Chicago Health & Welfare Plan Management Conference Workshops

Attend all general and workshop sessions and earn up to 14 CPE (for CPAs) credits.

Attend the pre-conference workshop and earn additional credits.

Conference Workshops
A chart for these workshops is available in PDF format.
You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
10:00 am–11:00 am	10:15 am–11:15 am	9:15 am–10:15 am
11:15 am–12:15 pm	1:45 pm–2:45 pm	10:30 am–11:30 am
2:00 pm–3:00 pm	3:15 pm–4:15 pm
3:30 pm–4:30 pm

Monday, 11:15 am–12:15 pm

7. Benefits Enrollment and Administration Done Right: How to Ease the HR Burden, Stop Overpayment to Carriers and Reduce Costs by Up to 10%
R. Gallun, bswift
E. Vebber, Children’s Memorial Hospital

8. Renewal Negotiation Tactics: Achieve Your Lowest Medical Insurance Renewal Ever
P. Bartman, J. Storto
Assurance Agency, Ltd.

9. Successes in Going 100% Consumer-Driven Health Plans—One Company's Experience
C. Linardakis
Zions Bancorporation

10. The State of Medicine
L.J. Luter, M.D.
Meritain Health

11. Risk Management for Health Plans
F.M. Stichter
HyHealth LLC
Thomas B. Gilliam, Ph.D.
Move It. Lose It. Live Healthy, LLC

7. Benefits Enrollment and Administration Done Right: How to Ease the HR Burden, Stop Overpayment to Carriers and Reduce Costs by Up to 10%
This case study illustrates how online benefits enrollment and administration can save time and money and frees up HR staff to focus on more strategic issues. Learn the critical factors for successfully implementing a third party niche solution for enrollment and administration, including how to integrate it with existing ERP and/or HRIS systems. Discover, as well, why one employer made the decision to use a best-in-class solution rather than the benefits module of its HRIS/payroll system and how this decision has streamlined the work of its HR department and enhanced the employee self-service experience.
Back to Top

8. Renewal Negotiation Tactics: Achieve Your Lowest Medical Insurance Renewal Ever
With medical costs at an all-time high and benefit programs more complex than ever, it’s critical to keep your eye on the ball when it comes to how much you pay your vendors or the amount of risk you assume in your contract. This session shows you how to use your carriers’ underwriting projections to lower your costs, ensure that your provider network is delivering the savings the sales people promise, and determine the level of risk you can absorb. Learn how to level the playing field when it comes to negotiating your medical renewal.
Back to Top

9. Successes in Going 100% Consumer-Driven Health Plans—One Company’s Experience
An HR executive offers insight into her organization’s positive experience in switching its health and welfare plans totally to consumer driven. Learn about successes in communication and implementation strategies, and hear how to avoid potential pitfalls.
Back to Top

10. The State of Medicine
Learn the keys to successful wellness and disease management programs through this review of what not to do. This physician-conducted workshop identifies common reasons these programs don’t produce meaningful ROI or savings.
Back to Top

11. Risk Management for Health Plans
Risk management techniques offer immediate as well as long-term solutions to rising health care costs. Learn how to identify clinical and lifestyle risks within your population and the most effective ways to manage those risks. Explore how proven wellness programs and intervention techniques can help you uncover and manage risks while achieving real, measurable ROI.
Back to Top