Healthcare Summit: Controlling the Cost Curve

CBIA’s 2025 Healthcare Summit: Controlling the Cost Curve provided attendees with essential insights into managing today’s health benefits challenges.

Industry leaders shared practical, actionable strategies for handling compliance requirements, managing rising healthcare costs, and maximizing employee engagement in health plans.

This event is approved for 4 HRCI and 4 SHRM credits

7:30 am | Check-In & Networking Breakfast

8:30 am | Opening Remarks

• Chris DiPentima, President & CEO, CBIA

8:40 am | Innovate to Elevate: Key Insights for Navigating the Next Generation of Employee Benefits

• Teresa Bucello, Partner, Mercer Health

9:10 am | Strategies for Managing Healthcare Costs

• Moderator: Ken Comeau, President, CBIA Service Corp.
• Paul Grady, Principal, C.M. Smith Agency
• Michael Waterbury, CEO, Goodroot, Inc.

9:55 am | Networking Break

10:15 am | Biopharma at a Critical Turning Point

• Moderator: Paul Pescatello, Senior Counsel & Executive Director, Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council
• Adam Gilbert, Executive Director, External Innovation Accelerator, Pfizer
• Mark Johnston, CEO, BioMed X US
• Samit Joshi, Senior Medical Director, ViiV Healthcare

11 am | Maximizing Employee Engagement with Health Benefits

• Moderator: Susan Halpin, Co-Principal, Robinson+Cole
• Jeff Hogan, President, Upside Health Advisors
• Joseph Quaranta, Marketing President, Privia Health
• Lisa Trumble, President & CEO, SoNE HEALTH

11:45 am | Adjourn