2024 Medical Captive Forum | May 1ST & 2ND | New Orleans, LA

THE BIG EASY APPROACH TO BENEFITS

Quality, Affordable Healthcare Made Simple

Why Attend MCF 2024?

In 2013, Roundstone’s Medical Captive Forum (MCF) was created to bring employers and benefits advisors together to discover new ways to reduce the cost of healthcare benefits and enhance employee engagement and satisfaction. And we are going stronger than ever! 

 

Educational at its heart, the MCF explores ideas around self-funding in a group captive, health plan design best practices, cost containment strategies, wellness trends, plan utilization techniques, and so much more.   

 

We are thrilled to be hosting this year’s event in New Orleans at the JW Marriott. This is a city that is close to our hearts. There is a word used in the South, particularly in New Orleans, that reflects a spirit of generosity and hospitality in the culture of the region. That word is “lagniappe” (pronounced lan-yap). We plan to bring the lagniappe, y’all and treat you to something a little extra special. 

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Who Should Attend?

This event is geared for anyone responsible for or interested in delivering better health benefits for their organization. We welcome HR and finance professionals, CEOs and business owners. We also welcome benefits advisors and solution providers that are aligned with our mission of affordable, high-quality healthcare for small and midsize employers. 

 

In the Big Easy, we will simplify and demystify self-funding and help our audience to navigate their journey, whether they are just learning or are actively self-funding as part of our group captive. 

WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA?

MCF 2024 will be action-packed with perspectives from thought leaders and HR practitioners across a range of topics related to self-funding health benefits. By popular demand, we will offer sessions tailored to different levels of experience. So whether you are new to the concept or a seasoned pro, there will be sessions right for you. 

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

Opening Session

Welcome Reception

Day 1

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

Keynotes

General Session

Breakout Sessions

Day 2

MEET OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS

David Horsager

CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute

Dr. James Knight

Equity and Inclusion Strategist

Jessica DaMassa

Executive Producer & Host, ‘WTF Health – What’s the Future, Health?’

Lisa Durkin

Vice President, Human Resources at The Cleveland Orchestra
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Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler

In New Orleans, especially during festive occasions like Jazz Fest, you often hear “Laissez les bons temps rouler.” This local Creole French phrase meaning “let the good times roll” captures the city’s spirit of joy and celebration. 

 

MCF embraces this spirit. Perfectly positioned in the week between the renowned New Orleans Jazz Fest weekends, the city will be alive with music and positive vibes. If you haven’t been, you need to go, and if you have, you already know. We’re even considering changing the name to Medical Captive Fest instead of Forum. We‘ll riff on a wonderful mix of ideas, meet great people, eat great food, and share a rewarding and unforgettable experience together.

The uniqueness and diversity of many neighborhoods -- much like CLE -- are what make N’awlins one of my favorite places.

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A Special Thanks To Our Sponsors

Register Now!

Submit this form to register for the Medical Captive Forum 2024 in New Orleans. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within a few weeks with more information on hotel booking and travel.

Roundstone is an innovative employee health benefits company. We help small and midsize organizations offer competitive benefits at a lower cost by self-funding health insurance through our group medical captive. The Roundstone Captive enables companies to self-insure safely by pooling hundreds of employers together to share risk and save money. With easy onboarding and personalized support every step of the way, the Captive offers control, flexibility, transparency, and returns all savings back to employers where they belong. We believe in always aligning with the employers’ best interests and remaining committed to our mission – quality, affordable healthcare, and a better life for all.

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DAVID HORSAGER

CEO, Trust Edge Leadership Institute

Dr. David Horsager, D. Litt, CSP, CPAE is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute, Trust Expert in Residence at High Point University, and The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Trust Edge. David has advised leaders and delivered life-changing presentations on six continents, with audiences ranging everywhere from FedEx, Toyota, MIT and global governments to the New York Yankees and the Department of Homeland Security.

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Dr. James Knight

Equity and Inclusion Strategist

As an equity and inclusion strategist, James works with leaders, schools, organizations, and individuals in the corporate, nonprofit, governmental, and academic sector to develop frameworks rooted in humility. The primary goal of this work is to assist others in building safe environments where everyone can thrive and bring their best selves. As an author, James has written three books, including his latest release, Heart: A Journey Toward Cultural Humility. This book is a manual and guide for any leader, student, or person looking to develop greater awareness and increase their emotional and cultural intelligence.

 

James has a passion for people and sees himself as a servant-leader. His personal mission is “education + empowerment = elevation,” and his number one goal in everything he does is to elevate those he serves through education and inspiration. He holds a Bachelor of the Arts from Oberlin College and a Master’s of Education and Doctorate of Education Leadership from Ashland University. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion from the University.

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JESSICA DAMASSA

Executive Producer & Host, ‘WTF Health – What’s the Future, Health?’

Jessica DaMassa is the ‘it girl’ of health tech interviewing. She brings an enthusiastic, fun, charming style, a ton of knowledge, and plenty of tough questions to her hosting of conferences, shows, and interviews focused on health technology and the business of health innovation. Her current project, ‘WTF Health – What’s the Future, Health?’ is a YouTube interview series that has taken her around the world to literally ask everyone everywhere about the future of health – and WTF is wrong with it right now. With more than 1,000 interviews in seven years, Jessica is the ‘girl to know’ to meet the ‘who’s who’ of health tech, digital health, virtual care, and healthcare innovation. Jessica is a regular keynote speaker and panel moderator at the world’s leading health innovation conferences, she co-emcee’s Frontiers Health in Europe, and is also the host of ‘CVS Health Live’ an innovation series put out monthly by healthcare mega-brand CVS Health. Jessica got her start working on the innovation team at a BlueCross BlueShield plan. 

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Lisa Durkin

Vice President, Human Resources
at the Cleveland Orchestra

Lisa Durkin holds a Master of Public Administration from Cleveland State University. Starting in Cuyahoga County’s Office of Budget Management in 1997, she managed substantial budgets and grants. Lisa progressed to Fiscal Director for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in 2004, where she improved campaign finance auditing. In 2007, she joined the Department of Human Resources, contributing to regional healthcare benefits. By 2010, Lisa played a key role in reforming County Government structure, and in 2011, became Director of Human Resources under County Executive Ed FitzGerald. She later advised the Cleveland Metropolitan School District on transitioning to an automated system and led Human Resources for Hiram College before joining The Cleveland Orchestra as Vice President, Human Resources. In 2021, she founded HR Assist LLC, offering HR services to organizations. Lisa volunteers in various social causes and lives in Bay Village, Ohio, with her two children.