The World Congress 6th Annual Employer Health, Human Capital & Wellness Congress

Tuesday, February 1, 2011
7:00 am
Registration and Welcome Coffee in the Executive Networking Lounge
7:45 am
Chairperson's Welcome
8:00 am -
8:30 am
Keynote—Health Reform Implementation & Multi-Year Implications for Employer Coverage
  • Assessing regulations and the impact to employer-based benefits
  • The business imperative for public/private partnerships to advance prevention and population well-being
  • The role of technology in driving consumerism under new legislation
8:30 am -
9:25 am
Employer Strategic Decision-Making & Innovation in a New Age of Reform
  • Evaluating cost-drivers versus the competitive value of offering employee benefits – the reinvestment of benefit and compensation dollars as reform is operationalized
  • Trends driving a new health care market for employers – prevention and wellness, medical travel, outcomes-based contracting
  • Recognize metrics that drive health plan efficiency and value
  • Aligning incentives to control health cost trends and advance sustainable accountability among employees, plan sponsors, and providers
Catherine M. Baase Catherine M. Baase, MD
Global Director of Health Services
The Dow Chemical Company
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Brian Klepper Brian Klepper, PhD
Managing Principal
Healthcare Performance Inc.
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Moderator:
Cyndy Nayer Cyndy Nayer, MA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Center for Health Value Innovation
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9:30 am -
10:00 am
Networking Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
10:05 am -
11:00 am
Employer Community Health Engagement: The Economic Imperative for Community-Based Initiatives to Advance Population Well-Being
  • Employers as agents and influencers of "Communities of Health" – recognizing key levers employers have to impact community health
  • Effective public/private partnerships through schools, health departments and other community-based organizations
  • Metrics that demonstrate the business value of community health engagement
Cheryl Larson Cheryl Larson
Vice President
Midwest Business Group on Health
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Cristie Upshaw Travis
Chief Executive Officer
Memphis Business Group on Health
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Michael Vittoria Michael Vittoria
Vice President, Human Resources, Sperian Protection;
President, Rhode Island Business Group on Health
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Andrew Webber Andrew Webber
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Business Coalition on Health
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Moderator:
Susan Dentzer Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief
Health Affairs
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11:05 am -
12:00 pm
Demonstrating the Business Value Achieved through a "Culture of Health" to Deliver Measurable Employee Engagement & Increased Performance
  • Align and communicate the key organizational values, goals, and incentives with health care strategies to drive a true cultural transformation
  • Maximize the value of management support and participation
  • Examine powerful evidence of the culture’s impact on business metrics, employee risk status and claims costs
Carl English
Chief Operating Officer
American Electric Power
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Sandra G. Morris Sandra G. Morris, RN, MSN, CM
Senior Manager, Benefits
The Procter & Gamble Company
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Moderator:
Tom Underwood
Chief Executive Officer
Alere Health
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12:00 pm -
1:10 pm
Networking Luncheon in the Executive Networking Lounge
1:15 pm -
2:05 pm
INSIGHT SEMINARS: HEALTH REFORM & COST-CONTAINMENT
SMALL & MID-SIZED EMPLOYERS
  • The outlook for Insurance Exchanges – the impacts and opportunities
  • Awareness of compliance and tax issues
  • How to get the most out of your broker
  • The value of prevention and disease management, even for fully-insured plan
Amanda Austin
Director of Federal Public Policy
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
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Harold Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Buffalo Supply
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Susan Kuruvilla
President & Chief Financial Officer
Clark Security Products
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LARGE EMPLOYERS
  • Access the value of staying the in the health-insurance business
  • Considering large employer participation in Insurance Exchanges
  • Differentiating benefits and the future of consumer-driven health care
  • Determining the impact of Medical Loss Ratio and grandfathering status
  • Cost-containment opportunities through DC approaches
Chantel Sheaks
Principal of Government Relations
Buck Consultants
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PUBLIC SECTOR & TAFT-HARTLEY FUNDS
  • Understand the impact and opportunities of Insurance Exchanges
  • Defining Medical Loss Ratio and understanding grandfathering regulations
  • New opportunities to contain retiree liabilities
  • Examine cost-controls in fully-insured versus self-funded plan design
Scott Clark
Risk & Benefits Officer
Miami Dade County Public Schools
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William J. Einhorn
Administrator
Teamsters Trust Funds of Philadelphia and Vicinity
David Introcaso
Vice President, Health Care Policy
The Marwood Group
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2:05 pm -
2:25 pm
Networking Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
2:25 pm -
4:05 pm
CONCURRENT TRACKS (Choose 1 of 4)
4:10 pm -
4:55 pm
MARKET INSIGHT SEMINARS (Choose 1 of 3)
Correlating Medical Cost-Savings & Productivity with Prevention Approaches through Health Partner’s Optimal Lifestyle Metric (OLM)
  • A new, simple approach to measuring lifestyle indicators
  • Examine population health prevalence indicators, associations with chronic conditions, emotional health indicators, and costs
  • How employers can implement OLM as a highly engaging, changeable approach to lifestyle improvement
Nico Pronk, PhD, FACSM, FAWHP
Vice President, Health Promotion
Health Partners
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Panel Discussion - Achieving Health Value through Accountable Care
  • Benefit design and opportunities for cost containment and improved health outcomes in Accountable Care Organizations – what purchasers need to understand
  • Breaking it down to key impacts for HR/benefit executives and opportunities for 2012 benefit designs
  • Strategies to overcome barriers – engagement, risk management, integration
Brian Klepper Brian Klepper, PhD
Managing Principal
Healthcare Performance Inc.
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5:00 pm -
5:45 pm
2014 and Beyond—Rethinking Benefits as Legislation is Implemented: Exchanges, Subsidies and other Game-Changers
  • Assessing the exchanges and the opportunities and challenges for employers
  • Free-rider penalties, subsidies and Cadillac Tax – participate in a broader discussion around major changes that employers should be watching
  • Understanding the shifting political elements
  • Delivering information employers need as executives rethink how benefits have been offered historically
James Gelfand
Director, Healthcare Policy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Rick Lord
President & Chief Executive Officer
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
E. Neil Trautwein
Vice President, Employee Benefits Policy Counsel
National Retail Federation
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5:45 pm -
7:00 pm
Networking & Cocktail Reception in the Executive Networking Lounge

Wednesday, February 2, 2011
7:30 am -
8:25 am
Invitational Breakfast—Achieving Sustainable Employee Engagement & Accountability through a Healthy Business Culture
  • Concrete tools, guidelines and metrics that are proven to result in long-term employee engagement in positive health outcome
  • Design outcomes-based incentives that empower positive healthy decision-making and behavior change – including incentives for families and dependents
  • Implement a multi-pronged communication strategy to streamline messaging throughout the culture
Panelists:
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
Global Director of Healthcare Transformation, IBM;
President, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
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Roger C. Merrill Roger C. Merrill, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Perdue Farms Inc.
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Moderator:
Tom Underwood
Chief Executive Officer
Alere Health
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8:30 am -
9:15 am
Keynote—Health & Human Capital: Design a System that Maximizes Performance
  • Rethinking conventional approaches to health and productivity to focus on individual well-being
  • Quantify the impact of broader, career-focused human capital investments
  • Align economic incentives to recognize high performance through health and wealth rewards
Wendy D. Lynch Wendy D. Lynch, PhD
Founder, Lynch Consulting;
Senior Scientist, Health as Human Capital Foundation
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9:15 am -
10:15 am
Keynote Panel—Behavioral Economics in Action: Real, Applicable Opportunities to Drive Sustainable Behavior Change
  • Lessons learned from the retirement evolution - the impact to employee behavior and engagement in health care
  • The intersection between classic and behavioral economics in designing incentive structures
  • The actionable application of behavioral economics concepts to health engagement and outcomes
  • Driving participant behaviors through new strategies for positioning and delivering benefits
Moderator:
Pearce Weaver
Senior Vice President
Fidelity Investments
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Panelists:
Roger C. Merrill Roger C. Merrill, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Perdue Farms Inc.
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Bryce Williams Bryce Williams
Director, Wellvolution
Blue Shield of California
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10:15 am -
11:15 am
New Employer Tools for Driving True Transparency and Advancements in Quality & Cost-Effectiveness
Frank A. Johnson
Executive Director, State Employee Health Commission
State of Maine
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Keith Reissaus
Vice President, Community & Workplace Initiative
Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, Inc.
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Moderator:
Leah Binder Leah Binder
Chief Executive Officer
The Leapfrog Group
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11:15 am -
11:45 am
Networking Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
11:50 am -
12:45 pm
CONCURRENT DISEASE MANAGEMENT CLINICS: MANAGING THE HIGHEST COST CONDITIONS (Choose 1 of 4)
Clinic 1: Behavioral Health
  • Discuss the evolving role of integrated EAP and health and wellness programs in health care reform prevention mandates
  • Introduce solutions to employer challenges
  • Impacts on behavioral health penetration and utilization as well as outcomes on clinical behavioral health status
Daniel P. McCarthy, PhD
Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
Commercial Behavioral Health Group
Magellan Health Services
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Clinic 2: Diabetes
  • An integrated model incorporating onsite and community-based components to target diabetes disease management
  • Collaborating with providers through new care models to enhance patient adherence and shared decision-making
  • Outcomes demonstrating the value of these efforts
Donna Rice
President
Southern Sector Health Initiative
Bruce Sherman Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM
Consulting Corporate Medical Officer
Whirlpool Corporation
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Clinic 3: Obesity
Executive Speaker TBA
Clinic 4: Hypertension
  • An innovative pilot program at EMC using remote-patient monitoring and personal health records to capture data
  • Creating a community-based initiatives to address high-blood pressure
  • Metrics to track health outcomes
Lawrence M. Becker
Director, Strategic Partnerships & Alliances
Chairman, Plan Administration Committee
Xerox
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Delia Vetter Delia Vetter
Senior Director, Employee Benefits
EMC Corporation
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12:45 pm -
2:00 pm
Networking Luncheon in the Executive Networking Lounge
2:05 pm -
3:45 pm

Track 1: Benefit Design
Track 2: Prevention & Wellness
Track 3: Test Beds of Innovation
Track 4: Human Capital—Performance & Engagement
3:50 pm -
4:30 pm
MARKET INSIGHT SEMINARS
Specialty Pharmacy & Biologics: Developing Employer Policies to Manage an Explosion in Rx Drug Costs
  • The data and evolution of specialty drugs – biologics, biosimilars, follow-on biologics, and status of drugs in the pipeline
  • Understanding benefit design financing to contain the exposure to rising costs
  • Examples of employer purchasing collaboratives to decrease plan risk and costs
F. Randy Vogenberg, RPh, PhD
Executive Director
Biologic Finance & Access Council
Jefferson School of Population Health

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Data Warehousing: Simplify Access to Population Health Data
Genetic Testing: The Opportunities & Implications for Employer Benefit Designs & Wellness Initiatives
New Trends in Wellness—Global Best Practices and Emerging Ideas
  • Learn about the latest global trends in health promotion strategy based on recent data collected from more than 1,200 employers in 50 countries
  • Understand why the business case for improving health is becoming more critical than ever for business leaders
  • Discover the latest techniques – from incentive research and cognitive psychology – to effectively motivate employee engagement and behavior change
Barry Hall, FSA, MAAA
Principal
Buck Consultants
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4:35 pm -
5:30 pm
Keynote—Containing Costs in Retiree Health Care Plan Design
  • Assess new legislation and the impact to pre and post-65 retiree health – Medicare Advantage, Insurance Exchanges, RDS and early-retiree reinsurance
  • Capitalize on opportunities in the individual market
  • Implement Retiree Medical Trusts and other defined contribution approaches to cap liabilities
Panelists
William Ashmore
Chief Executive Officer
Alabama State Employees' Insurance Board
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Irene Immerman
Senior Vice President, Compensation and Benefits
KeyBank
John Slattery
Director, Benefits Department
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Additional Executive Panelists TBA

Thursday, February 3, 2011
7:30 am -
8:15 am
INVITATIONAL BREAKFASTS
Design Outcome-Based Rewards to Maximize Impact
Integrate a Work-Life Balance Strategy to Enhance Employee Performance & Well-Being
Assess Onsite Clinic Feasibility, Develop Action Goals & Measure Results
Leverage Health Coaching to Engage Employees & Achieve Behavior Change
8:20 am -
8:30 am
Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
8:30 am -
9:15 am
Analyzing the Health Care Agenda for the 112th Congress & Implications for Employee Benefits
  • Explore major priorities and upcoming votes
  • Recognize areas for potential compromise on key provisions
  • Understanding the impact of regulations on the future of consumer-directed health plans
Speaker Photo Unavailable Chuck Clapton
Republican Health Policy Director
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Democratic Perspective TBA
9:20 am -
9:50 am
Keynote Address—A Time for Action: Delivering a Competitive Health Management Strategy Tied to Business Goals
  • Putting human capital reinvestments in the framework of a business deliverable
  • Achieve senior-executive engagement to get the most out of health promotion
  • Advance the Health Reform Agenda to maximize the impact of Value-Based Insurance Design and prevention on business culture
Murray Martin
Chief Executive Officer
Pitney Bowes
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9:50 am -
10:45 am
Innovations in Sustainable, Culture-Based Worksite Wellness to Change Behaviors & Impact Health Costs
William L. Bruning, J.D., M.B.A.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mid-America Coalition on Health Care
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Ronald Loeppke, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
Vice-Chairman
U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
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Christopher Nordling Christopher Nordling
Executive Vice President of Operations & CFO
CityCenter Group
MGM Resorts International

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Paul Terpeluk, MD
Medical Director, Employee Health Services
Cleveland Clinic
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Moderator:
Alex Witt
Anchor
MSNBC
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10:45 am -
11:15 am
Networking Brunch in the Executive Networking Lounge
11:20 am -
12:00 pm
Advances in Value-Based Insurance Design Under New Legislation
  • How Value Based Insurance Design is being implementing in health reform
  • Expansion of Value-Based Insurance Design beyond drugs – wellness, selection of networks and hospitals
  • Integration of VBID in other health reform initiatives – Patient Centered Medical Home, Health Information Technology, Comparative Effectiveness Research
A. Mark Fendrick A. Mark Fendrick, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine and Health Management and Policy
University of Michigan
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12:05 pm -
1:00 pm
Closing Keynote—Increase Consumer Engagement in Health Outcomes During this Era of Reform
  • Integrate technology into initiatives to support self-management and facilitate behavior change
  • Explore innovative platforms in enhance engagement in employee benefits
  • Maximize adoption and leverage of Personal Health Records
Christine Paige Christine Paige, PhD
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Internet Services
Kaiser Permanente
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Reaction Panelists:
Randy Keuch
Vice President, Total Rewards
H. J. Heinz Company
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Delia Vetter Delia Vetter
Senior Director, Employee Benefits
EMC Corporation
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1:15 pm
Congress Concludes
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