‘Power breakfast’ panels to discuss new health-coverage option for businesses
LOVELAND — An innovative program that could help companies take control of their corporate health-care costs while improving the quality of care their employees receive will be the topic of a “power breakfast” next week that is sponsored by BizWest.
The event will be held on Thursday, June 16, in the Longs Peak conference room at Medical Center of the Rockies, 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave. in Loveland. Check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by the conversation from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m. A continental breakfast will be available.
The average annual cost of company-sponsored care is $10,000 to $12,000 per person, according to research by Aon Hewitt. Average insurance premiums are predicted to increase 60 percent by 2025, according to the Congressional Budget Office. To curb the rising costs, many companies have shifted some of their costs to employees through higher deductibles and co-payments. Deductibles are up 67 percent since 2010 while workers’ earnings have risen by only 10 percent.
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In response, some firms have adopted flexible “direct to business” health and wellness models to customize solutions and deliver affordable, competitive health-care programs to their workers.
Panels of experts discussing the “direct to business” model will feature Kevin Unger, president and chief executive of University of Colorado Health’s Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies, and Dr. Floyd Stephens, medical director of Associates in Family Medicine. Yvonne Myers, health-systems director of Columbine Health Systems, Cliff Buchholz, owner and operator of Miramont Lifestyle Fitness, and Ashley Schwader, the Poudre School District’s wellness manager, will share the experiences and rewards of using this approach. Other panelists will include Jesse Gormley, director of corporate health and wellness for UCHealth; Kathy Major, director of UCHealth’s third-party administration division; and Rebecca Lindsey, patient-care coordinator for Associates in Family Medicine.
Cost for the event is $19.49, with proceeds to benefit the PVH and MCR Foundation. Reservations can be made online through Tuesday, June 14.
