Presentations & Events
Webinars
Keep up with leading edge industry developments with Digital's informative webinars series:
Upcoming Sessions
Title: Health Care Reform Twists and Turns: 2012 Mid-Year Update
Presenter: Annette Bechtold, Senior Vice President of Operations and Strategic Development, Digital Insurance
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Time: 2 - 3 p.m. EDT
Description: Don't be left in the dark. Be in the know when it comes to health care reform and all its twists and turns. This webinar will hit all the high points and keep you up to speed for 2012.
Highlights to include:
- A recap of 2012
- The "Employer Mandate"
- Final regulations for the Summary of Benefits & Coverage
- The Supreme Court and PPACA's four major challenges
- And more...
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Previous Sessions
Title: The Agency of the (not so distant) Future
Presenter: Mike Sullivan, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Insurance
Description: An informative discussion about the changes in the industry and what it's going to take to prepare your agency. 2014 is just around the corner and you can no longer afford to sit back and see what happens. Learn how firms are proactively evolving their businesses to not only survive, but thrive as change happens.
Highlights included:
- A vision of the future
- Understanding necessary technology improvements
- Building infrastructure to support growth
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Title: On the Road to 2014
Presenter: Annette Bechtold, Senior Vice President of Operations and Strategic Development, Digital Insurance
Description: It’s a new year. Where are we with health care reform? What’s changed? What’s required? You need to know. Fresh off a trip to Washington D.C., Annette Bechtold is going to bring you up to speed.
Highlights included:
- Current pending Supreme Court decisions
- Revised definition of womens preventive care
- Interim rules for state exchanges
- Minimum/essential health benefits
- What's coming in 2013 and 2014
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Title: The Agency of the (not so distant) Future
Presenter: Mike Sullivan, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Insurance
Description: An informative discussion about the changes in the industry and what it's going to take to prepare your agency. 2014 is just around the corner and you can no longer afford to sit back and see what happens. Learn how firms are proactively evolving their businesses to not only survive, but thrive as change happens.
Highlights included:
- A vision of the future
- Understanding necessary technology improvements
- Building infrastructure to support growth
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Title:"Summary of Benefits" Mandate & Important Exchange Updates - What You Need to Know
Presenter: Annette Bechtold, Senior Vice President of Operations and Strategic Development, Digital Insurance
Description: Be in-the-know when it comes to health care reform and how your business will be impacted.
Highlights included:
- "Summary of Benefits" mandate and compliance
- "Uniform Glossary" directive
- Exchange requirements and eligibility
- Employer/employee challenges
- Q&A … and more
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Title: Where Are We With Health Care Reform?
Presenter: Annette Bechtold, Senior Vice President of Operations,
Digital Insurance
Description: This webinar hit all the high points, got you up to speed - and prepared you for the year ahead.
Highlights included:
- A HCR catch-up / overview
- Non-discrimination update
- Wellness and the law
- And more
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Title: An Important End-of-the-Year Overview: Where We've Been - and What Lies Ahead
Presenter: Annette Bechtold, Senior Vice President of Operations,
Digital Insurance
Description: Be in-the-know when it comes to health care reform and how your business will be impacted. This third-in-a-series webinar hit all the high points, got you up to speed - and prepared you for 2011.
Highlights included:
- A review of the September 23, 2010 reform provisions
- Non-discrimination rules and testing (a continuing saga)
- CLASS Act and long-term care
- HSAs, FSAs, over-the-counter drugs - and more.
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Title: New Non-Discrimination Rules - What You Need to Know
Presenter: Annette Bechtold, Senior Vice President of Operations, Digital Insurance
Description: The webinar provided an overview of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act's non-discrimination rules.
Highlights included:
1) The definition of "highly compensated individuals"
2) Grandfathered status/effects on non-discrimination rules
3) Non-discrimination testing - What are the rules?
4) Simple cafeteria plans, required contributions, special rules
5) End effects of benefit plan offerings/contributions
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Title: Compliance Certainty in an Uncertain World
Presenter: Stacy Barrow, Partner, Proskauer
Description: National health care reform: what you need to know and what you should be telling your clients. This one-hour seminar provided a broad overview of national health care reform, designed to identify the key concepts and requirements brokers should discuss with their clients now.
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Title: Health Care Reform & Its Impact on Your Business
Presenter: Annette Bechtold, Vice President of Operations, Digital Insurance
Description: Health care reform is here - and it's highly complex. As a business owner, you need to understand how it will affect you, your employees and your business. This webinar provided an overview about the initiative and helped got you quickly up to speed on:
1) Employer and individual mandates
2) Near-term changes and effective dates
3) Tax credits for small businesses
4) Grandfathered plans
5) Exchanges and much, much more
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Title: Future Business Model for the Successful Employee Benefits Broker
Presenter: Rob Lieblein, Managing Partner, Hales & Co.
Description: Health care reform will change the employee benefits business. If you're like most agents and brokers, you want to understand the magnitude of this change, as well as the impact it will have over time on the economics and relevance of your value proposition. Digital Insurance invited Rob Lieblein of Hales & Company to help build a framework of understanding around this issue so firms can take actionable preparation steps. This thought-provoking session provided an overview of a new business model for employee benefits agencies, plus specific steps required to ensure future success.
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