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Thursday, November 8, 2007
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1:00 pm
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1:15 pm
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- Addressing the complex choices around an organization’s
commitment to benefits
- Building a culture of health and making it work
- Redeploying resources in ways that focus on supporting the value of
Health rather than covering the cost of illness
- What are the communication and change management implications?
- Discussion on the design innovations that have proven to be
the most effective
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1:45 pm
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- Finding ways to make costs more affordable and transparent
- Making it easy for healthcare consumers to make intelligent decisions
- Lowering the cost of delivery by focusing on efficiency and quality
- Creating savings through appropriate use of technology to reduce
administrative costs
- Focusing on acute services that do not require follow up
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2:15 pm
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2:45 pm
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- Outstanding 3 year results for the early adapter benefit strategy of a
large national employer
- Double-digit annual benefit inflation rate reduced for total savings of
$27 million
- Key element – combining a trusted disease management program with
a CDHP as full replacement
- Exploring unanticipated employee outcomes (both positive
and negative) and the midcourse corrections adapted to ensure
ongoing employee acceptance
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3:15 pm
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- Raising awareness of the issues surrounding retiree healthcare:
rising costs and changing benefits
- Enabling legislation is needed to foster the development of
funding vehicles
- Should the federal government play a larger role in financing retiree
health benefits
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3:45 pm
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