NYBGH Annual Meeting Tomorrow! Uwe Reinhardt Giving Keynote

Please join us for the NYBGH 2010 Annual Meeting tomorrow, November 10th from 4:00 to 7:30pm.  The business portion of the meeting runs until 6:00pm, with cocktails until 7:30pm.  Registration begins at 3:45pm.

The keynote speaker is Uwe E. Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics at Princeton University.  His speech is titled, "The Accountable Care Act: Why Have It? What Next?"

The event is being held at Con Edison, located at 4 Irving Place (at 14th Street) in Manhattan.  To register, please visit www.nybgh.org. 

NYBGH Health Reform Event

Tomorrow, August 25th, NYBGH is hosting a breakfast club event titled, "Health Care Reform: Getting Through 2011 Open Enrollment and Framing Longer-Term Strategies".  The event is sponsored by Mercer and is open to HR professionals and fund administrators only (including non-NYBGH members) and is complimentary.

Two Mercer benefits professionals will be the featured speakers: Barry Schilmeister, FSA, MAAA and Ilse de Veer.

The event will be held from 8:00 - 10:00am at the University Club of New York, located at One West 54th Street (at Fifth Avenue) in Manhattan.

To register, please visit https://www.nybgh.org/calendar/index.html or email Jen Cole at jcole@nybgh.org.

Event Announcement! Health Reform in New Jersey

This Thursday, February 4th, NYBGH will be hosting a half-day conference on health reform and how it might affect New Jersey employers.

Open to HR professionals and fund administrators only, the event features expert speakers such as Andy Webber, President and CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health; Joel Cantor of the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University; and Andrew Crighton, MD of Prudential Financial.

Beginning at 8:00 am, the conference will be held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, located at One Center Street.

There's still time to register! To do so, visit www.nybgh.org.

Happy New Year & 2010 NYBGH Events

NYBGH wishes all of its supporters, colleagues, collaborators, friends, and family a healthy, successful, and happy 2010!

Highlighting our 2010 series of events is a conference on how health reform will affect New Jersey employers as well as an exclusive Q&A Session with Ken Shachmut, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Health Initiatives and Re-Engineering at Safeway, Inc., an industry leader in containing health benefits costs.

The first four scheduled NYBGH events of 2010 are as follows:

Total Health Management: "On the Verge"
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
8:00 am - 10:30 am
NYBGH Members & Non-Members: Complimentary
Union League Club
38 East 37th Street (at Park Avenue)
New York, NY

Healthcare Reform: What's in Store for New Jersey Employers
(Open to HR Professionals and Fund Administrators Only)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
8:00 am - 11:00 am
NYBGH Members: Complimentary
Non-Members: $125
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
One Center Street
Newark, New Jersey

The Safeway Experience: Q&A with Kenneth Shachmut, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Health Initiatives & Re-engineering, Safeway, Inc.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
8:00 am - 10:30 am
NYBGH Employer Members: Complimentary
NYBGH Non-Employer Members: $50
Non-Members: $75
University Club of New York
One West 54th Street
New York, NY

Innovative Engagement Strategies: Driving Shared Responsibility with Your Employees
(Open to HR Professionals and Fund Administrators Only)
Monday, March 22, 2010
9:00 am - 10:30 am
NYBGH Members & Non-Members: Complimentary
Location TBA

To view the full listing of NYBGH events and to register, visit: www.nybgh.org/calendar/index.html

NYBGH Tribute to Leadership - Dec. 14th

Join NYBGH at our 15th Annual Tribute to Leadership on Monday, December 14th! This year's honorees are Mark Wagar, CEO of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield along with Pitney Bowes CEO Murray Martin.

More information can be found at nybgh.org.

Thanks for coming out last night!

Thanks again to all who came out for NYBGH's first-ever social media and health care event! We had a great turnout and two wonderful speakers!

Visit nybgh.org for more information on upcoming events!

Stuart Altman, PhD is speaking about federal health reform at our Annual Meeting on Nov. 18th, 4:00pm - 7:00pm. Check out the details on nybgh.org!

Two Employers from AARP's 2009 Best Employers for Workers Over 50 List to Speak at NYBGH Aging in the Workplace Conference

Two employers ranking in the 2009 AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 list will be speaking at an NYBGH conference next week. The half-day conference, "Aging in the Workplace: Its Impact on Cost, Priorities, and Health" will feature Lynette Chappell-Williams from Cornell University, which ranked #1 on AARP's rankings, as well as Bernadette Kenny from Adecco Group North America, which came in at #20 on this year's list.

Ms. Chappell-Williams is Cornell University's Associate Vice President for the Office of Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. Ms. Kenny is Adecco's Sr. VP of Human Resources & Chief Career Officer.

This event is complimentary for NYBGH employer members.

To RSVP, please contact Jen Cole at jcole@nybgh.org or 212.252.7440 x.223