILLE, TN -- (Marketwire) -- 10/12/11 -- Recognized as one of the nation's largest healthcare law firms, Waller Lansden today announced the agenda for its upcoming national conference "Directions in Healthcare 2011," which will be held on November 7, 2011, at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.
"Directions in Healthcare" will bring together healthcare executives, general counsel, and development and compliance officers from across the country to explore emerging issues and trends in the healthcare industry. U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN) and former CMS Administrator Thomas A. Scully will kick-off the conference with a discussion of reform and reimbursement. The event also will feature panels of veteran healthcare executives who will explore key issues such as relationships between not-for-profit providers and investor-owned companies, the post-reform regulatory environment, and physician alignment, employment and compensation.
"The Directions in Healthcare Conference will ignite discussion among influential healthcare leaders who are the key catalysts to effecting change in the industry," said Reggie Hill, partner in Waller Lansden's healthcare department and chair of the conference. "The sessions will be interactive forums for sharing insight and exploring emerging trends that are having a profound and widespread impact on our country's healthcare system."
Topics and panelists for "Directions in Healthcare 2011" include:
U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper, (D-TN), U.S. House of Representatives
Thomas A. Scully, Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird and General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; Former Administrator, CMS (2001-2003)
William F. Carpenter III, Chairman and CEO, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Harry L. Eichelberger, Principal, Oak Hill Capital Partners
Molly O'Neill, Chief Strategic Planning Officer and Vice President of Business Development, Duke University Health System
Keith B. Pitts, Vice Chairman, Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.
Donald H. Romano, Of Counsel, Foley & Lardner, LLP
David W. Rowan, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, Cleveland Clinic
Peter Urbanowicz, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group, LLC
Rob Lazerow, Senior Consultant, Strategic Research, The Advisory Board
Marc R. Schulman, Executive Director, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
Daniel S. Slipkovich, Chairman and CEO, Capella Healthcare
Joseph A. Sowell, III, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, HCA, Inc.
James Cain, Chairman of the Board, Cain Brothers & Company, LLC
Charles Ditkoff, Vice Chairman of Corporate and Investment Banking and Head of Global Healthcare Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
James R. Jaacks, Executive VP/Mercy Chief Administrative Officer, Sisters of Mercy Health System
Steven N. Warden, President, CIT Healthcare
Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, advisory services and strategic growth markets for hospitals and health systems, managed care organizations, home health companies and post-acute care facilities, is the reception sponsor for Directions in Healthcare 2011. Corporate Communications Inc., which provides investor and public relations services to small- and mid-cap publicly held companies, is the lunch sponsor for the conference. Modern Healthcare -- the industry's leading source of healthcare business and policy news, research and information -- is the exclusive Media Sponsor for the event.
For more information or to register for the "Directions in Healthcare 2011" conference, please visit .
In the evolving healthcare reform environment, Waller Lansden helps its clients focus on their primary mission: providing high-quality patient care. Providers rely on Waller Lansden's experienced attorneys for advice and counsel on physician/hospital alignment; M&A and joint ventures; financings and securities offerings; Medicare payment issues; Stark and anti-kickback compliance; electronic health records and privacy rules; and legislative and regulatory developments. Waller Lansden assists hospitals; surgery centers; intellectual property; imaging centers; physician practice management companies; home health and hospice providers; skilled nursing and senior living facilities; dialysis providers and rehabilitation facilities throughout the country. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn. with an office in Birmingham, Ala. For more information please visit .
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