Dr. Kristin L. Kahle

Founder & CEO

NavigateHCR

Founder & CEO – NavigateHCR

In 1990, Dr. Kristin Kahle began her insurance career on the Sales Management Team at John Hancock Insurance Company in Boston, MA. Since then, she has served in a variety of capacities for companies including Leavitt Group (National Restaurant Division, Vice President), PIS (Vice President), Intercare Insurance Services (Vice President), SFG Benefits Insurance Services (Vice President of Marketing and Operations), and Lincoln Life Insurance Company (Employee Benefits and Client Services Manager).

Dr. Kahle received her Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Argosy University, where she was the first Doctoral candidate to write a dissertation on Healthcare Reform (ACA). Dr. Kahle also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business Administration from Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA, where she was the only female basketball player to score over 1,000 points and get over 1,000 rebounds. Today, Dr. Kahle is a Certified Healthcare Reform Specialist (CHRS), a nationally recognized speaker and educator on all areas of compliance, and has been awarded “Most Influential Woman in Benefits” in both 2014 and 2015 by Employee Benefit Advisor.

With more than 20 years of industry experience, Dr. Kahle is now the CEO and Founder of NavigateHCR (NHCR), a full-service Affordable Care Act (ACA) and compliance consulting company that offers a variety of services to assist employers and brokers with even the most complex requirements of laws governing employee benefits. NHCR was founded in 2012 and is the oldest ACA technology and compliance company in the country. With a sole focus on simplifying compliance, NHCR acts as an extension to HR Departments in order to lessen the burden on employers of time-consuming processes, distribution of required employee communications, and complicated reporting.

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?

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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.