Overview
Are you curious to know where your organization stands on its health benefit programs strategy compared to the market? Have you ever said “If only I could change the healthcare system to fit my employee’s needs!” If you answered yes to one, or both, of these questions then this webinar is for you.

On April 30, thought leaders from Mercer and Catalyst for Payment Reform will take you through an engaging and informative analysis of where employers are today versus what lies ahead for employer health benefit strategies. The data we’re sharing stems from a free assessment and benchmarking tool we created to help employers identify ways to optimize their health benefit programs. In addition, we’ll have one of our employers join us to discuss how our free tool, the Vitals for Change Scorecard, informed their strategic planning efforts.

Key Takeaways:
  • Trends and insights from early adopters of the Vitals for Change Scorecard
  • Understanding the value of the Vitals for Change Scorecard and how it helps employers identify opportunities to improve or optimize their health benefits programs
  • Employer perspective: leveraging the Vitals for Change Scorecard to inform strategic planning efforts
Webinar Details
Tuesday, April 30
2:00 p.m. ET

Who Should Attend
Employers and other health care purchasers, business coalitions.

  • Growth By Design: Driving a bold change agenda


    93% of business executives plan to make a design change in their company within the next two years. It’s no longer about evolution – to stay ahead, organizations are transforming structures and jobs in a desire for increased efficiency, agility, and customer intimacy. Ensuring that the People agenda is not lost amid the drive for change will be critical to sustainable growth.


  • A Shift In What We Value: A new rewards paradigm is needed


    Fair & competitive pay and opportunities for promotion are top priorities for employees this year, which is not surprising given the climate of uncertainty and change. But it’s not just about financial results or activity metrics – 97% of employees want to be recognized and rewarded for the wide range of contributions they make each and every day.


  • A Workplace For Me: Personalization of the employee experience


    People expect their employer to “make work work” for their individual circumstances. Companies are starting to respond by taking a “whole person” approach and increasing the flexible work options available to their workforce – 63% already have a formal flexibility policy in place. Advances in technology are enabling individualized choice without adding an undue administrative burden for HR.


  • The Quest For Insight: Predictive analytics are still out of reach


    Even with advances in technology that facilitate both collection and analysis of large quantities of data, companies around the world are making slow progress in using analytics to inform human capital decisions. Very few are able to translate data into predictive insights, and nearly 1 in 5 are generating only basic descriptive reporting and historical trend analyses.


Your Speakers:
  • Beth Umland
    Director of Research for Health and Benefits, Mercer

  • Suzanne Delbanco
    Executive Director, Catalyst for Payment Reform

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The good news from this year’s survey: employers expect to hold cost growth to a moderate 4% in 2019. The bad news: that’s faster growth than we’ve seen over the past couple of years, and the cost of benefits is still outpacing inflation and workers’ earnings growth.

Prescription drugs—specialty drugs in particular—remain a top cost driver and managing high-cost claims is again the number-one priority for employers. At the same time, in a tight labor market, offering an attractive benefit program is more important than ever.

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