Special Pre-Conference Workshops for the Small/Mid-Sized Business
Monday, December 11, 2006
Save Time, Save Money and Boost Productivity!
At these Workshops you can expect to:
- Find out how your company can reduce healthcare costs while improving employee morale and commitment.
- Listen as experts in healthcare and human resources combine with employers to offer strategies and solutions that can mean significant savings for your company.
- Hear the latest approaches to employer healthcare that are saving companies thousands of dollars each year on every employee.
- See the results of tested morale-building programs that offer employees better protection and a means of saving towards retirements.
- Examine the key components of Consumer Directed Healthcare in an interactive seminar environment that facilitates conversation between panelists and audience.
- Compare your own initiatives with others who have explored the employer healthcare landscape and chosen the “best-in-breed” approaches that can work for your company.
Small to Mid-Size Employer Workshops
Fortune/Information Strategies, Inc.
Chair: JoAnn Laing, President, Information Strategies, Inc.
Gold Sponsor:
One of the most difficult challenges that small and medium sized employers face in today’s health insurance environment is how to deliver a health plan that employees understand and employers can afford. At this workshop you will learn proven, innovative strategies to reduce overall healthcare costs and employee stress around new CDH products.
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Proven Strategies To Reduce Overall Healthcare Costs
- William Boyles, Publisher, Consumer Driven Market Report
- Andrew Malinoski, Vice President of Communications, Vested Health
- Bill Thomas, Executive Vice President, PerfectHealthNY
- Larry Deegan, Business Development Officer, HSA Administration, American Chartered Bank
- Moderator: Don Mazzella, Publisher, Information Strategies, Inc.
- Innovative Healthcare Options Open to Small to Mid-Size Employers
- Terry Tullo, President, New Benefits
- Lance Osborne, Vice President, Field Force Development, Aflac
- Jerry Ripperger, Director of Consumer Health, Principal Financial Group
- Daniel Boisvert, President and Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Healthcare
- Moderator: Don Mazzella, Publisher, Information Strategies, Inc
- Reducing Employee Stress with New CDH Products
- Phil Micali, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, bWell International, Inc.
- Deborah Stewart, President, Finity Communications
- John Colby, President, Brick Tower Press
- Jim Yocum, Executive Vice President, Government Services, DestinationRX
- Joe San Filippo, Chief Health Strategist, Nationwide Insurance
- Panelists Ideas in 59 Minutes
- Moderator: Don Mazzella, Publisher, Information Strategies, Inc.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Conference Presentation/Workshop
- Attracting and Retaining Good Employees: Benefits Turn the Key
- Lance Osborne, Vice President, Field Force Development, Aflac
CDHP/HSAs Workshops
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Are you in your first or fourth year of CDHC? Are you still learning?
In this session for employers, experts will bring their experiences to the panel to provide you with the guidelines necessary for success in decision-making, education and implementation. They will share with you proven techniques for increasing enrollment and employee satisfaction.
- Selecting the Right Agent/Broker/Health Plan
Employee Education Ensuring Enrollment Success
Employee Tools and Access to Information - Ben Cutler, Chief Executive Officer, USHealth Group
- Jonathan Edelheit, Vice President, United Group Programs, Inc.
- Scott Stevens, Employee Benefits Specialist, NP Dodge Insurance
- John Young, Vice President of Consumer Strategy, CIGNA
- Moderator: Dan Schwartzer, Executive Director, Wisconsin PPO Association
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Do you know how to work through the maze of plan design? Do you know what is available in the marketplace to make CDH plans a true, overall success?
Agents are on the front lines with their clients to get these questions answered and concerns addressed. In this session, geared toward employers and agents, each of the expert presenters has years of experience with CDH plans, whether through research or implementation. These panelists will share what their clients learned in the "early" years of implementation and how those experiences have led to success today.
- Best Education and Enrollment Examples
Tracking and Comparing CDHP Results
Case Studies
Beyond Plan Design and Into Health Promotion - David Saltzman, Director of Consumerism, Humana, Inc.
- Nat Brinn, Chief Executive Officer, HSA Bank
- Andrew Malinoski, Vice President of Communications, Vested Health
- Bob Hopper, President, Hopper Insurance Services
Moderator: Dan Schwartzer, Executive Director, Wisconsin PPO Association
Panelists will provide short summaries you can take home and use immediately!
You can register for these workshops at a special price of $195!
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