Navigating Rising Costs & Crafting a Resilient Health Plan 

1:00 – 2:00 PM | What's Trending in Pharmacy

2:00 – 4:00 PM | Myths & Misconceptions About Employer Health Plans

4:00 PM | Closing Remarks & Networking 

Sharee Bowsher, Director of Client Engagement at Remedy Analytics

Sharee supports Remedy Analytics clients through their PBM procurement and renewal activities, contract negotiations, market checks and audits. She coordinates with the clinical and technology teams at Remedy to provide ongoing actionable guidance based on industry trends and data-driven, client-specific insights. Having spent the last 20 years in PBM client engagement and strategic growth roles, Sharee has guided employer groups ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, managed care organizations, health systems, tribal groups, third-party administrators and benefits brokers. She started her career in specialty pharmacy working directly with patients and their prescribers. Sharee has her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a Certified Self-Funding Specialist through the Health Care Administrators Association and is a certified yoga instructor.

Josh Rydberg, VP Underwriting Services at Brown & Brown

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.