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Monday April 17, 2006
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10:30 am - 12:30 pm
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- How the current employer-sponsored health care system has created a 'perfect storm' of economic incentives for greater consumption of health care
- Review of the underlying economic principles that drive health benefits utilization in the current employer-sponsored system
- Exploring converging trends including: the lack of direct exchange between provide and consumer, limited reward for outcomes (rather than volume of services), numerous third-party payers, little awareness of true price or cost, and policies that make employee time off contingent on medical reasons.
- Data demonstrating how rich benefits plans encourage over-use of health care and paid time off benefits
- Strategies to implement a Health as Human Capital approach to shift incentives in order to maximize human capital growth and enhance productivity
- State of Wyoming case study -- How the creation of a health information database provided meaningful analytic information to support health and compensation/benefit policy decisions
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| Senior Government Official, State of Wyoming - TBA
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1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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- Convening all stakeholders and employers to partner with the health care community and obtain data on a common platform for improved quality (e.g. industrial engineers in hospitals)
- Retiree strategies in an increasingly global competitive market
- Union negotiations and challenges to implement tiered premiums based upon completed HRAs
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Rick Stephens
SVP
Human Resources and Administration
Boeing, Inc
 View Biography
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2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
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- HR Policy Association's Health Care Quality Reform Initiatives
- Engaging chief human resource officers and other top executives in strategic decision-making regarding health care purchasing
- Driving system-wide health care market reforms through common employer practices, such as standard RFPs and contract language
- Employers' role in the development of standard measures and public reporting of results
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John Butler
EVP Administration and Chief Human Resources Officer
Textron, Inc
Regional Health Care Quality Reform Initiatives
HR Policy Association
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3:20 pm - 4:05 pm
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- Update from the HR Policy Association's National Health Access initiative to promote access to coverage for uninsured workers
- Final program design and enrollment figures to date
- Lessons learned and future program direction
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Susan Chambers
EVP, Risk Management and Benefits Administration
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Michele Schneider
Director of US Benefits
Avon Products, Inc.
View Biography
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Steve Wetzell
Vice President, Health Care Initiatives
HR Policy Association
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4:05 pm - 4:30 pm
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4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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- Design of and results from an innovative contracting model from the Pharmaceutical Purchasing Coalition
- Transparency requirements from the three participating PBMs
- Realized prescription drug savings for the 52 employer members (projected 9% savings)
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Sid Banwart
VP, Human Services Division
Caterpillar, Inc.
Chair, Direct Pharmaceutical Purchasing Coalition
HR Policy Association
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5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
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6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
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6:45 pm - 8:00 pm
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