2011 IBI-NBCH Forum Set for San Francisco

The 2011 IBI-NBCH Health & Productivity Forum is scheduled for February 28 through March 2, 2011 and will be held at the beautiful and historic Fairmont Hotel on San Francisco’s Nob Hill at a terrific San Francisco rate of $185/night.

When you aren’t in merit-based sessions or networking with other HPM leaders, this hotel is just a walk, cable car or short taxi ride from all of San Francisco’s best restaurants and sights. Join us in this ideal learning environment. 

Comments from 2010 Attendees

• Employer - Fantastic speakers. Useful information. Ability to network.
• Disability Insurer/TPA - Level of information provided in the sessions was stronger than many other conferences attended in the HPM space.
• Pharma - Excellent cutting-edge content
• Group Health Insurer - Liked the employer perspective; a full schedule with numerous high value sessions
• Employer - Quality of presentations, networking opportunities, data collected
• Coalition Director - Liked the opportunities for interaction with peers, lessened vendor focus, good presentations
• Health & Productivity Coaching - Good integration of key issues and new types of insight not typically presented at other major conferences
• Consultant - Good mix of participants. Nice to not have the exhibit hall as a centerpiece. Very nice to have large-ish chunks of time for networking...very smart.
• Coalition Director - Excellent topics and first-rate speakers, plus plenty of employer case studies.
• Non-profit - Variety of speakers, no pressure from sponsors, ability to network
• Pharma - Major strengths were content - exceptional, attendees - networking was invaluable, professionalism - well run and executed
• PBM - A major strength was the absence of "purchased" presentations through sponsorship.
• Employer - I was able to bring back examples of new and innovative programs and research, to meet new contacts and strengthen relationships.
• Group Health Insurer - Helped me to understand the latest in health and productivity research from an employer’s perspective.
• Employer - My expectations of learning current trends and how companies track data were completely met and I came back with ideas to implement within my organization.
• Small Business That Provides Online Health Training - It was the best conference I’ve ever attended in my life. 

 2nd Annual Health & Productivity Forum for 2010 attracts record attendance:

 This year’s February 8-10 Forum in San Antonio attracted 304 attendees to hear presentations by employers and their supplier partners on the savings in lost time and lost productivity that resulted from their health, absence and disability management initiatives. (See below for comments from attendees.) The program also included measurement techniques to help employers demonstrate the business value of health.  The pre-conference session on modeling tools, to help employers with little or no data estimate the health and productivity impact on their workforce, drew a standing-room-only crowd.

2010 Presentations Available

Forum registrants can now access 2010 Forum presentations on the Forum website. 

Press Coverage

Press coverage of the 2010 Forum has been excellent. Articles may be found in the February 22, 2010 issue of Business Insurance regarding Forum attendance and program, IBI’s latest research on HPM management as a corporate best practice, depression management and prevention, the role of laparoscopic surgery and an NBCH panel on the importance of community health promotion for employers.

IBI/NBCH Health & Productivity Forum Recap

Forum attendance of 304 exceeded last year, without an Exhibit Hall and the extra attendees such a hall requires. Our non-promotional learning environment offers an unparalleled networking environment. The program, with no paid presentations, is designed to help stakeholder communities understand and quantify the impact of poor health and low productivity and then develop solutions to promote the health and productivity of their employees. NBCH, a trade association of 60 employer-based health coalitions across the country, is an ideal partner for IBI, providing an employer distribution channel for innovative initiatives in value-based purchasing.

A panel of independent judges selected Lafarge North America Inc. as the recipient of the IBI/NBCH Healthy Workforce Productivity Award.  The award was announced at the Forum. Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., the award recognizes leadership in the area of health and productivity and honors an employer that has worked with its employees to develop, implement and measure an innovative health and productivity initiative. management. By focusing on preventive care Lafarge realized $30 million in avoidable expenses through reduced health care costs and improved health.

The response to the program from attendees and sponsors was excellent. We heard many new success stories and fresh presentations around health and productivity interventions and management.

Our keynote was Mark Bertolini, president of Aetna, who discussed from an insider’s perspective the ongoing debate about health care reform and its impact on employers’ opportunities to promote the health and productivity of their workforces.