Employers, regardless of their size, are facing a challenge. They must provide healthcare benefits that are affordable and appealing for both employers and employees. However, escalating health insurance costs year after year make sustaining this benefit increasingly difficult.
Learn actionable solutions to reign in healthcare costs and provide better care for your employees, to increase retention. Afternoon sessions will be in two tracks, for small business (< 50 employees) and larger businesses.
Funding provided by the Small Business Support Hub Grant Program from the SBAM Foundation in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP0127 awarded to the State of Michigan by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Affordable Healthcare Solutions for Michigan Business
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 | 8:30am – 5pm | Walsh College, Troy
Speakers include business owners who have implemented affordable healthcare solutions, as well as nationally recognized healthcare benefit reform leaders and authors such as Matt Ohrt (former HR Director; founder of Self Fund Health; author), Lucien Morin (CEO of Savvos Health) and David Balat (Healthcare Finance Specialists; formerly at Texas Public Policy Foundation and Free2Care) as well as providers and brokers. Attendees will receive a free copy of Matt’s book and be eligible for grants up to $5,000.
Agenda
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| 8:30 am | Registration – Continental Breakfast – Networking |
| 9:00 am | Conference Opening and Welcome – Daniel Sem – “Purple Solutions” |
| 9:10 am | Keynote Speaker: Matt Ohrt – “The Employer Dilemma” |
| 10:00 am | Jason Andrade – “The Advisors Roll in Free Market Health Care Transformation” |
| 10:25 am | Break/Vendor conversations |
| 10:40 am | Terry Shook – “Employers Have the Power” |
| 11:00 am | DPC Provider Panel with moderator Daniel Seidman, D.O. “The Value of Advanced Primary Care for Businesses of all sizes in Michigan” John Blanchard, MD (SALTA DPC), Chad Savage, MD, (Your Choice DPC), Paul Thomas, MD (Plum Health DPC), Allison Meadows, MD (Family Physicians of St. Joseph, DPC) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Chad Savage, MD – “Free Market Healthcare, Why it’s Our Only Hope” |
| 1:00 pm | David Balat and Lucien Morin – Panel Discussion – “Innovative Direct Care Solutions for Small and Large Employers” |
Breakout Sessions: |
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| 2:00 pm | For Small Business Marcus Staten – “Pros and Cons of Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement” (ICHRA) For Large Business John Blanchard, MD and Jason Andrade – “The Self-Insured Employer Healthcare Success Formula” |
| 2:30 pm | Break/Vendor conversations |
| 2:45 pm | For Small Business Alejandra Juarez – “Employee Benefits: Alternative Funding Strategies for Small Businesses” For Large Business Brandon Goldstein – “HRA + DMCA Options for Self-insured Companies” |
Auditorium: |
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| 3:15 pm | Leon Wisniewski – “Patient Self-Advocacy: Accessing Care in a Free Market” |
| 3:35 pm | Daniel Seidman, D.O. – “Advanced Primary Care Outcomes: Show me the Data!” |
| 3:55 pm | Matt Ohrt, Employer Panel Moderator: Eric Stec – King Steel, Sherry Eckman – Midwest Diagnostics Imaging, Matt Schoeppe – Asset Health |
| 4:45 pm | Conference Closing Remarks – Daniel Sem – “Access to Fractional HR” |