Building off of a successful five years, more than 325 healthcare industry executives and government leaders attended the fifth annual Nevada Health Care Forum last fall. The event was an overwhelming success with eighteen nationally and locally recognized dynamic presenters addressing legislative changes impacting our healthcare system, and issues and opportunities for improving our national, regional and local healthcare systems.

The Nevada Chapters of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and Nevada Medical Group Management Association (NVMGMA), in conjunction with the Clark County Medical Society, Nevada Executive Women in Healthcare, Nevada Health Information Management Association, Nevada Nurses Association, Nevada State Board of Nursing, Nevada Organization of Nurse Leaders, Southern Nevada Medical Industry Coalition (SNMIC) and Washoe County Medical Society, have all come together to organize this Nevada statewide symposium. The event to be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the Tuscany Suites & Casino - 255 E. Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169.

This year's symposium will focus on a broad range of healthcare topics including the impact of healthcare reform on the industry and Nevadans, the future of healthcare, healthcare quality, Medicare and Medicaid, healthcare Information technology/systems, health information exchanges (HIE), health insurance exchanges (HIX), wellness and disease management, and more. The program will feature national and state leaders in the health care industry.

This event brings together most of Nevada’s healthcare leaders covering a broad section of the industry, including providers and provider executives (physicians, nurses, allied health providers); hospital, post-acute care facility and ancillary care provider executives, academia, employer group and health plan/insurance executives, government officials, students, media and consumers of healthcare.