Cheryl Larson

President & CEO

Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH)

Cheryl Larson is the President and CEO of the Midwest Business Group on Health, a non-profit organization of over 130 mid to jumbo, self-funded, regional and multi-state, public and private employers. Coalition activities include educational programs, health benefits research, benchmarking and community-based initiatives focused on increasing the value of health benefits and health care services to MBGH Members – represented by human resources, health benefits and health care professionals.

She oversees all coalition activities including advocacy, membership, administration, research projects and educational activities, working closely with MBGH’s employer-led Board of Directors to establish the strategic direction of the coalition. Larson joined MBGH in 1983 as the Director of Membership Development, returning in 2006 as Vice President, after spending 10 years with a population health management company.

Larson leads MBGH’s National Employer Initiative on Specialty Drugs, the first major purchaser-driven research project that supports employers in managing the higher costs of biologic and specialty drugs by helping them make critical and informed decisions. She is a nationally-recognized speaker on employer best practices in managing specialty drugs, value-based benefit design, wellness, wellbeing, consumerism, engagement and benefit communications. She currently serves on multiple boards and committees representing the purchaser perspective, including the Task Force on Low-Value Care for VBID (Value-Based Insurance Design) Health and the Oncology Medical Home Steering Committee for the Community Oncology Alliance.

Speaker Questionnaire

What are your top priorities for employee health and well-being in 2022?

What are the most innovative programs that you will focus on in 2022 and 2023?

Looking at our three moonshots surrounding costs, culture, and care, which do you align with the most? What are you doing in this area?

If you could automatically receive a 25% reduction in costs in three areas/programs, what would your dream list be?

Is there an area where you were able to either create savings or stop costs from rising?

Are you doing anything to reimagine corporate culture and wellbeing?

If there were two physical solutions that could be turned into virtual or remote care instead, what would those be?

If you look at our 3 Moonshots - Costs, Culture, and Care; In one sentence, tell us what would be something positive for us to take from 2020 and bring into this new year?

Let’s take the lessons learned during the pandemic to fix the things in healthcare that need to be fixed. That includes wasteful practices. This can preserve revenue so that employers can focus on offering the best health care benefits offering high-quality care for employees and their families!

Sessions Speaking

Employer-Driven Models in Pharmacy Benefits & Specialty Drugs

May 18, 2021

11:00 am

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11:50 am

Hear from leading employers that have taken bold steps to disrupt the current business models.

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1 Conference. 3 Moonshots.

Remember the mission to reach the moon? In 1962, President JFK set forth a vision. He initiated a movement that outlived him! Even in his death, the mission was accomplished seven years after his famous speech. Now we’re on a five-year mission, and it's not about us. This is a mission for you – the individual, the stakeholder, the employer healthcare and benefits professional. Join the mission to reduce costs, reimagine culture, and reinvent care.