Dear ABA Members,
Happy New Year and welcome to the first ABA newsletter of 2023! We hope you’ve enjoyed the holiday season and enter 2023 invigorated to continue to learn and seek ways to bring value to union members and their families.
In this newsletter, we have photos from our September meeting, photos of our October/IFEBP Brunch, and just a couple from the ABA Annual Reception. (The ABA Journal, which will have many reception evening photos, should be hitting your mailboxes in February or March!)
We also have two informative articles for you based on the presentations we had at our September meeting. As always, we thank our September meeting presenters for the valuable information and their time.
On February 7th, our in-person ABA meeting at the RWDSU 5th floor conference room will have two important presentations, as more fully described below.
Next Meeting date is February 7th @ RWDSU 5th Floor Conference Room – 370 7th Avenue NYC 12:00 – 2:00 PM
If anyone has an article you would like to see in a future ABA newsletter, please contact me as well. Thanks!
Thanks for your membership! We look forward to seeing you soon!
In Solidarity,
The Board of the Association of Benefit Administrators
Presentation # 1
Top Reasons why Musculoskeletal care should be a Priority for Labor Funds
Presented by:
Brittany Lowe and Jerry Gallo
Sword Health Inc.
For most labor Funds, prioritizing musculoskeletal (MSK) care over other digital health solutions can drive the biggest benefits for your members and overall savings to the Fund. Given the multitude of vendors, platforms, and solutions available, prioritization can be a daunting task. How should Benefit Administrators go about selecting from among the thousands of digital health tools? What combination of benefit solutions will drive the best outcomes for your population and the biggest cost savings for the Fund? Sword Health will address these issues and our Doctor of Physical Therapy will provide a brief demonstration of our solution.
Presentation # 2
Financial Health for Your Members
Presented by:
Michael Fina, Regional Sales and Relationship Executive
LendingClub Bank
Over the past three years, workers have faced increasing financial hardships and complexity. Financial stress and distress can affect your workers in many adverse ways. Your Union can help improve your workers’ financial health.
Brittany Lowe
Brittany Lowe is a licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy with 8 years of clinical experience in the inpatient, outpatient, and telehealth settings. Brittany served as a clinic manager of an outpatient orthopedics clinic prior to transitioning to Sword Health in April of 2021, where she is currently a Clinical Specialist. As a Clinical Specialist, Brittany guides members through their exercise programs, shares our member and PT experience externally, and serves as a clinical subject matter expert.
Jerry Gallo
Jerry Gallo is RVP of Labor & Trust at Sword Health. He has over 25 years of healthcare and employee benefits industry experience with employers and plan sponsors. Jerry works with labor Funds providing innovative virtual musculoskeletal (MSK) benefits solutions to participants and their families ; d elivering benefits that improve patient outcomes, increase access to care and reduce costs for Funds.
Michael Fina
As the world of finance and technology is rapidly evolving. Technology enhancements are creating areas of operational efficiencies and changing the landscape of how union organizations, benefit funds and consumers interact in our changing world.
For over 15-year Michael has worked within the Institutional Banking and cash management services industry currently working for LendingClub Bank, which has emerged as an industry leader in the financial technology and banking industry.
Michael currently consults with labor leaders and their executive management team to assist in creating areas of operational efficiencies by implementing financial technology, and integrated cash management banking services.
He has proudly developed a client network focused on supporting union benefit funds, locals, and their supporting service providers.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING
The Role of Shareholder Litigation in Driving Corporate Governance Reforms
We were joined by Scott Foglietta and Hannah Ross of Bernstein Litowitz Berger and Grossman LLP as they discussed how shareholder litigation allows investors to enact corporate governance reforms that have a positive impact on shareholder value. Click below to read the article.
The Mobile App is your Union Hall and Benefits Office
Laurent Laor, Founder and CEO of Viveka Health talks to members about how the adoption of mobile applications can save money and improve efficiency.
Albert Barrette, Managing Director, Inner Imaging and our September lunch sponsor shared the value of state-of-the-art heart scans in detecting coronary calcification and preventing heart attacks. According
Pictures from our Holiday Reception
Pictures from our Las Vegas Brunch
