Employers continue to be concerned about the sustainability of healthcare cost increases especially in the long-term, and they are reacting by making changes now. Healthcare in the future will be very different than we know it today, and uncertainty about these changes complicates healthcare benefits strategies. However, the most proactive employers are planning for potential future scenarios and making incremental changes now toward a longer-term view of transformational change in the way healthcare is delivered and paid for and a more collaborative and integrated model aligned around health and wellness.

In this session, PricewaterhouseCoopers' Michael Thompson and Jack Rodgers expand upon significant research findings from two major PwC studies: the 2012 PwC Health Research Institute Behind the Numbers Report and PwC’s 2011 Touchstone Health and Well-being Employer Survey. The speakers will then offer resulting PwC insights on emerging megatrends for employer health strategy over the next 3-5 years.

The PwC 2012 Behind the Number Report indicates that U.S. employers can expect to see healthcare costs rise by 8.5 percent in 2012, compared with an increase of 8 percent in 2011, according to the annual Behind the Numbers report on medical cost trends, published by PwC’s Health Research Institute. However, mitigating changes in health benefit plan designs, including increased cost-sharing with employees, could keep employers’ costs increases to an average of 7 percent next year. Meanwhile, American workers are beginning to show signs of post-recession stress and the effects of delayed care taking a toll on their health.

As part of the 2011 Touchstone Health and Well-being Employer Survey, PwC asked employers about changes they are making in their benefit plans. The survey found that 86% of employers said they are likely to re-evaluate their overall benefits strategy.

This event provides stakeholders - including employers, health plans, providers and pharmaceutical companies - the opportunity to not only possess cutting-edge data on a spectrum of employer health plan benefit issues, but also gain key specific insights into how employers are positioning themselves strategically for incremental changes in the short term and more transformational changes over the next five years.
 

1. Identify emerging megatrends for employer health strategy over the next 3-5 years
2. Explore PwC research data findings from the Behind the Numbers 2012 Medical Cost Trend Report and the 2011 Touchstone Health and Well-being Employer Survey
3. Consider the implications for Employers and other applicable stakeholders regarding PwC research findings
4. Understand the primary deflators and inflators driving current medical cost trends
5. Examine the range of actions and changes employers are undertaking or planning in regard to the health benefit environment
6. Engage in interactive learning through online question submission, attendee feedback and opportunity for follow up questions, and networking with attendees, faculty and other professionals through dedicated LinkedIn group
    

• C-Suite Executives
• Health Benefit Executives and Staff
• Human Resources Executives
• Strategy and Planning Executives and Staff
• Marketing Executives
• Business Development Executives
• Actuarial Executives and Staff
• Business Intelligence Staff
• Informatics and Analytics Executives and Staff
• Other Interested Parties

Attendees would represent organizations including:

• Employers
• Health Plans 
• Third Party Administrators
• Agents and Benefit Consulting Organizations
• Pharmaceutical Organizations
• PBMs
• Provider Networks and Accountable Care Organizations
• Hospitals and Health Systems
• Solutions Providers 
• Associations, Institutes and Research Organizations 
• Media
• Other Interested Organizations

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