Susan M. Kosman, RN

Selecting Your Health Benefits

We often spend at least 30-60 minutes a day taking care of our health and well-being. It might be a yoga class, a healthy meal, a run in the park or a relaxing massage. However, when it comes to selecting our health benefits for the year, this frequently falls to the bottom of our “to-do” lists. Open enrollment is the time when millions of Americans are able to make changes to their health benefits plans at work. It’s held once a year, often between October and December and lasts for about 30 days. With more than 70 percent of Americans making their annual health benefits decisions during the open enrollment period, this will be the first broad opportunity for people to “test drive ”some of the health reform measures that will be enacted before 2014.

Susan M. Kosman, RN leads more than 3,000 nurses who help Aetna members understand their clinical condition, access appropriate care and best use the benefits to manage their overall health. Susan joins the show to help us simplify our health benefits planning.

Susan M. Kosman leads more than 3,000 nurses who help Aetna members understand their clinical condition, access appropriate care and best use the benefits to manage their overall health. During her 14 years with Aetna, Kosman has held a number of leadership roles in areas related to Aetna's clinical capabilities, including overseeing dedicated patient management units and national medical management operations. Before joining Aetna, Kosman spent 10 years in the home health industry in various roles. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from SUNY Downstate and completed her Master of Science degree in organizational leadership from Quinnipiac University in January 2009.

Dr. Derrick DeSilva

10 / 12 / 2010