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Agenda

EPISODE XIII: May the Force Be with Your Benefits

6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Exhibitor Setup
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Cyndie Ewert, Vice President, HR Operations, Vistra Energy, DFWBGH President
8:10 AM - 9:00 AM
General Session 1
Strange Bedfellows: Can a Payer-Provider Partnership Deliver the Value that Employers Seek?

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The lure of a transformative jointly-owned ACO model designed to provide high-quality care, lower costs, better outcomes, and satisfactory patient experience. Will DFW employers bite?

Moderator: Marianne Fazen, PhD, President & CEO, Texas Business Group on Health
Speakers: Jeff Cook, CEO, Texas Health Aetna
Dr. Delanor Doyle, CMO, Texas Health Aetna
Brian Dickerson, Director of Human Resources, City of Fort Worth
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
General Session 2
The Force Awakens: Shaping the Multi-Generational Health Experience

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Exploring consumer health attitudes, motivations, and preferences as they maneuver through their company health plans and wellbeing programs, and the broader health landscape. Plus a leading university's innovative approach to supporting and promoting the five dimensions of wellbeing; Physical, Financial, Spiritual, Emotional/Social, Professional in Faculty, Staff and their families.

Speakers: Joann Hall Swenson, Health Communication Leader, Strategic Advisors, Aon
Randall L. Brown, MBA, SPHR, CCP, Manager, Benefits, Baylor University
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:20 AM - 11:10 AM
General Session 3
Do or Do Not; There is No Try: Navigating Benefits Solutions in a Churning Galaxy of Gravity-Defying Options

Considering the ever-changing/ever-challenging role of the Employee Benefits Manager grounded in a real-life employer case study.

Speakers: Wally Gomaa, Chief Executive Officer, ACAP Health
Dr. Paul Hain, North Texas Market President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
Lara Kent, Vice President, Holmes Murphy & Associates
11:20 AM - 12:10 PM
General Session 4
Bracing for Impact: How the DC Command Center is Affecting Benefits Decisions, Strategic Partnerships, and Compliance Readiness Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond

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Speakers: Molly Tatting, Director, Health Care Reform Communications, Cigna
Seth T. Perretta, Principal, Groom Law Group
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
General Session 5
Employers Strike Back: Opportunities for Action to Tame Runaway Pharmacy Costs without Sacrificing Access to Appropriate and Effective Treatment

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This session will assess the impact of transparency in medical and pharmacy costs and how employers can uncover better value, examine strategies for designing benefits for specialty drugs, and provide insights on how to help employees become better healthcare consumers in a fragmented marketplace.

Speakers: Alex Jung, Principal, Global Strategy, Ernst & Young
Brent Wolfe, Director of Benefits, Sabre
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
General Session 6
Using the Force: Leveraging the Purchasing Power of Employers to Improve Healthcare Quality and Efficiency - A "Supply Chain Management" Approach to Better Care for Low Back Pain

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Speakers: Joe Lambert, MD, Medical Director, Catalyst Health Network
Doug Riley, Benefits Director, JCPenney Company
Lamonte Thomas, President, North Texas and Oklahoma, Cigna
Annette King, CEBS, Ernst & Young LLP, formerly Benefits Director at Starbucks
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM
General Session 7
Preparing for a Soft Landing: Comprehensive Benefits Strategies that Link Coverage, Access, Treatment, Communications, and Workplace Support for Mental Illness, Depression, and Unhealthy Behaviors
Moderator: Phil Ritter, COO, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
Speakers: Louis Dickey, MD, Senior Health Management Consultant, Willis Towers Watson
Lola Chriss, Senior Manager Health and Wellness, Trinity Industries
Tricia Badenhorst Payne, Principal Adviser of Health, BHP Billiton
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
General Session 8
A New Hope: Effective Communications Drive Employee Engagement and Empowerment

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Speakers: Jocelyn Reed, PHR, CBP, Senior Program Manager, Benefits, T-Mobile
Julia Boyle, Lead Benefits Consultant, Target
Sarah Haverkamp, Marketing Consultant, UnitedHealthcare
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hosted Reception
6:00 PM
Adjournment