EBRI December 2014 Policy Forum #75
Measured Matters
Agenda and Presentations
Setting the Stage: Research Perspectives from EBRI
PANEL 1: Employment-Based Health Benefits and Big Data
Employers originally started offering health benefits as a way to
attract and retain the best workers. Today, employers are trying to
balance cost management with worker health and productivity. Big data
has the potential to revolutionize employment-based health benefits.
Employers and their health plans, working together with researchers,
can more easily link health coverage to data on use of health care
services, medication adherence, medical outcomes, and worker wellness
and productivity. During this panel you will hear how health plans are
using big data, and how employers are using such information to make
coverage decisions.
Moderator: Paul Fronstin (EBRI)
- Mike Manocchia (Cigna Analytics)
- Alex Baldenko (Aetna)
- Shari Davidson (National Business Group on Health)
- Mark Englizian (Walgreens)
Networking Break
PANEL 2: Measures for Assessing Retirement Income Adequacy
Are the traditional measures of success for retirement plan programs
adequate for either the employer or the employee? For decades the
typical way of determining whether an employee had sufficient
retirement income/wealth to retire at a specific age was to compare
some type of a replacement rate with a predetermined threshold. Recent
research has suggested that this may be far too restrictive in
treating various post-retirement contingencies such as longevity risk,
post-retirement investment risk and the risk of a prolonged stay in a
nursing home. This panel will focus on the various methods available
for assessing retirement income adequacy for employees as well as a
discussion of the best metrics available for determining optimal plan
design given the employer's objectives. This will also include a
discussion of quantifying the impact of delayed retirement on
employment costs and workforce management.
Moderator: Jack VanDerhei (EBRI)
- Christopher Goldsmith (Sibson)
- Jim Moore (PIMCO)
- Arthur Noonan (Mercer)
- Jeff Carroll (DST Retirement Solutions)
Wrap-up and key take-away points
- Nevin Adams (ASPPA)
- Marilyn Serafini (Alliance for Health Reform)
- Dallas Salisbury (EBRI)
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