2025 Healthcare Insurance Webinar Series-September

2025 Healthcare Insurance Webinar Series

This webinar series provides ISRI members with critical updates and expert guidance on navigating employee healthcare and insurance benefits. Covering key topics like compliance, cost management, and industry trends, the series is designed to help businesses make informed decisions and optimize their benefits strategies.

About This Event

Event Details

Each session will explore a key aspect of the evolving sustainability landscape, providing actionable insights and guidance for recycled materials companies. This webinar series is designed to help businesses understand how customer expectations, policies, and financial markets are shifting, and what these changes mean for their operations.

Speaker

Joe Appelbaum

Partner, Acrisure Mid-Atlantic

  • In 1990, Joe founded Potomac Companies, one of the top employee benefits brokerage and consulting firms in the Washington, DC-area.
  • In 2020, Joe launched CalmHR, providing comprehensive back-office HR, payroll, compliance, retirement and benefits solutions.
  • In 2022, Potomac Companies merged with Acrisure, the world’s 6th largest FinTech & fastest growing in industry history.
  • Joe is an employee benefits subject matter expert and has continued to build his premier agency concentrating on the integration of benefits, controlling healthcare costs, back-office automation, and creating elite attraction & retention tools.
  • Joe is a frequent speaker at conferences and association events nationwide to professional audiences across multiple industries.
  • Joe grew up in New Jersey, attended Carnegie Mellon University, and graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. He now splits his time between Fort Lauderdale, FL & Rockville, MD with his wife, children & grandchildren.

Series Details

This four-part webinar series runs throughout the year. Each webinar takes place from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST.

  • Wednesday, April 16 | Understanding & Controlling Employee Benefits Costs Pt. 1
  • Wednesday, April 30 | Understanding & Controlling Employee Benefits Costs Pt. 2
  • Wednesday, September 17 | The Renewal Process – How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Renewal
  • Wednesday, October 1 | What CalmHR Can Bring to the Table (ASO/PEO model)

Registration Details

This webinar is open to ReMA members only at no charge.

Registration is required.

Webinar Series

Schedule

Each webinar dives into the evolving landscape of sustainability, equipping recycled materials companies to adapt and thrive.

Understanding & Controlling Employee Benefits Costs Pt. 1

Wednesday, April 16 | 2:00 PM ET

  • Employee Benefits 101 – key concepts you need to know
  • Funding types explained & how to guard against large increases, regardless of size or funding
  • Employee Turnover & Attrition – how benefits impact retention and the true cost of attrition

Understanding & Controlling Employee Benefits Costs Pt. 2

Wednesday, April 30 | 2:00 PM ET

  • Handling high-cost claimants – strategies to manage & reduce costs
  • Medicare – understanding eligibility & coordination
  • Preventive care – encouraging employee wellness
  • Exploring tax deductions and benefits specifically for business owners and key staff

The Renewal Process – How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Renewal

Wednesday, September 17 | 2:00 PM ET

More details coming soon

What CalmHR Can Bring to the Table (ASO/PEO model)

Wednesday, October 1 | 2:00 PM ET

More details coming soon