MEETING REMINDER!
OUR NEXT MEETING IS SET FOR JUNE 6TH!
RWDSU
5th Floor Conference Room
370 7th Avenue NYC
12:00 - 2:00
Greetings ABA Members,
On June 6th, our in-person ABA meeting at the RWDSU, will have two important presentations, as more fully described below.
This luncheon will be sponsored by Guardian Nurses, thank you to Andrea Spector, RN!
If you haven’t already done so, please do send in your ABA 2023 membership dues! We rely on your membership to continue bringing you informative material and providing you with opportunities to network with your peers.
Thanks for your membership! We look forward to seeing you soon!
In Solidarity,
The Board of the Association of Benefit Administrators
Presentation # 1
Medicare and the Inflation Reduction Act
Presented by: Mary Kirby, FSA, FCA, MAAA
Senior Vice President & Consulting Actuary
Segal
This presentation will discuss the implications of the Inflation Reduction Act on Medicare Part D and the issues employers/plans will face.
Mary Kirby
SVP & Consulting Actuary
Segal
Ms. Kirby is a Senior Vice President and Consulting Actuary in Segal’s New York office with over 30 years of experience working with employee benefits plans. She serves in the firm’s Office of the Chief Actuary and is the National Retiree Health Practice Leader as well as a member of Segal’s Board of Directors. Ms. Kirby advises public sector, multiemployer and corporate clients on issues and topics related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its implications for plans and employers; plan design (medical, dental, life and disability) for active employees and retirees; health exchanges; competitive bidding; reserve calculation and valuation; ASC 965, GASB 43/45, ASC715 and ASC 712; union negotiations; flex pricing; claims analysis and underwriting.
Ms. Kirby works with multiemployer, public sector and corporate clients in various industries. These include the University of Missouri, State-Wide Schools Consortium Health Plan, the Bakery and Confectionery Union and International Health Benefits Fund, and the Equity-League Health Fund.
Ms. Kirby joined Segal in 2000 as a health consulting actuary. In 2005, she was named to the Office of the Chief Actuary. She was promoted to Vice President in 2006 and Senior Vice President in 2014. Prior to her time at Segal, she worked at two major benefits consulting firms.
Presentation # 2
Covid, Workers' Compensation and the Benefit Fund
This presentation takes a look at covid and long covid claims filed under Workers' Compensation during the pandemic. It will also review the impact to benefit funds when possible work related claims are treated outside of the Workers' Compensation system.
Presented by:
Erin McCabe, Esq.
Grey & Grey LLP
Erin McCabe
Esquire
Grey & Grey LLP
Erin McCabe graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1990 and New York Law School in 1994. Erin is President emeritus of the Injured Workers Bar Association and currently Co-Chairs the medical provider coalition at the Injured Workers Bar Association. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability as well as 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund claims.
In addition, she is an accredited Veterans Attorney. She regularly lectures to community groups, unions and professional organizations in her field of expertise.
She is a member of the LI Federation of Labor Health and Safety Committee and the LI Workers Memorial Committee.
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