La. Health Care Conference Scheduled for Jan. 23

The Tenth Annual Health Care Conference, sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Insurance, will be held on Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at the Holiday Inn Select (formerly the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center) 4924 Constitution Avenue in Baton Rouge.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.

Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley will open the conference at 8:30 a.m. and make closing remarks at 3:30 p.m.

Lorrie Warner, managing director, Health Care Group Citigroup Inc., and James Molloy, director, Health Care Group Citigroup Inc. are the keynote luncheon speakers.

Agenda topics include:

*Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – Health Insurance Protections
*Rising Health Care Costs and Private Market Options
*Health Care for the Uninsured – Post Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
*The Future of Louisiana’s Health Insurance Marketplace