Health Plan Design Solutions
RESOURCES
These resources 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 [email protected]
DIABETES
Overview of Key Plan Design Changes
Webcasts
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, BenefitsPro.com, August 3, 2022. Must register to access, but registration is free.
- 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.
- Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), May 18, 2022. Only accessible to IFEBP members, but qualifies for CEU credit.
- Innovation & Inclusion: Essential Tools to Improve Diabetes Care and Cost Management, HR.com, August 17, 2021. Qualifies for HRCI and SHRM CEU credit.
- 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.
- 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.
Webcast Handout
- Managing Plan Risk – a summary of plan design changes to introduce these options to decision-makers.
Article
- 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
Blogpost
- Four Steps for Evaluating Your Plan’s Diabetes Coverage, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), August 9, 2022
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
Article
- 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, BenefitsPro.com, May 2, 2023. Must register to access, but registration is free.