Conference Highlights: Health & Welfare Plan Management

99% of Past Participants Would Recommend This Program To A Colleague

“Excellent presentations. Very informative.
A must for health care changes.”

Deb Bromley
HR Manager
Dental Arts Laboratories, Inc.

Keynote and Luncheon Presentations

Finding Them Early: The Role of Health Management in Keeping Employees Healthy
Daniel L. Ober, D.O., Senior Medical Director
CIGNA Health Solutions
Reducing medical costs and improving health is a complex business. Most health programs seek to manage or improve the health of the sickest portion of an employee population. But to truly impact costs long term, health programs need to identify employees before a health event—when they are at risk and the onset of long-term illness is preventable. Dr. Ober discusses the components of health management and how identifying and engaging—at the individual level—those who are healthy and at risk of illness can improve health and help reduce costs.

From Lift-Off to Landing: Business Intelligence and Your Benefit Programs
Gerald W. Frye, CLU, ChFC, RHU, REBC, CASL, President
The Benefit Services Group, Inc.
The ability to make informed, impactful decisions is central to guiding your employee benefit programs along optimal routes. Jerry Frye discusses how a robust business intelligence focus allows you to apply an evidence-based approach to your planning, renewal
and communication processes. This allows for better, long-term alignment of benefit goals and performance with larger corporate objectives. Ultimately, this dynamic decision-support approach can transform the health care discussion from one based primarily on benefit issues to one focused more on health status and health care consumption.

Health Benefit Trends and 2008 Outlook
Eugene G. Charney, Worldwide Partner and National Advisory Practice Leader
Mercer
Learn about the facts and trends from an annual, scientific survey on employer-sponsored health plans. In his keynote remarks, Gene Charney focuses on data for mid-sized employers and discusses what the trend data mean for plan sponsors as they continue to implement strategies to contain health care costs.

Put a Dent in Your Health Care Universe
Kara J. Trott, Chief Executive Officer
Quantum Health, Inc.
Consumerism, CDHPs, wellness, coaching and disease management—are they just rearranging deck furniture on a sinking ship? Many recent trends in health care cost control fail to attack the underlying problem: fragmentation in the process of health care. In this keynote presentation, Kara Trott examines the root causes of unnecessary health care costs and how your plan can move beyond incremental solutions to become a backbone that creates a cohesive, less costly health care process for your employees.

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Breakfast Round Tables—NEW!
Wednesday, June 11 :: 7:30 am–9:00 am

Grab some breakfast and head for a seat at a table where you have an opportunity to discuss specific benefit issues and challenges with fellow employers and experts in the benefits field. Pose questions, share ideas and compare solutions with others who are facing or who have already successfully confronted a situation like yours. You have a say in which topics will be covered. Confirmed registrants have the opportunity to provide input into the issues these small group discussions will explore. Examples include: implementing CDHC, wellness programs for small companies, vendor management, global benefits, Rx strategies, self-insurance and employee communication. Increase the value of your conference experience. Let us hear what issues are on your mind, and we'll provide the forum where you can get some answers.

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Attend This Conference to Find the Right Balancing Point for Your Benefit Plans

Health and Welfare Plan Management for Mid-Sized Employers, in partnership with one of the nation’s top institutions of higher learning, the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, offers an unbeatable opportunity to master the art of balancing the management of your benefits offerings with the strategic objectives of your organization.

40+ workshops. Our comprehensive schedule allows you to choose the topics that are important to your organization’s specific needs.
Expert speakers. Representatives from top consulting and benefits firms, the legal profession, IRS, DOL and colleagues in the plan sponsor community share their expertise on today’s most important plan management issues: consumer-driven health care; HSAs, HRAs and FSAs; cost containment; wellness and disease management; compliance with federal mandates and much more.
Immediate takeaway. With an emphasis on the practical rather than the theoretical, the conference offers straightforward, proven strategies you can use now.
Unmatched networking opportunity. Join hundreds of your colleagues from across the nation for one-on-one discussions at luncheons, receptions and breaks.
Online resource library. Your attendance entitles you to a full-year's access to workshop presentations for all Health and Welfare Plan Management conferences at our website, www.ucs-edu.net.

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