Google ThinkHealth'09 Features HillCo Health

PRLog (Press Release) - Dec 06, 2009 -
Marc Samuels, President/HillCo Health, was recently a guest speaker at Google's ThinkHealth'09 event that discussed new trends in the healthcare industry.  As an expert in health reform and major healthcare legislation implementation, HillCo Health provided a unique perspective of how government and companies  are using the Internet to influence the debate and position themselves to capture market share.

Google and The Wharton School--via its Fast.Forward. YouTube Channel--featured parts of HillCo Health's perspective. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwIAzJUuLpk

Fast.Forward. (http://www.youtube.com/user/FastForward) is a Google/Wharton School partnership that gathers and provides quick perspective on managing the change in the marketing landscape. Its primary aim is to share ideas and lessons learned to help keep us all better informed and effective as the game - and conversation - rapidly progresses.

About HillCo Health

HillCo Health--www.hillcohealth.com--is a strategic B2G full-service consulting firm that advises bio-pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare companies on federal and state coverage, coding, and payment matters.  

HillCo Health has a number of former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services staffers with extensive experience at and working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Food and Drug Administration, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and state health programs.

HillCo Health Team

Grant Bagley, M.D., J.D.
Former Director, Coverage and Analysis Group, CMS
Former Medical Officer, Office of the Commissioner, FDA

Marc Samuels, J.D., M.P.H.
Former White House Office of Domestic Policy Aide,
Former Gubernatorial Health Policy Advisor, TX Health and Human Services Commission

Michael Beebe
Former Director, AMA CPT and RUC

Doran Edwards, M.D.
Former Medical Director, Palmetto G.B.A. and PDAC (Pricing, Data, Analysis Coding) Contractor Chief Medical Officer

Caleb DesRosiers, J.D., M.P.A.
Former HHS/CMS Special Assistant,
Former Policy Director, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Pfizer Inc.
Former Health Policy Advisor, Massachusetts Speaker’s Office

Alissa Williams Pereira, M.P.H.
Former Legislative Analyst, Schering Plough Corporation

Danielle Pambianco, M.P.H
Former Healthcare Analyst, Altarum Institute

HillCo Health is a division of HillCo Partners—www.hillcopartners—a government relations firm located in Austin, Texas.

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