You'll discover: 
• Recent factors contributing to the rising cost of employer-sponsored healthcare
• How cost increases impact employees
• What alternative health plan designs are available, and the value they can bring to employers and employees 
• How to implement an innovative plan design versus traditional PPO designs

Speakers: 

Cole Harris | National Health Innovations Practice Leader | CBIZ
Cole Harris is the President of CBIZ Benefits & Insurance of Tennessee and serves as the National Practice Leader for CBIZ's Health Innovations practice. With extensive experience in the benefits and insurance industry, Cole has been an integral part of major corporate strategies, offering consultative services that include evaluating current practices and recommending comprehensive, data-driven solutions. His expertise spans a wide range of areas, including Health Care Reform, Compliance Standards, Value-Based Purchasing, Benefit Design, Ease of Administration and more.

Cole has served on the Advisory Board for all major medical carriers and has built a reputation for developing innovative strategies that help employers contain costs while improving outcomes for employees. His outside-the-box approaches have consistently resulted in reduced costs and enhanced quality at the employee level.

Wendy Ciacciarelli | Account Executive | CBIZ
Wendy joined CBIZ in August 2012 and has since become a vital part of the company's success. With her extensive expertise, commitment to exceptional service, and dedication to fostering strong, long-term relationships, Wendy plays an integral role in CBIZ's growth. As an account executive, she has a proven track record of building and nurturing client relationships, managing benefit portfolios, executing company strategies and deliverables, and identifying new sales opportunities.
Wendy's client service responsibilities include resolving complex issues, negotiating contracts, designing, and developing employee communications, sharing compliance updates, coordinating vendor relationships, supporting wellness initiative development, and overseeing open enrollment meetings. She works with clients ranging from 50 to 10,000 employees.

Jeff Caldwell | Vice President, Strategic Partnerships | Claritev
Jeff Caldwell is an experienced sales and marketing professional with a strong background in leadership roles across various organizations for over 25 years. At MultiPlan, Jeff currently oversees strategic partnerships for the broker, consultant, employer, PEO, union, HCM and supplemental health markets. He is responsible for the market leadership, driving revenue growth and segment expansion plays a pivotal role in building customer relationships and exploring new business opportunities.

Chris Davis | Vice President, VDHP | Claritev
Chris Davis has over 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry. With a Master’s degree focus on epidemiology, he studied long-term health outcomes and the factors that impact those outcomes.
Later, Chris became an internal benefits and wellness manager for a large employer where he devised strategies that lead to the organization being recognized as a Best Places to Work for four years.
Chris has advised brokers and clients on strategies related to healthcare utilization, cost and quality metrics and more. He later worked with large, self-funded employers as a benefits consultant and strategist, primarily utilizing alternative-based purchasing strategies.
Chris has Bachelor Degrees in Health Promotion and Business Administration from Appalachian State University and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of South Carolina.

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* https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2024/07/18/healthcare-costs