CLEVELAND, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 11, 2004 Palmer & Cay will host a seminar at the InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center at 8:00 a.m. with the support of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Inside Business. The seminar's discussion will focus on the following strategies in employer-sponsored health care for mid-market employers: wellness programs, disease management, consumer-driven health care and pay-for-value initiatives.
Norm Riley, Principal at Palmer & Cay states, "Mid-market employers are dealing with the rising cost of health care in creative ways. Mid-sized employers by necessity have been early adopters of the bellwether solutions needed in the perfect storm of health care."
Joe LaGuardia, Regional Vice President, Corporate Sales for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield agrees with Mr. Riley and states, "Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has aggressively identified many emerging trends in health care, particularly those that will help make a difference in improving the health of the people we serve. Addressing these trends will ultimately make health insurance more affordable through proactive, creative approaches to health management and benefits design."
Palmer & Cay is the nation's second largest privately held insurance brokerage and benefits consulting firm in the nation and employs approximately 1,000 associates in 38 offices throughout 22 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to insurance brokerage and benefit consulting services, Palmer & Cay provides risk management consulting, actuarial and retirement plan services, compensation consulting and human resource services to clients throughout the United States.
Anthem's mission is to improve the health of the people it serves. The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies, including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio, provide health care benefits to more than 12.5 million people. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio is a subsidiary of Anthem, Inc. ; both are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Anthem is the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada, Maine and Virginia, excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. More information about Anthem is available at http://www.anthem.com/ .
For more information contact Katie Hauer at 216.687.1267 or visit http://www.palmercay.com/ .
Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listed expert(s), click appropriate link. J. Norman Riley http://www.profnet.com/ud_public.jsp?userid=482148
Palmer & CayCONTACT: Katie Hauer of Palmer & Cay, +1-216-687-1267
