Healthcare Reform Update - 1.50 CPE credits July 13, 2011

As with any legislation, the devil is in the details - and the details are in the regulations, being written as we speak. Enormous changes lie ahead in the areas of taxes and funding, consumer issues and employer health plans.

Smart HR managers know that planning ahead makes full implementation of the health care reform requirements a smoother process for everyone involved. Identify major provisions of the law, implementation timelines and key action items you need to address in your company.

About the Presenters
Keri Lopez, Area Vice President, Gallagher Benefit Services, has over 14 years of employee benefits consulting experience. She brings expertise focused on strategic planning, health care plan financial review, and benefit legislation. Keri works with mid- to large-size clients, creating and managing employee benefit programs that meet their organizational objectives. She provides leadership in the identification & assessment of broad health & welfare marketplace trends. Keri is an active member of the NCHRA, and is an active speaker on the topic of Healthcare with speaking engagements through UC Berkeley HR Extension Classes, CSU East Bay, NCHRA, NAIFA and CFMA.

Mary Powell, Esq.Director, Trucker Huss, has over a decade of experience in employee benefits issues and specializes in all aspects of employee benefits. Today, her main focus is executive compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, health plans and retirement plans. Her clients include large publicly-held companies and complex multi-entity health care organizations. Mary has lectured frequently on employee benefits and executive compensation topics for many organizations including Western Pension and Benefits Conference, the San Francisco Bar Association and the Bay Area Chapter of the National Institute of Pension Administrators. For many years she was a contributing author to the ABA Labor Section's Employee Benefits Law, published by BNA.

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