8:00-8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m.
Opening—Health Care Reform—Part I What’s Coming Now
- A walk through the laws
- Emerging clarifications, definitions and effective dates
- Dependent eligibility
- Grandfathering issues
- Frequently asked questions
- Access, eligibility and enrollment
- Time lines and action items
- Overview of the early retiree subsidy and application process
10:15 a.m.-12:00 noon
Health Care Reform—Part II
- Health care exchanges
- Quality initiatives
- Impact and changes to Medicare
- Long-term care provisions
- Efforts to curb fraud and abuse
- Strategy implementation considerations for trustees and plan sponsors
12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00-3:00 p.m. (Breakout Workshops)
Multiemployer Perspectives
This strategy session is excellent for trustees, focusing on implementation decisions and issues as well as their impact on the current delivery models within this sector.
Public/Governmental Plan Perspectives
This session geared for plan fiduciaries focuses on strategic implementation decisions unique to plans in the public sector and what they can mean to the way benefits are and will be provided. The workshop will also address how to manage premium contribution limitations and will clarify public sector issues.
Early Retiree Subsidy Application Process
This workshop delves into the application details, and reviews the data requirements and necessary steps that plans/funds need to take to seek reimbursement for these limited funds. It is especially suited for administrative staff.