The Point
134 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Point Podcast is dedicated to employee benefits thought leadership.
You’ll hear from business leaders with fresh insights into market influences on our Indiana business landscape, industry experts with perspective on trends impacting employers and their workforce, and open, honest conversation about the resources needed for employers to keep pace with business today.
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The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne | EP 5 | Tuition Reimbursement as a Benefit
July 10, 2020 23:36 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBIn this episode of The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne, Apex Benefits Strategist Kassee Lamm and Executive Advisor Scott Long chat with University of Saint Francis Community Specialist Heather Bontempo about the importance of tuition reimbursement benefits and how much more attractive it has become during the COVID-19 pandemic. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. T...
Casually Caffeinated: HR Conversations Unscripted | EP 3
July 08, 2020 20:40 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBJoin Apex HR Consultant Brooke Salazar and Compensation Consultant Katherine Bryant on this episode of Casually Caffeinated as they dive into potentially uncomfortable topics like paycuts during the COVID-19 pandemic and other difficult decisions. However, they also discuss how communication with employees -- and the way you communicate -- can actually be beneficial to your organization. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare...
Casually Caffeinated: HR Conversations Unscripted | EP 2
July 08, 2020 20:32 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this episode of Casually Caffeinated: HR Conversations Unscripted, Apex HR Consultant Brooke Salazar, JD, PHR and Compensation Consultant Katherine Bryant discuss how work-from-home policies could be changing post-COVID-19, virtual onboarding and how they hope they were receiving doughnuts every time their doorbell rings. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. ...
Casually Caffeinated: HR Conversations Unscripted | EP 1
July 08, 2020 20:23 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this inaugural episode of "Casually Caffeinated: HR Conversations Unscripted," join Apex HR Consultant Brooke Salazar, JD, PHR and Compensation Consultant Katherine Bryant as they go off script to discuss HR, compensation, communications, employee health and satisfaction, and other random human resource topics -- or, frankly, whatever is top of mind. HR pros are the front line of every organization in supporting the company's most important asset -- the employees. From recruitment campaig...
The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne | EP 4 | Showcasing Talent in Northeast Indiana
June 30, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBOn this episode of The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne, Apex Benefits Specialist Kassee Lamm and Executive Advisor Scott Long chat with Input Fort Wayne Managing Editor Kara Hackett about how the magazine helps showcase talent in Northeast Indiana and tells the grassroot stories hidden within the city. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, independe...
The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne | EP 3 | Employer Branding and Perceptions
June 25, 2020 19:59 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode of The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne, Apex Benefits Strategist Kassee Lamm and Executive Advisor Scott Long are joined by Anthony Juliano, Vice President and General Manager of Asher Agency to discuss how companies can improve their branding and the perception they present by telling your own unique story to prospective candidates and how marketing contributes to the success of organizations. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lo...
The Point Podcast #72: How to Best Adapt Your Employee Engagement Strategy with a Remote Workforce Mini-Series (Part 3 of 3)
June 24, 2020 17:52 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBCould the open enrollment process be more online than ever this year? Apex Executive Advisor Scott Long and Steele Benefit Services President Wes Steele discuss on The Point Podcast how a newer approach to open enrollment could mean companies needing more digital tools and could also springboard into more effective communication with employees down the road. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and c...
The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne | EP 2 | The Role of Sports in Economic Development in Northeast Indiana
June 23, 2020 18:16 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode of The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne, Apex Benefits Strategist Kassee Lamm and Executive Advisor Scott Long chat with Fort Wayne Mad Ants Business Development Manager Jim Shovlin about how sports has impacted the city's economic growth. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, independent organization employs nearly 70 professionals who s...
The Point Podcast #71: What is Prior Authorization
June 19, 2020 13:48 - 14 minutes - 57.4 MB VideoIn this episode of The Point Podcast, Apex Pharmacy Benefit Practice Leader Erin Albert chats with Dr. Amanda Demarzo, Associate Director of Patient Access National Board of Prior Authorization Specialists about what prior authorization actually is and why it is critical for healthcare and pharmacy benefit plan clinical and cost considerations while also giving a behind-the-scenes look at the service. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lower...
The Point Podcast #70: Fighting the Opioid Crisis from a Different, Unique Angle
June 18, 2020 18:17 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode of The Point Podcast, Apex Executive Advisor Scott Long chats with MetLife Chief Dental Officer Dr. David Guarrera about a unique approach MetLife is taking to bring the dental community and pharmacy benefit manager community together to fight the opioid crisis. The results are eye-opening. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing...
The Point Podcast #69: How to Best Adapt Your Employee Engagement Strategy with a Remote Workforce Mini-Series (Part 2 of 3)
June 16, 2020 14:39 - 23 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode of The Point Podcast, Apex Executive Advisor Scott Long chats with HealthJoy's Jeff Dorfman about best methods to reach remote employees, how to keep them informed about updates to employee benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, and acceleration of telemed services usage in the last few months. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing,...
The Point Podcast #68: How to Best Adapt Your Employee Engagement Strategy with a Remote Workforce Mini-Series (Part 1 of 3)
June 10, 2020 15:59 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode of The Point Podcast, Apex Executive Advisor Scott Long chats with Sweetwater Chief People Officer Jeff Ostermann about supporting employees that are working remotely and best practices for keeping employees engaged, motivated, and productive through the pandemic as well as how employers can best shift their strategy going into open enrollment this year. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy b...
The Point Podcast: Fort Wayne | EP 1 | The Growth of Fort Wayne
June 02, 2020 18:19 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBThis episode of The Point Podcast heads north on I-69 to Fort Wayne. Apex Executive Advisor Scott Long chats with Benefits Strategist Kassee Lamm, who is based in her hometown. Scott and Kassee discuss the growth of Fort Wayne, and how Apex can help that development further. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, independent organization employ...
The Point Podcast #67: Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccines
May 27, 2020 17:13 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBIn this Episode of The Point Podcast, Apex Pharmacy Benefit Practice Leader Erin Albert and First Class Solutions Senior Research Compliance Consultant Edye Edens discuss clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines. Return to the Workplace Resources: https://apexbg.com/covid-19-return-to-the-workplace/ About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, ...
The Point Podcast #66: Potential of a Second or Third COVID-19 Wave
May 26, 2020 18:59 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this episode of The Point Podcast, Apex Executive Advisor Scott Long, Chief Innovative Officer Stan Jackson and Health Informatics Actuary Roger Greenawalt discuss the potential of a second or third COVID-19 wave, and how the medical providers will respond and what things to expect. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, independent organ...
The Point Podcast #65: U.S. Drug Supply Chain Makeover
May 15, 2020 12:42 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBApex Pharmacy Benefit Practice Leader Erin L. Albert, MBA, PharmD, JD, PAHM, HMCC, CMM hosts this episode of The Point Podcast and chats with China Rx author Rosemary Gibson about how the U.S.'s drug supply chain could use a makeover. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, independent organization employs nearly 70 professionals who serve al...
The Point Podcast #64: Will COVID-19 Change Preventative Care and Healthcare Claims?
April 28, 2020 16:09 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBApex's Scott Long, Stan Jackson and Roger Greenawalt discuss how COVID-19 will change preventive care and healthcare claims in the short-term and long-term after the pandemic on this episode of The Point Podcast. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, independent organization employs nearly 70 professionals who serve all areas of employee be...
The Point Podcast #63: ApexAnalytics
April 07, 2020 13:22 - 10 minutes - 15.9 MBOn this episode of The Point, Apex advisor Hagen Yungwirth sits down with Apex's director of population health and analytics Sarah Michaels to discuss how ApexAnalytics is different from the competition. They also talk about the value this platform, along with a dedicated team, brings to their clients. Contact the experts: Sarah Michaels - [email protected] Hagen Yungwirth - [email protected] About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strat...
The Point Podcast #62: What is Aflac?
January 17, 2020 14:51 - 8 minutes - 12.2 MBOn this episode of The Point, Apex advisor Julie Hawes sits down with Aflac's regional sales coordinator Ashley Shaw to discuss what exactly Aflac does and how they are changing the supplemental coverage landscape. Contact the experts: Julie Hawes - [email protected] | apexbg.com Ashley Shaw - LinkedIn Profile | aflac.com About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures...
The Point Podcast #61: Top 3 Misconceptions with Reference Based Reimbursement
December 31, 2019 18:53 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBOn this episode of The Point, Apex's VP of Sales Scott Long, CPBS sits down with Wayne Seybold, Director of Business Development and Government Sector for ELAP Services, to discuss the top 3 misconceptions with reference based reimbursement. Contact the experts: Scott Long - [email protected] | apexbg.com Wayne Seybold - elapservices.com About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and cr...
The Point Podcast #60: Employee Benefit Education
December 31, 2019 14:56 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBOn this episode of The Point, Apex advisor Julie Hawes sits down with Steele Benefit Services president Wes Steele to discuss ways to help the community develop better benefit education for employees. Contact the experts: Julie Hawes - [email protected] | apexbg.com Wes Steele - [email protected] | steelebenefits.com About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures...
The Point Podcast #59: The Ideal Candidate for Worksite Benefits
November 22, 2019 20:37 - 5 minutes - 8.02 MBApex VP of Sales and CPBS Scott Long sits down with Apex VP of Strategic Solutions and CPBS Jim Harenberg to discuss employer barriers presented by PBMs. About: Apex Benefits provides employers with custom multi-year strategies for lowering healthcare and pharmacy benefits costs and creating cultures of wellness. The fast-growing, independent organization employs nearly 70 professionals who serve all areas of employee benefits including medical, pharmacy, disability, life and re...
The Point Podcast #58: Employer Barriers with PBMs
October 29, 2019 13:37 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBApex VP of Sales and CPBS Scott Long sits down with Apex VP of Strategic Solutions and CPBS Jim Harenberg to discuss employer barriers presented by PBMs. Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and programs to provide employers unique, cost-savings health benefits programs. With a dedicated market analysis staff, and exclusive ApexAnalytics tool for health and claims data, we deliver on our promises while assisting more than 250 ...
The Point Podcast #57: Difficulties Surrounding Payroll Providers
September 25, 2019 15:29 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBApex VP of Sales and CPBS Scott Long sits down with Axiom Human Resource Solutions President and CEO Andy Zelt to discuss the difficulties employers have with payroll providers. Learn more about Axiom https://axiomhrs.com/ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and programs to provide employers unique, cost-savings health benefits programs. With a dedicated market analysis staff, and exclusive ApexAnalytics tool for heal...
The Point Podcast #56: Delivering Worksite Benefits
September 09, 2019 17:50 - 7 minutes - 11.1 MBApex VP of Sales and CPBS Scott Long sits down with Apex Advisor Julie Hawes to discuss the best way for employers to deliver worksite benefits. With four generations in the workforce, all with different views of the world and different needs in their career path, engineering the right benefits plan is more important than ever. For more information contact: Scott Long - [email protected] Julie Hawes - [email protected] Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulti...
#55 - What are Worksite Benefits?
August 12, 2019 15:21 - 5 minutes - 8 MBThe Point Podcast: #55 - What are Worksite Benefits? Apex VP of Sales and CPBS Scott Long sits down with Apex Advisor Julie Hawes to discuss the question, "what are worksite benefits?" With four generations in the workforce, all with different views of the world and different needs in their career path, engineering the right benefits plan is more important than ever. For more information contact: Scott Long - [email protected] Julie Hawes - [email protected] Apex Benefit...
#54 - Announcing the 3rd Annual Indiana Employee Benefits Benchmarking Survey
January 23, 2019 15:39 - 7 minutes - 10.2 MBThe 3rd Annual Indiana Employee Benefits Benchmarking Survey launched last week. Scott and Director of ApexAcademy, Toni Stinson discuss why benefits benchmarking data is so valuable, what’s unique about our survey, all the incredible enhancements made to the survey this year, as well as what each participant will receive when they complete the survey. Access the survey here: https://bit.ly/2FBhejH Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innova...
53 The HSA Shoebox Theory: Strategy for Long-Term Financial Planning
January 14, 2019 21:52 - 18 minutes - 25 MBHealth Savings Account holders typically fall into one of the following three categories. Spenders. Savers. Investors. On this episode, Scott talks with Professor Greg Geisler why the Health Savings Account is better than any retirement account available as far as total tax savings and Greg’s interest in changing people’s thinking on improving their wealth through health savings account investment strategies. Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innova...
#52 The Future of Healthcare: Think Netflix + Costco
September 18, 2018 13:25 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBWe’ve talked to Indiana-based Freedom Healthworks on The Point. On this episode, Scott talks with Dr. Jeff Gold from the Boston-area on how his practice (think Netflix + Costco), Gold Direct Care is reshaping personalized healthcare delivery model. Hear how Direct Primary Care differs from the Primary Care Physician relationship, what led Dr. Gold to becoming a disruptor, and the depth of care he’s able to provide his patients at a fair market price. Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based ben...
#51 HSA: What Stands in the Way of Recent Legislation
August 23, 2018 18:00 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with John Young, CEO of ConsumerDriven. In this episode,Scott & John discuss the viability and components of H.R. 6199 and H.R. 6311. Though we're 15 years in with Health Savings Accounts, there is a lot of ground still yet to cover to get to true consumerism. Hear Scott and John discuss HSA's relatively successful history and the groundwork yet to be laid to reach its full potential. Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm,...
#50 Four Generations in the Central Indiana Workforce...They Don't all Speak English
August 10, 2018 18:42 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Marina Waters, President of LUNA Language Services. In this episode, Scott & Marina discuss Central Indiana demographics, how LUNA is meeting the translation & interpretation needs of our diverse population, and the importance of awareness as it relates to the recruiting and hiring process. And, they have a little fun with two LUNA employees towards the end of the episode!
#49 Mini-Series on Workforce Development (Part 3 of 3 - EmployIndy)
August 03, 2018 18:21 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott Long talks with Angela Carr Klitzch, President & CEO of EmployIndy. Listen as they discuss the current workforce development call to action in Central Indiana and EmployIndy's mission. Hear Angela's leadership and involvement with initiatives like JobReady Indy, Project Indy, and the technology supporting these programs and how EmployIndy has adapted it's services and solutions to meet the needs of Central Indiana employers and shape programs that closely ...
#48 Regulatory Compliance: Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Guidance
June 19, 2018 14:25 - 11 minutes - 11.3 MBOn April 23, 2018, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services released several pieces of guidance on issues arising under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). On this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Apex Benefits Director of Compliance Services, John Forrest who covers components of the release, what employers need to know, and bottom-line guidance for plan sponsors. ________________________________________________________ ...
[REBROADCAST] #11 Beyond the Buzz - Common Ground
June 13, 2018 21:26 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks to Ron Peck, Senior VP and General Counsel at The Phia Group. Ron is considered one of the nation’s top ERISA lawyers. The Phia Group is an experienced provider of health care cost containment techniques out of Boston that offers comprehensive consulting services, legal expertise, plan document drafting, subrogation and overpayment recovery, claim negotiation, and plan defense designed to control costs and protect plan assets. For more information on...
[REBROADCAST] #32 Why is Motion so Important to our Health?
June 06, 2018 15:43 - 13 minutes - 9.86 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Joel Hungate, VP of Orthopedic Programs at DARI Motion. What if we could track motion health as a vital sign? Can motion analysis technology be used to mitigate and reduce future musculoskeletal claims? How can an objective, data-driven approach to motion health enhance corporate wellness programming? Hear how the DARI scoring system captures biomechanics data to improve motion health and scales up to better serve musculoskeletal population hea...
#47 The Emergence of Direct Primary Care in Indiana
May 28, 2018 20:30 - 13 minutes - 13.4 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Adam Habig, President of Freedom Healthworks. While the concept is not new, direct primary care is catching employers' attention in Indiana for it's ability to provide a better benefit at a lower cost. Hear how this model is more affordable, more accessible for the patient and why physicians are flocking to DPC. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develo...
#46 May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month (Part 2 of 2)
May 21, 2018 12:00 - 18 minutes - 11.3 MBData analytics is important - But is only relevant if it leads to action and behavior change. In part two of Scott's conversation with Carol Harnett, President of the Council for Disability Awareness, Scott and Carol discuss the financial risk of being under insured and the consequences of not securing adequate disability insurance coverage. They wrap up the conversation trading thoughts on how mental health parity fits into the disability awareness conversation and the incredible work bei...
#45 May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month (Part 1 of 2)
May 16, 2018 01:03 - 16 minutes - 10.1 MBIn this first part of Scott's conversation with Carol Harnett, President of the Council for Disability Awareness, Scott and Carol discuss the key facts to be familiar with as millions of working Americans face a growing crisis: a lack of adequate disability insurance coverage. May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month and education is critically important. Carol shares how the CDA is moving the needle on income protection awareness with it's most recent initiative, RealityCheckup.org. ...
#44 Benchmarking: One of the Best Ways to Determine Your Competitiveness
May 07, 2018 12:00 - 8 minutes - 8.4 MBWith the 2018 Apex Benefits Employee Benefits Benchmarking Survey in full swing, Scott takes a few minutes to connect with teammate, Toni Stinson, Director of Apex Academy and Senior Account Executive to discuss what employers have shared with her over the years on why they need benchmarking data and how we've responded to feedback from last year's survey participants by building an expanded and enhanced 2018 survey. Also, Toni and Scott discuss exactly what survey participants receive when ...
#43 HSA: 33 Nudges
April 30, 2018 02:29 - 9 minutes - 6.35 MBAs a nod to his favorite month of the year in Indianapolis, Scott put together a list of 33 things to consider doing to drive more HSA awareness within your organization. Why 33? 33 drivers take the Green Flag at the Indy 500...vvrmm, vvrmmm. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and programs to provide employers unique, cost-savings health benefits programs. With a ded...
#42 The Evolution of Wellness Programming and the Importance of a Client-Centric Approach
April 23, 2018 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.53 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with two Apex Benefits teammates, Kristen Campbell, CHC and Jacquie Vail, RD, CHWC. Hear how wellness programming has evolved over the last 5 to 10 years and the various roles needed today to assist employees with behavior change. And, also...wait for it....a plug for Apex Benefits 'How to be a Magnetic Leader' event at IMS on May 16th. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits con...
#41 HSA: The Best Use of Spare Cash in 2018
April 16, 2018 12:00 - 17 minutes - 8.08 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with 2017 Montgomery-Warschauer Award recipient, Professor Greg Geisler. Hear about the most effective use of spare cash, how investment decisions today impact after-tax future value of funds, and the potential consequences of not engaging in a long-term HSA strategy. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and programs to provide ...
#40 Millennials: Under Different Stressors than Older Workers....Engage Accordingly
April 09, 2018 12:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott and fellow Apex Benefits Advisor, Joel Newman talk with Lindsay Boccardo, nationally recognized millennial expert. Learn about four key factors important to millennial engagement, how Lindsay helps millennials navigate important resources in the workplace like EAPs, and hear how her work is positively impacting local employers. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, de...
#39 Harassment: Knowing an Employer’s Risk of Liability for Conduct by Non-Employees, Vendors and Customers and Preparation Tips
April 02, 2018 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Kris Kazmierczak, Attorney at Katz Korin Cunningham. Learn about the extension of an employer’s risk of liability for harassment and discrimination under Title VII resulting from harassment by non-employees, vendors and customers towards your employees, as well as tips on how to mitigate and respond to harassment claims. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm...
#38 Mini-Series on Workforce Development (Part 2 of 3 - Greater Ft Wayne Inc)
March 26, 2018 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.15 MBLive from downtown Ft Wayne, Scott talks with Eric Doden, CEO of Greater Ft Wayne Inc. In this episode, Scott & Eric discuss the significance of workforce migration initiatives and support systems in NE Indiana. Hear Eric's passion for developing the workforce through support systems such as GFW Fellows, Greater Ft Wayne Inc's programmatic approach to internships as well as efforts in sharing best practices with area business leaders. _____________________________________________________...
#37 Mini-Series on Workforce Development (Part 1 of 3 - Indy Chamber)
March 19, 2018 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBLive from the 19th Floor of Salesforce Tower, Scott talks with Mark Fisher, Chief Policy Officer and Matt Impink, Director of Policy and Civic Engagement from the Indy Chamber. In this episode, hear how the Indy Chamber is helping identify & develop solutions for the workforce needs in Indianapolis as well as thoughts on how health effects workforce development. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develop...
#36 What Keeps a CFO Up at Night in 2018?
March 12, 2018 12:00 - 14 minutes - 9.66 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Jarod Downing, CFO at Ricker Oil Company. In this episode, hear about the top financial challenges Jarod and his peers are currently facing, top healthcare trends every CFO needs to be aware of, and what scares Jarod the most when it comes to the cost of employer sponsored healthcare. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and ...
#35 Mini-Series on Medicare (Part 3 of 3 - The Importance of Pre-Retirement Planning)
March 05, 2018 13:00 - 7 minutes - 6.02 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Todd McLaughlin, Apex Benefits Advisor and Medicare expert. In part three of this three-part series, hear how Todd works directly with employers to help get their employees retirement-ready and prepared to transition to Medicare. 'Educate, Educate, Educate' is the theme that carries the day - Even if retirement is years away. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consultin...
#34 Mini-Series on Medicare (Part 2 of 3 - Plans & Pathways)
February 26, 2018 13:00 - 7 minutes - 6.11 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Todd McLaughlin, Apex Benefits Advisor and Medicare expert. In part two of this three-part series, hear how Todd clears up common Medicare misconceptions and breaks down the variety of plans and options to be aware of as you plan to move from a group health plan to Medicare. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and program...
#33 Mini-Series on Medicare (Part 1 of 3 - Enrollment & Deadlines)
February 19, 2018 13:00 - 9 minutes - 7.23 MBOn this episode of The Point, Scott talks with Todd McLaughlin, Apex Benefits Advisor and Medicare expert. In part one of this three-part series, hear how employers integrate Todd's resources into their pre-retiree support system, how Todd puts people at ease as they move through the Medicare enrollment process, and important enrollment deadlines. ________________________________________________________ Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovati...