- Manage Diabetes Risk & Cost in Your Health Plan: Tangible Ways to Lower Costs While also Improving Care, Employers Health, August 8, 2023. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Manage Diabetes Risk & Cost in Your Health Plan: Tangible Ways to Lower Costs While also Improving Care, SHRM, July 25, 2023. Qualifies for SHRM CEU credit. Participants can also apply for other CEU credit. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Manage Diabetes Risk and Cost in Your Health Plan: Tangible Ways to Lower Costs while also Improving Care, HR Daily Advisor’s HR Employee Benefits Week, July 20, 2023 , Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Manage Diabetes Risk & Cost in Your Health Plan: Tangible Ways to Lower Costs While also Improving Care, State and Local Government Benefits Association (SALGBA), June 13, 2023. Qualifies for CGBA CEU credit. Only accessible to SALGBA members. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Manage Diabetes Risk and Cost in Your Health Plan: Tangible Ways to Lower Costs While Also Improving Care, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), May 16, 2023. Only accessible to IFEBP members, but qualifies for CEU credit. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
Health Plan Design Solutions
RESOURCES
Here you will find resources related to diabetes as well as obesity as obesity is considered one of the most potent risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Both of these diseases have a significant impact on healthcare costs and the resources below provide ways to reduce plan risk and costs yet also improve care.
They are intended for those who manage employee health plans or influence those plan decisions. If you are an employee, we encourage you to share this information with your Human Resources department.
If your HR or Employee Benefits team wants to learn more about optimizing diabetes coverage, or to schedule a DLC presentation at your meeting or conference, email employers@diabetesleadership.org
DIABETES
Overview of Key Plan Design Changes
Webcasts - 2023
Webcasts - 2022
- Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, State and Local Government Benefits Association (SALGBA), August 22, 2022. Qualifies for CGBA CEU credit. Only accessible to SALGBA members. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, BenefitsPro.com, August 3, 2022. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), July 14, 2022. Qualifies for SHRM CEU credit. Participants can also apply for other CEU credit. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), May 18, 2022. Only accessible to IFEBP members. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
Webcasts - 2021
- Innovation & Inclusion: Essential Tools to Improve Diabetes Care and Cost Management, HR.com, August 17, 2021. Qualifies for HRCI and SHRM CEU credit. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Manage Plan Risk and Diabetes Costs with Effective Plan Design - Now and Post-COVID, HR.com, June 2, 2021. Qualifies for HRCI and SHRM CEU credit. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
- Rein in Diabetes Costs Using Plan Design – Now and Post-COVID, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). March 18, 2021. Qualifies for SHRM CEU credit. Participants can also apply for other CEU credit. Co-sponsored with JDRF.
Webcast Handouts
- Reduce Health Plan Risk and Cost – a summary of plan design changes to introduce these options to decision-makers.
Articles
- Four Ways to Lower the Cost of Drugs for Your Employees, George J. Huntley. HR Daily Advisor, September 13, 2023.
- Are You or Your Clients Running a Health Plan or a Sick Plan?, George J. Huntley. BenefitsPro.com, May 30, 2023.
- The Wrong Benefit Plan Design Can Drive Up Chronic Disease Costs and Plan Risk, George J. Huntley. HR.com. Benefits & Wellness e-newsletter, August, 2021.
Blogposts
- Four Steps for Evaluating Your Plan’s Diabetes Coverage, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), August 9, 2022.
First-Dollar Coverage
Articles
- Are You or Your Clients Running a Health Plan or a Sick Plan?, George J. Huntley. BenefitsPro.com, May 30, 2023.
- Maintenance is a Good Investment – Especially with Chronic Diseases like Diabetes, George J. Huntley, HR.com’s Employee Benefits & Wellness Excellence September 2023 e-newsletter.
Rebate Pass-Through
Articles
- Drug Rebates Under Scrutiny: How Prepared is Your Health Plan?, George J. Huntley. BenefitsPro.com, May 2, 2023.
- Aligning Your Drug Plan for Success!, George J. Huntley. Employers Health EH Connect Magazine, Fall, 2022.
Podcasts
- HR Benecast Posting Episode 37 - Employers Health, May 2023. Diabetes Leadership Council CEO George Huntley shares how plan sponsors can develop a benefits strategy to help employees with diabetes and other chronic conditions, advice for PBM contract negotiations, the latest in PBM legislation and more.
- HR Benecast Episode 33 - Employers Health, September 2022. Diabetes Leadership Council CEO George Huntley shares how the DLC works to reduce overall spend for employers and those living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, particularly in the area of rebates.
Biosimilars & Generics
Articles
- Is Your Health Plan Covering the Lowest Cost Drugs?, George J. Huntley. BenefitsPro.com, August 4, 2022.
OBESITY
Webcasts
- Brokers’ & Employers’ Critical Role in Fighting the Obesity Epidemic, HR.com, July 18, 2023. Qualifies for HRCI and SHRM CEU credit. Co-Sponsored with JDRF.
- Brokers’ and Employers’ Role in Fighting the Obesity Epidemic, SHRM June 20, 2023. Qualifies for SHRM CEU credit. Participants can also apply for other CEU credit. Co-Sponsored with JDRF.
- Brokers’ and Employers’ Role in Fighting the Obesity Epidemic, BenefitsPro.com, May 2, 2023. Must register to access, but registration is free.
Podcasts
- HR Benecast Episode 38, Employers Health, Sept 2023. Hear from George Huntley, founding member and DLC CEO about the role employers can play in addressing obesity given the fact that nearly half of working Americans have this disease, which raises the risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke – all of which increase healthcare costs.
Articles
- Employers Have an Important Role to Play in the Fight against Obesity, George J. Huntley. Benefitspro.com, July 7, 2023.