Employee Benefits Masterclass

Navigating Rising Healthcare Costs & Crafting a Resilient Health Plan

A Brown & Brown Whiteboard Event

EARN 2.0 SHRM & HRCI CREDITS

Learning from Other Employer’s Compliance Mistakes

  • Common compliance errors associated with the Employer Mandate and its IRS reporting requirements
  • Plan document failures; SPDs, their distribution and their eligibility terms
  • COBRA mistakes that could cost you
  • Extended leaves of absence and their pitfalls
  • Telehealth: How it can cause issues with HSAs beginning January 1, 2025
  • Mental Health Parity: How this can be an expensive employer health plan issue

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

When

Thursday, March 14th, 2024

9:00 – 11:30 AM
BREAKFAST INCLUDED

Where

Red Butte Garden Orangerie

300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Christopher Bao, J.D.
Vice President, Regulatory and Legislative Strategy

With over ten years of regulatory and legislative strategy experience, Christopher Bao serves as the Vice President – Regulatory and Legislative Strategy in the Employee Benefits division of Brown & Brown. In his role, Christopher is responsible for researching, analyzing, presenting and advising parties on strategies and best practices for group health plans. He also supports internal colleagues and Brown & Brown customers by reviewing and analyzing both federal and state laws that govern Employee Health and Welfare Benefit plans. These areas include HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act, ERISA and COBRA.​

Christopher has experience in employee health and welfare benefits and seven years of litigation experience. Prior to joining Brown & Brown, he worked at a large international insurance brokerage firm in the areas of compliance and Employee Health and Welfare Benefits. Prior to that role, Christopher worked as a litigator in private practice. He joined Brown & Brown in August of 2022. 

Josh Rydberg

Vice President, Underwriting Services

As Vice President of Underwriting Services, Josh’s primary role is to design and implement financial management strategies for clients across the country. He also develops, maintains and delivers financial tools and methodologies that assist in the effective management of employer-sponsored health plans.

Josh routinely provides internal and external education regarding unique opportunities for groups to improve health plan structure. By leveraging a distinctive presentation style, he illustrates the impact of pricing and consumer purchasing behavior on both employers and members. This simplification of complex theories creates actionable results that are often contrary to current trends.

A broad insurance background – which includes pricing for workers’ compensation, automobile, homeowners and various other property and casualty coverages in addition to group benefits – allows Josh an objective perspective when devising and communicating winning medical plan strategies. It also provides him the ability to engage with clients that are interested in evaluating enterprise risk and cost.

This program is approved for:

2 HRCI Credits

2 SHRM Credits