Event ID # 55033
Date:
Thursday, July 31, 2008
 Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Event:

Containing Health Care Costs Without Cost-Shifting to Employees
Host:

Northern California Human Resources Association
Location:

(Santa Clara)   Google Map
Biltmore Hotel
2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Contact:
Phone:
415-291-1992
Email:
nchra@nchra.org
Website:
http://www.nchra.org
Price:
NCHRA Members: $125/ General: $165.
Full details:
3 CPE Credits

Two of HR's top priorities are not mutually exclusive:
1. Controlling health care costs
2. Creating reward programs that effectively help to attract, motivate and retain your workforce

Historically, controlling health care costs has meant cost-shifting to your employees in the form of higher co-pays and deductibles and increased contributions. This results in perceived reductions to your employees' total compensation package and leads to higher turnover and lower productivity.

Many larger employers have implemented innovative ideas to combat rising health care costs without negatively impacting their employees. These best-performing companies have a two-year trend of 2.5% compared with 11% for their poor-performing counterparts, according to a recent study conducted by Watson Wyatt and the National Business Group on Health.

Following completion of this 3 hour discussion, you will be able to:
-Understand why annual health care trend is not expected to improve
-Explain the financial impact of maintaining the status quo
-Gain transparency into the drivers of your organization's rising health care costs
-Apply National Accounts best practices to reduce your organization's annual health care cost trend
-Build the foundation of a justifiable and measurable health care business plan

Speaker: Jeff Quinlan is a national sales leader for CIGNA Healthcare with experience as a senior middle market employee benefits consultant. He provides benefits expertise and resources to leading national and international employers and benefits consulting firms.

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