Upcoming Webinar – Save $30
2012 Plan Design: What New Products Will Health Plans and
Employers Roll Out This Fall?
Webinar • Thursday, July 21, 2011 • 1:00-2:30 Eastern time

Sponsored by Atlantic Information Services, Inc., publisher of Health Plan Week,
AIS’s Health Reform Week, Medicare Advantage News, ACO Business News and
Inside Health Insurance Exchanges

With cost pressures more intense than ever, plans and purchasers are aggressively looking at implementing new value-based designs, outcomes-based wellness programs, narrower networks, cost sharing, account-based plans, defined contribution and other strategies. Find out which will emerge as the major new health insurance trends for 2012!

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When you join us on July 21, you’ll hear Alexander Domaszewicz from Mercer, Erich Blumberg from Lockton Dunning Benefits Co. and Todd Van Tol from Oliver Wyman, discuss which new designs will be rolled out in the fall. Our panel will offer you the latest thinking on these and other key questions:

• Narrow networks: Which employers are ready to trade broad provider networks for lower coverage costs? Will such plans work for large employers?
• Value-based benefit designs: How can knocking down financial barriers improve compliance among chronically ill members? 
• Outcomes-based wellness initiatives: What are the specifics of outcomes/wellness plans that stand the best chance of lowering costs and achieving healthier workers?
• Cost sharing: What yardsticks will employers use to determine when additional increases in deductibles and copayments will alienate their work forces?
• Account-based health plans: More than half of employers now offer an account-based option, but how effective are they in reducing coverage costs?
• Defined contribution: To what extent will the reform law — and its creation of insurance exchanges — lead to renewed interest in defined-contribution platforms?
• Grandfather status: What are the pros and cons on maintaining grandfather status in 2012?

Following the 60 minutes of expert presentations, a concluding 30-minute Q&A session will provide answers to your questions about which new plan designs will be adopted by employers and insurers for 2012. Sign up today and save $30!

Three Easy Ways to Register
1. Register online
2. Call 800-521-4323 (Conference Code EBMCOL)
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