An Advisor's Guide to Cybersecurity
A free webinar on how to protect your clients and your business
Two dates: Monday, May 17 and Thursday, May 20 2 PM - 3 PM ET
Join us for a free webinar.
The insurance industry is becoming an increasing target for hackers who see clients’ personal information as a valuable source of revenue.
This session will provide an introduction to cybersecurity and look at how advisors can protect themselves and their clients' information.
Presenter: Kevin Fox, Director, IT Security & Business Continuity, Equitable Life of Canada
CE credits will be provided.
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POOLING FRAMEWORK REVIEWED
In 2012, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) announced a pooling framework focused on small employers to assist with the sustainability of private drug insurance plans facing affordability challenges from high-cost drug claims. At the CPBI Saskatchewan ‘Industry Pooling for High Cost Drugs … 2 Years and a Pandemic Later!’ session, Dan Berty, executive director of the Canadian Drug Insurance Pooling Corporation (CDIPC) will review the framework, the impact with high cost drugs, pooling results, and emerging trends. It takes place May 19. Information is at https://www.cpbi-icra.ca/Events/Details/Saskatchewan/2021/05-19-Industry-Pooling-for-High-Cost-Drugs-2 ____________________________________________________________
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
There is a significant lack of understanding of obesity. Many people living with obesity, healthcare professionals, and employers believe that weight can be controlled mainly through individual behaviours such as healthy eating and exercise. The truth is that weight is highly heritable and our brain defends against weight loss. People living with obesity also experience pervasive weight bias and stigma which further impacts their health and wellbeing. Consider that your employees past weight management efforts were difficult not because of some character flaw, lack of willpower or motivation, the wrong diet or not enough activity, but instead because they are living with a serious, untreated chronic disease. Obesity treatment guidelines exist. It is time to recognize obesity is a chronic disease, address weight bias in the workplace, and understand what it means for your employees’ health.
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What happens to your clients if you retire (or worse, suffer a major injury or accident)?
Join us on May 20th at 1:00 PM (ET) / 10:00 AM (PT) where Gary Wardrop from wealthLINK Financial, will take you through a webinar focused on succession planning and buying or selling a book of business.
You’ll learn about:
The importance of succession planning
How to valuate a book of business
Recommended steps to follow when buying business
Recommended steps to follow when selling business
And more!
This webinar will be eligible for 1 Continuing Education (CE) Credit, pending approval by applicable provincial Insurance Councils.
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MAPOL Complimentary Webinar
An Overview of the Quebec Drug Insurance Pooling Corporation (QDIPC): Administration, Costs, and Potential Application at a National Scale
Mapol Inc. invites you to attend a complimentary webinar sponsored by Alexion Pharma Canada.
The Webinar will be held on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Speaker:
Philippe Laplante, FCIA, FSA
Principal at Eckler Ltd.
The Learning Objectives are to:
Describe the QDIPC and how the pooling system is administered.
Apply relevant market statistics regarding high cost drugs and pooling costs.
Discuss what works well with the QDIPC and proposed areas of improvements.
Comment on how the QDIPC concept could be extended to a national program.
Please follow the below steps to register:
Click the registration link.
Click "Register" (grey button towards the bottom center of the page).
On the registration form, enter your information and then click "Submit".
Closer to the webinar date, you will receive the sign in details via email.
An application for 1 CE credit will be submitted to the Institute for Advanced Financial Education. Individual CE applications are not submitted to any other regulatory body (i.e., AIC, ICM, CSF, IIROC, etc.).
Please note, this complimentary webinar is limited to invited guests including insurers, PBMs, TPAs, benefits consultants, and employers.
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CPBI NATIONAL WEBINAR SERIES
Bridging the Gap - Increasing private sector drug benefit plan sustainability
May 27, 2021 - 1 PM Eastern
In Canada, generic medicines are dispensed to fill 73% of all prescriptions but there is a wide discrepancy between public and private sector generic utilization. Public sector drug plan generic utilization rates average 77% while the average for private sector plans is only 65%. This panel discussion will review the potential savings through increasing generic utilization, how plan sponsors can increase utilization of generics, and the impact of implementing changes.
Jim Keon, President of CGPA, will discuss the industry's COVID-19 response, the pricing of generic pharmaceutical products in Canada, and the potential savings to plan sponsors of increasing their use of generic prescription medicines.
Joanne Jung, Pharmacy Practice Leader at Willis Towers Watson, will discuss whether plan sponsors are optimizing savings from their mandatory generic drug plan?
Mark Rolnick, Executive Vice President, Pharmacy Innovation & Patient Experience at Green Shield Canada will provide a carrier perspective on the impact of implementing mandatory generic substitution on a block of business, including communications, cost benefits.
Who should attend? Benefit advisors; plan sponsors and providers
This webinar is free for CPBI members.
Non-members can still attend for $65 - plan sponsors non-members can attend for $50
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'Digital Health Transformation in Private Payer Plans – Trends, Access, and an ALS Patient's Perspective'
Mapol Inc. invites you to attend a complimentary webinar sponsored by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada.
The webinar will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
The Speakers are:
Norman MacIsaac
Author, Public Speaker, ALS Ambassador, and Member of the Board of Directors of ALS Quebec
Luc Vilandré
Consultant, Health Tech Executive, Member of the Board of Directors of ALS Quebec, and Co-Founder of the Ride to Fight ALS
The Learning Objectives are to:
Share the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patient perspective in navigating the Canadian healthcare system.
Provide an overview of the trends in private payer reimbursement for Innovative Drugs for Rare Diseases.
Increase awareness of how digital health transformation is changing health claims processes in the private payer market that impacts the ALS patient journey.
Illustrate how claims and health systems can help ALS patients access medications more effectively and seamlessly.
Please follow the below steps to register:
Click the registration link.
Click "Register" (grey button towards the bottom center of the page).
On the registration form, enter your information and then click "Submit".
Closer to the webinar date, you will receive the sign in details via email.
An application for 1 CE credit will be submitted to the Institute for Advanced Financial Education. Individual CE applications are not submitted to any other regulatory body (i.e. AIC, ICM, CSF, IIROC, etc.).
Please note, this complimentary webinar is limited to invited guests including insurers, PBMs, TPAs, benefits consultants, and employers.
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Join us to hear thought leaders from Express Scripts Canada and Canada Life address important subject matters that are top of mind for employees and employers.
Following the speaker presentations, we will have a panel discussion live with the presenters addressing audience questions.
SPEAKER SESSIONS
Prescription Drug Trends and Mental Health Claims: Stem the Tide
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our daily lives in a very short period of time, leaving a monumental mark on the world’s health and economy. It has changed the way we work, the way we access healthcare services and the way we connect with each other. It has also taken a toll on the mental and emotional wellbeing of our population; therefore, it is no surprise that the impact of COVID-19 on prescription drug claims has also been significant.
During this session, Dr. Lo will provide insight into mental health prescription drug trends and outline solutions that could help stem the tide of the growing mental health challenge by improving the care we provide to plan members living with mental health conditions.
What you need to know about what’s changing in drug plans
In this session, attendees can expect to take away key insights on:
• Drug expenditure trends in group insurance plans and how market dynamics impact the drug plan bottom line.
• Biosimilar drugs: What they are and how they work – insight into strategies that allow biosimilars to help manage drug plan spending in group insurance plans