Employee Benefits Masterclass 

A Strategic Approach to Recruit, Retain and Control Health Plan Costs 

A Brown & Brown Whiteboard Event

EARN 2 SHRM & HRCI CREDITS

Balancing Well-Being and Budgets: Strategies for Cost-Effective Employee Health and Mental Wellness

  • Well-Being 3.0 – Making well-being work for your workforce and your organization’s bottom line 
  • Ice-break straight ahead – why your organization should take action to address current mental health trends 
  • “Diabesity” – taking a holistic approach to addressing a complex and costly program

Myths & Misconceptions About Employer Health Plans

  • Why employers are failing at health plan management   
  • Why your medical plan is managing the wrong population’s health   
  • Why your spouses don’t cost what you think and why spousal programs don’t work   
  • Why the industry benchmarks are wrong and are driving the costs of your health plan higher   
  • How to structure your medical offering to increase the value of benefits and reduce costs 

When

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Where

The Goodman at Village Towers 

9655 Katy Fwy Suite 3190, Houston, TX 77024

Abinue Fortingo, MPH, CPH
Population Health & Well-Being Consultant, Brown & Brown

Abinue Fortingo is a population health / wellbeing consultant and strategist. He joined Brown & Brown in November 2021 as Principal, Population Health Consultant.

Prior to joining Brown & Brown, he spent 10 years at a global consulting firm where he consulted on population health topics for multiple organizations across various industries, developed award-winning health management programs for leading organizations, contributed to the development of wellbeing and population health intellectual capital for the firm, and recently led behavioral health growth and intellectual capital development for the health benefits practice.

His areas of expertise include benefits design, wellbeing, clinical strategy, behavioral health, virtual care technology, digital health technology, health advocacy, navigation, employee engagement, and health care consumer experience.

Abinue holds a Master of Public Health degree with a focus in Health Policy and Management and a B.A. in Political Science –both from the University of Georgia.

As an Executive Vice President, David’s role is to provide guidance and leadership that fosters each office’s ability to satisfy their growth objectives. David is a key player in defining Brown & Brown’s macro initiatives and providing the vision, tools and education to support those objectives.

David’s secondary role is the Director of Underwriting Services where his primary responsibilities include the development and maintenance of financial tools and methodologies that improve clients’ ability to effectively manage their employer-sponsored health plans. David’s role keeps him actively involved in the management of key accounts, representing more than 300,000 members.

Additionally, David acts as a national resource and the primary source of both internal and external education and support regarding efficient health plan structure. David spends much of his time traveling around the country educating consultants, employers and legislative bodies on the many counter-intuitive and nuanced components of effective health care cost management.

Previously, David worked as an Underwriting Strategist at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota where he designed pricing methodologies that satisfied Blue Cross Blue Shield’s strategic objectives. During his tenure, David acted as an internal liaison between actuarial, underwriting and sales and assisted with BCBS’s lobbying efforts to expand the HDHP marketplace.David has periodically taught statistics at Minnesota State University where he earned his bachelors degree in Finance.

This program is approved for:

2 HRCI Credits

2 SHRM Credits