CACI Fraud Seminar Set for July 11th

A unique CACI breakfast seminar designed to help businesses understand and protect themselves against internal fraud will be held at the CACI Office on Wednesday, July 11th.  The average company loses 5 percent of its annual revenue to fraud, according to a study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

The seminar is sponsored by Holme Roberts & Owen LLP.  The panelists are:

• Steve Perfrement, Partner, Litigation Practice Group, Holme Roberts Owen LLP
• Angela Morelock, Assistant Director, Forensics and Dispute Consulting Division, BKD, Springfield, Missouri
• Matthew J. McPhillips, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Denver Division

This panel will be moderated by David Milstead, Finance Editor of The Rocky Mountain News.

There is no charge for the seminar and the continental breakfast.  Space is limited, however.  To make a reservation, call Denise Reeves 303.866.9622 or email her at dreeves@COchamber.com

"Business Health Forum" Project Launched by CACI Educational Foundation

The CACI Educational Foundation has launched a new, statewide initiative, the "Business Health Forum," to get companies, which are major payers of health care, more involved in the health-care reform debate.

The rising cost of health care is a chief concern of the state's employers, who provide health-care benefits to more than 60 percent of Coloradans.  This year, Colorado companies are paying 85 percent of the health care premium for single employee's coverage and 67 percent of the cost for family coverage.  Both figures are one percentage point higher than last year, according to the Mountain States Employers Council, which is mutually affiliated with CACI.

CACI Board Member Ralph Pollock is the Director of the Forum, and he also chairs the CACI HealthCare Council.  The Associate Director is Amy Fletcher.  The Forum is funded by The Colorado Health Foundation:

http://www.coloradohealth.org/welcome/

The Business Health Forum will help ensure that the statewide business community fully participates in the growing health-care reform discussion.  With the Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform hard at work, and Governor Bill Ritter and state legislators looking in 2008 for comprehensive reform of the system, there has never been a more important time for employers to get involved.

"In other states, successful efforts to reform the health-care system have required the strong participation of employers," said Chuck Berry, CACI President who also is President of the CACI Educational Foundation.  "The Forum is designed to ensure that the business community fully participates in the health-care reform debate."
 
Although the Forum will not take positions on any health-care system reform proposals or legislation next session, it will serve as a conduit to increase business leaders' participation in the reform debate, as well as their understanding of such related issues as Medicaid, the problem of the uninsured and issues about quality.

The CACI HealthCare Council and its Steering Committee will be the locus of CACI's involvement in the health-care reform debate.  The decision about CACI's policy position on any reforms that go before the General Assembly in 2008 or that go onto the November 2008 ballot, however, rest ultimately with the CACI Board of Directors.

Soon, employers will be able to go online at www.bizhealthforum.org to indicate how they'd like to be involved with the Forum.  In the meantime, visit the site for more information about the Forum and for news about health-care reform efforts.

The Forum will sponsor a series of meetings statewide in partnership with local chambers of commerce and other business groups.  Health-care reform and the work of the Forum will be a major focus of the upcoming CACI Regional Meeting on July 18th in Fort Collins, which is described elsewhere in this issue of The CACI Advantage.  Forum events are being planned in Greeley, Loveland, Aurora, Vail and other communities across Colorado.

For more information, contact Amy at afletcher@bizhealthforum.org or 303.866.9659.  Please indicate your interests (Blue Ribbon Commission, small-group reform, the uninsured, wellness and prevention initiatives, etc.) and how you would like to participate (attend meetings to learn more about issues, write or meet with local officials and/or state legislators, testify at the Colorado State Capitol, receive the Forum's newsletter, etc.)

Prior to joining the Forum, Amy spent seven years as the health care and legislative reporter for The Denver Business Journal, where her work earned numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.  Fletcher brings knowledge about various aspects of the health care system--from Medicaid to quality to the uninsured--and expertise in explaining how they affect the business community.  She earned both a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

The CACI Educational Foundation is CACI's research, education and communication affiliate.  It is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization, whose Board Chair is Ray Johnson, IBM's Corporate Community Relations Manager and Public Affairs Manager.

CACI Regional Meeting with Health-Care Reform Focus Slated for Ft. Collins Wednesday, July 11th

The first, post-session CACI Regional Meeting, entitled "Business Out Front" and which will focus on health-care reform, is scheduled for 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 11th at the Hilton Ft. Collins, 425 West Prospect Road. 

The meeting is being co-hosted by the Ft. Collins Chamber of Commerce.  It is being sponsored by Carestream Health.  The meeting will feature three speakers:

First, Fort Collins Chamber President David May will discuss the local business community's view on state, regional and local issues.

Second, CACI President Chuck Berry will provide an overview of such critical policy issues facing the statewide business community as higher education funding, transportation funding, and possible reforms to the initiative process for amending Colorado's constitution.

Third, Ralph Pollock, Director of the new Business Health Forum, a CACI Educational Foundation Project, will discuss the status of the health-care reform process and the role of the Forum.

Although there is no charge for the breakfast, space is limited.  To make a reservation, call Denise Reeves 303.866.9622 or email her at dreeves@COchamber.com

CACI Regional Meetings have been held in Loveland, Grand Junction and Jefferson County in coordination with the local chambers of commerce of those communities.

CACI Offers Pinnacol Assurance Workers' Comp Program to Members

CACI's for-profit subsidiary, the Center for Business Resources, hosts several products intended to save CACI members money.  The complete list can be found on CACI's Web site by clicking on the Business Resources button.  One of these products is the Pinnacol Assurance worker's comp program.

Since 1998, CACI and Keller-Lowry Insurance, Inc., have joined forces with Pinnacol to offer a group insurance program for CACI members designed to reduce workers' compensation costs by promoting risk-management and accident-prevention plans in the workplace.  Premium discounts and possible year-end dividends are available for eligible CACI members.  Some CACI members have received as high as 15 percent premium returns from year to year.

CACI, Keller-Lowry Insurance and Pinnacol can help CACI members save money on this essential business product through a special program exclusively for CACI members that can offer a four percent upfront discount through Pinnacol Assurance.  Pinnacol also now offers workers' compensation coverage for companies that have out-of-state employees.

If you're already insured with Pinnacol and are a current CACI member, contact Keller-Lowry Insurance to find out how you can take advantage of the savings.  To receive the four percent upfront discount, members must contact Keller-Lowry before their Pinnacol renewal notice is mailed, which usually occurs about 60 days before their workers' compensation policy expires.  For more information, contact Tom Terry or Troy Sibelius at Keller-Lowry Insurance at 303.756.9909.