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WWCMA EVENT
Navigating GLP-1s and the Battle to Address Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease: Considerations for Access, Cost and Stigma
Thursday, March 27 / 11 AM – 2 PM ET
MHA Conference Center
500 District Ave / Burlington, MA
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- 11 AM – 11:30 AM – Registration/Networking/Lunch
- 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM – Discussion and Moderated Panel
- 1:30 PM – 2 PM – Networking/Lunch
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As GLP-1s gain traction for managing obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, employers face critical decisions about coverage, cost-effectiveness, and long-term sustainability. This session will explore whether GLP-1s deliver measurable health and productivity benefits that justify their expense, the considerations of integrating them into employer-sponsored health plans, and the role of lifestyle and behavioral programs.
Join us to better understand implications of decisions about coverage of GLP-1 medications for obesity, and how to design a strategy that balances employee health, organizational culture, and financial viability.
As GLP-1s gain traction for managing obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, employers face critical decisions about coverage, cost-effectiveness, and long-term sustainability.
This session explored whether GLP-1s deliver measurable health and productivity benefits that justify their expense, the considerations of integrating them into employer-sponsored health plans, and the role of lifestyle and behavioral programs.
Attendees gained understanding of the implications of decisions about coverage of GLP-1 medications for obesity, and how to design a strategy that balances employee health, organizational culture, and financial viability.
SPEAKER
Dr. Jessica Lea
CEO of Tria Health
Dr. Jessica Lea has been the CEO of Tria Health since its inception in 2009. As a PharmD, her dedication to pharmacist-led, patient-centered care inspired the founding of Tria Health. The company provides a comprehensive health benefits solution for self-insured employers, focusing on the prevention and management of chronic conditions. Tria Health simplifies the employer’s benefit ecosystem with a single solution offering a wide range of services. This strategy not only reduces costs for employers but also significantly enhances employee health.
Pharmacists are central to Tria Health’s strategy, using their medication expertise to identify why individuals may not be meeting their healthcare goals. Through personalized one-on-one consultations, our pharmacists act as coaches, guiding patients on their health journeys, improving health literacy, addressing care gaps, and optimizing pharmacy utilization.
Dr. Lea holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is board-certified in psychiatric pharmacy, and has an Executive Master’s in Business from Rockhurst University. As a healthcare innovator, she has received several local accolades, including Ingram’s “40 Under 40,” the Kansas City Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business, Next Generation Leaders, and Heroes in Healthcare. Nationally, she has been recognized by PharmaVOICE100 as an inspiring leader in the life sciences industry.
Learn more at www.triahealth.com.
SPEAKER
Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD MBA FACP
Managing Director and Population Health Leader
WTW, Health and Benefits, North America
Jeff Levin-Scherz is a managing director and the Population Health Leader of WTW, Health and Benefits, North America. He helps large employers and health purchasers develop, implement and evaluate their health management strategy, including care management programs, incentive programs, and technology programs. His clients included hospitals, universities and state purchasing agencies. Jeff leads intellectual capital development for WTW in the Population Health space.
Jeff has written and spoken widely on health care policy, especially around the adoption of disruptive innovation, and the use of behavioral economics to drive performance in the health care delivery system and behavior among employees and in the general population. He led work on a World Economic Forum project on Human Centric Health presented in Davos, Switzerland in 2017. He was widely published on employer response to the COVID-19 pandemic. His work has been published in JAMA, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the Harvard Business Review, StatNews, the American Journal of Managed Care, HR Executive and The Hill.
Jeff has a broad range of experience in health care delivery and finance. He served as a physician executive leader of provider organizations including a large independent practice association, an integrated delivery network, a multispecialty group practice, and a venture-funded technology enabled national primary care practice. He also served for seven years as a vice president of a top-ranked regional health plan. Jeff has been a participant in technical expert panels convened by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Institute of Medicine and the Urban Institute.
Jeff is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, where he teaches courses on provider payment and managing health care costs. He has given guest lectures frequently, including at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Learn more at www.wtwco.com.
MODERATOR / WWCMA BOARD
Philip Swayze
East Region Health & Performance Practice Leader
HUB International
Philip is the East Region Health & Performance Practice Leader for HUB International. In this role, he provides strategic wellbeing consulting support to HUB clients across the East Region. He works closely with the HUB Employee Benefits Team, and other Health & Performance Consultants on client program implementation. Philip is one of four leaders of HUB’s national Health & Performance practice.
Prior to working with HUB, Philip managed his own wellness consulting and strategic marketing practice. He has more than 20 years of experience working in consulting, sales, product development, marketing, and communications within the healthcare field. Philip stays active in the health and well-being field through his work with the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) where he has been a Think Tank member for the past 14 years.
Philip has helped HUB clients earn regional and national awards. He has a master’s of science in public relations from Golden Gate University and a bachelors in psychology from the University of Vermont. He is also a Certified Wellness Program Director.