Innovations in Benefits Conference
Join leaders in employee benefits for the 22nd Annual Innovations in Benefits Conference where you’ll gain exclusive insights into benefits trends. Network with like-minded professionals, meet leading solution providers and hear from the best and brightest from across the industry.
Register for just $199 or for free for Employers Health clients.
Clients contact your client solutions executive for your coupon code.
In-person
May 18, 2022
7:30AM-4:00PMET
Kent State University at Stark Conference Center
6000 Frank Ave NW, North Canton, OH 44720
Virtual
On Demand
Starting June 8, 2022
On-demand videos will be released following the conference. Register to be notified as on-demand presentations become available.
General Sessions & Speakers
Meaningful Mental Health Benefits in the Workplace: Innovations and New Consideration
- Overcome the stigma behind utilization of mental health benefits
- Enhance the utilization of mental health benefits to create a positive shift
- Use technology in meaningful ways to build a resilient organization
Dr. Srini Pillay, CMO
Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder
Reulay
Measuring the Value of Virtual Care
- Discover how to effectively assess your health care spend
- Evaluate how Virtual Primary Care (VPC) networks work
- Explore real claims data and the impact of virtual care on overall health care spend
Kelly McDevitt
President
Integrated Benefits Institute
NeuroSelling® – The Science Behind World Class Communications
- Discover the science behind trust and change resistance to make a positive impact in your organization
- Determine how to deliver the right information, the right way and in the right order to achieve your goals
- Develop techniques to create urgency to take action in a way that turns information into motivation and ultimately application
- Effectively communicate with employees and their dependents during a time of change
Jeff Bloomfield
Chief Executive Officer
Braintrust
Three Breakout Tracks
Caring for caregivers
Why the US Caregiver Crisis is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Crisis: 3 Ways Employers Can Support Employee Caregivers
Session repeats at 1PM and 3PM
- See the impact caregiver responsibilities have on marginalized populations including racial minorities, women, LGBTQ+ and others
- Evaluate why minorities are less likely to have access to caregiver resources and paid leave, why 20% of family caregivers show clinical signs of depression and 33% report experiencing moderate to severe forms of anxiety and what employers can do to support them
- Learn ways that investing in employee caregivers supports your organization’s bottom line and contributes to a caring culture
Aimee Gindin
Head of Marketing & Strategy
Torchlight, a LifeSpeak Company
Comprehensive Support for Employees and Caregivers Navigating a Cancer Journey
Session only at 2PM
- Assess challenges that employed caregivers and their employers face
- Discover techniques to support employees who also serve as caregivers for loved ones with cancer
- Explore benefits and resources that employers can offer to support caregiving employees throughout the cancer journey, including AccessHope’s cancer support services
- Create a more engaged and productive workforce with higher employee retention and recruitment, lower health care costs and greater employee loyalty by supporting employees who are also caregivers for individuals with cancer
Brian Beran
Vice President of Channel Partner Sales
AccessHope
Maximizing Benefits
Empowering Your Members to Enact Health Change
- Empower Members: Putting the right tools in member hands to enact health changes
- Consider Inequities: Health disparities impact on populations and how to design programs with these members in mind
- Proven Outcomes: Identify solutions with proven engagement, clinical outcomes and validated cost savings
Jenn Roberts
Vice President of Employer Strategy
Hello Heart
Using Navigation to Eliminate Barriers to Care
- Explore recent research that shows how employees are challenged by health care complexity and lose productivity dealing with health issues
- Discover roadblocks to employees’ well-being, from difficulty navigating health care and benefits to a range of social determinants
- Dig into how a human-centered navigation and care coordination approach creates trust and uncovers health disparities in order to help consumers get the right care, at the right time, for the best health outcomes
Comprehensive Fertility and Family-Building Benefits to Recruit and Retain a Diverse Workforce
- Develop inclusive fertility and family building benefits as a core benefits strategy
- Evaluate components of an effective and efficient fertility and family-building benefits strategy
- Avoid poor outcomes and additional costs with a comprehensive fertility benefit that will drive better outcomes, equitability in benefit structure, high member satisfaction and plan spend savings.
Brent Atkins
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Progyny
PBM Developments
2022 Pharmacy Benefit Strategies
Session repeats at 1PM and 3PM
- Effectively assess pharmacy benefit plan decisions necessitated by changes in the pharmacy industry
- Review the current drug pipeline and how it could affect plan sponsors
- Take a deep dive into the potential budget impact of blockbuster products
State and Federal Employee Benefit Legislation Roundup
Session only at 2PM
- Hear how various state initiatives are impacting employee benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits
- Evaluate how COVID has impacted the regulatory landscape
- Gain insight into the Consolidated Appropriation Act (CAA), including the No Surprises Act and updates to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), and Transparency in Coverage (TiC) Final Rule
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