Podcasts & Companion Presentations

Ten downloadable Podcast recordings will be available 24/7 to attendees, averaging around 15 minutes in length.  Companion presentations related to each Podcast discussion are also available for downloading.

• Jay Garriss, National Director, Client Relationship Management, ACS HSA Solutions, Wake Forest, NC, discussing early results from the 2007-8 open enrollment season and apparent emerging trends
• Jeffrey C. Greene, President and Chief Executive Officer, MedEncentive, Oklahoma City, OK, discussing Achieving a Sustainable ROI Using a Breakthrough Consumer-Centric, Pay-for-Performance Program Featuring Interactive Doctor-Patient Rewards
• John Mills, Director, Product Management, HIP Health Plan of New York, New York, NY, discussing Consumerism in Healthcare: The Demand to Provide High Quality Information to Healthcare Customers
• Eric Remjeske, President, Devenir, Minneapolis, MN, discussing the HSA Growth Story and The Funded HRA/VEBA Opportunity
• MaryAnn Stump, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Eagan, MN, discussing Consumer Reviews and Feedback within health care: the HealthcareScoop.com experience
• Dan Spirek, Executive Vice President Integrated Health Solutions, TriZetto, Greenwood Village, CO, discussing Integrated Healthcare Management: Powering A New Era of Healthcare
• Rob J. Thurston, President, HR Consulting Group, Inc., Provo, UT, discussing HSAs- Putting the Pieces together on Consumer Driven Health
• Kirsten Trusko, Senior Manager, BearingPoint, Danville, CA, discussing updates on market trends and figures with a focus on financial services leading practices, and how collaboration across diverse market segments drives benefit to the health consumer and general health industry
• Ric Turnquist, Vice President, Wells Fargo Health Benefit Services, Minneapolis, MN, discussing Re-examining the Health Savings Account, a case study of Sperian Protection's High Performance HSA
• Janice Young, Program Director, Health Industry Insights, Framingham, MA, discussing Moving Beyond the Retail Model: The Re-emergence of Integrated Health Management Additional Web Summit Features

Additional Web Summit Features

• A Library of selected recent articles on upcoming health care business trends is available to attendees
• A library of last year's Summit powerpoint presentations and podcast recordings is also available to attendees. Click here to review a listing.
• Attendees can link to faculty web pages and click to send them follow up questions
• Attendees can take the annual Consumer Driven Care e-Poll on which are the most significant trends impacting health care, and receive a summary of the survey results
• Attendees will be given the opportunity to provide immediate feedback after the webinar event
• The Summit web site, including podcasts, faculty presentations, article library, faculty pages, e-poll and results, and more, will be available 24/7 for three months following the event.
• Attendees will receive a complimentary 30-day paid MCOL membership
• A Summit CD-ROM with full webinar and podcast recordings, faculty presentations and additional materials is also available to attendees for an extra $40.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain an overall sense of the major trends, issues and data shaping consumerism and consumer driven health care initiatives for 2008 and beyond.
• Understand the current trends, strategies, issues and key data regarding employer consumerism and consumer driven plan approaches
• Obtain a detailed understanding of Transparency and Consumerism issues involving employer experiences with quality data and strategies
• Gain case study experience knowledge of health plan wellness incentive programs
• Receive a snapshot of the current state of the developing Consumer Driven Care sector
• Explore concepts and issues involved with Value-Based Insurance Design
• Obtain marketplace intelligence and knowledge on such issues as enrollment data and trends, Doctor-Patient Reward Programs, Provision Consumer Quality Information, Reviews and Feedback; Competing in the Retail Market; HSAs administration and trends
• Experience e-learning at the attendees' convenience, with podcasts, article library, archive of 2007 Summit presentations and other online Summit features available 24/7
• Engage in interactive learning and networking through live webinar providing question and answer periods, attendee surveys and feedback, and e-mail inquiries with faculty.

Who Should Attend

• Employers, Benefit Consultants, Health Plans, Financial Institutions, Hospitals, Healthcare Systems, TPAs, Insurance Companies, Physician Groups, Government Agencies, Health Benefit Agencies and Brokers, Consulting Firms, Pharmaceutical Companies, PBMs, Solution Developers, Vendors, Policy Organizations, and Media.
• C-Suite Executives, and administrative staff
• Consumerism managers and staff
• Benefit Managers, Human Resource Directors and Benefit Consultants
• Product Development and Management Staff
• Sales and Marketing executives
• Strategic, planning, policy, legislative and regulatory staff
• Consultants, Analysts, Research, and other interested parties