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Members Only > About MSEC > Secrets From Sandy
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7/20/2010Well it's July and at MSEC that means our Annual Benefit Update conferences in Colorado Springs, Ft. Collins, Denver and Grand Junction.
We currently have 450 member companies enrolled and we still have 2 more conferences to go.
Colorado Springs members loved the conference and our keynotes were again favorites. Ft. Collins is going on today and Denver will be this Friday at the Hilton Convention Center.
Chad Larsen with Moreton Retirement Partners is kicking off each conference and discussing how organizations need to be looking at their company retirement plans.
Bill Lindsay with Lockton Companies is our afternoon keynote speaker discussing HealthCare Reform and the impact of the new law on employers.
Don't miss this year's conference so that you can stay upto date and informed.
~Sandy 7/8/2010
MSEC was all over the news today launching our new HealthSource Colorado and WellnessSource Colorado. Check out the beginning of the phone in news conference that occurred today:
For Immediate Release
GROUNDBREAKING HEALTH PLAN FOR COLORADO SMALL AND MID-SIZED COMPANIES UNVEILED DURING TELE-NEWS CONFERENCE
UnitedHealthcare and Mountain States Employers Council Announce Innovative Health Plan that Encourages Healthy Habits for Colorado Businesses and their Workforces
DENVER (July 8, 2010) – UnitedHealthcare and Mountain States Employers Council today announced during a tele-news conference the launch of HealthSource Colorado, a groundbreaking health plan. HealthSource Colorado includes a suite of wellness programs designed to help the state’s small to mid-sized businesses better control health care costs and improve employee health.
The tele-news conference featured a panel of health care experts and focused on the launch of HealthSource Colorado, which is among the first offerings in Colorado that enables small to mid-sized employers and their employees to earn financial incentives through a corporate wellness program. The plan takes advantage of a new state law that allows insurance carriers to offer financial incentives to small businesses whose employees participate in wellness-related programs.
HealthSource Colorado is now available to more than 2,700 companies in Colorado who are members of Mountain States Employers Council. Companies with one to 300 employees are eligible for the plan by joining the Mountain States Employers Council.
We are very excited to launch this new product. If you are interested tell your broker that you would like to hear about the UHC MSEC plans or contact Kelly Esselman at 303.223.5359.
~Sandy 7/2/2010The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. It's a great excuse to be outside, spend time with family and or friends and eat food that is so summer. It is also a time to thank all the people that protect our great nation.
Everyone has plans for the 4th of July and looks forward to a three day weekend.
This year I will be watching our very own Colorado Rockies play the San Francisco Giants on July 4th. Watching baseball on July 4th is about as American as it gets!
Enjoy your holiday and whatever you do, be safe!
~Sandy 6/21/2010I am so excited that MSEC is launching our new HealthSource Colorado. Healthsource Colorado is health and wellness solution exclusively for members of Mountain States Employers Council. MSEC has partnered with United Health Care to provide healthcare options for our members.
We started our broker training today and will continue the trainings through Wednesday. We are so excited about this new service for our members.
For more information contact your broker and ask them about our MSEC plans. Or you can contact Kelly Esselman at Kesselman@msec.org.
~Sandy 6/11/2010
How exciting when I get to talk about company's that get recognized by their peers and other agencies. Boulder County just won the 2010 National Association of Counties (NACo) Award for their Leadership Academy.
The NACo award picks an innovative program that stood out from all the nominees. Applications are not judged against one another for an Achievement Award. Instead they are judged based on their own merits according to the criteria outlined in the application. After reviewing all the applications in a category, the judges may pick one or two innovative programs that stood out from the rest. Best of Category awards may not be awarded in all categories. These prorams are awarded a Best of Category Award in addition to the Achievement Award.
So congratulations to Boulder County and our own Organizational Development and Learning department for working with Boulder County.
~Sandy 6/2/2010Many employers have found other ways of recognizing their employees other than monitarily. This is all part of the company's total rewards program and is a very successful and cost effective way to reward your employees by recognizing them.
Here at MSEC we have established a recognition program for our employees called "Workplace Matters!". Another employee or member of management will recognize the employee and then every month the recognized employees get sunflowers delivered to their office. Each quarter a committee of the employees and managers decides on the employee that went above and beyond and then that employee is given a gift.
I am very excited that I was a recipient of sunflowers today, so in my humble opinion, I think it is a great program :).
Let me know what you are doing at your organizations!
~Sandy 5/28/2010Well it is officially Memorial Day Weekend which is the kick-off for summer. So what are your plans for the summer?
Are you taking your family on the annual family camping trip or off on a new adventure to learn about our great country? Are you planning your wedding and then going on a dream honeymoon? Are you taking your elderly parents on a trip they had always planned but never found the time to do? Are you going on that singles cruise around the Caribbean? Or are you just staying home this summer and working on your beautiful yard with lots of summer picnics?
Whatever your plans are, the secret is to have some fun this summer!!!
Enjoy and have a safe Memorial Day Weekend.
~Sandy 5/21/2010Well we are winding down the 2010 Employment Law Updates, with our final Colorado update in Grand Junction. On Tuesday we will be presenting to our Western Slope members at the Two Rivers Convention Center and are looking forward to seeing everyone over there.
Come by the reception for our members at Two Rivers Winery for a private wine tasting on Monday, May 24th at 5:00pm.
It's a great opportunity to meet and greet our presenters.
See you on the other side of the mountain :).
~Sandy 5/14/2010Our own MSEC Annual Health and Welfare survey was noted in both the San Francisco Business Journal and on the Denver Channel 9 sister channel in Knoxville, TN WBIR.com.
We have staff professionals at MSEC that can assist you with your benefit plan design so please call your staff person if you have questions or want some assitance as you go into negotiations for the new plan year.
Also don't forget to attend our Annual Benefit Update Conference that will have breakout sessions on plan design and cost containment.
For more information on the Benefit Update Conference look at the home page of our website.
~Sandy 5/11/2010I love springtime in Colorado because it means that summer is on the way. Everything is budding and turning green and of course we need water to do that, but I have to admit I am tired of the snow.
Let's hope that the weather people are wrong and we will not have a "winter storm warning" for the front range tomorrow, May 12th, but just in case we have cancelled the Mountain Hour in Colorado Springs.
Guess we will have to have a summer Mountain Hour in the Springs :).
~Sandy |
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