CLE: The Ripple Effect of Health Care Reform: Employers Offering Private Networks and Health Systems Owning Health Plans
Don’t miss this discussion in Chicago or via live webcast on April 17, 2015 regarding how health care providers and employers are changing the way they provide and arrange for health care! Health care providers and employers are reforming the way they provide for the health care of their prospective patients and employees, all in an effort to improve both quality of care and their bottom lines. Integrated health care delivery systems have been getting into the insurance business – a trend that could affect the health care delivery and reimbursement system for the foreseeable future – while employers are simultaneously pushing for innovative solutions to the skyrocketing costs of providing quality health care benefits to their employees.
Attorneys representing health care providers, health insurers, and employers who offer health insurance plans to employees will benefit from attending this half-day seminar that discusses: the legal and practical challenges associated with provider-owned health plans; the new methods of providing employee health care benefits, including private exchanges, onsite clinics, online and telemedicine, reference-based pricing and “skinny plans”; the compliance issues associated with the new approaches and methods; the motivation behind health insurance marketplace innovation; how health care providers are injecting themselves into the health insurance market; how new health insurance companies are formed and how they will affect health care delivery and reimbursement; contracting issues, Affordable Care Act, and related compliance issues; and the potential financial risks for consumers, physicians, and employers associated with these new financial and health care delivery models.
The seminar is presented by the ISBA Health Care Law Section and co-sponsored by the ISBA Employee Benefits Section, ISBA Federal Taxation Section, the Grundy County Bar Association, Adams County Bar Association, McHenry County Bar Association, Madison County Bar Association, and Midwest Business Group on Health. It qualifies for 4.0 hours MCLE credit.