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Benefits for the Millennium
SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
 
8:15 - 8:55 a.m. Registration and Check-In
 
8:55 - 9:05 a.m. Welcome
 
James R. Mersfelder, NYEBC President
Constance A. Hasko, Conference Chairman
 
9:05 - 10:05 a.m. Legal Stuff
 
Robert W. Wild, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP
Mr. Wild opens the morning session with a lively and informative update on recent legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments that affect all types of employee benefit plans.
 
10:05 - 10:20 a.m. Break
 
10:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cracker Barrel Sessions
 
Cracker barrels were fixtures in country stores and the centerpiece for informal discussions and sharing of ideas. We have copied this format to provide you the opportunity to participate in three 40-minute sessions featuring a variety of topics and speakers. Each session will include a presentation followed by a time for discussion, Please Indicate on the registration form, in order of preference, the three sessions in which you desire to participate.
 
1. Benefits for Domestic Partners One
    Company's Experience		 Renee R Brownstein, Eastman Kodak Company,
2. Do It Yourself COBRA Audit Patricia A. Obstarczyk, Philllps, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine, & Huber LLP
3. DIY Retirement Plan Repairs Andrew R. Graham and Mark Jacob, Deloitte & Touche LLP
4. Going Paperless Kevyn E. Rigby, Corning Incorporated
5. Medical Savings Accounts Amy Fisher, Finger Lakes Blue Cross and Blue Shield
6. Selecting Plan Investment Offerings Robert Evans, Consultant
7. Sexual Harassment Susan Schultz Laluk, Boylan, Brown, Code, Fowler, Vigdor & Wilson LLP
8. Smart 401(k) Communications Robert Judd, Judd | Roberts
9. Social (In)Security: Delay = Disaster David P. Maslen, Aon Inc.
10. Sprucing Up the Old Pension Plan
      from Paint Job to Major Overhaul		 Charles H. McLauchlin and Thomas Toher, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
11. Workers' Comp Reform (Again!) Barbara Cain, Occupational Health Connection
12. Your Software and the Year 2000 Millennium Dynamics
 
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
 
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. The Health Benefit Roller Coaster
 
John Gabel, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Is the recent slowdown in health care cost increases over? Jon Gabel will review how employer health benefits have changed over the past few years. He will discuss changes to expect in the next few years and what their impact likely will be on the structure and cost of health care benefits to employers and employees in the future.
 
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break
 
3:00- 4:00 p.m. Workshops (Choose 1, 2 or 3)
 
  1. Benefits and the Web
    David R. Baker, David Rhett Baker P.A.
    David Baker is a pension attorney who publishes BenefitsLink on the World Wide Web. He will show you how to use the Internet for employee benefits information from government and private web sites. Transferring files over the Internet, advertising opportunities on the Internet, a discussion of emerging technologies applicable to benefits practitioners, and recommendations for advanced Internet users, including how to get started writing interactive programs for your web site, will also be highlighted.

  2. International Benefits 101
    Douglas J. Carey , Hewitt Associates LLC
    This workshop will provide an overview of social security systems and employer-sponsored programs around the world. Emphasis will be on those countries where practices are materially different from the United States and where attentive management of employee benefits plans can have a positive impact on business results. While the workshop will not assume prior knowledge of how non-US plans work, it will progress rapidly so that those who have a familiarity with benefits outside the US will find it interesting. Participants should be prepared to share experiences from their own companies for discussion.

  3. NYS Hospital Deregulation
    Jacob Flaltz, William M. Mercer, Inc.
    The New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 discontinued the 13-year old system of state set hospital rates and moved us to a free-market system of negotiated rates between hospitals and payers. By deregulating hospital charges and allowing price competition among health plan administrators, NYHCRA has had a significant effect on the health care marketplace in New York state. Mr. Flaitz will provide you with a practical and informative insight into both the short-term and long-term implications of the law and also will discuss the impact that deregulation has had in other markets outside New York state.

 


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