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BENEFITING YOUR BOTTOM LINE:
THE ROLE OF BENEFITS IN YOUR BUSINESS STRATEGY
OCTOBER 14, 1999
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
 
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Check-In and Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome
 
Alan F. Baumann, NYEBC President
Charles H. McLauchlin, Conference Co-chair
 
8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Legal Update
 
Robert W. Wild, Nixon Peabody, LLP
Mr. Wild will present an overview of recent legislation and other legal developments affecting the benefits community.
 
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Break
 
10:00 - 10:40 a.m.
and
10:45 - 11:25 a.m.
and
11:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.		 Cracker Barrel Sessions
12 interactive sessions will be facilitated and participants choose three topics in which to participate. Four of the sessions will be geared to an introductory level and eight sessions to a more advanced level.
 
* Indicates an introductory level session.
  1. A Practical Approach to Medicare+Choice
    Margaret Martin, Preferred Care
    Jan E. Peckham, Eastman Kodak Company
    Find out HCFA's latest plans for their November Medicare enrollment and what employers need to know.
  2. Canada / U.S. Cross-Border Benefit Issues
    David H. Kernan, Philips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Hunter, LLP
    Explore tax and other issues confronting U.S. employers covering Canadian employees in the U.S., and U.S. or Canadian employees in Canada, with their pension and welfare benefits.
  3. Consolidation, Acquisitions & Affiliations Involving Not-for-Profits: A Benefits Perspective
    Michael Cooney, Nixon Peabody, LLP
    Come join us to discuss some of the unique benefit issues and rules that not-for-profits should consider when they acquire or enter into affiliation arrangements with other organizations.
  4. Fiduciary Liability: How to Avoid It?
    Michael B, Snyder, Harris, Beach & Wilcox, LLP
    Keep your fiduciaries out of the hot seat. This discussion is intended to focus on how fiduciaries inadvertently find themselves the subject of lawsuits and how to avoid them.
  5. HR / Benefits Strategy in Acquisitions
    Lisa M. Tietz, Eastman Kodak Company
    Discuss a strategic approach to integrating HR and benefits planning with the overall corporate acquisition team.
  6. * Introduction to Compliance/Reporting
    Sharon A. McAuliffe, Green & Seifter Attorneys, P.C.
    What qualified plan information must be provided to participants, the IRS, the DOL and PBGC? This session will focus on the basics of ERISA's reporting and disclosure requirements, as well as the penalties for failing to comply.
  7. * Introduction to Welfare Plans
    Bruce W. Barmore, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
    John J. Cogan, Forman, Cogan & Cline, LLP
    Fully-insured, experience-rated, self-funded? HMO, PPO, POS, TPA, DBL, FSA? What's this all about? A discussion of the basics of plan design and administration. Bring your questions.
  8. Non-Qualified Plans: Golden Parachute or Lead Weight?
    Charles H. McLauchlin, Excellus Benefit Services, Inc.
    This session will be a discussion of the design and implementation of effective non-qualified retirement plans.
  9. Late Breaking Healthcare Issues
    David E. Edwards, William M. Mercer, Inc.
    Kurt C. Ringo, William M. Mercer, Inc.
    Come discuss the issues behind the headlines!
  10. The Business Case for Wellness Plans
    Marcie N. Bartolotta, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
    Wellness programs give you the "warm fuzzies" but can you prove that they really have a bottom line impact? Bring your own data as well as your questions and let's talk!
  11. * Which Way to Retirement?
    Rita D. Metras, Eastman Kodak Company
    Discuss the objectives, basic features and differences of pension, profit sharing and savings plans, and how companies use plans to help provide retirement security for their employees.
  12. * You've Heard About Flex Plans...But...Do You Understand Them?
    Judith A. Brennan, Excellus Benefit Services, Inc.
    This session will provide a "back-to-basics" approach on the history, design and operation of Flexible Benefit Programs and review how a Flex Plan might fit your overall business strategy.
 
12:10 - 1:10 p.m. Lunch
 
Lunch will be served in the Ballrooom.
 
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Panel
 
Rising Prescription Drug Costs: Deja Vu or an Investment in Better Quality Health Care?
Randy S. Cherkis, BASF Corporation
Nicholas K. Vasilopolos, William M. Mercer, Inc.
Mark J. Weismiller, Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC
Prescription drug costs are rising faster than healthcare generally. A cost / benefit analysis of Rx benefits can be critical to the effective management of your healthcare program. This panel will discuss creative strategies and tactics being considered by plan sponsors to improve the quality of care and outcomes, as well as control rising costs.
 
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Break
 
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Workshops
 
  1. Emerging Healthcare Issues
    Donald McKinnon, William M. Mercer, Inc.
    Linda Culliton, William M. Mercer, Inc.
    Don and Linda will provide an overview of some of the newer healthcare strategies being adopted by employers as well as the changing objectives and measures of success these strategies aim to achieve.
  2. Enrollment / Communication Automation
    Katie Berliner, Chase Manhattan Bank, NA
    Christine Dyl, Hewitt Associates, LLC
    Chase Manhattan Bank has automated a considerable amount of its benefits enrollment and communication efforts. Katie and Christine will describe what makes the Chase system successful.
  3. Total Compensation Strategies
    Warren Kerper, William M. Mercer, Inc.
    Jay Giess, William M. Mercer, Inc.
    Because of the significant cost, many organizations are taking a close, critical review of their total compensation package to assure its value proposition. This session will discuss how organizations are using resources allocated to total compensation to achieve their strategic and tactical objectives.

 


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