Hauppauge, NY - September 27, 2016 - Alcott HR, a leading provider of human resources (HR) outsourcing solutions with offices in Farmingdale, Manhattan, Buffalo and Rochester, NY, announced that its President & CEO Louis Basso will be among the industry leaders serving on the Executive Breakfast panel at the upcoming HIA-LI Health & Wellness Conference, Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The topic will be “Leveraging Creative Healthcare Solutions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Environment.” Basso will lend his expertise in this area which includes his direct involvement as an appointee of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve on the Long Island Regional Advisory Committee for the New York State Health Benefit Exchange, New York State of Health, which was established pursuant to the federal Affordable Care Act.

Moderating the session will be Compass Workforce Solutions, LLC Principal Christine Ippolito.

Basso will be joined on the panel by Kevin Dahill, President/CEO of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Counsel, Inc.; Patricia Flynn, Assistant Vice President of Northwell Health; and William McDonald, Esq., Counsel with Campolo, Middleton, McCormick, LLP. The event will take place at the IBEW Local 25 Hall, 370 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY 11788. Fee for the entire conference: $50 for HIA-LI members and $65 for non-members. To register, call: 631-543-5355 or visit: www.hia-li.org

As President and CEO of Alcott HR, a professional employer organization (PEO) he co-founded in 1987, Basso has led the company’s growth from serving a client base of 35 companies with a couple of hundred employees to now serving hundreds of clients and thousands of worksite employees. The company was named to the 2015 Crain’s New York Business List of Top 150 Private Companies, an achievement it has held in past years as well. An active member of the PEO industry, he is the Leadership Council Chair of the New York State Leadership Council of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO). Additionally, he is a past President and Vice President of NAPEO, as well as past Chairman of NAPEO’s Federal Government Affairs Committee. He is also a past President of the Employer Services Assurance Corporation (E.S.A.C.), a PEO certification credentialing body. His contributions to the industry earned him the prestigious NAPEO “Michaeline A. Doyle Award.”

Other of Basso’s achievement include: Finalist ranking in the Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” and National Federation of Independent Businesses’ (NFIB) “Small Business Advocate of the Year” and “Small Business Champion” awards. In 2007, he was one of the first inductees into the New York State Business Hall of Fame.