June 2024

The Annual Forum brings together hundreds of employers, healthcare business coalitions, and industry professionals to discuss successful strategies and emerging trends in achieving high-quality care that improves patient experience, health equity, and outcomes at lower costs.

U.S. Business Action to End HIV and Advance Health Equity

June 25, 2024 | noon-1 p.m. (ET)

Tackling a Common Women's Health Condition to Improve Wellbeing

July 16, 2024 | noon-1 p.m. (ET)

Lumen Technologies Case Study Features "Women Empowered"

Women's health and wellbeing is not only a personal matter, but also a business imperative. Shelly Lanning, president of Visana Health, will be joined by Michelle Arnette, benefits program manager of Lumen Technologies, and Tanika Smith, director of program development and communication at GPBCH, as they share a best practice case study about designing benefits that support women's health on June 20, 2024, from noon-12:30 p.m. (ET).

Tanika Smith

MODERATOR

Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health 

Michelle Arnette

Lumen Technologies 

Shelly Lanning

Visana Health

Webinar: Balancing Access and Cost to GLP-1s

Join apree health on June 25, 2024, noon-12:45 p.m. (ET) for the webinar, "Balancing Access and Cost to GLP-1s." Whether employees are using GLP-1s for diabetes or weight loss, ensuring long-term impact of the drug is best approached by supporting not just the coverage of medication, but addressing lifestyle and behavioral components as well. Erica Hong, director of clinical program management, will showcase apree's benefit strategy for an inclusive and tailored approach.

Navigating a Changing Legal Landscape:

State Legislation and Reproductive Health Benefits

Join Progyny on June 26, 2024, from 4 p.m.-5 p.m. (ET) for an important discussion on the evolving legal landscape surrounding access to IVF and reproductive healthcare. This session is designed for benefit leaders who want to understand how state legislation impacts access to care, employee benefit plans, and organizational policies.

Legal and clinical experts will discuss:  

• An overview of current and proposed legislation related to reproductive health.  
• Key considerations for employer-sponsored health plans.
• Best practices for developing and updating organizational policies. 

Contact: Kathryn Ross

VP, Enterprise Marketing

email: kross@galileo.io

Multispecialty Digital Medical Practice

Making the Case for Healthcare Investments

What really matters to chief people pfficers when it comes to greenlighting new healthcare benefits? Hear from current and former leaders from Varsity Brands, Chobani, and Calendly as they share their perspectives on aligning benefits with company values, evaluating long-term ROI, and more at our upcoming webinar "Making the Case for Healthcare Investments." Join us on July 11, 2024, from 1 p.m.-2 p.m. (ET).

Read this new article in Human Resource Executive, featuring Barbara Wachsman, head of employer strategy at Galileo, "High-Quality Healthcare can be Virtual -- but HR must Help Deliver It."

Contact: Annie Tse

VP, Advisory Practice Lead for Wellbeing Strategy

email: atse@wellsparkhealth.com

Customized Wellbeing, Coaching, Disease Prevention, and Disease Self-Management Solutions

How to Choose the Right Wellness Program

Study Finds Spark Direct Effective in

Improving Mood Among Adults with Depression

Big Health recently announced the results of a new randomized controlled trial showing that Spark Direct, its digital cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program for depression leads to meaningful improvements in mood in adults.

Study participants who received Spark had improvements in mood 2.5 times larger than participants in the control group, and their mood improvements were maintained even after completion of the 5-week program through an additional 5-week follow-up period. Spark participants also reported an improvement in quality of life nearly twice as large as the waiting list group. Learn more.

Dialysis in the US:

A Broken Market Requires Thinking Outside the "Network" Box

Since the beginning of managed care, Americans have feared receiving care from doctors or hospitals who are “out-of-network” because that often means sky-high prices and greater out-of-pocket costs. But what happens when the opposite is true – when the “in-network” rate is unfair and higher than the “out-of-network” rate for the same exact service? 

This is just one area we cover in our comprehensive report on dialysis treatment. From patient care to policy changes, employers can learn how their bottom line and health plan members are affected.

Gen Z: Reimagining Health Benefits for a Next-Gen Workforce

Read our insight to learn more about Gen Z preferences!

As employers engage workers from four distinct generations, the group they have the least experience with is Generation Z—the youngest members of the workforce, born between 1997 and 2012.

While ample research exists about how Gen Z views work-related topics like career goals, purpose and fulfillment, and work-life balance, fewer studies have focused on how employers can support this generation’s health and productivity.

Fidelity Health® Thought Leadership research revealed one major reason employers should refashion their health benefits for the next generation.

Vitality and Headspace Expand Global Partnership to Help Employers and Health Plans Address the Mental Health Crisis