The 8th Annual American Health Care Congress and Exhibition

The 2011 AHCC Employers and Coalitions Summit

The 2011 AHCC Employers and Coalitions Summit convenes senior level HR and Purchasing executives focused on improving benefit design, employee productivity, cost effectiveness and promoting health and wellness. Coalition executives and Employer Corporate Medical Directors, CEOs and CFOs, Purchasing executives are in attendance, as well as Vice Presidents and Directors of Human Resources and Benefits, Wellness and Health Promotion and Disease Management from the nation's largest employer organizations.

Monday, December 5, 2011
Employers and Coalitions—Prevention and Wellness Programs
2:15 pm -
3:00 pm
Leveraging Employer Purchasing Power for Health
  • Engage patients in making the right choices in their health care decisions through provider network design
  • The integral role of the purchaser in engaging providers to decrease variations in cost and outcomes
Ann Boynton Ann Boynton
Deputy Executive Officer, Benefit Programs Policy and Planning
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
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3:00 pm -
3:45 pm
Incorporating Evidence-Based Prevention Initiatives into Benefit Design
  • Incorporate data-driven approaches to identify the direct and indirect drivers of health care costs
  • Utilize commonly available health measures to assess workforce health and develop population health management strategies
  • Learn about innovative and effective interventions for prevention and disease management to control health care costs
Janice L. Rahm
President
SeeChange Health Solutions
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Bruce Sherman Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM
Medical Director
Employers Health Coalition
4:30 pm -
5:15 pm
Creating Value Through Employee Engagement
  • Deliver health plan choices and decision support tools that are designed to engage employees as consumers of health care
  • Leverage behavior economics and restructured incentive/penalty programs for increased engagement and improved health outcomes
  • IInsights into Intel’s employee wellness and on-site clinic strategy: Results to date, lessons learned and future plans
Tami Graham Tami Graham
Global Benefits Design Director
Intel Corporation
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5:15 pm -
6:00 pm
Comprehensive, Results-Based Workplace Strategies to Control Costs and Create a Culture of Health
  • Incorporating risk identification tools, behavior modification programs, education and changes to the work environment
  • Strategies to increase employee participation in company sponsored health promotion programs such as HRAs and risk reduction programs
  • Proven on-site health services and facilities that provide optimal employee productivity and reduced health care expenditures
Pamela Hymel, MD
CMO, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Member, National Business Group on Health
Immediate Past-President, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
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