Event
This year’s consortium topic is Innovations to Dental Benefits and Building Support for Them. This collaborative program will examine and consider the ways that dental plans can innovate their benefits, including new cost-sharing structures, member incentives and transparency tools, and tools that incentivize providers and members to select high-value services. Relatedly, the consortium will deepen the toolbox regarding how dental plans can influence key stakeholders, including employers, brokers, and providers, toward embracing innovations.
Session 1 of 6: April 23, 2026
1:00 – 2:30 PM (CT)
Consortium Kick-off: Building Support for Innovation by Understanding What Stakeholders Care About
In this consortium session, after kicking off with a review of our goals and a preview of the exciting content to come, we’ll delve into how to view dental innovations through the eyes of stakeholders: members, employers, brokers, providers, and insurers. We will discuss what each stakeholder wants (and doesn’t want) from a dental plan, drawing on industry surveys and research, Milliman consultant expertise, and your interactive, real-time input! This exercise will form a consistent framework for future sessions, so we may view innovations through the lens of how they improve one or more stakeholders’ experience.
Recommended Job Areas: All areas
Speaker:
Andrew Timcheck, FSA, CERA, MAAA
Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman
Andrew Timcheck is a principal and consulting actuary with the Chicago office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 2018.Andrew is a credentialed actuary with over 15 years of experience working with plan sponsors, health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Andrew has assisted his plan sponsor clients in all aspects of plan strategy and plan management, including benefit design, budgeting, contribution strategy, benchmarking, vendor procurement, stop loss analyses, reserve development, retiree benefits, and health care reform strategy. He also has extensive experience in the pharmacy space, including comprehensive pharmacy benefit design, contract reviews, procurements, market checks, analytics, and audits. In addition, he has supported his health plan clients in providing statements of actuarial opinion, rate development, and product strategy support. Lastly, he has assisted his PBM clients with pricing strategy, procurement, and analytics.
Prior to joining Milliman, Andrew spent time as a healthcare benefits consultant to large employers.
Consortium Session Sponsorships Available!
Are you looking to elevate your brand and engage with key industry decision-makers? Sponsorship opportunities are now available!
