The Granite List Live
In 1877, the Granite Workers’ Union was the first to offer sick benefits to its employees. They built a way for their community to rally around those who needed medical attention and support to get back on their feet. Today, The Granite List, powered by Connect Healthcare Collaboration, is working to instill that same sense of community by connecting benefits solutions that add real and lasting value to plan members.
Episodes
This week Aaron Oaks, CEO of United Pet Care, joins Sally on The Granite.List Live to discuss the shifting view and expectations around pets and their care. Pets are quickly becoming the new dependents in the workplace, yet most employee benefits still overlook this key part of modern families. As expectations shift and competition for talent intensifies, benefits leaders face growing pressure to support employees and their pets&md...
This week, Steven T. Boyd, Liviniti's EVP Business Development, joins Sally as they dive into one of the most significant shifts in pharmacy benefit management in decades, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (CAA 2026). With new requirements around rebate pass-through, PBM compensation, fiduciary accountability and reporting, CAA 2026 is causing opaque, decades-old PBM business practices to shift to the kind of transparency...
With the intensification of fiduciary scrutiny across the employee benefits landscape, self-funded employers are facing a new reality: the appeals process is no longer just an administrative function; it's a critical component of fiduciary responsibility.
This week, Sally is joined by Jennifer McCormick, Vice President, Consulting, and Ron Peck, Chief Legal Officer, of The Phia Group as they dive into the evolving legal and ...
Federal tax compliance in employee benefits is not optional; however, it does not have to be complicated.
This week, host Sally Pace is joined by Sanju Sriram, CEO of Simple720, and Stuart Gibson, Tax Consultant, as they dive into one of the growing pain points in benefits administration - federal tax and reporting compliance.
With PCORI fees (Form 720), ACA reporting, Form 5500 filings, and Department of Labor requir...
This week, Sally is joined by Kristen Nicholson, Chief Operating Officer of Comfort Imaging, as they dive into the barriers women face when trying to access a crucial aspect of care.
Despite rapid advancements across healthcare, traditional mammography has remained stagnant for over 25 years, causing women to delay care due to discomfort and fear.
Kristen shares how Comfort Imaging is creating a better mammography exper...
On this week's episode of The Granite List.Live, Sally is joined by Huy Tran, Founder and CEO of Together Health, and together they dive into the challenges of today's healthcare system as well as how to create a better path forward. Together Health explores what primary care should look like today—accessible, affordable, and built around real relationships. As a modern direct primary care model, Together Health delivers care...
Emergency room visits are one of the most misunderstood and expensive drivers of employer healthcare spend. In this week's episode of The Granite List.Live, Sally is joined by Al Lewis, Founder and Quizmeister-in-Chief of Quizzify and longtime health policy veteran, to uncover how smarter member education leads directly to smarter utilization.
Al breaks down why ER visits now account for roughly 6% of employer health spend, when i...
On this week’s episode of The Granite List. Live, Sally is joined by Anthony Hartley, Co-Founder and CEO of Patient Advisor LLC, as they dive into the hidden driver of pharmacy spend.
Patients with autoimmune conditions and other chronic conditions take prescriptions that manage/mask symptoms without leading to remission or reversal of disease. This group of individuals may equal as much as 50% of pharmacy spend for an employ...
In this week's episode of The Granite List. Live, Sally is joined by Ryan Rice and Jake Goll of Prism Health Group as they dive into Prism's new clinical performance engine, Spectra. Designed to enhance pharmacy benefits management, Spectra leverages pharmacist-led analysis and retrospective oversight to improve patient outcomes and cost savings.
This week, Jessica Landin, CEO of Vori Health, joins The Granite List.Live to share Vori Health's innovative approach to musculoskeletal (MSK) care. With a physician-led, hybrid-care model, Vori Health provides patients with effective, conservative care pathways for MSK conditions.
- Challenges employers face when deciding whether ...
This week, Ron Peck, Chief Legal Officer for The Phia Group joins Leigh on The Granite List.Live. The Phia Group is a health care and benefits cost containment expert, servicing employers and insurance carriers - as well as those that service them. Listen as Ron dissects societal trends resulting in mass confusion, dependence upon networks, and systemic issues that all combine to result in skyrocketing costs - as well as inadequate...
This week, Justin Zimmerman, Sales and Business Development, Work Right NW, joins the Granite List.Live to share his insight on Work Right NW's total worker health approach. As a leader in industrial sports medicine, Work Right NW provides the industrial athlete with proactive care to reduce injuries, improve employee health, and foster a culture of safety.
Beyond sharing what differentiates the Work Right NW approach, Justi...
As 2025 comes to a close, Alycia Riedl, Immediate Past President of NABIP, joins Sally to discuss the biggest trends in employee engagement, the importance of access for employer-sponsored health plans, and solutions to the fragmentation in healthcare.
In a special episode of The Granite List.Live, Dr. Erica Barnell, Chief Medical Officer for Geneoscopy, and Lauren Roberson, Head of Clinical Advocacy for Connect Healthcare Collaboration, join Sally for a discussion about the importance of colon cancer screening through the lens of an employer/plan member. Dr. Barnell will also dive into Geneoscopy's lead product, ColoSense, an FDA-approved cancer screening test that looks to prov...
This week, Cristin Dickerson MD, Founder and CEO of Green Imaging, joins The Granite List.Live to discuss the current trends she is seeing in the imaging space. With imaging costs continuing to rise and private equity impacting the industry, Dr. Dickerson urges employers to seek solutions, such as direct contracting, that bring greater access to members and lead to better health outcomes.
This week, Sean Kelley, CEO and Founder, and Javier Lira, VP of Clinical Operations, of Texas Medical Management join Leigh on The Granite List.Live to discuss Texas Medical Management's focus on surgery quality and how its Quality Bundled Surgery model benefits employers and patients alike.
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