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Emerging Trends Impacting Healthcare Organizations



A complimentary program especially for healthcare human resource leaders on October 2 - 3, 2019



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Agenda At-A-Glance


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2

5 - 7 p.m.       Welcome Cocktail Reception


                        The Pump Station | 19 Quackenbush Square, Albany, NY 12203




THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3

                       HANYS Benefit Services Headquarters | 1 Empire Drive, Rensselaer, NY 12144




8:30 a.m.      Breakfast




8:45 a.m.      Opening Remarks


                       Avon Scherff, Director, Employee benefit services, HANYS Benefit Services




9:00 a.m.      Panel Discussion: Benefits Survey, Trends and Benchmarks


                       Wes Price, Sales Account Executive, HANYS Benefit Services

                       Thomas Cummins, Managing Director, Gallagher surveys, AJ Gallagher

                       Rob Brinkerhoff, National Managing Director, Healthcare Practice, AJ Gallagher



10:30 a.m.    Break




10:45 a.m.    The Essentials of the Family Medical Leave Act


                       Shequeila Birdsong, Community Outreach and Resource Planning Specialist, 


                       Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor



                       Paid Family Leave for Human Resource Professionals

                       Joseph Cavalcante, Advocate, New York State Workers’ Compensation Board



12:30 p.m.    Final Q&A and Closing Remarks




A boxed lunch will be provided


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Program Questions? Contact Avon Scherff, Director, Employee Benefit Services, HANYS Benefit Services, at ascherff@hanys.org or 518.431.7735.



Registration Questions? Contact HANYS’ Healthcare Educational and Research Fund at learning@hanys.org.



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