Employee Benefits Masterclass

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.