1004: Health Care Reform Impact on Employer Plans
Understand how health care reform affects employee benefit plans and learn strategies for remaining compliant and managing rising costs.
Rising health care costs and the recent passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) make benefits program management ever more complex and time-consuming. Moreover, noncompliance carries significant government penalties and costly litigation fees. Examine strategies to remain compliant and manage rising costs. Explore potential penalties associated with state health insurance exchanges. Analyze emerging trends and conclusions that can be drawn based on the intent of the bills.
Jennifer Lunski is the compliance officer at Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., a full-service insurance brokerage firm headquartered in San Francisco. She consults directly with employee benefits clients on all matters of compliance and leads both internal and external trainings. Jennifer brings a unique perspective as an attorney with experience both investigating employee benefit plans in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and as a benefits consultant to HR practitioners. She was recently named by Business Insurance as a 2010 Woman to Watch.
