Benefits Journey: Fundamentals to Expertise
Please join Stoel Rives attorneys Melanie Curtice and Mimi Warner and Howard Bye-Torre for the Western Pension & Benefits Council’s Spring Seminar Benefits Journey: Fundamentals to Expertise on April 23 in Seattle. Stoel Rives is a proud sponsor of this event, which will provide benefits professionals with the tools necessary to navigate the quickly changing benefits terrain that employers and employees are facing.
Melanie Curtice will be the Keynote Speaker and will present “When Raccoons Attack: The Risk of Going Without Health Insurance” at 8:15 a.m. She will also be a presenter in the session “ACA Take II” at 1:15 p.m. Mimi Warner will be a panelist of the “Preparing for DOL/IRS Audit” discussion at 10:45 a.m. New this year, the seminar will include a Basic Track with two breakout sessions tailored specifically to beginner-level HR professionals in which Howard Bye-Torre will present “Legal Basics for HR Benefits Beginners” at 10:45 a.m. Other topics to be covered include:
- Supply-side strategies
- Private health exchanges
- The hospital pricing study
- Pharmacy trends
- Managing asset transitions
- What’s new in fiduciary litigation
Benefits Journey: Fundamentals to Expertise
When: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Where: Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Washington