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Membership ReportNovember 5, 2008
EyeMed Vision Care provides vision benefits programs to nearly 4,000 clients across the United States. Among these are Fortune 500 companies, state and local municipalities, unions and employer groups of all sizes. The company employs more than 350 people and is headquartered in Mason, OH. To find out more, please visit EyeMedVisionCare online.
22nd National Conference on Health, Productivity, and Human Capital
The 22nd National Conference on Health, Productivity, and Human Capital will take place in San Diego, CA from December 8-10, 2008. To register on-line for this event, please click here. Early registration discounts are available through November 8, 2008 and discounts are offered for multiple member attendees from the same company. Join your colleagues from other member companies -- the following companies have already registered: Accenture Advance Newspaper Group Aetna, Inc. American Cancer Society Assurant, Inc. Best Doctors, Inc BP America, Inc. Caterpillar Inc. CBS CIGNA Cisco Systems, Inc. Comprehensive Health Services Costco Wholesale Corporation Data Recognition Corporation DuPont Company Erie Insurance Group FedEx Free & Clear, Inc. General Electric Company GlaxoSmithKline Goodyear Health Dialog Healthways, Inc H-E-B Grocery Company Hewitt Associates HMC Humana, Inc. IBM Corporation Ingenix Intel Corporation JCPenney Johnson & Johnson JPMorgan Chase & Co. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Kraft Foods Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation Lockton Companies LLC Mayo Clinic Health Solutions McDonald's Corporation Medtronic, Inc. MetLife Milliman & Co. PepsiCo Pfizer Inc PricewaterhouseCoopers Principal Financial Group Prudential Financial Reckitt Benckiser Reed Group Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. SPX Corporation State Farm Insurance StayWell Health Management Sutter Health Target Corporation Teva Pharmaceuticals Thomson Reuters Time Warner Towers Perrin TRION Group Inc. Trustmark Insurance Company Tyco International Inc. UNUM United Parcel Services Verizon Communications WaMu Watson Wyatt Worldwide Weight Watchers Wells Weyerhaeuser Company For further information, please visit our conference website or contact Natashia McNair. We look forward to seeing you in
Post-Election Outlook for Health Reform - Webinar
November 13, 2008, 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET After yesterday’s historic election, Democrats will control the White House and both houses of Congress. Hear the National Business Group on Health’s assessment of how the results will affect prospects for health reform and health care policy issues, register for our webinar on the Post-Election Outlook for Health Reform.
The Business Case for Breastfeeding - Webinar
Breastfeeding is an essential part of recovery from pregnancy and also has important short- and long-term health benefits for women and their children. A healthy mother means an employee who is able to contribute more productively to her workplace. Workplace breastfeeding programs may help to mitigate lost productivity/absenteeism by:
On this webinar employers will learn how to create a comprehensive breastfeeding program and an employer best practice will be presented. Speakers: Cathy Carothers, Every Mother, Inc. Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, CRNP, CIGNA HealthCare Mary Bianchi, CIGNA HealthCare Please click here to register for the webinar.
Consumer-Directed Health Care Conference Call
November 6, 2008, 12:00 - 1:15 pm ET
If you’d like to register for the call, please click here. Mark your calendar for Open Enrollment in Review: Part II for December 4, 2008 from 12:00-1:15 p.m. Registration will be announced on November 20.
Employers' Summit on Health Care Costs and Solutions
With the current abysmal state of the economy, now is the time to learn new cost effective strategies to dealing with the ever rising costs of providing health care benefits to your employees. Join us at the January 14-15, 2009 Employers’ Summit on Health Care Costs and Solutions in
Phone: 1-877-422-8254 or 404-946-9000 January 14 -15, 2009 If you have any questions regarding the The
Health Tip: Consumers Can Help Prevent Costly Prescription Errors
Preventing medical errors due to incorrect prescriptions can be as easy as reading your name on the label before leaving the pharmacy. This health tip provides easy tips employees can use to help prevent medication errors.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Employer Mandates & Health Care Reform
Employer Mandates, Health Care Reform & Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
GHBI Website Orientation Webinars
The Global Health Benefits Institute (GHBI) sponsors webinars for its members to orient them to the products and services of the Institute, particularly its web-based resources. Here are the dates and times for the remaining two webinars:
If you would like to participate, please contact Tim McManus at (202) 585-1831 or mcmanus@businessgrouphealth.org.
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Participation in the Global Health Benefits Institute
If you would like more information about the Global Health Benefits Institute, please contact
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