
About this Event
Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM
The Free Market Medical Association of San Antonio welcomes you to this in-person event with Simpara founder and healthcare expert Adam Berkowitz! Adam will touch on real-world examples and case studies of innovative healthcare solutions successfully implemented by mid-sized employers.
Dinner will be provided.

About The Meeting
Adam Berkowitz (Keynote Speaker)
Rising healthcare and benefits costs are a mounting concern for mid-sized employers. The Free Market Medical Association of San Antonio welcomes Simpara founder and healthcare expert Adam Berkowitz. He will outline real-world examples and case studies of innovative solutions for mid-sized employers, including insights from his client Cosmos Corporation.
Learn how Cosmos transformed their health plan to completely eliminate out-of-pocket costs for employees while reducing expenses. Adam will share their journey and results, along with other proven strategies.
As founder of Simpara, a modern HR and benefits firm combining fresh ideas and cutting-edge technology, Adam brings deep experience helping employers optimize their healthcare investments.
Whether you lead people strategy and benefits or advise employers on health and wellness offerings, this session will demonstrate practical and proven ways to create positive change. Attendees will come away with insights and strategies to evaluate healthcare solutions tailored to the unique needs and budgets of mid-sized employers across industries.
Stacie Harrell (Featured Speaker)
Stacie Harrell, HR Director at Cosmos Corporation, will join Adam Berkowitz on stage as a featured speaker. She will present an in-depth case study providing a firsthand account of Cosmos’ journey transforming their health plan and benefits offerings. Stacie will detail the innovative solutions Cosmos implemented and share the challenges they faced throughout the transformation process. She will also highlight the outcomes achieved from the health plan changes, such as reducing costs while improving employee coverage.
About the Event Sponsors
Direct Med Clinic
Direct Med Clinic uses the Direct Primary Care (DPC) model to solve to two big problems in healthcare today: cost and access. The clinic treats all primary care and urgent care needs. By providing direct, transparent, and affordable access to primary care, many people with chronic medical problems that have previously gone untreated can now be taken care of, which prevents end-organ damage when chronic conditions are not controlled.
Shankx Healthcare Marketing
Shankx Healthcare Marketing is a full scale marketing agency that helps healthcare organizations grow by developing research-based, valuable content that is relevant to their ideal patients. After analyzing the population you serve, they break complex medical concepts into words that potential patients can understand – helping them on their journey to better medical care.
Eagle Care Health Solutions
Eagle Care Health Solutions aims to provide healthcare options for every American. In some cases, these alternative and innovative solutions do not always include insurance, such as Direct Primary Care or medical cost sharing, depending on the needs of healthcare consumers. Eagle Care Health Solutions has been vetted by the Free Market Medical Association and is a credible member organization that can be trusted to act on behalf of American interests instead of big pharma, egregious insurance companies, and organizations that use predatory billing practices.
Family Hospital System
Family Hospital System is a system of freestanding emergency rooms and hospitals offering primary, emergency care, and surgical services, all with top quality and affordable care for you and your family.
Altiqe Consulting
Altiqe Consulting helps C-Suite executives and Senior Leaders control their healthcare spending with to can take control of their healthcare budget, reduce healthcare costs, capture EBITDA trapped in their benefits budget, and increase the ROI on their benefits by communicating the value of their benefits package to their employees.
FMMA
Chapter Leaders Dr. Roger Moczygemba of Direct Med Clinic and Mr. Shankar Poncelet of Shankx Healthcare Marketing brought the San Antonio chapter of the Free Market Medical Association (FMMA) to the great city of San Antonio in 2019.
The mission of the Free Market Medical Association is to unite all of the islands of excellence in healthcare and accelerate the speed and growth of the free market healthcare. Our quarterly meetings are opportunities to gather providers, patients, self-funded employers, and brokers who "get it" together to drive down the cost of health care and promote price transparency through the pillars of the FMMA:
- PRICE
- VALUE
- EQUALITY
For more information about sponsoring events or inquiries, email Shankar Poncelet at [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Club At Sonterra, 901 East Sonterra Boulevard, San Antonio, United States
USD 30.00 to USD 45.00