Benefits with Friends - The Rise of the American Healthcare Consumer

Streamlined and automated processes not only help save time and effort but also money. For patients, this means having to save and avoid the unnecessary costs caused by errors and overcharging. Pranov Duggasani and Zoe Holderness

For the past three decades, the American healthcare consumer has been the leverage used by insurance carriers and healthcare systems against each other. Which strategies must be implemented to give them back this leverage and simply settle with the lowest plans? Louis Bernardi talks with Chris Hamilton of Hotchkiss Insurance about the best approaches in mending the gap between health insurance and healthcare. They break down how to...

There is probably no aspect of healthcare that has changed as dramatically over the last few years as insurance claims data. For every C-Suite leader or HR manager to justify their next rate increase, they must have the right amount of data at their disposal, gathered from the clients themselves. However, most employers do not have any access to this information. Jacob Sheridan

Lou and Sims Tillirson will discuss the strategies and solutions that forward thinking HR teams are utilizing to keep their employees engaged and connected.

HR leaders have to balance the time it takes to engage with members and the time they need to get stuff done. The extent of the remote work force today makes this even more challenging.<...

Marshall Allen’s book, "Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win," shows individuals and employers how they can push back against the high cost of health care. It's led to Allen Health Academy, which takes the principles of the book and communicates them through an engaging series of health care literacy videos for consumers. The videos are currently in production. Marshall’s stories have bee...

Emma Fox is Partner and COO of E-Powered Benefits. Her firm helps employers throughout the US customize health plans using alternative healthcare models that are capable of significantly enhancing benefits for members while at the same time lowering the cost by 20-40% (or more). The key is increasing awareness and resetting customer expectations through education. The current fee-for-service delivery system ensures a misa...

This episode of Benefits with Friends will feature Patrick Moore, President of Axim Fringe Solutions. Patrick is an Emerging Star in the benefits arena nationally who recently retired from the United States Marine Corps. How ironic that he will be appearing on our show on the 247th Birthday of the US Marine Corps...Oorah! AXIM Fringe Solutions Group, LLC (AXIM FSG) is the nation’s first and only health a...

Please join me and my guest Dale Sagen Vice President, Group Captive Solutions at Risk & Insurance Strategy Collective (RISC). Dale is responsible for leading and collaborating with benefit advisors and plan sponsors to develop and implement captive strategies for employers’ health & welfare plans. Dale has specialized in the support of successful self-funded health plans with the facilitation of a group captive strategy t...

My guest Eric Silverman of Voluntary Disruption and I discussed Marketing & Media for the Enrollment Win. Employers desperately need to reengage with employees in the post COVID era. The battle to attract and retain talent is real! DIS-RUP-TION, N. - a radical change in an industry (or) business strategy. "Words are very powerful things that have incredibly intense meaning. By simply changing your verbiage, you're truly able...

EZaccessMD provides employers and employees alike with what they call the EZ Difference: comprehensive, convenient care that comes right to the doorstep. Their members can consult with a doctor in minutes and receive on-site assessment and diagnostics – all in under 2 hours. For the employee, this means no time spent traveling and sitting in waiting rooms, no money spent on a copay, and no added stress. For the employer, this means...

Kelly D Webb of Exclusive Surgeries Solutions and Lou Bernardi discuss how employers that self-insure their group health plan can save significantly while at the same time improve outcomes and helping patients avoid unnecessary procedures and rampant infections that plague hospitals.   

ESurgeries, as they are better known, contracts with the very best surgeons that perform thousands of surgical procedures at ambulatory s...

Lou and Aaron had a great conversation on the topic of the 'Functionally Uninsured'.

Managed Care's promise of enhancing care and controlling insurance costs clearly expired long away.  Instead, it was replaced with Pay More, Get Less and numerous flawed strategies.  Employers and their members fell victim to a health care and insurance system that on the surface seem broken.  A keen eye understanding that they are, ...

Listen in as my guest Paul "Joey" Stone (Director of Strategic Partnerships- Burnalong) and I discuss Life, Wellness and Wellbeing. The Burnalong Difference BurnAlong is built on that simple yet industry-changing philosophy that if you want to help people achieve their health and wellness goals, the way to do it is to bring them: 1. Programming they find relatable and inspiring. 2. Social support to keep them active and engaged