Verisk Health to Host Risk Adjustment and Predictive Modeling Seminar in Beijing

Data Analytics Leader to Examine Chinese Healthcare Reform
WALTHAM, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Verisk Health, Inc.,a leading global healthcare data-analytics firm that
delivers solutions to minimize medical and financial risk, today announced it
will host a seminar on the implications of risk adjustment and predictive
modeling on Chinese healthcare reform. The seminar will be held in Beijing,
China, on Friday, July 10, 2009.

The one-day session will be led by Rong Yi, Ph.D., vice president of consulting
at Verisk Health. Joined by other industry experts, Dr. Yi will discuss how risk
adjustment is implemented internationally. The seminar will also examine
healthcare finance and delivery applications of risk adjustment and predictive
modeling.

"Understanding and managing medical and financial risk is essential to the
success of healthcare reform in China and throughout the world," said Dr. Yi.
"Our methodologies have shown considerable success in enabling healthcare
organizations to better understand and control their costs and risks while also
improving the quality of care."

The Verisk Health Risk Adjustment and Predictive Modeling Seminarwill be held at
the InterContinental Beijing Financial Street Hotel in Beijing, China. The event
is open to policymakers, health insurance companies, provider organizations,
consultants, and academic researchers.

About Verisk Health

Verisk Health leverages healthcare data to help businesses understand their
medical and financial risk to manage costs and clinical outcomes more
effectively. By combining the leading predictive science with the finest
evidence-based clinical engine, and powering it with superior technology, we
have created the most extensive independent risk-assessment and
decision-analytics platform in the healthcare industry. Our complete focus is on
identifying actionable strategies for managing healthcare costs and quality at
both the individual and population levels. By growing and investing in our own
business, we have become agents of change in our clients` businesses and in the
industry. Verisk Health is a wholly owned subsidiary of ISO. For more
information, please visit www.veriskhealth.com.

Verisk Health
Rosa Randazzo, 781-693-3739
rrandazzo@veriskhealth.com
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