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Executive Summaries for 2008

Executive Summaries

1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter

1st Quarter 2008

• Conceptualizing the Defined Benefit Pension Promise Implications From a Survey of Expert Opinion
  by Gordon L. Clark and Ashby H.B. Monk, University of Oxford
  
• Would It Have Mattered? The Consequences of Favoring Short-Term Budget Goals Over Long-Term Retirement Policy
  by Stuart A. Sirkin and Sonja J. Coffin, Ernst & Young
  
• Tax Sheltered Annuities Under Code Section 403(b): New Regulations and New Obligations
  by Allen T. Steinberg, Allen T. Steinberg, PC
  
• Living With GASB 45: How to Manage Liabilities Associated With Retiree Medical Benefits
  by Frank Thoen and Daniel Wade, Milliman, Inc.
  
• More Preventive Care, and Fewer Emergency Room Visits and Prescription Drugs—Health Care Utilization in a Consumer-Driven Health Plan
  by Amy R. Wilson, Eric P. Bargman, Derek Pederson, Annikka Wilson, Nancy A. Garrett, David W. Plocher and Philip L. Ailiff Jr., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
  
  

2nd Quarter 2008

• A Truly Healthy Bottom Line: Improving Financial Results Through Effective Health And Productivity Programs by Shelly Wolff
  
• Health Incentives: The Science and Art Of Motivating Healthy Behaviors by Barry Hall
  
• The New Frontier of Wellness by Ann D. Clark
  
• Consumerism and Wellness: Rising Tide, Falling Cost by Alexander (Sander) Domaszewicz
  
• Taking Stock of Wellness by Kathryn Fitch and Bruce Pyenson
  
• Value-Driven Health Care—Pipe Dream, Placebo or Prescription For Excellence? by Ed Pudlowski

3rd Quarter 2008

• The Supreme Court Gives a "Green Light" to Individual 401(k) Lawsuits by Lars C. Golumbic and Will Wilder
  
• FMLA Expanded for Leaves Related to Family Members Serving in the Military by Richard Gisonny and Stephen Douglas
  
• Nationwide Savings Plan Automatic Enrollment Getting Associates PREPared for Retirement by Mark D. Swanson, CEBS and D. Bryan Farnen
  
• Work Options for Older Americans: Employee Benefits for the Era of Living Longer by John C. Turner
  
• Alternatives to Cash in Ensuring the Solvency of Defined Benefit Pension Funds by Peggy Hedges, Ryan Lee and Norma Nielson
  
• Lessons From Pension Reform in the Americas by Stephen Kay and Tapen Sinha
  
• The Future of Retirement: An Exploration and Comparison of Different Scenarios, by Anna Rappaport

4th Quarter 2008

• Prescription Drug Benefit Design: The Building Blocks and Their Impact on Cost by Frank Kopenski
  
• Assessing the First DataBank Settlement: Dramatic Shake-Up or Status Quo? by Joshua Golden
  
• Ouch! My Employees' Drug Therapy Costs How Much? by Michael S. Jacobs
  
• An Ounce of Prevention: The Potential for Value-Based Pharmacy Benefits in Cost Containmentt by John J. Malley
  
• TThe Drug Cost Gap and th Diagnosis-Prescription Connection by David Dross
  
• The Fine Print on HSAs by Dan Coyle, CEBS
  
• New Strategies for DB Plan Management by Rob Vandersanden

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