Round tables
“We need to look at the employee experience in its entirety,” explained Mike Sullivan, president of Cubic Health, when he introduced the round-table portion of the event. Drug claims is just one silo, he described. For the full perspective, employers should also be taking into account additional data silos such as long-term disability and absence.
Final words
One sentiment expressed by many of the speakers at the summit was the improved ability to manage employees’ health. There is a great opportunity to promote and take advantage of the current low-cost years (in terms of medical plan inflation) to actually invest in health for the future.
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Kerry Maddocks is senior conferences editor with Rogers Publishing.
kerry.maddocks@rci.rogers.com
© Copyright 2010 Rogers Publishing Ltd. This article first appeared in the July/August 2010 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine.