Employee Benefits Masterclass

Navigating Rising Healthcare Costs & Crafting a Resilient Health Plan

A Brown & Brown Whiteboard Event

EARN 2.0 SHRM & HRCI CREDITS

Learning from Other Employer’s Compliance Mistakes

  • Common compliance errors associated with the Employer Mandate and its IRS reporting requirements
  • Plan document failures; SPDs, their distribution and their eligibility terms
  • COBRA mistakes that could cost you
  • Extended leaves of absence and their pitfalls
  • Telehealth: How it can cause issues with HSAs beginning January 1, 2025
  • Mental Health Parity: How this can be an expensive employer health plan issue

Myths & Misconceptions About Employer Health Plans

  • Why employers are failing at health plan management
  • Why your medical plan is managing the wrong population’s health
  • Why your spouses don’t cost what you think and why spousal programs don’t work
  • Why the industry benchmarks are wrong and are driving the costs of your health plan higher

When

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

1:00 – 3:30 PM
COCKTAILS & APPETIZERS INCLUDED

Where

Clinton Presidential Center

1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201

Joshua Halperin, PharmD, Senior Clinical Director at Remedy Analytics 

Joshua Halperin, PharmD has worked in the pharmacy industry for 18 years and resides in Chicago, IL. He joined Remedy Analytics in 2018 as a Clinical Director working in analytics, product development, and client engagement. Josh currently serves a wide variety of clients including large hospital systems, Fortune 500 organizations, unions, and government funded plans. Previously, Josh was the Director of Regulatory Operations at a multi-state health plan and PBM with responsibility for over 1.5 million lives. In this role, Josh oversaw clinical and regulatory operations — including compliance, accreditation, formulary development and administration, disease management programs, and clinical account management. Josh served as a member of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Managed Care Organization Common Formulary Workgroup where he worked directly with the State of Michigan and the Michigan Association of Health Plans to develop, implement, and maintain a statewide common formulary. Josh has also served as a Health Plan and PBM Advisor for the Michigan Pharmacists Association. In addition, he has experience as a retail pharmacy manager directly providing care in local communities. Josh graduated from Midwestern University with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and is a licensed pharmacist in Michigan and Illinois.

Josh Rydberg, VP Underwriting Services at Brown & Brown

As Vice President of Underwriting Services, Josh’s primary role is to design and implement financial management strategies for clients across the country. He also develops, maintains and delivers financial tools and methodologies that assist in the effective management of employer-sponsored health plans.

Josh routinely provides internal and external education regarding unique opportunities for groups to improve health plan structure. By leveraging a distinctive presentation style, he illustrates the impact of pricing and consumer purchasing behavior on both employers and members. This simplification of complex theories creates actionable results that are often contrary to current trends.

A broad insurance background – which includes pricing for workers’ compensation, automobile, homeowners and various other property and casualty coverages in addition to group benefits – allows Josh an objective perspective when devising and communicating winning medical plan strategies. It also provides him the ability to engage with clients that are interested in evaluating enterprise risk and cost.