Evidence, Insight and Strategy for Optimizing Health Benefits

Program Overview

New insights into the social determinants of health, consumer behavior, care delivery models and reimbursement strategies are offering benefits professionals new tools to engage employees and providers and make benefit designs more effective.

This new executive education program, taught by Harvard Medical School faculty, will use improved consumer architecture, population health management methodologies and value-based purchasing strategies to help employers and other group health plan purchasers make better benefit design and purchasing designs.

Program Structure

Limited seats are being offered at this program to foster discussion and allow optimal access to Harvard Medical School faculty and researchers. Sessions will utilize small group discussions, case study reviews and faculty-led lectures.

Sessions

All session topics are subject to faculty availability.

Health Policy and the Evolution of Health Care Reimbursement
Pricing and Reimbursement of Drugs and Devices
Developing and Implementing High-Value Provider Networks
Managing Health Benefits Purchasing
Leveraging Behavioral Science to Understand and Engage Healthcare Consumers
Mental Health in the Workplace
Evaluating Workplace Wellness Strategies
Population Health and the Social Determinants of Health
Evaluating Provider Price and Quality
Evaluating Clinical Programs

Innovation Spotlights

Topics presented by industry experts carefully selected by Harvard Medical School faculty to showcase their cutting-edge practices. Topics in 2018 included:

Reinventing Primary Care
Digital Tools for Patient Engagement and Disease Management
Helping Employees/Members Navigate the Health System
Oncology Care

Zirui Song, MD, PhD, Co-Director

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Jeffery Levin-Scherz, MD, MBA, Co-Director

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A Harvard Medical School executive education program for the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP)