Charlotte Employer Health Insurance Focus Group: Controlling Rising Costs
About this Event
WHY ARE WE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS EVENT?
Rising health insurance costs don't have to mean simply accepting another increase, shifting more cost to employees, increasing deductibles, or cutting benefits.
For many employers, health insurance has become one of the largest and most difficult expenses to understand and control.
But employers may have more options than they realize.
MAGIC Health Insurance Solutions invites Charlotte-area business owners, CEOs, CFOs, HR leaders, and employee-benefit decision makers to join us for a complimentary, small-group Employer Health Insurance Roundtable focused on one important question:
How can employers take greater control of rising healthcare costs without sacrificing the quality of their employee benefits?
This is not designed to be a traditional insurance sales presentation.
Instead, we are bringing together a small group of local employers for an educational and interactive conversation about how employer health plans actually work, where the money goes, what drives unnecessary spending, and what strategies employers can consider when the traditional renewal process is no longer producing the results they want.
We'll discuss topics including:
- Why employer health insurance premiums continue to increase
- Fully insured, level-funded, self-funded, and captive health plan arrangements
- Ph*rm*cy and specialty Medic*tion costs
- Hospital and healthcare pricing
- High-cost claims
- Stop-loss insurance
- Administrative expenses and fees
- Provider networks
- Vendor incentives and compensation
- Claims and healthcare cost transparency
- Healthcare navigation and cost-containment strategies
- Ways employers can create greater accountability across their health plan
More importantly, we want to hear from you.
A significant portion of the evening will be reserved for an open employer roundtable where attendees can ask questions, share frustrations, and discuss the challenges they are experiencing with their current health plans.
- What are you experiencing with your current health plan?
- What frustrates you about the annual renewal process?
- What are your employees saying about their benefits?
- Where do you feel like you lack transparency?
And what questions about your health plan have you never received a clear answer to?
The goal is for employers to leave with a clearer understanding of how their health plan works, what is driving costs, which questions matter, and what options may exist beyond simply accepting another increase.
DURING THE ROUNDTABLE, WE'LL DISCUSS:
Where the money goes
Understand the major components of an employer health plan and what can materially influence your total healthcare spending.
Why funding structure matters
Learn the practical differences between fully insured, level-funded, self-funded, and captive health plan arrangements.
What can drive avoidable spending
Explore the impact of Ph*rm*cy costs, specialty medications, hospital claims, high-cost claimants, administrative arrangements, stop-loss insurance, provider networks, and vendor structure.
Why transparency matters
Understand why claims information, contract terms, prescription rebates, administrative fees, and vendor compensation matter when evaluating plan performance.
How employers can control costs without simply cutting benefits
Explore strategies focused on purchasing healthcare more effectively, directing employees toward higher-value care, and creating greater accountability throughout the health plan.
What questions you should be asking
Leave with a practical framework for evaluating your current health plan, carrier, broker, funding structure, Ph*rm*cy arrangement, and vendor relationships.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This event is specifically designed for Charlotte-area:
- Business owners and presidents
- CEOs
- CFOs and financial leaders
- HR leaders and benefits professionals
- Operations leaders involved in employee benefits
- Employee-benefit decision makers
- Employers experiencing significant health insurance increases
- Businesses looking for alternatives to traditional renewal strategies
- Organizations seeking greater transparency and control over healthcare spending
You do not need to be a health insurance expert to attend.
Whether your company has a handful of employees or hundreds, the purpose of the conversation is to help you better understand the options available and the questions worth asking.
EVENT FORMAT
This is intentionally a small roundtable. not a large seminar.
The presentation provides the framework, but a meaningful portion of the evening is reserved for questions, discussion, and employer-specific challenges.
We want attendees to actively participate.
- Bring your questions.
- Bring your frustrations.
- Bring the challenges you're seeing in your current health plan.
That's what the roundtable is for.
EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, November 12, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Meeting Room
7808 Savoy Corporate Drive
Charlotte, NC 28273
- Complimentary Admission
- Registration Required
- Limited Seating Available
Bill Geraci
President & Co-Owner | MAGIC Health Insurance Solutions
Bill Geraci has spent nearly two decades helping employers navigate the increasingly complex world of employee health benefits.
His work focuses on helping organizations understand the financial mechanics behind their health plans and evaluate strategies that create greater control, transparency, and accountability.
Bill has extensive experience with traditional insurance, level-funded arrangements, self-funded health plans, stop-loss insurance, captive strategies, Ph*rm*cy solutions, and healthcare cost-containment programs.
At the roundtable, Bill will focus on the broader strategy behind employer health plans: how the pieces fit together, where employers commonly lose leverage, and how a different approach to purchasing and managing healthcare can create better long-term outcomes for both the business and its employees.
WHO TO CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS AND DETAILS?
Please reach out to our local consultant:
Joanne Gazzal
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 954-263-0283
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Arrival, Networking & Introductions
Info: Meet other Charlotte-area employers and members of the MAGIC Health Insurance Solutions team.
🕑: 06:15 PM - 06:30 PM
Why Employer Health Insurance Costs Keep Rising
Info: We'll break down where healthcare dollars actually go and some of the biggest factors affecting employer plan costs.
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:15 PM
Health Plan Strategies & Real-World Employer Examples
Info: Explore funding models, Ph*rm*cy strategies, healthcare purchasing, networks, vendor structures, transparency, and other approaches employers are using to regain greater control.
🕑: 07:15 PM - 08:00 PM
Interactive Employer Roundtable & Open Q&A
Info: Bring your questions, frustrations, and real-world challenges. This portion of the evening is designed for candid discussion among the employers in the room.
Where is it happening?
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