Containing Rising Employers Benefit Costs: Consumer Driven Health Plans

Listen to This CD and Learn:

• The difference between HSAs (Health Savings Accounts), HRAs (Health Reimbursement Accounts) and FSAs (Flexible Spending Accounts).
• How to design and implement a Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP).
• The insights and lessons learned from employers who rolled out a CDHP.
• Steps to introduce a successful communication and education campaign.
• How to measure the success of a CDHP - enrollment and employee engagement Government Regulations.
• And Much More!

Presented By:

Douglas M. Kronenberg
Chief Strategy Officer,
Lumenos

With over 25 years of marketing experience, Doug is responsible for developing Lumenos' strategic marketing and business plan. A recognized consumer-driven health care spokesperson, Doug is a founding partner and current chairman of the Consumer-Driven Health Care Association (CDHCA) and a frequent keynote speaker at health care conferences nationwide. Prior to joining Lumenos, Doug was national vice president of marketing for Prudential HealthCare, at the time a managed care company with over 4 million members and $7 billion in revenue. Before joining Prudential HealthCare, Doug headed the national marketing organization for Humana Inc. Doug spent the first 15 years of his career in a variety of brand management assignments in the packaged goods industry with both Procter & Gamble and Hallmark, Inc.

Stacy Ryan
Benefits Manager,
Banta Corporation

Stacy Ryan, Benefits Manager at Banta Corporation, recently led the corporation's employees through a major change in health benefits with the offering of a consumer-driven healthcare plan. With a goal of 30 percent conversion to the new plan, Ryan and her team set out to build awareness and educate employees on the consumer-driven healthcare option. At the end of open enrollment, senior management and the benefits team were thrilled to have realized an over 60 percent conversion rate to the new option.

Ryan joined Banta Corporation in 1999 and became Benefits Manager in 2002. She is responsible for administration of company-wide health and welfare benefit programs. She is a serious athlete who regularly trains for and competes in triathlons. As anyone in the field knows, endurance and stamina is a definite asset in the world of benefits administration.

Deborah Sanders
Senior Director of Human Resources,
Fujitsu Network Communications

Deborah has more than 25 years of progressive leadership experience in Human Resources at high tech companies with expertise in organizational development, change management, and strategic business partnering. She is currently Sr. Director, Human Resources at Fujitsu Network Communications, a telecommunications company located in the Dallas, Texas area.

She is a founding member of a HR networking group for Director & VP candidates in career transition and has facilitated group activities for over six years. She serves as an executive mentor for high potential professional women through Menttium Corporation.

Deborah has earned certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) awarded by Human Resources Certification Institute. She received her degree in Sociology from University of Florida.

Continuing Education:

• This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).