1:30-4:30 p.m.

Medicare Mini Summit
Sponsored by Senior Marketing Specialists 
3 CEs approved for Missouri and Illinois

• Medicare Resources
  Options for Medicare beneficiaries and professionals for reference and education.
  Brittany Wibbenmeyer
  Director of Key Partnerships, The McNerney Group
• Medicare Part D
  An overview of Medicare Part D plans looking at what’s Important to consumers and agents.
  Mike Gattorna
  Agent Development and Training, Senior Marketing Specialists
• Where Group Insurance Meets Medicare
  How to educate and inform beneficiaries about the process of leaving their current employer coverage to participate in their Medicare benefits.
  Olivia Richardson
  Director of Training and Education, Senior Markteing Specialists

Plaza Ballroom

4:30-7:00

Trade Show Grand Opening and VIP Reception

Plaza Ballroom

5:30

Keynote Speaker 
Understanding the Importance of Social Security Claiming Decisions
Important things to know before advising clients on claiming Social Security benefits, regardless of relationship status (married, divorced, widowed or single). NAHU broker members in attendance will receive a free copy of his book. Additional copies will be for sale while supply lasts.
Brian Doherty, The Doherty Method
1 CE approved for Missouri and Illinois

Shifting Sands – The Future of Healthcare Risk Financing
Examine various segments of the healthcare market including group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and the uninsured population, and how each of those market segments is financed. Meylan brings an actuarial and medical underwriting perspective to examine financial and behavioral factors driving escalating cost of financing healthcare and how those factors are projected to impact, NAHU members, their clients and our nation.
Dan Meylan
National Sales Director, Allied National
1 CE approved for Missouri and Illinois

Association Health Plans: To Be or Not To Be
Learn the value and opportunities provided (or not) through Association Health Plans. Discuss association sponsor goals and how to achieve them amidst the regulatory environment.
Rodger Bayne
President, Benefit Indemnity Corporation
1 CE approved for Missouri and Illinois

Keynote Speaker
Healthcare in the 116th Congress
Learn the significance of 2018 Congressional elections and how they are shaping the 116th Congress. Examine legislative and regulatory actions affecting health policy and how NAHU develops and achieves advocacy goals; increased interest at federal and state levels in single-payer or similar legislation; NAHU’s policy priorities for the 116th Congress; major regulatory actions taken and expected in the near-term and later and the role NAHU is playing in this process. Look at how NAHU members, the overall agent/broker community, and employers can get involved.
Hunsni Abdelaziz
Director of State Affairs, National Association of Health Underwriters
1 CE approved for Missouri and Illinois

Bar Break
Sponsored by Vision Care Direct

Exhibit Hall Open

Future of Health Insurance in the Bi-State Area
Discover the latest state healthcare initiatives including Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, which permits states to apply for a State Innovation Waiver (also referred to as a State Relief and Empowerment Waiver) to pursue innovative strategies for providing residents with access to high quality, affordable health insurance while retaining the basic protections of the ACA.
Moderator: Joe Bottani, Arch Brokerage

• Paul Wieland, Chairman, Missouri Senate Insurance & Banking Committee
• John D. Wiemann, MO-103 (R-St. Charles)
• Andrea Croley, Missouri 1332 Innovation Waiver Task Force
• Evan Manning, Government Relations Manager, Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois
• Angela Nelson, AMCM, FHIAS, Director, Division of Market Regulation, Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration
• Randy Pate, Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Director, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

1 CE approved for Missouri and Illinois