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Follow on Google News | New England Employee Benefits Council's Conference Highlights "Best in Class" Benefits InitiativesDecember 4 conference features keynote speaker Jim Braude, a panel of industry experts and presentations by award winners
By: New England Employee Benefits Council Five employers representing the best in class for employee benefits will present their award-winning programs. “Selecting the winners was particularly difficult because we received a record number of nominations, more than double that of past years,” said Patty Houpt, Executive Director of the NEEBC. “We’ve tapped into some very innovative practices spanning wellness to benefit design to retirement programs that benefits professionals will want to learn more about.” The conferences “Best Practices” Awards are presented to companies that best exhibit innovation and creativity in the planning and delivery of their employee benefit programs. The presentations will provide firsthand information on how the award winning programs were developed and implemented. This year’s winners include: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Biogen Idec, CIRCOR International, Lifespan and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A new awards category for “Lifetime Achievement in Benefits Innovation” will be presented to EMC. The conference includes an informative panel “Payment Reform: Going Out on a Limb” headed up by Dolores L. Mitchell, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission. She will provide an overview of the GIC’s implementation of state payment reform through the Centered Care Initiative that moves providers from fee for service payment models to global budgets for the care of the GIC’s employees and their dependents. Panelists Tim Gens, Executive VP and General Counsel, Massachusetts Hospital Association; This year's lead sponsor is United Healthcare. Gold sponsors are AllOne Health Resources, HomeBenefitIQ, Liberty Mutual, Minnesota Life Insurance Company, New England College of Business and Tufts Health Plan. Silver sponsors are Abacus Health, BTHR Solutions, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Mercer, Strategic Benefit Advisors, Inc., The Segal Group, UNUM and Wellness Workdays. A few Gold and Silver Sponsorships are still available. The conference will be held from 8:30 am to 3:45 pm. At the Waltham Woods Conference Center located at 860 Winter, Street, Waltham, MA. More information about conference registration and sponsorship is available at http://www.neebc.org/ About NEEBC NEEBC (www.neebc.org) End
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