Title: 2010 Employers’ Healthcare Conference
Location: Marriott Chicago Oak Brook | 1401 West 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523
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Date & Time: April 22nd, 2010 from 8:00AM to 4:00PM
Description:
Why you should attend The Most Important Healthcare Conference for Employers in 2010:
Your healthcare costs are escalating and will continue to do so! After months of debate, Congress is on the verge of possibly passing the most sisgnificant healthcare reform legislation since the creation of the Medicare program in the 1960s or they may not! Learn what you can do now to better manage your healthcare costs and the drivers that fuel them. This is an opportunity for you to assess best-practice programs and best-in-class partners. Being proactive and empowering employees to be responsible for their own healthcare is one of the most essential strategies to this approach and as you will learn at this conference, it works!
This conference is designed to give you, the employer, the information you need to move forward in addressing the high costs associated with healthcare and to give you some insight into the healthcare movement and what it means for employers. Some of the topics we will cover include:
* Structure of benefit plans
* Cost control
* Plan design
* Regulatory compliance
* Future trends and concerns
* Actual delivery of care
Agenda:
8:00 to 8:30 Continental Breakfast, Registration & Networking
8:30 to 9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Doug Whitley, President & CEO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Doug O’Brien, Senior Vice President, Res Publica Group and Chairman,
Illinois Chamber Healthcare Council
9:00 to 10:00 Keynote Speaker
Topic: Health Reform and What it Means for Employers
Dr. Edward Hughes, Professor of Management and Strategy and Professor of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
10:00 to 10:45 Panel Discussion
Topic: Healthcare: Moving Forward.
Panelists TBD
10:45 to 11:00 Morning Break
11:00 to 12:00 Morning Breakout Sessions
Mario Vescovi, President, IDTS, Inc.
Jeff Risch, Partner, Smith Admundsen LLC
Dave Chambers, President, Prairie Management, Inc
A Proven Approach to Bending the Cost Curve Now — and in the Future
John Young, VP of Consumerism, CIGNA Healthcare
12:00 to 1:30 Lunch with Speaker
Update on Healthcare – What is Happening Now in Washington?
Katie Hughes, Director of Policy, U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Luncheon Sponsor- Takeda
Repeat from Morning Breakout Sessions
2:30 to 2:45 Afternoon Break
Between constantly evolving federal ERISA regulations, IRS Code and state insurance laws, employers sponsoring benefit plans must constantly manage a quagmire of confusion. While the confusion over what needs to be done to come into compliance with the various regulations and fiduciary obligations abounds, employers can not afford to wait to clarify this confusion at the point the Department of Labor or a Plaintiff’s attorney shows up demanding to review benefit plan documents. Employers need to immediately become familiar with benefit plan pitfalls that can lead to costly litigation and/or the disqualification of plans. This presentation will cover general issues and concerns all individuals administrating and controlling benefit plans should be aware of such as reporting and administration, fiduciary liabilities, and selection of third-party vendors.
