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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eastern
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Please join us on Wednesday, April 16th at 1PM Eastern to learn about how best to overcome legal compliance issues with disease management. Disease management may be the "final frontier" in cost control, yet many employers and third party administrators have overlooked the significant legal compliance issues that may arise in connection with implementing a successful disease management program. Hidden compliance costs associated with disease management "carrots" and "sticks" need to be considered.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The rules do not prevent the establishment of wellness and disease management programs. They simply create hurdles which require sufficient knowledge in order to effectively navigate around or over such hurdles. Thus, the learning objectives are to identify and address the legal compliance issues so that legal compliance problems can be avoided and/or to identify creative solutions in the event legal compliance problems already exist.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Employers
Third party administrators
Health insurers
Disease management and/or wellness program vendors
Consultants
Benefit plan lawyers

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS


John R. Hickman Partner, Alston & Bird LLP	John Hickman is head of the firm's Health Benefits Practice where he leads five attorneys devoted exclusively to HIPAA privacy, flexible benefits, and other health & welfare benefit issues. Mr. Hickman has been a pioneer in the consumer directed health care arena and has worked closely with health plans, financial institutions, and employers as well as the IRS, Treasury, and DOL in developing guidance for tax-favored health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs). Mr. Hickman has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White) and Who's Who Legal in the employee benefits area. Mr. Hickman has lectured widely and published articles on HIPAA, ERISA litigation, cafeteria and health plan issues. He is co-author of the Cafeteria Plans Manual, HIPAA Portability and Privacy, and Consumer-Driven Health Care (published by the Employee Benefits Institute of America). Mr. Hickman has been called upon by benefits and trade associations to testify before the IRS and DOL on issues affecting health and welfare benefit plans including HIPAA, cafeteria plan regulations, DOL claims procedures, and the HIPAA health care privacy regulations. Mr. Hickman is also on the editorial advisory board of the Benefits and Compensation Law Alert and the Employee Benefits Adviser, is on the board of the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC), and is on the Publications Committee of the Self Insurance Institute of America. He received his law degree from Emory University School of Law, graduating with distinction, where he received the Order of the Coif Award. Mr. Hickman is also an adjunct professor of law at Emory University School of Law.

Ashley Gillihan Partner, Alston & Bird LLP	Ashley Gillihan is a partner in Alston & Bird LLP's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group. He is also a secondary member of the firm's ERISA Litigation Group. Mr. Gillihan's legal practice focuses exclusively on assisting clients with various health and welfare benefit plan issues related to the following: Implementation and administration of consumer driven health care arrangements such as Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Health Savings Accounts ERISA's reporting and disclosure rules ERISA's fiduciary requirements ERISA's claims procedure rules and regulations COBRA Administration HIPAA Portability and Discrimination HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Administrative Simplification Tax issues associated with health and welfare benefit plans, including, but not limited to, health plans, disability plans, life insurance plans, and various other fringe benefit plans (e.g. Code Section 125 cafeteria plans, flexible spending accounts, transportation reimbursement arrangements and educational assistance plans) and VEBAs Various group health plan mandates related to QMCSOs, Mental Health Parity Act, the Newborn and Mother's Health Protection Act, and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act Welfare Benefit Plan issues arising from various federal employment discrimination statutes such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Mr. Gillihan represents corporate plan sponsors, insurers and third party benefit plan administrators. Mr. Gillihan lectures frequently and has published numerous articles on health and welfare benefit plan related topics. He is a faculty member for MCOL, a managed health care on-line organization; and the Institute of Applied Management and Law (IAML) and he is a a member of the Advisory Board of Editors of the Benefits Compensation Law Alert and the Employer's Council on Flexible Compensation Technical Advisory Council.

PRICE

Individual Registration: $225. Covers a single phone line. Multiple persons may listen via speaker phone for the individual fee.
Web Summit CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $285 for non-attendees after the event
Each individual receives a unique dial-in ID
Corporate Group Pricing is available when registrations are desired for more than one phone line. Call 209.577.4888 for details

DIAL-IN INSTRUCTIONS AND SESSION MATERIALS

Two business days prior to the event, registrants will receive a copy of the dial-in instructions and a link to the speaker presentation. The dial-in instructions will include a unique dial-in ID Participant code that can only be used for a single phone line and not shared. Session participants will also have an opportunity to email speaker questions in advance of the live session.

REGISTRATION

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