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43. Freeze the Cost of Health Care
Learn how the 80/20 Principle demonstrates the shortcomings of current approaches to managing health care costs and reveals the true cause of the health care cost explosion. The speaker, who is both an HR practitioner and economist, provides a blueprint on how to achieve long-lasting cost reductions of 30% to 50% that, at the same time, create a win-win situation for employer and employee. Gain insight into the hidden costs of poor health, and learn how reducing health care costs is only the tip of the cost savings opportunity.
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44. Managing the Specialty Pharmacy Benefit
What are “specialty pharmaceuticals” and how significant are they to overall plan costs? Get answers to these and other questions from an industry expert who defines the term and explains the impact of specialty pharmaceuticals on rising costs within a plan’s overall drug spend. Gain insight into benefit designs and strategies that can offset these rising costs.
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45. Improving Employee Benefits and Controlling Costs with Effective CDHP Plan Design
Discover how to create a CDHP program with a double benefit: one to employers and one to employees. Review actual results and plan designs that deliver cost control solutions that are in line with projections and also improve employee benefits.
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46. Employee Assistance Plans: A Strategic Tool for Ensuring Healthy Employees and Reduced Costs
An HR executive offers insight into his organization’s positive experience with an EAP and how the plan feature fits into an overall employee relations philosophy. Learn about potential communication and implementation pitfalls and discuss solutions for overcoming these challenges.
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47. Disease Management and Wellness: How to Make Your Program Successful
Many employers who implement disease management and wellness programs are disappointed with the results. Learn about key strategies that can yield a return on your investment in these types of programs. Discover how, by taking a more active role, employers can see higher participation rates and greater savings.
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48. Case Study: Achieving Success in Wellness and Disease Management
This case study explains how a plan sponsor implemented a wellness, lifestyle management and disease management program in 2006 designed to identify and manage high risk and emerging risk members. Learn directly from the employer how the process of communication, implementation and ongoing effort has produced outstanding participation, member satisfaction and results.
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