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2007 Health Summit
The Intersection of Health & Business
Agenda
Thursday, May 24
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8:00 am |
Registration
and continental breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Welcome
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James R. Kimmey, MD, MPH
MFH President and CEO
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Gertrude Scott, RN,
MSN, CPNP
Chairperson, MFH Board of Directors |
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9:15 am
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Keynote Address - "Opportunities
for Meaningful Health Care Reform"
Ron Pollack, Founding Executive Director, Families
USA
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| 10:15
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Break |
| 10:30
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Breakout
Session #1 |
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Employer-Sponsored Insurance (ESI) Trends: Insurance Premium
Cost-Sharing and Coverage Take-Up
An analysis and discussion of the 2006 Kaiser Family Foundation
and Health Research and Educational Trust Employer Health
Benefits Survey. The session will cover recent trends in employer-sponsored
health insurance, including premium costs, employee cost-sharing,
offer rates, take-up, and enrollment.
Speaker:
Bianca DiJulio, Policy Analyst, Health Care Marketplace
Project, Kaiser Family Foundation
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Expanding Insurance Coverage for Small Business Workers:
Lessons from Massachusetts and California
Presentation and discussion of a recent study that reviews
the impact of an employer mandate, an individual mandate,
individual subsidies, and a purchasing pool on access to health
insurance for small business workers.
Speaker:
John Holahan, PhD, Director, Health Policy Research
Center, The Urban Institute
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The Economics of Health Interventions: "Is your program
worth the cost? The use of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness
analysis."
Session expert will explore the benefit of wellness programs.
The discussion will focus on the cost of programs and the
long-term economic benefit to the employee and employer. Participants
will be provided with tools to evaluate the economic impact
of programs on their own organizations.
Speaker:
Ron Goetzel, PhD, Director, Institute for Health and
Productivity Studies, Cornell University Institute for Policy
Research; Vice President, Consulting and Applied Research,
Thomson Medstat
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Case Study: CEO Gateway to Health Challenge
An in-depth look at a new region-wide workplace wellness program.
What does the program entail? Who has participated? What on-going
support is necessary? What outcomes have they seen?
Speaker:
Katherine Burns, MD
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| 11:30
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Break |
| Noon |
Lunch
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Release of May 2007 Missouri Public Opinion Poll
Brian Nienaber, Vice President, The Tarrance Group
Celinda Lake, Principal, Lake Research Partners
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| 1:30
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Breakout
Session #2 |
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs): The Pros and Cons
Presentation and discussion of HSAs. A policy expert will
discuss current plan design and policy implications of HSAs.
Speakers:
Roland McDevitt, Director, Health Research, Watson
Wyatt Worldwide
Dennis Triplett, President, Healthcare Services, UMB Bank
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Employers Tackle Employee Wellness
This session brings area employers to discuss types of workplace
programs designed to improve employee wellness.
Moderator:
Kathleen Killion, Executive Director for Health Literacy,
BJC Healthcare
Panelists:
Eric Armbrecht, PhD, Director of Health Improvement,
St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition
Mark D'Amico, Senior Health & Welfare Plan Administrator,
Monsanto
James W. Hertel, Director of Compensation and Benefits,
Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc.
Shawna Norton, Wellness Coordinator, City of St. Louis
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Community Partnerships
How do nonprofits fit into workplace wellness? This breakout
will showcase different ways nonprofits can engage with the
for-profit community to improve the health and wellbeing of
the overall community.
Speakers:
Heather Hagen, Program Manager, Community Vision of
St. Charles County
Missy Fallert, Marketing Specialist, SSM Physicians'
Organization
Breanne L. Hunt, Tobacco Cessation Coordinator, Preferred
Family Healthcare, Inc.
Linda Gordon, Benefits Manager, Walsworth Publishing
Company
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Recent Legislative Action
This panel of elected members of the Missouri General Assembly
will provide an overview of the 2007 Missouri Legislative
Session as it relates to health and health care.
Moderator:
Ellen Sherberg, Publisher, St. Louis Business
Journal
Panelists:
Senator John Loudon (R - Chesterfield)
Representative Wayne Cooper (R - Camdenton)
Representatitve Margaret Donnelly (D - St. Louis)
Representative Doug Ervin (R - Kearney)
Representative Sam Page (D - Creve Coeur)
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| 2:30
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Break |
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2:45 pm
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Closing Conversation with Area Business
Leaders
Discussion of the day's content and the role of the business
community in the continued dialogue on health care.
Moderator:
James Kimmey, MD/MPH, President and CEO, MFH
Panelists:
Jim Henderson, President, Dynamic Sales Co. Inc
Ron Levy, President/CEO of SSM Health Care-St. Louis
Steve Lipstein, President and CEO, BJC HealthCare
Barrett Toan, Retired Chairman of the Board, Express
Scripts, Inc.
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