PRESS RELEASE: National Employee Benefits Summit
Features Health Benefit Management and Health Care
Consumerism
- The Leading Forum for Employers Focusing on
Current Employee Benefits Trends, Issues and
Solution
- June 19 - 21, 2007
- Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
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www.BenefitsSummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website:
www.BenefitsSummit.com
WASHINGTON DC USA -- APRIL 20, 2007:
The National Employee Benefits Summit,
www.BenefitsSummit.com, June 19 - 21, 2007, at
the Hilton Atlanta in Atlanta, GA today announced
that it will feature sessions on health benefit
management and health care consumerism.
BENEFITS SUMMIT - AT-A-GLANCE
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SESSIONS ON HEALTH BENEFIT MANAGEMENT
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The Benefits Summit will feature the
following sessions on health benefit
management:
- Trends in Health Benefits and the
Future of Employment-based Health
Benefits by Paul Fronstin, PhD, Director
of the Health Research and Education
Program, Employee Benefit Research
Institute, Washington, DC
- Employers Driving Better Health Care
Through Responsible Benefit Design by
Andrew Webber, President and Chief
Executive Officer, National Business
Coalition on Health, Washington, DC
- Understanding and Managing Health
Care Risks by Francois de Brantes, MS,
MBA, Chief Operating Officer, eHealth
Initiative, National Coordinator,
Bridges To Excellence, Washington, DC
- Outcomes Evaluation and the Impact
of Disease Management and Wellness with
Employer Groups by Tracey A. Moorhead,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Disease Management Association of
America, Washington, DC and Al Lewis,
President, Disease Management Purchasing
Consortium, Wellesley, MA
- The Benefits Reconstruction Era:
Recalibrating Health and Welfare by
Ronald Leopold, MD, MBA, MPH, National
Medical Director and Vice President,
MetLife, Alpharetta, GA
- Medicare Advantage: A Retiree Health
Solution by Jean LeMasurier, Director,
Employer Group Practice, Gorman Health
Group, LLC, Washington, DC
- Managing your Benefit Plan with
Accreditation or Certification by J.
Rosie Burke, Director of External
Relations, The Joint Commission,
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
- Care Management: The Impact and
Future Trends by Michael B. Garrett, MS,
CCM, Vice President, Business
Development, Qualis Health, Seattle, WA
and Kara Trott, Chief Executive Officer,
Quantum Health, Columbus, OH
- On Site Clinics and Convenient Care
Clinics: their Emerging Role in Benefit
Design by Mike LaPenna, Principal, The
LaPenna Group, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
and Charles "Chuck" Peck, MD, Chief
Medical Officer, Take Care Health
Systems, Conshohocken, PA
- Value Based Purchasing: Tools for
Health Plan Performance Measurement by
Dennis White, Executive Vice President,
National Business Coalition on Health,
Washington, DC
- Seeing the Big Picture - The
Benefits of Collaborative Health
Management in Eyecare and Beyond by Al
Schubert, Vice President, Strategic
Alliances & Managed Care, VSP,
Sacramento, CA
- What Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Mean to Employers by Amy Leopard, Esq.,
Partner, Walter & Haverfield, Cleveland,
OH and Jim Bureau, VP, Sales &
Marketing, Shared Health, Chattanooga,
TN
- Vision Benefit Administrative and
Financial Issues by John Davis, Vice
President, Opticare, Rocky Mount, NC
- Ten Characteristics of the Most
Successful Worksite Wellness Programs by
Don R. Powell, PhD, President and Chief
Executive Officer, American Institute
for Preventive Medicine, Farmington
Hills, MI
- With the Changing Face of Healthcare
and Workforce Demographics What is the
Role of Voluntary Benefits, including
Supplemental Medical, Long Term Care,
Critical Care, Dental, Vision and
Hearing? By Richard A. Storms, CEBS,
Senior Associate, Mercer Health &
Benefits and Chair, International
Society of Certified Employee Benefit
Specialists, Minneapolis, MN
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SESSIONS ON HEALTH CARE CONSUMERISM
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The Benefits Summit will feature the
following sessions on health care
consumerism:
- Health Plans and Consumer Driven
Care by Meredith Baratz, Vice President,
Definity Health, New York, NY; Linda
Schulte, Senior Vice President, Customer
Segments, CIGNA, Cumming, GA and Clive
Riddle, President, MCOL, Modesto, CA
- Consumerism Issues for Employers
Overview by David Randall, Executive
Director, The Consumer Driven Health
Care Institute, Washington, DC
- Top Ten HSA Funding Issues by
Christine L. Keller, Esq., Principal,
Groom Law Group, Washington, DC
- Focused HSA Contribution Strategies
to Maximize Voluntary Participation by
Jay V. Garriss, CEBS, National Client
Relations Leader, ACS HSA Solutions,
Atlanta, GA
- HSA, HRA and Consumerism use in
Collective Bargaining by Pete Kaehler,
Chief Executive Officer, Vende' Inc.,
Saint Paul, MN
- A Wellness Story: Issues to Consider
in Company Wellness Initiatives by
Christy Tinnes, Principal, Groom Law
Group, Washington, DC
- A Step-by-Step Approach to
Implementing Health Savings Accounts in
Small to Mid-sized Companies by J.
Michael Vittoria, Director of Human
Resources, Bacou-Dalloz USA, Inc.,
Smithfield, RI
- Accelerating Consumerism:
Marketplace Innovations and Strategies
that Work by Kathy Bartow, Director,
Benefit Programs, Fujitsu America, Inc.,
San Jose, CA and Alexander C.
Domaszewicz, Principal and Senior
Consultant, Mercer Health & Benefits,
Newport Beach, CA
- Emerging Specialty Benefits and EAPs
and Ann Clark, PhD, Chief Executive
Officer, ACI Specialty Benefits, San
Diego, CA
- The Impact of Health Plan Price and
Quality Transparency on Employers and
Consumers by Geoffrey B. Baker, MBA,
Chief Executive Officer and President,
Med-Vantage, Inc., San Francisco, CA
- Legal Perspectives: Evaluation,
Design and Administration of Consumer
Driven Health Care by Cheryl Risley
Hughes, Esq., Principal, Sanders,
Schnabel &, Brandenburg, PC, Washington,
DC and Susan Nash, Esq., Partner,
McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, IL
- Discount Medical Cards - One part of
the Solution by Terry Tullo, President,
New Benefits, Ltd., Dallas, TX
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS |
Nancy J. Altman, Esq.
Board Chair, Pension Rights
Center, Author, The
Battle for Social Security,
Washington, DC |
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Meredith Baratz
Vice President, Definity
Health, New York, NY |
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Karen Kay Barnes, Esq.
Managing Counsel, McDonald's
Corporation, Oak Brook, IL |
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Kathy Bartow
Director, Benefit Programs,
Fujitsu America, Inc., San
Jose, CA |
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Francois de Brantes
Officer and Director,
Bridges to Excellence,
Fairfield, CT |
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Jim Dougherty
Executive Director,
Healthcare Information, J.D.
Power and Associates, Eden
Prairie, MN |
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Douglas N. Field
President/ and Chief
Executive Officer,
FieldMedia, LLC, Publisher,
Benefits and Compensation
Solutions, and CDHC
Solutions, Co chair,
National Benefits Management
Summit, Atlanta, GA |
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Paul Fronstin
Director of the Health
Research and Education
Program, Employee Benefit
Research Institute,
Washington, DC |
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Daniel A. Green
Deputy Associate Director,
Center for Employee and
Family Support, Strategic
Human Resources Policy
Division, Office of
Personnel Management,
Washington, DC |
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Missy Krasner, MA
Project & Marketing Manager,
Google, Former Senior
Advisor, National
Coordinator of Health
Information Technology, U.S.
Department of Health & Human
Services, Mountain View, CA |
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Al Lewis
President, Disease
Management Purchasing
Consortium, Wellesley, MA |
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Terry A. McInnis, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Health
Management Innovations,
GlaxoSmithKline, Cary, NC |
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Tracey A. Moorhead
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Disease
Management Association of
America, Washington, DC |
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Al Otto
President, White Horse
Advisors, LLC, Atlanta, GA |
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Clive Riddle
President, MCOL, Former
Chief Executive Officer,
National Med HMO, Co chair,
National Benefits Management
Summit, and Consumer Driven
Healthcare Summit, Modesto,
CA |
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Linda Schulte
Senior Vice President,
Customer Segments, CIGNA,
Hartford, CT |
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Richard A. Storms, CEBS
Senior Associate , Mercer
Health & Benefits, Chair,
International Society of
Certified Employee Benefit
Specialists, Minneapolis, MN
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Andrew Webber
President and Chief
Executive Officer, National
Business Coalition on
Health, Washington, DC |
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David L. Wray
President, The Profit
Sharing/401(k) Council of
America, Former president
from 1993 to 1996 of the
International Association
for Financial Participation,
Chicago, IL |
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SUMMIT OVERVIEW |
The National Employee Benefits Summit
provides the leading forum for Employers and
others on the current employee benefits
trends, issues and solutions.
The Summit provides nationally renowned
keynote speakers, plus concurrent sessions
organized into conference tracks including:
- Health Benefit Management;
- Health Care Consumerism;
- Retirement Plans and Personal
Finance;
- Insourcing/Outsourcing;
- Tools and Technology; and
- Supplemental/Voluntary Benefits.
Presentations during the Summit will provide
the most current market information,
technical information and solutions
regarding: Plan Design, Pay for Performance,
Prescription Management, Disease Management,
Dental/Vision benefits, Price Transparency,
Consumer Driven Plans, Wellness Incentives,
Convenient Care retail clinics, Financial
Literacy, Defined Benefit and Defined
Contribution, Retirement
Demographic/Economic Trends and Challenges,
the Pension Protection Act, Fiduciary
Oversight, IRS Updates, the impact of the
Democratic Congress, Self-Funding,
Outsourcing, Benchmarking, ROI, SAS 70
Audits, Benefits Communications, Employee
Self Service Portals, Decision Support, EAPs,
Fringe Benefits, Executive Benefits,
Voluntary Benefits, and much more.
The Summit also provides the ideal
networking opportunity for professionals
throughout all industry sectors to interact,
develop future relationships and meet key
contacts.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND |
- Employee Benefit Managers
- Total Rewards Managers
- Human Resources Executives
- Corporate Medical Departments
- Legal and Regulatory Executives
- Agents and Brokers
- Benefit Consultants
- Third Party Administrators
- Plan Trustees
- Investment Managers
- Actuaries
- Accounting Managers
- C-Suite Executives
- Planning and Strategic Development
Executives
- Consultants
- Regulators
- System Vendors and Integrators
- Financial Institution Executives
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