View the 2011 honorees and the winning submissions

Health Care Reform 2010 Panel Presentations, April 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has introduced some new concepts, such as individual and employer mandates, health benefit exchanges in addition to new insurance market regulations. The panel discussed what these new concepts mean to health insurance plan design, as well as the effect the new law has on the state's own health care plan currently in design, SustiNet.

View the Panelists' Presentations
Tom Beauregard, Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group and the Executive Director of the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization (no powerpoint used in presentation)
Matthew Fair, Vice President, Pierson & Smith, Inc. (presentation)
Frances Padilla, Acting President, Universal Health Care Foundation of CT, Inc. (presentation)
David Smith, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Stamford Hospital. (presentation)

Special thanks to the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut for sponsoring this event.

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Workplace Pandemic Planning
Since its initial outbreak, the H1N1 virus fortunately appears to be moderate, however, the World Health Organization recently raised the threat to the pandemic level based on the spread of the virus globally. Its status continues to be monitored by business in order to keep their employees informed, and to make recommendations on such things as international business meeting plans and travel.

Check out our pandemic planning resource section including local, state and federal contacts; checklists; and presentations made to The Business Council Spring 2009 >>

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Connecticut's Health Care Challenges & Choices Panel Presentations, Feb 2008
Care providers, insurers, employers and employees each play a role in the complex health care universe. Experts from The Business Council’s Health Care Leadership Council representing those sectors analyzed the situation from a business perspective and identified the issues most likely to be addressed by the Legislature. A moderated dialogue among attendees followed the panel discussion.  
  J. Brent Pawlecki, M.D., Corporate Medical Director at Pitney Bowes Inc. is responsible for the company’s on site medical clinic, wellness programs and disability operations. (pdf)
Carolyn Salsgiver, Senior Vice President, Planning and Marketing, Yale New Haven Health System/Bridgeport Hospital is responsible for Strategic Planning, Business Development, Marketing and Public Relations and Community and Government Relations. (pdf)
  Michael G. Watts, Chairman and CEO, Pierson and Smith, an independent and privately owned insurance firm that concentrates on brokerage, consulting, and third party administration to its corporate and individual clients. (pdf)

We would like to thank Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticutand Purdue Pharma L.P. for sponsoring The Business Council of Fairfield County's Key Issue Briefing Series.

The 2007 Health Care Industry Cluster was built upon the recommendations of the 2006 Cluster Study (see below). After an RFP selection process in the Summer of 2007, the consulting firm of Holt, Wexler & Farnham was chosen to further develop two critical components of the health care industry - health care workforce and wellness. 

The Health Care Workforce Initiative will develop a strategic health care workers plan to strengthen the competitiveness of the One Coast, One Future Region (e.g. Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bridgeport, Darien, Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton).  The One Coast region has a strategic location and position within the New York City metropolitan area and is an important gateway between the Mid-Atlantic Region and New England. Strategies to address region's workforce health care shortages, Dec 2007 >>