Industry leading Consumer Driven Healthcare (CDH) payments event gather high-level professionals in healthcare payments, innovation, and policy

Healthcare Payments & Policy Conference, HCON2011, is bringing together healthcare payment industry leaders and policymakers from Congress and the Obama Administration to showcase and discuss new consumerism directed market trends, technologies and challenges shaping the healthcare payments landscape. The two-day conference held on June 28-29, 2011 in Washington, DC, attracted executives from health plans, third party administrators, financial institutions, technology and solutions providers, health offi¬cials and agencies.

Consumer Health Technologies, Inc., a leading consumer directed healthcare solutions company, will be represented at the conference by its CEO, Pradeep Goel. On June 28, 2011, Mr. Goel participated in a discussion panel regarding the impact of higher deductibles on CDH adoption. Having multiple years of experience with various Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations as well as several private and public healthcare IT companies, Mr. Goel is well equipped to share insights on effective strategies for increasing adoption of consumer directed healthcare and engaging the consumer.

Consumer Health Technologies also hosted the breakfast on Tuesday morning for conference delegates, speakers and guests to network and share experiences.

“In the rapidly evolving healthcare payments environment we see a trend towards higher consumer responsibility in controlling their healthcare decisions and dollars. It is important for payers and administrators to develop effective tools that engage and empower consumers such that consumers can effectively make good healthcare decisions for best outcomes at lowest costs,” – said Pradeep Goel, CEO of Consumer Health Technologies.

About Consumer Health Technologies

Consumer Health Technologies (CHT) is a top 3 US-based software company, a leader in innovative software solutions for the US healthcare and insurance market sector with its online platform BenefitSpan™. CHT converges healthcare and financial services into one comprehensive web-based platform to help clients maximize revenue opportunities by automating administrative tasks. Our clients include over 130 organizations in 50 US states, making CHT one of the largest providers of healthcare solutions in the USA. CHT established its software development operation in Ukraine in 2006. To learn more about Consumer Health Technologies, please visit our web-site www.consumerhealthtech.com.