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	With 2014 being a watershed year for healthcare stakeholders, it is critical at this juncture to consider employer medical cost projections for the coming year, and the associated trends and implications that will impact all stakeholders. Four factors PwC will discuss in detail that "deflate" the medical cost trend in 2014, include (1) Convenient care is efficient care; (2) High performance care networks cost less; (3) Readmissions ratchet down; and (4) High deductible goes mainstream. Two factors that PwC will address that "inflate" the 2014 medical cost trend are (1) Specialty drug costs reverse generic drug savings; and (2) Industry consolidation can lead to higher costs. Please join us Thursday, July 18th, 2013 at 1:00 PM Eastern as Benjamin Isgur, Director of PwC's Health Research Institute takes us behind the numbers to examine Employer 2014 medical cost trends and implications for stakeholders. Click here for detailed information and to register or call 209.577.4888.