Congratulations 2020 WorkWell Award Nominees

Chamber Luncheon, featuring the WorkWell Awards is a Chamber awards program designed to recognize local employers who are committed to addressing workforce health issues.

​The Chamber celebrates strides Pierce County businesses are taking to make health and wellness a priority in the workplace. Congratulations to this year’s nominees:

• Better Business Bureau NW
• CHI Franciscan
• City of Tacoma
• Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
• Kaiser Permanente
• MultiCare Health System
• Pierce Transit
• Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
• The Doty Group
• YWCA

Award presentation will be on Friday, February 14th - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at the Pacific Grill Events Center.

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​Keynote Speaker
Jeff Roe, President & CEO, Premera Blue Cross

Premera Blue Cross, one of the leading health plans in the Pacific Northwest, providing coverage and services to more than 2 million people.
 
Jeff joined Premera in 1996, served in roles leading the company's Employer and Individual market segments, and became President in January 2014.  His leadership in insurance also includes positions as Co-President of Safeco Insurance and Chief Marketing Officer for Torrent Technologies. Roe started his career in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, after studying Economics and Political Science at the University of Washington.
 
Jeff serves on the Boards of the National Institute for Health Care Management, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Washington Healthcare Forum, University of Washington Foster School of Business, United Way of Snohomish County and the Visiting Committee of the University of Washington Economics Department.

Jeff will discuss key trends in health care nationally and locally, including:

• Why healthcare is so expensive, what is behind those rising costs, and what should be done to help slow the increases.
• The role of private insurance, why it is important to patients, and why moving to a single payer or public option system would be a mistake.
• Innovation in healthcare and why the healthcare system needs to be as obsessed about the customer experience as Amazon, Nordstrom and Starbucks.