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Tom Emerick is a recognized innovator and leader in the fields of benefits, human resources, health care, and process improvement. He has a long and successful track record of predicting future trends in global health care and human resources.  In demand as a speaker for benefits and health care conferences, such as the internationally known World Health Care Congress, Tom’s topics include strategic health plan design, global health care challenges, health care economics, process improvement, and evidence-based medicine.

Tom is a Partner and Chief Strategy Officer in Laurus Strategies, an HR and benefits consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, IL. He is also President of Emerick Consulting, a firm engaged in providing a broad spectrum of solutions to clients.

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A Visionary for Effective Health Care Delivery

As early as the 1980’s, Tom Emerick pioneered the development of domestic “medical travel” between large employers and health care organizations.  He has negotiated over 2,000 such direct contracts.  The goal was and is to provide covered employees and families health care that is cost-effective yet of the highest quality.  Those “direct contract” arrangements are regarded today as some of the best examples of medical travel and are models followed by many today.  In 2009, Tom was named one of the top 100 innovators in health care in the US by Healthspottr.

Real-World Experience with Leading Global Brands

Prior to founding Emerick Consulting, Tom worked in various positions, including benefits, human resources, and process improvement, in the following companies: Walmart Stores, Inc., Burger King Corporation, and British Petroleum.   His most recent corporate position was VP Global Benefit Design for Walmart, managing global benefits for over 1.3 million employees.

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Trends and Imperatives in Health Care in the U.S.

Whether or not “health reform” continues on the current track, the U.S. will experience huge changes in the way health care is purchased and delivered.  In health insurance plans today, an ever-shrinking number of enrollees --about 7%-- are spending 80% of the health care dollars.  This has deep ramifications for insurers, doctors, hospitals, and employers.  A new market is emerging to give that 7% “pareto” group “five-star” care in terms of quality, ethics, and favorable pricing.  Early adopters will thrive…late adopters will not.

Health and Wellness---Myths and Facts

Much of what is “common knowledge” about health, wellness, and prevention (HWP) is fallacious.  All companies should have rigorous HWP programs today…it’s the right thing to do.  Many HWP programs are falling short of their goals.  Cutting edge data show why that is happening.  A new highly effective HWP model is emerging…one that will get terrific measurable results quickly, in an employee-friendly way.

Process Improvement and Worker Health

Process improvement methods --lean, six sigma, etc.--can have terrific results in terms of customer satisfaction, reduced errors, and cost effectiveness.  A major “hidden” side effect is often huge improvement in worker health.  Bad processes stress workers, which in turn leads to increased sick days, workers compensation claims, and increased medical expenses.  Data show that process improvement is an excellent way to improve worker health…even done at a unit or department level.

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