Employee Productivity Strategies

• New Disability Research Findings
  • The Rise of the Employee Driven Benefits Model
  • Worker Productivity as the Next Frontier in Benefits Cost Management
  • Redefining Benefits Enrollment to Help Workers Make Better Choices
  • Addressing the Benefits Needs of an Increasingly Diverse Workforce
  • The Realities of Getting Ready for a Secure Retirement
• Sidelined Workers: Strategies for Getting Them Back in the Game
  • Create a Positive Atmosphere
  • Prepare for a Planned Absense
  • Keep the Workplace Connection
  • Plan for the Return to Work
• The Market for Integrated Health Care and Disability Management
• Integrated Benefits Solutions
  • To provide clients with integrated reporting which encompasses medical, workers’ compensation, absence, disability, and other ancillary programs.
  • To provide consultative services to clients through medical and disability predictive modeling and benchmark data.
  • To support recommendations for plan, benefits, and policy changes to enable clients to improve overall benefit plan experience and reduce costs.
  • To offer menu-based pricing for consultative analytics or support consultants.
• Questions and Answers

Occupational Health: Increasing Productivity of the Workforce

• Occupational Health Overview
  • What is Occupational Health?
  • Why is it important to the employer?
  • Impact on the employer’s bottom line
• Workers Compensation in Washington State
  • Today’s Climate – Injury Statistics
  • Employee Choice State Advantages & Challenges
  • Patient right to choose
  • Provider familiar with patient
  • Fee for Service reimbursement – State Fee Schedule
  • Providers not familiar with regulatory requirements, forms, etc.
  • Fragmented care across state
  • Increased likelihood of disability
  • Productivity decreases & costs increase
• Innovations – Special Pilot Project with aim to improve care & lower costs Centers of Occupational Health Education (COHE)
  • Labor & Industries
  • Labor Organizations
  • Community Health Care Leaders
  • University of Washington Research Team
  • Community based approach
  • Best practices
  • Reduce disability & return to work when medically appropriate
• Significance of Occupational Health to Employers / Employees
  • Cost savings drivers & value added benefits
  • Innovations for a solution
  • Washington as a national leader
  • Employee, employer, & provider satisfaction
• The Injured Worker
  • Care & volume data
  • Medical surveillance
  • Value of Worksite Wellness
  • Quality Drivers
  • Advantages of a well run program for the employer
  • Standardized process for all
• Employer Worksite Surveillance
  • Employer Health Services
  • Evaluations
  • Physicals
  • Drug testing & screenings
  • Immunizations
• Worksite Wellness
  • Flu Shots
  • Bio metric screenings, BMI, & Glucose
  • Health fairs for employees to promote wellness
• Why Producers Care about Occupational Health?
  • Worker’s Compensation is part of the total health care costs
  • Integration = Better Outcomes
• Summary: What to Look for in an Occupational Health Program?
  • Group Health at Work – Occupational Health Services
  • National Certification as Occupation Health Services Provider
  • Medical Center Expansion for Occupational Health Services – Fee for Service
  • Potential On-Site Employer Locations – Is there a need?
• Question & Answer

The Presenters

Patricia Wands is a Director, Relationship Management within the Disability Product Unit at Prudential. Pat is a registered nurse with over 20 years of experience working in the disability insurance industry. She has been with Prudential in various roles for over 14 years. At Prudential she has worked in the disability operation as a subject matter expert on processes, claim management, contract, and customer service. Pat’s current responsibilities include responding to questions related to Prudential’s disability/absence products and identifying market trends to foster new product development. She acts as an internal client advocate with a focus on enhancing Prudential’s disability/absence products, claim management processes, and the client experience. She is a member of the presentation team and meets with prospective clients and brokers to showcase Prudential's disability and absence offerings. Pat represents Prudential on the Research Committee for IBI.

Christina Lombardi is the Director of Occupational Health Services at Group Health Cooperative. She has program oversight for all injured worker care within Group Health and direct line accountability for the 13 Occupational Medicine locations. Under her direction, Group Health Occupational Health Services has developed a positive reputation in the community as a medical service that understands Worker’s Compensation law and helps workers return to work quickly and successfully. She has created a program that obtained National Certification as an Occupational Health Program – the only one in the State of Washington. She has over 15 years of experience in the health care delivery system including hospital and medical center operations at Group Health and Legacy Health Systems in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Lombardi has B.S from the University of Utah with and emphasis in Community Health Education and Health Administration. As a business community leader, she is board member representing the business community on the Renton Centers of Occupational Health Education Board and is a committee member of the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, Health Care Subcommittee for Washington State. She is also a member of the National Association of Occupational Health Professionals.

When:	7:15 am 7:30 - 8:00 am 8:00 - 10:00 am Registration Breakfast Program
Where:	Harborside Restaurant, 1200 Westlake Ave N.
Cost:	$60 members; $75 non-members and guests by registration deadline. $75 members; $90 non-members and guests after deadline or at door.
RSVP:	Phone Fax Mail Online 206-623-8632 206-575-9255 EBPA, PO Box 58530, Seattle, WA 98138-1530 Online registration is closed Reservations must be prepaid or guaranteed with your Visa, MasterCard or American Express, or send a check to the office. Checks must be received before the date of the event. (Remember, if you make a reservation and do not cancel by the deadline, you will be billed for the event.)
Deadline:	5:00 pm, May 31, 2011
WAOIC Number:	The Washington State’s Office of Insurance Commissioner now requires your WAOIC number on the sign in / sign out form in order to qualify for CE credits.