Employer Benefits: Focus on Incentives and Penalties

	Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Pacific) Click here to find out what time your event starts in your time zone.		Register for $195 Call 209.577.4888 or Click here to register
Detailed Hewitt Associates Research Findings and Implications Designs to Motivate Employees, Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs

Employee behaviors and actions being targeted by employers for change

The types of programs and the various incentive and disincentive strategies

Case studies and examples of incentives and disincentives being used by employers

What works and doesn't, including results from various tactics and incentive models

The future and what's next for employers

Faculty:
Cathy Tripp
Principal
Health Management Practice
Hewitt Associates

Faculty:
Craig Dolezal
Principal and Senior
Health Management Consultant
Hewitt Associates

While employers continue to use financial incentives as a way to increase employee participation in health and wellness programs, employers penalization of workers for unhealthy behaviors is also on the rise. This shift in strategy suggests that companies are increasingly challenging employees and their dependents to be accountable for the decisions they make regarding their health. This Healthcare Web Summit event provides detailed research findings and implications on increased employer use of incentives and penalties, that attendees can use to position their own organization in addressing this trend.

Hewitt Associates, a global consulting and outsourcing company examines this increased employer focus in incentives and penalties, based upon extensive research including results from Hewitt's annual Emerging Health Trends survey: "The Road Ahead: Under Construction With Increasing Tolls 2010." Their detailed study highlights the strategic direction employers plan to take in the immediate future, as well as emerging long-term trends. 600 organizations participated in the survey, representing programs affecting more than 10 million U.S. employees and dependents.

Cathy Tripp, a principal in Hewitt's Health Management practice, co-presenting this session, comments that "the economy and continued escalation of health care costs have driven many employers to be a little more bold and demanding of their employees, making disincentives an increasingly attractive option. As companies learn more about their workforce, they're realizing that some people may be more motivated to take action if they risk losing $100 versus gaining $100. The key for each employer is to find the right mix of strategies and plan designs that will motivate employees to be healthier, but not go so far as to drive the wrong behaviors."

Co-presenter Craig Dolezal, principal and senior Health Management consultant with Hewitt, notes that "incentives and penalties are not aimed at punishing those who are sick. Employers may reward a diabetic who manages her condition well, with appropriate prevention, weight management and nutrition. In contrast, they may hold an employee who does little to address the behaviors that may lead him to become a diabetic accountable for those behaviors."

This session is designed to provide detailed data, examples and implications regarding employer use of health care incentives and penalties, including targeted employee behaviors and actions; types of programs involved; types of incentives and disincentives utilized; changes in utilization of incentives and penalties; and desired strategic outcomes.

Participants will be able to:

Identify the employee behaviors and actions being targeted by employers for change
Ascertain types of programs involved in employer incentive and disincentive strategies
Examine the types of specific incentives and disincentives being utilized by employers
Learn the levels of utilization, and changes in utilization by employers deploying incentive and disincentive strategies
Consider the desired strategic outcomes, and implications of this key trend
Engage in interactive learning through online question submission, attendee feedback and opportunity for follow up questions, and networking with attendees, faculty and other professionals through dedicated LinkedIn group

Interested attendees would include:

C-Suite Executives
Health Benefit Executives and Staff
Human Resources Executives
Strategy, Planning and Policy Executives and Staff
Product Development Executives and Staff
Business Intelligence Staff
Medical Directors
Care Management and Disease Management Executives
Wellness and Lifestyle Management Managers
Other Interested Parties

Attendees would represent organizations including:

Employers
Health Plans
Third Party Administrators
Agents
PBMs
Care Management Organizations
Pharmaceutical Organizations
Provider Networks
Solutions Providers
Associations, Institutes and Research Organizations
Media
Other Interested Organizations

Individual Registration Fee: $195. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $255 for non-attendees after the event.

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Cathy Tripp

Principal, Health Management Practice, Hewitt Associates

Cathy is the West Business Group Leader for the Health Management Practice of Hewitt Associates. Hewitt’s West Division includes 12 offices with over 125 associates. In addition to consulting with clients directly, Cathy is responsible for making sure the very best talent, tools, and ideas are used to meet the needs of Hewitt's clients throughout the West Division. Cathy brings to Hewitt 25 years of experience in both consulting and health care outsourcing.

Prior to joining Hewitt, Cathy was the National Leader for Consumerism at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. In this role, Cathy led their national consumer team efforts around the development of their consumerism framework, tools, and consulting processes. She was the architect of the annual Employee Perspectives on Health Care research survey which captured the views, opinions, and behaviors of employees around health care. Also at Wyatt, she was the National Practice Leader for health and welfare outsourcing for over five years.

As the Vice President of Integrated Consumer Solutions for Ingenix, Cathy has experience in data, analytics, and consumer tools. In this role she led the firm’s efforts to jointly develop a new national health care financial software solution called QuickenHealth.

Some of Cathy’s client assignments have included: British Petroleum; Microsoft Corporation; General Mills, Inc.; The Coca-Cola Company; Quebecor World, Inc.; Ameriprise Financial; Procter & Gamble Company; Baker Hughes Incorporated; The Allstate Corporation; Kraft Foods Inc.; Northwest Airlines Corporation; Target Corporation; U.S. Bancorp and many others.

Cathy holds a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Montana and a M.B.A. degree from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Cathy is a frequent author and speaker on a variety of health care topics.

Craig Dolezal
Principal, Health Management Consultant, Hewitt Associates

Craig is a Principal and Senior Consultant in Hewitt Associates’ Atlanta office and serves as one of our top national health care strategists and innovators while also leading our National Market Development team. He has been a member of the Health Management Leadership Team since 1993 serving in a variety of leadership roles, most recently as our National Practice Leader and, prior to that, as our Southeast Practice Leader. In addition, Craig established and sits on the Hewitt Health Care Policy Leadership Council, a group of senior health care consultants located throughout the country that focuses on the employer impact of national health policy issues.

Craig joined Hewitt in 1989 and, over the last 20 years, has worked with companies across the country to explore emerging health care solutions, including:

Helping companies understand and adapt to the complex hybrid public/private health care market;
Creating leading-edge designs and programs to lower overall health care spend while maintaining employee satisfaction and improving overall quality and outcomes; and
Pioneering our consulting perspectives and capabilities in emerging areas such as diversity, value-based designs, and condition-care concepts.

Craig has a B.S. in Economics from Marquette University and a MBA in Finance from St. Joseph's University.

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