PEBA's 28th Annual Forum

Tuesday April 20, 2010
The Philadelphia Marriott
12th & Market Streets

Benefits Presentation Titles

Morning Session
9:40 to 10:55 am
Salon B

Integrating Services and Maximizing Participation- Employer, Carrier, and Wellness Provider Presentation

Employers often wonder, are they getting what they pay for from all employee support services - from disease/case management to wellness?  What is the impact-ROI?  Hear  from one of the city’s technology companies, SPS Technologies  - how they were able to understand their data, what services were working, and where employees were not engaged in services they needed.  The panel includes key personnel from SPS Technologies, Independence Blue Cross & WellNow who came became a cross functional team. It will identify key strategies, incentives, and data studies to measure incremental improvements, reduction of health risks and the benefit of integration.

Carol Staubach
WellNow, LLC

Dr. Francis Ferry
Independence Blue Cross

Rick Uth
SPS Technologies

Afternoon Session
1:15 - 2:30pm
Salon

Benefits Risk Management: The Behavior Change Paradigm 

Employers are increasingly adopting health risk initiatives as part of their strategy to manage overall health costs and improve productivity. The growth of these programs reflects the fact that data confirm that health costs follow changes in risk, the natural progression of risk is towards higher risk over time, and risk management can slow risk progression, lower health cost and support productivity improvement. Hear how companies can use information on employee health to:

- Identify the top drivers of health risk and cost

- Determine which drivers have the greatest potential from intervention

- Measure the resulting impact and performance due to action taken

Kathy Harte
Hewitt Associates

Tara Flagg
Teva Pharmaceuticals

Judy Kleemeier
Hewitt Associates

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