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Tuesday April 18, 2006

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Tom Emerick
VP, Benefits Design
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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8:00 am
Keynote Address: Perspectives from Leading Purchasers
9:15 am -
10:00 am
Keynote Address "Wiring the Nation"
10:15 am -
11:00 am
Practical Prevention Efforts: The First Link in the Value Chain
  • Results from Navistar’s prevention initiatives reducing costs over $10M
  • 12% projected health care cost increase but achieved a 1% net increase without cost-sharing
  • Overview of comprehensive primary/self-management, secondary and tertiary prevention efforts
  • Review of the ROI from each prevention program
  • Communication strategies outlining the business case to employees
William B. Bunn, MD, JD, MPH
Professor, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity
International Truck & Engine Corporation

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John M. Clymer
President
Partnership for Prevention

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11:15 am -
12:00 pm
Employing Value-Based Purchasing and Evidence-Based Medicine in Benefit Design
  • Employing evidence-based medicine strategies in benefit design to improve outcomes
  • Benchmark data on lowering co-payments for prescription drugs to increase compliance for chronic conditions
  • How companies are redefining wellness to include prescription drugs
  • Exploring co-pay strategies to improve employee health status
Moderator
Lonny Reisman, MD
CEO
ActiveHealth Management

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Greg Judd
Operations Director
Initiative for Value-Based Health Benefits

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Cecily Hall
Director, US Benefits
Microsoft Corporation

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Jill Berger
VP, Health and Welfare Plan Management and Design, Marriott International;
Board member, The LeapFrog Group

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12:00 pm -
1:30 pm
LUNCHEON WITH EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION SERIES IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
1:30 pm -
2:15 pm
Evidence of Impact - Employer Strategies To Address Cost and Quality
  • Textron — Consumer-driven health care cost and quality results
  • Lowe's — Generating a 4:1 ROI through disease management
  • IBM
    • Results from initiatives in New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore for providers to adopt IT for improved outcomes
    • Paying providers for process and quality measures and educating and developing incentives for employees to select quality providers
Moderator
Steven B. Cohen, PhD
Director of the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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On Consumer-Directed Care
Ron St. Pierre
Leader Benefit Strategy
Center of Excellence
Textron, Inc.

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On Disease Management
Bob Ihrie
VP, Compensation and Benefits
Lowe’s

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On Pay-for-Performance
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Global Occupational Health and Well-Being
IBM

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2:15 pm -
3:30 pm
NETWORKING BREAK IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
Keynotes: Corporate CEO Panel - Perspectives from Leading Purchasers
3:30 pm -
4:15 pm
Keynote Address "Innovation vs. Access"
4:30 pm -
5:15 pm
Keynote Address "Consumer Choice"
5:30 pm -
7:00 pm
GALA RECEPTION IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
7:00 pm -
9:00 pm
INVITATIONAL EMPLOYER DINNER

Wednesday April 19, 2006

7:00 am -
7:45 am
BREAKFAST IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
8:00 am -
8:45 am
Keynote Address "Leading Change"
9:00 am -
10:45 am
Executive Seminar Series
11:00 am -
11:45 am
Viable Communication and Enrollment Strategies for Consumer Driven Health Care
  • Review of consumer research on CDHP members and prospects to guide communication strategies
  • Wendy's strategies for communication and enrollment for a full CDHC replacement
Moderator
Brad Holmes
Vice President, Research Director
Forrester Research

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Jeff Cava
EVP, Human Resources
Wendy's International

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Duane L. Olson
Employee Benefits
Deere & Company

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12:00 pm -
12:45 pm
Data Analysis to Control Costs and Align Incentives
  • Using a health as human capital approach, learn how to align incentives through a comprehensive review of benefits consumption and corporate policies to improve health care cost and quality
  • Streamlining "person-centric" decisions regarding health care, disability, workers compensation, accidents, and work performance to gain efficiencies over traditional "benefit-centric" approaches
  • Employer case study: Results of an integrated study for management of safety and benefits cost, and streamlined delivery of services that put employees first - while breaking out of silos and minimizing redundancy
Moderator
Harold (Hank) Gardner, MD
President
Human Capital Management Services

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  David Kasper
Vice President, Human Resource/Employee Benefits
Waste Management, Inc.

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James T. Schultz
Senior Vice President, Employee and Customer Engagement
Waste Management, Inc.

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12:45 pm -
2:15 pm
LUNCHEON WITH EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION SERIES IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
Impact on the U.S. Economy
3:10 pm -
3:40 pm
The Administration's Health Reform Plan
3:45 pm -
4:30 pm
Closing Keynote Address "The Politics of Health Care"
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