16 Nov 2026 | Las Vegas | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST
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Beyond the Benefit: New Pathways to Chronic Disease Care for Your Workforce

*HLTH 2026 - TICKET REQUIRED | Applications approved by the Sponsor

About this Meeting

Chronic disease is placing growing pressure on both workforce health and employer healthcare costs, while employees increasingly expect benefits that address their health needs in a more comprehensive and accessible way. With an increasingly complex healthcare landscape of solutions, priorities and competing pressures, how can employers determine which approaches, including new access models, genuinely support their people while delivering sustainable value?

Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company and co-hosted by HLTH and designed for employers, benefits and HR consultants, and health equity leaders, this peer-to-peer roundtable will explore how organizations are prioritizing workforce health and costs, what effective comprehensive chronic disease care looks like, how alternative access models are changing the way employees reach treatment, and what these evolving priorities mean for benefits related decisions. Moderated by Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the conversation will connect employee well-being to a practical question: how do people actually get access to the care they need, and what new access models can employers consider?

The goal: share practical perspectives on what is working, where gaps remain, including how alternative access pathways, such as direct-to-employer contracting and platforms are reshaping how employees reach treatment and how employers can approach chronic disease care with greater confidence as they shape their future benefits strategies.


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Participants:

Brian Bloom SVP HR, Global Benefits &WellbeingKorn FerryProfessional Services
Professional Services
Brian Bloom
SVP HR, Global Benefits &WellbeingKorn Ferry
Brooke Ebert National Director of Clinical PharmacyHub InternationalProfessional Services
Professional Services
Brooke Ebert
National Director of Clinical PharmacyHub International
Fred Thiele CVP, Global Benefits & MobilityMicrosoft CorporationProfessional Services
Professional Services
Fred Thiele
CVP, Global Benefits & MobilityMicrosoft Corporation
Kelly Polinski Vice President, Population HealthBrown & BrownProfessional Services
Professional Services
Kelly Polinski
Vice President, Population HealthBrown & Brown
Kembre Roberts SVP, Health Transformation LeaderAonProfessional Services
Professional Services
Kembre Roberts
SVP, Health Transformation LeaderAon
Ken Juricic SVP, Employee Health & BenefitsMarsh AgencyProfessional Services
Professional Services
Ken Juricic
SVP, Employee Health & BenefitsMarsh Agency
KS
Keri Stuart Health Innovation - Partnership StrategyAonProfessional Services
KS
Professional Services
Keri Stuart
Health Innovation - Partnership StrategyAon
MM
Mike Mann Principal Health & Benefits ConsultantMarshProfessional Services
MM
Professional Services
Mike Mann
Principal Health & Benefits ConsultantMarsh
Nicole Martel Chief Rewards & Well-being OfficerBon Secours Mercy HealthHealth System & Providers
Health System & Providers
Nicole Martel
Chief Rewards & Well-being OfficerBon Secours Mercy Health
Vikki Walton Health Equity LeaderMercerProfessional Services
Professional Services
Vikki Walton
Health Equity LeaderMercer

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