New Findings on Incentives Guiding Health Plan, Employer, and Employee Behavior to be Discussed October 2

News Advisory:

On Monday, October 2, the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO, www.hcfo.net) program --- an initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation --- will host a meeting to disseminate research findings that shed light on the synergies of purchasing, enrollment, and coverage design that take place among stakeholders when making decisions in a restricted competitive purchasing pool.

Media are invited to attend.

Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., of Emory University, will discuss his HCFO-funded research on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), and Thomas C. Buchmueller, Ph.D., will use the early findings from his HCFO study to address issues related to enrollment and disenrollment by employees enrolled in the University of California's defined contribution coverage system.

The meeting will not only serve to disseminate the findings from the two studies, but will also provide a forum to discuss, with the help of policy and insurance market experts, what they mean for the employer-based insurance system, the uninsured, and the market.

WHO: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization initiative

WHAT: Meeting to discuss findings from studies of health plan, employer, and employee behavior in a restricted competitive purchasing pool.

WHEN: Monday, October 2
9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
(Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes a continental breakfast)

WHERE: Hilton Embassy Row
2015 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Note: For an agenda, contact LeAnne DeFrancesco at 202-292-6770. Media wishing to attend the event are asked to notify either of the contacts above.

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