Health care reform has transformed the landscape for all insurance plans — from commercial medical to Medicare to voluntary and ancillary benefits providers. In this Keynote Address, discuss how reform has fundamentally shifted priorities and focus for plans.

• Discuss the role plans play in moving providers from volume to value
• Understand how plans balance investments to support value within an increasingly complex regulatory environment
• Explore how successful plans will capitalize on successful collaboration with providers

Public and private exchanges introduced a new element for consideration by plans during this year’s open enrollment period. This panel features a variety of insurance carriers as they share their insights on overall trends and the particular impact of the exchange market including new opportunities being created, challenges to overcome, new initiatives in plan design, and marketing techniques.

• Identify trends seen in this year’s open enrollment period
• Discuss best practices and differentiators to disrupt and break through the clutter on the exchange
• Evaluate and analyze purchasing trends to optimize distribution channel planning
• Anticipate the future beyond 2015 and prepare strategies and product offerings to serve specific market segments

Exchanges are beginning to gain popularity and are expected to play an increasing role in benefit distribution in the near future. This session highlights what that means for ancillary and voluntary benefits and how both public and private exchanges can be used to increase enrollment in ancillary products.

• Understand the opportunity to connect public and private exchanges to expand offerings to enrollees
• Integrate specialty benefits into the private exchange offerings and recognize the role ancillary carriers play in exchanges
• Learn what tools are offered on exchanges and how they can be used to increase participation in ancillary products

New technologies focused on private exchanges, decision support, enrollment, and administration tools are creating more options for carriers to offer to their consumers. This panel offers answers to questions organizations face when trying to determine which tools fit best for the specific needs of the organization, including:

• Which online enrollment tools generate the best outcomes?
• How do you determine which technologies will work best for members?
• What technologies offer all areas in one tool?
• What other technological advances are going to impact this industry?

There is no question that with the introduction of health care exchanges, employees now have more options on how they can obtain health insurance. The question that still remains is: Will employers continue offering insurance benefits — health and ancillary — to their employees or will they steer them towards exchanges? In this panel discussion, hear from professionals who work directly with employers as they share their insights around these important questions:

• Where do employers stand on their involvement in employee benefits?
• What value do they place on ancillary products and voluntary benefits?
• Is the defined (or tiered) contribution model appealing to employers?
• Do employers view benefits as a tool in retaining valuable employees?
• How do employers want to interact with carriers? What are their expectations?