This five-hour course will begin with paying distinct attention to regulatory concerns, service-model options, cost-containment strategies and underwriting. Class participants will walk through unique issues that self-funded plans must face due to mergers and acquisitions followed by a concentration of study covering the integration of next-generation elements in plan design, transparency tools, quality-based models, cost-sharing and control, tool integration and incentives, and payment controls.

Date: Thursday, January 10, 2018
Time: 9:00 am to 3: 00 pm
Lunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Location: Management Education Center - Michigan State University
                 811 W Square Lake Rd.
                 Troy, MI 48098
Instructor: Susan Rider