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December 2025

December 3, 2025
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

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Past Meetings

2025

September 10, 2025 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

Current State of Drug Affordability in the US

By Antonio Ciaccia (3 Axis Advisors, 46brooklyn Research)

May 20, 2025 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

2025 Indiana Health Legislative Summary

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

2025 Legislative Health Policy Overview

(Employers Forum of Indiana, Hallowell Consulting)

February 14, 2025 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

State Policies to Control Hospital Prices

By Roslyn Murray (Brown University School of Public Health)

2024

November 12, 2024 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

2024 EFI Year in Review

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

The Past, Present, and Future of Value-Based Purchasing

By Guy D’Andrea (Catalyst for Payment Reform)

Improving Access to Maternal and Infant Care (Panel)

By Ashley Rainey, Cameual Wright, Morgan McDonald

June 25, 2024 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

Pressure Points: Addressing Hypertension at Work

By Meg Guerin-Calvert, Michele Bildner, Neil Goldfarb

May 13, 2024 - National Healthcare Price Transparency Conference

NASHP Hospital Cost Tool (NHPTC 2024)

By Marilyn Bartlett (National Academy for State Health Policy)

Sage Transparency 2.0 (NHPTC 2024)

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Panel Discussion: Policy Strategies, What's Next? (NHPTC 2024)

Panel Discussion: How Employers are Using Data to Make Informed Decisions (NHPTC 2024)

Takeaways from the National Healthcare Price Transparency Conference

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

Action Items for Employers

By Chris Deacon (VerSan Consulting)

Essential Inquiry Framework for ERISA Fiduciaries (Posted with permission)

By Chris Deacon (VerSan Consulting)

April 18, 2024 - All Stakeholder Meeting

2024 Indiana Legislative Policy Session Update

By Gloria Sachdev, Sabra Stevens

2024 Indiana Legislative Healthcare Summary

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

January 29, 2024 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

Anthem Update

By Jessica Lopez-Liggett, Mickey Kanosky

2023

November 2, 2023 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

Indiana Physicians Health Alliance

By Linda Wilgus (Northwest Radiology Group)

Hospital Price Markups and Profits for Physician-Administered Drugs

By Chris Whaley (RAND Corp)

Legal Update: What Employers Need to Know

By Chris Deacon (VerSan Consulting)

2023 EFI Year in Review

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

August 31, 2023 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Meeting Agenda

All Stakeholder Meeting - PBMs

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

PBMs: What's the Buzz?

By Lauren Vela (Employers Forum of Indiana)

PBM Playbook Highlights

By Mike Thompson (National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions)

What you should demand from your PBMs

By Greg Baker (Affirmed RX)

April 12, 2023 - All Stakeholder Meeting

2023 Indiana Healthcare Policy Review

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

Agenda

Wellbridge Surgical: Embracing Transparent Pricing

By Jeff Williams, John Patterson, Melissa Alfont, Ray Korson, Ron Piniecki

Value of Physical Therapy in Reducing Musculoskeletal Spend

By Andrea Lausch, Ben Sanford, Sean Lane

Oncology COE Panel - Carrum Health

By Deirdre Saulet (Carrum Health)

Oncology COE Panel - Strategic Alliances at AC3

By Kim Woofter (Strategic Alliances at AC3)

January 26, 2023 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

Employer Health Benefits Survey: National Findings

By Christan Royer (Indiana University Health)

Employer Fiduciary Responsibility

By Chris Deacon (VerSan Consulting)

2022

November 3, 2022 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Agenda

EFI All Stakeholder Meeting Intro

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Possible IU Psychiatry Partnerships

By Leslie Hulvershorn (Indiana University School of Medicine)

EFI 2022 Year in Review

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

September 15, 2022 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medical Prices, Quality, and Cost, Payment Models, Price Transparency

Meeting Agenda

Sage Transparency

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

May 5, 2022 - 2022 National Hospital Price Transparency Conference

Conference Agenda

Sage Transparency (NHPTC 2022)

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

RAND 4.0 Hospital Price Transparency Study Findings (NHPTC 2022)

By Chris Whaley (RAND Corp)

Addressing Excessive Prices (NHPTC 2022)

By Hunter Kellett (Arnold Ventures)

Price Transparency - Let the Data Speak (NHPTC 2022)

By Ge Bai (Johns Hopkins University)

Leveraging Price Transparency Data (NHPTC 2022)

By Chris Severn (Turquoise Health)

NASHP Hospital Cost Tool (NHPTC 2022)

By Marilyn Bartlett (National Academy for State Health Policy)

CMS Hospital Star Ratings (NHPTC 2022)

By Melissa Mariñelarena (CDQ Solutions)

Hospital Quality: Quantros (NHPTC 2022)

By Debi Heck (Healthcare Bluebook)

Brainstorming Next Steps to Intervene on Hospital Prices and Quality (NHPTC 2022)

By Mike Thompson (National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions)

March 24, 2022 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Meeting Agenda

EFI Update March 2022

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Governor's Public Health Commission

By Dr. Kristina Box, Luke Kenley

2021

November 4, 2021 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Meeting Agenda

COVID-19 Vaccine Update

By Dr. Christa-Marie Singleton (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Vaccine Hesitancy and Empowering Employers (Panel)

By Gloria Sachdev, Jerome Adams, Lana Dbeibo, Tim Ingle

Forum Hospital Value Dashboard: Beta Launch

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Employers’ Forum of Indiana Work Group Report Outs

By Linda Wilgus, Veronica Vernon

2021 Year in Review

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

September 17, 2021 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: COVID-19, Medical Prices, Quality, and Cost, Payment Models

Meeting Agenda

Employers’ Forum of Indiana Responses - National Alliance of Healthcare Purchasers Pulse of the Purchaser Survey

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

Welcome to the September 2021 All-Stakeholder Meeting

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

National Alliance Pulse of the Purchaser Survey Fall 2021

(National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions)

Good Faith Estimates

By Chris Finelli, Sarah Ann Fite

Quality at Cummins

By Kate Fisher (Cummins)

Optimizing Value

By Patti Wahl (Aon)

Direct Payment Bundles for Common Health Services

By Chris Whaley (RAND Corp)

Transforming Surgical Care

By Sach Jain (Carrum Health)

OrthoIndy's COE Journey

By Stacie Vance (OrthoIndy)

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

February 25, 2021 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Management

Meeting Agenda

Addressing High Prescription Medication Cost

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Would You Ever Pay $20 for a Starbucks Coffee?

By Troy Trygstad

Specialty Pharmacy Carve-out

By Candace Shaffer (Purdue University)

Maximizing Savings in a PBM RFP Process

By Amy Ball, Ed Isakson

The Innovative Future of Medication Match-Making

By Daniel Wilson, Mark Williams, Richard Mousty

Purposely Changing our PBM Strategy

By Jeff Post, Sheri Alexander

Panel Discussion: Addressing High Prescription Costs

2020

2020 Summary of Activities

November 13, 2020 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Price Transparency

Meeting Agenda

RAND 3.0 Indiana Update

By Chris Whaley, Gloria Sachdev

NASHP Hospital Cost Tool

By Marilyn Bartlett (National Academy for State Health Policy)

Colorado Group Purchasing

By Robert Smith (Colorado Business Group on Health)

2020 Year in Review and What is on the Horizon

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

September 18, 2020 - National Hospital Price Transparency Conference 2020

Topics: Price Transparency

2020 National Hospital Price Transparency Conference Agenda

August 19, 2020 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Payment Models

Meeting Agenda

State Efforts to Address Health Care Consolidation and Costs

By Katherine Gudiksen (The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition)

Anticompetitive Managed Care Contracting Practices

By Daniel Bird (Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel and Frederick)

July 8, 2020 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Payment Models

Meeting Agenda

Surprise Medical Bills

By Jack Hoadley (Health Policy Institute of Georgetown University)

Surprise Billing

By Loren Adler (Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy)

Surprise Billing with Jack Hoadley & Loren Adler

June 24, 2020 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management

Meeting Agenda

Delirium Impact on Brain Health

By Dr. Malaz Boustani (Eskenazi Health)

Delirium Handout #1-AARP

Delirium Handout #2-Meds to Avoid

Delirium Handout #3-Prevention Activities

2019

2019 Summary of Activities

November 20, 2019 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Process and Value

Meeting Agenda

HPV Vaccination Prevents Head & Neck Cancer

By Michael Sim (Indiana University School of Medicine)

Dumb Drugs & Site of Care Matters, RxConnection and Ivy Tech

By Mary Tylke (Rx Connection)

2019 Year in Review & On the Horizon

By Christan Royer, Gloria Sachdev

September 25, 2019 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Process and Value

Meeting Agenda

Complete Survey Results - Forum Perspectives on High Drug Prices

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Reducing Drug Spending

By Lauren Vela (Pacific Business Group)

Perspectives on High Drug Costs

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

July 31, 2019 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Hospital Value, Price Transparency

Meeting Agenda

Using RAND 2.0 Hospital Prices to Achieve Value

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Supplement - Table of Indiana Hospital Relative Prices & their CMS Star Ratings

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Supplement CMS Hospital Compare Measures

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Determining Hospital Value, Colorado Business Group on Health

By Robert Smith (Colorado Business Group on Health)

May 10, 2019 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Payment Models, Price Transparency

Meeting Agenda

RAND 2.0 Brief Overview of Findings

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Results of a Forum Pilot on Employer Pop Health Reports

By Christan Royer, Drew Richardson, Natalie Roberts, Nicole Williams

Episodes of Care

By Francios de Brantes (Remedy Partners)

March 5, 2019 - National Hospital Price Transparency Conference 2019

Topics: Price Transparency

2019 National Hospital Price Transparency Conference Agenda

Welcome to the National Hospital Price Transparency Conference 2019

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Effective Value-Based Payment Strategies (NHPTC 2019)

By Suzanne Delbanco (Catalyst for Payment Reform)

RAND 2.0 National Hospital Price Transparency Study Findings (NHPTC 2019)

By Chapin White, Chris Whaley

Impact of Healthcare Costs on Employers and Their Employees (NHPTC 2019)

By Christan Royer (Indiana University)

What it Takes to Move to Value-Based Hospital Payment Models in the Commercial Market (NHPTC 2019)

By Robert Smith (Colorado Business Group on Health)

2018

2018 Summary of Activities

November 5, 2018 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medical Prices, Quality, and Cost, Opioids, Price Transparency

Meeting Agenda

Hospital Price Transparency Study Findings Review

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Colorado Healthcare Prices

By Robert Smith (Colorado Business Group on Health)

Montana's Contracted Hospital Payment Using Medicare Plus

By Marilyn Bartlett (Montana Commissioner of Insurance)

EFI 2018 Accomplishments and 2019 Preview

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

September 12, 2018 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management, Diabetes, Policy

Meeting Agenda

Pop Health Introduction

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Improving Diabetes in your Workplace

By Mary Delaney (Vital Incite)

Pharmacist Supporting Pop Health

By Julie Bott, Richard Bernhardt

Patient Engagement

By Courtney McBride (Castlight Health)

2018 Federal Legislative Update

By Chad Morris (Gregory & Appel)

July 25, 2018 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Healthy Lifestyles, Policy

Meeting Agenda

Tobacco Cessation Presentation (Abbreviated Presentation)

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Tobacco Cessation Program Full Survey Results

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

Tobacco Reform in Indiana - Call to Action

By Bryan Hannon (Raise it to Health)

Countering Despair via Community Engagement

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Food Insecurity: Gleaners

By Alexandra McMahon (Gleaners)

March 21, 2018 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Employer Clinics

Meeting Agenda

National Association of Worksite Health Centers

By Larry Boress (National Association of Worksite Health Centers)

Purdue On-Site Clinics

By Candace Shaffer (Purdue University)

Cummins On-Site Clinics

By Nicole Williams (Cummins)

Handout - Clawbacks and Gag Order - New 2018 Indiana Law

January 10, 2018 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medical Prices, Quality, and Cost

Meeting Agenda

Strategies to address high drug prices - Midwest Business Group on Health

By Cheryl Lawson (Midwest Business Group on Health)

Strategy to address high drug prices - Rx Connection

By Jeff Post (Rx Connection)

Specialty Pharmacy - Archimedes

By Brenda Motheral (Archimedes)

Specialty Pharmacy - Walgreens

By Stevan Mizimakoski (Walgreens)

2017

2017 Summary of Activities

November 15, 2017 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Process and Value, Opioids

Meeting Agenda

EFI 2017 Year in Review

By Denny Darrow

Opioid Solutions - Overdose Lifeline

By Justin Phillips (Overdose Lifeline)

Opioid State Strategy - Pew Foundation

By Alex Duncan (Pew Charitable Trusts)

Opioids Solutions - FSSA

By Jen Walthall (Indiana Family and Social Services Administration)

September 20, 2017 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Process and Value, Price Transparency

Meeting Agenda

Hospital Prices in Indiana Findings

By Chapin White (RAND Corp)

Indiana Health System tables noting Relative Prices per RAND report and CMS Hospital Compare Star Rating

Determining Indiana Hospital Value

By Denny Darrow, Gloria Sachdev

Alliance for Safe On-Line Pharmacies

By Grant Lidman, Libby Baney, Marty Allain

July 12, 2017 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Employer Clinics, Medication Process and Value

Meeting Agenda

May 17, 2017 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Opioids, Policy

Meeting Agenda

March 16, 2017 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Health Information Exchange, Telemedicine

Meeting Agenda

Anthem Telehealth

By Sharon Boose (Anthem)

IHIE Population Health Solutions

By John Kansky (Indiana Health Information Exchange)

Regenstrief Institute Population Health Solutions

By Shaun Grannis, Titus Schleyer

January 18, 2017 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management, Medical Prices, Quality, and Cost

Meeting Agenda

Drug Value

By Sarah Emond (Institute for Clinical and Economic Review)

Centers of Excellence

By Brennan McNally, Stacie Vance, Tina Hayes

Handout - Anthem Spine COE Study Results

Handout - Pacific Business Group on Health-Employer Centers of Excellence Network

(Pacific Business Group)

2016

November 15, 2016 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management, Electronic Prior Authorization, Healthy Lifestyles, Medication Process and Value

Meeting Agenda

Drug Pricing and Value

By Gloria Sachdev

Tobacoo Cessation - ISDH

By Miranda Spitznagle (State of Indiana)

July 13, 2016 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Electronic Prior Authorization, Medication Process and Value, Opioids, Payment Models, Team-Based Care Payment, Value Based Payment Models

Meeting Agenda

Value Based Payment Models

By Courtney Bertrand, Joe LaRosa

ePA Status Update

By Gloria Sachdev

Prescription Drug Epidemic

By Kelly Nantel (National Safety Council)

Handout - ISDH Naloxone Website

(State of Indiana)

May 18, 2016 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management, Policy, Telemedicine

Meeting Agenda

Telemedicine Law in Indiana

By Denny Darrow (State of Indiana)

Anthem Perspective on Telemedicine

By John Jesser (Anthem)

Affordable Care Act Update

By Chad Morris (Gregory & Appel)

Electronic Prior Authorization Update

By Gloria Sachdev

Conversations about Dying

By Lucia Wocial (Indiana University School of Nursing)

March 23, 2016 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Electronic Prior Authorization, Medication Process and Value

Meeting Agenda

Prospective Electronic Prior Authorization Adoption Strategy

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

Electronic Prior Authorization

By Patrick McGill (Community Health Network)

Prospective Electronic Prior Authorization

By Luke Forster-Broten, Megan Dahlquist

Current Medication Prior Authorization Process

By Jennifer Alvey, Maria English

2015

November 10, 2015 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management, Transitions of Care

Meeting Agenda

Walgreens WellTransitions Program

By Dan Kwasigroch (Walgreens)

Indiana Health Information Exchange on Transition of Care

By Keith Kelley (Indiana Health Information Exchange)

September 8, 2015 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Electronic Prior Authorization, Medication Process and Value, Policy

Meeting Agenda

HIP Link

Electronic Prior Authorization - CoverMyMeds

By Perry Lewis (CoverMyMeds)

July 14, 2015 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Process and Value, Pharmacy Benefit Management, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy

Meeting Agenda

Leveraging Health System Status in Specialty Pharmacy Market

By Chris Lowe (Indiana University Health)

Advancing Your Specialty Strategy

By Tierra Ford (CVS Caremark)

A New Era in Specialty [Drugs]

By Mary Dorholt (Express Scripts)

May 12, 2015 - Employer Committee Meeting

Topics: Enhanced Personal Health Care Program, Payment Models, Policy

Employer Committee Meeting

Affordable Care Act Update

By Chad Morris (Gregory & Appel)

Enhanced Personal Health Care Performance Metrics

Enhanced Personal Health Care Program Overview

(Employers Forum of Indiana)

Michigan's Fee-for-Value Incentive Program

March 10, 2015 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Management, Medication Process and Value

Meeting Agenda

Medication Management: Where do we go from here?

By Ken Majkowski

Medication Management Services

By Suellyn Sorenson (St. Vincent)

Medication Therapy Management

By Denise Fields (Express Scripts)

Re-Thinking Drug Benefits

By Troy Trygstad (Community Care of North Carolina)

2014

2014 Summary of Activities

November 11, 2014 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Medication Management, Medication Process and Value, Policy

Meeting Agenda

Medication Management

By Keith Kelley (Indiana Health Information Exchange)

Anthem Primary Care

By Meredith Carlson-Christo (Anthem)

Pharmacy Trends

By Mary Delaney (LHD Benefit Advisors)

Community Medication Management

By Michael Melby (Health Linc)

September 9, 2014 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Employer Clinics, Healthy Lifestyles, Medical Prices, Quality, and Cost, Payment Models, Policy, Reference Based Benefits

Meeting Agenda

JumpIN

By Julie Burns (JumpIN)

July 29, 2014 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Health Information Exchange, Payment Models, Reference Based Benefits

Meeting Agenda

Vigorous Activity

By Chelsy Winters, Mary Delaney

Health Information Exchange

(Indiana Health Information Exchange)

May 13, 2014 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Healthy Lifestyles, Payment Models, Policy, Reference Based Benefits

Meeting Agenda

Price Transparency

By Gloria Caruthers (Cummins)

Cost Transparency

By Gloria Caruthers (Cummins)

Affordable Care Act Update

By Chad Morris (Gregory & Appel)

Price Transparency Article

(Health Affairs)

Reference Based Benefits

By Seth Cohen (Castlight Health)

March 11, 2014 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management, Diabetes, Policy

Meeting Agenda

Diabetes Growth

By Gloria Sachdev (Employers Forum of Indiana)

LiveWell Indiana

By Chuck Gillespie (Chamber of Commerce)

January 21, 2014 - All Stakeholder Meeting

Topics: Care Processes and Disease Management, Diabetes, Policy

Meeting Agenda

Affordable Care Act and IN 211

By Lucinda Nord (United Way)

Diabetes Growth in Indiana

By Dave Kelleher, Gloria Sachdev

Medicaid Expansion

By Brian Tabor (Indiana Hospital Association)

Shared Health Care Decision Making

By Dexter Shurney (Cummins)

2013

2013 Summary of Activities