World Congress is proud to present the Executive MIDWEST Forum on Value-Based Benefits Design for Employers taking place on December 4, 2007 in Chicago, IL. The Forum will showcase employer case studies and best practices on implementing programs designed with a value-based approach to outcomes rather than just on cost. The Forum will feature employer innovators and implementers that have empirically promoted long-term adherence to personal health management with value-based design initiatives. The exclusive Forum will highlight the advantages for employers of shifting to a co-pay redesign, improving population health indicators and corporate financial sustainability.

The Forum will help employers:

• Explore how disruptive systems and concepts can lead to innovation
• Effectively and strategically invest resources in employee health to coherently manage health risks
• Learn to work with suppliers and your "value chain" to achieve the cost savings and overall performance benefits
• Maximize behavior change and health/risk improvement
• Increase engagement and accountability of your employees
• Strategically design the pharmacy benefit to drive medication adherence and compliance
• Finally establish an ROI from your health programs by increasing efficiency, reducing operating costs and improving patient outcomes
• Create and implement an organizational value-based "dashboard"

Confirmed Speaker Faculty to Date
Steven Blumenfield Principal Towers Perrin	Larry S. Boress President Midwest Business Group on Health
Sara Corrough Teppema Senior Health Management Actuarial Consultant Hewitt Associates	Bridget Eber National Pharmacy Practice Leader Towers Perrin
David Hom Chair and Special Advisor Center for Health Value Innovation	Barbara Kaplan-Machlis, PharmD Director, Global Medical, Employer Medical Liaison Pfizer Inc.
Stephen Karp Vice President, Compensation and Benefits Spherion	Chris McSwain Director, Compensation & Benefits SCANA Services, Inc.
Cyndy Nayer Executive Director Center for Health Value Innovation	Kevin J. O'Brien President and Chief Executive Officer Partners in Care
Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH National Medical Director, Aetna Pharmacy Management Aetna, Inc.	Michael Taylor Medical Director, Corporate Medical & Health Promotion Caterpillar
Albert Tzeel, MD, MHSA, FACPE Market Medical Officer - Great Lakes Region Humana