December 8
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
- Explore the post-election landscape and potential impact to healthcare with keynote speaker Dr. John McDonough from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
- Discover the future of healthcare delivery and how patients will access care from a panel of experts representing different perspectives.
- Learn about employee benefit best practices you can implement from our 2016 award winner presentations.
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Explore
 Keynote Speaker
Dr. John E. McDonough, Director, Executive & Continuing Professional Education, Dept. of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
The Post-Election Landscape and Impact on Healthcare
A professor of public health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. McDonough served as a Senior Advisor on National Health Reform to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions where he worked on the development and passage of the Affordable Care Act. Earlier in his career, he was the Executive Director of Health Care for All where he played a key role in passage and implementation of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law. Before that, he served as a state legislator in the Massachusetts House of Representatives between 1985 and 1997. Dr. McDonough will draw on his experience and provide insight regarding how the results of the November 8th elections will influence and shape the nation's healthcare system going forward.
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Discover
 Special Speaker
Lindsay A. Martin, Executive Director of Innovation and Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Changing the Status Quo: The Role of Employers in Health and Healthcare
Ms. Martin directs the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's innovation process to solve difficult problems by identifying new solutions to persistent healthcare issues and applying best practices and innovations from non-healthcare industries. She also leads employer-driven health improvement efforts and coaches front-line teams in the US and abroad to implement quality improvement measures. Ms. Martin will provide an overview of Intel's Healthcare Marketplace Collaborative which reduced the direct costs for treating certain medical conditions by 24 to 49 percent.
Panel Session
 Jessica Bartlett, Health Care Reporter, Boston Business Journal
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essica covers Massachusetts' vibrant healthcare industry, including articles on hospitals, health IT, health insurers, healthcare policy and medical research. She will moderate a panel discussion about Intel's initiative and will facilitate a thought-provoking discussion about changes in the healthcare delivery system.
Panelists
- Jean-Francois Beaule, Executive Vice President, Health Plan Design & Innovation, UnitedHealth Group
- Dr. Karen DaSilva, Vice President of Innovation, Atrius Health
- Jason Sibley, Principal, Flare Capital
Learn
2016 Best Practices Winners
Learn about:
Iron Mountain's multi-faceted approach to the prevention, early identification and management of pre-diabetic and diabetic health plan participants.
John Hancock's implementation of a new, multi-faceted communication approach that markedly increased enrollment in voluntary benefits.
Neighborhood Health Plan's employee-driven approach to engaging staff, driving key results, transforming processes, and the way in which employees work together.
The Group Insurance Commission's implementation of a complex prescription drug program that resulted in minimal disruption to over 70,000 subscribers and significant savings.
HealthTrust's approach to inspire its members to shop for cost-effective care despite generous insurance benefits, which generally insulate members from the real costs of health care.
Meet This Year's Rising Star Award Winners
NEEBC will recognize new benefit professionals who have demonstrated exceptional promise, dedication and accomplishment. Find out who will be the future leaders in the benefits profession.
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DATE
Thursday, December 8
TIME
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Program
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
LOCATION
Westin Hotel
70 3rd Avenue
Waltham, MA
PRICE
$210 Member
$285 Non-Member
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A warm thank you to our generous 2016 Annual Corporate Partners
PLATINUM
GOLD
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Thank you to our conference sponsors
GOLD SPONSORS
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Cigna, HomeBenefitIQ, Mercer, Neighborhood Health Plan, Pfizer, Premier Ultrasound Services, Inc., Securian Financial Group, Tufts Health Plan, UnitedHealthcare
SILVER SPONSORS
Delta Dental of Massachusetts, KGA, Inc.
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New England Employee Benefits Council
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