Featured Event
Beyond Benefits: Whole Person Health in Practice
Healthcare costs are rising, employee needs are becoming more complex, and adding more benefits is no longer the answer.
Beyond Benefits: Whole Person Health in Practice brings together employers and health experts to explore how organizations can connect care, simplify fragmented benefit ecosystems, and get greater value from their existing investments. From primary care and mental health to obesity, AI, and point-solution fatigue, the conference will focus on practical strategies that improve employee health, experience, and affordability.
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Beyond Benefits: Whole Person Health in Practice
Healthcare costs are rising, employee needs are becoming more complex, and adding more benefits is no longer the answer.
Beyond Benefits: Whole Person Health in Practice brings together employers and health experts to explore how organizations can connect care, simplify fragmented benefit ecosystems, and get greater value from their existing investments. From primary care and mental health to obesity, AI, and point-solution fatigue, the conference will focus on practical strategies that improve employee health, experience, and affordability.
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Mondays with Dr. Mark & Dr. Michael
Changing the Odds: Lung Cancer, New Advances, and the Employer Experience
Dr. Mark & Dr. Michael will be joined by an expert from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and an employer to explore breakthroughs in lung cancer care alongside the realities of helping employees navigate diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
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Direct Contracting in Action: Inside an Employer’s Advanced Primary Care Strategy
As employers face continued healthcare cost pressures, many are looking beyond traditional health plans and vendor arrangements for strategies that can improve access, strengthen prevention, and create greater control over healthcare spending.
Join Northeast Business Group on Health (NEBGH), in partnership with Frier Levitt, for a behind-the-scenes look at how direct contracting works in practice.
Using Boeing's advanced primary care strategy as a real-world case study, this discussion will bring together key participants involved in developing and implementing the arrangement to explore what it takes to move from concept to execution.
Panelists will share perspectives on the employer's objectives, the role of the network convener, and the legal and contracting considerations involved, including challenges encountered, lessons learned, and practical considerations for other employers exploring similar approaches.
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Mondays with Dr. Mark & Dr. Michael
The doctors are in!
Dive into hot health topics with the experts and hear what you might need to do for your employees.
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32nd Tribute to Leadership
NEBGH’s beloved Tribute to Leadership event is a special evening where we celebrate benefit leaders whose commitment to excellence strengthens their organizations, energizes our members, and paves the way for lasting impact. This year we shine a bright light on the heart they bring to their work every day and the connections they build internally and externally to sustain and support the mental and physical wellbeing of their employee-communities.
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Breaking the Cost Curve: How 32BJ Health Fund and Northwell Direct Are Redefining Affordable Care
Join NEBGH for a timely conversation with 32BJ Health Fund and Northwell Direct on their recently-announced direct healthcare contract. Through persistent organizing and strategic negotiation, this landmark agreement expands access to high-quality care for 170,000 participants while reducing hospital prices to an average of 184% of Medicare - driving an estimated $46 million in first-year savings and significantly lowering out-of-pocket costs for members.
This webinar will explore how reducing hospital prices and administrative complexity can deliver meaningful savings for unions, employers, and workers alike.
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Mondays with Dr. Mark and Dr. Michael
HPV, Screening, and Cervical Cancer: A Population Health Imperative
From HPV vaccination to early detection, this talk highlights evidence-based strategies to prevent cervical cancer and outlines where employer benefits, communication, and access can make a meaningful difference.
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Mondays with Dr. Mark & Dr. Michael
Invisible but Impactful: The Employer Imperative in Crohn’s & Colitis Care
IBD often goes unseen—until it leads to surgeries, ER visits, or disability claims. This session highlights what’s changing in the clinical landscape, where care gaps persist, and how employers can design benefits, navigation, and accommodations that lead to better outcomes and lower costs.
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The Caregiving Reality Check: Inside Today’s Workforce
Caregiving touches every workplace — with millions of employees supporting aging parents, children, partners, and other loved ones. As caregiving needs rise, employers have a unique opportunity to better understand and support the caregivers in their workforce.
Join Dr. Allison Applebaum, leading caregiving expert and author of Stand By Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving, and Kim Thiboldeaux, NEBGH’s CEO, for a practical conversation about the emotional, financial, and workplace pressures today’s caregivers face. U.S. employees now spend an average of 27 hours each week on family caregiving — often on top of full-time jobs.
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The Silent Crisis: Rethinking Men’s Health at Work
Men are less likely to seek preventive care or undergo cancer screenings—putting them at higher risk for serious illness and premature death. These gaps have implications for employers, driving higher healthcare costs, absenteeism, and avoidable claims.
Join the NEBGH/MSK Direct fireside chat with Dr. Robert Sidlow from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) for a practical discussion on men’s health and cancer screening. Learn what’s driving these disparities, the latest in cancer screening for men, and how employers can take action to support early detection and better outcomes.