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CEO Roundtable Policy Summit 2016

 

On April 29, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health hosted a policy summit convened by the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable. The CEO Roundtable represents 26 CEOs, including Bernard J. Tyson, from some of America’s largest corporations and organizations that have joined together to create and sustain a culture of health and well-being in the workplace by collaborating on best practices and measurable new strategies for employee engagement. Together through the AHA’s CEO Roundtable, these CEOs are leading by example to collectively engage their nearly eight million employees and family members, along with countless other community members, to improve health by making simple behavior changes that produce significant results.

Attendees at the CEO Roundtable Policy Summit

 

While many companies offer workplace health programs, program quality and outcomes data vary, so there are unanswered questions about the most cost-effective strategies to improve employee health and well-being. Technological advances in “big data” are opening new frontiers in generating deeper insights about what works and why. That’s why the CEO Roundtable was developed as a leadership collaborative dedicated to evidence-based approaches to workplace health and employee engagement.

The policy summit focused on issues critical to improving the health of our Nation’s workforce. Discussion included the policy implication of current wellness related tax issues and legislation, effective incentive design, the role of workplace culture and leadership, developing and promoting best practices for data privacy.

The summit included national thought leaders Judith Feder and Kevin Hassett to discuss policy and the political landscape for employer sponsored healthcare for 2016 and beyond. Judith Feder is an Urban Institute fellow, a professor of public policy and, from 1999 to 2008, was dean of what is now the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. A nationally recognized leader in health policy, she has made her mark on the nation’s health insurance system through both scholarship and public service. Kevin Hassett is the State Farm James Q. Wilson Chair in American Politics and Culture at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Before joining AEI, Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and an associate professor of economics and finance at Columbia (University) Business School. He served as a policy consultant to the US Department of the Treasury during the George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations.

Shane Doucet, Principal from Williams and Jensen, moderated the day’s conversation. Over the last 15 years, Shane has represented clients in a variety of areas including health care, public pensions, law enforcement, and high-tech. Shane has also moderated panels comprised of top union, business and trade association representatives on the impact of health reform and has been a featured speaker for over 250 CFOs on health and wellness provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

For more information on the American Heart Association’s workplace health solutions, visit www.heart.org/workplacehealth

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