Latest Wellnessprograms Podcast Episodes
Episode 43 - Pharmacy Benefits Legislation
HR Benecast - April 16, 2024 15:17 - 30 minutesIn this episode, we're joined by Madison Connor, senior vice president of regulatory compliance and external affairs at Employers Health. She will share the latest in state and federal PBM legislation. Hear who's behind many of the recent PBM legislative initiatives, how PBMs like CVS and Optum ...
Episode 42 - Fiduciary Duties: A Wakeup Call
HR Benecast - March 13, 2024 20:39 - 33 minutesHear from employee benefits and compensation lawyer Jeff Zimon as he covers why fiduciary obligations are making headlines and what the Johnson & Johnson lawsuit means for plan sponsors. He discusses steps employers can take to ensure they are fulfilling their fiduciary duties, the importance of...
Episode 41 - The Latest in GLP-1s for Employers and Consultants
HR Benecast - February 16, 2024 12:47 - 29 minutesThe first 2024 episode of HR Benecast features Courtney Keefe, Employers Health's resident GLP-1 expert. She'll share utilization, discontinuation and coverage trends for GLP-1s and anti-obesity drugs. Listeners will hear the latest on anti-obesity drug coverage under the pharmacy benefit, new d...
Episode 40 - Stop Loss and Catastrophic Claimant Risk Management
HR Benecast - December 15, 2023 16:50 - 35 minutesOn our last episode of 2023, we sit down with Ryan Siemers, founder and principal at Aegis Risk to cover all the intricacies of stop loss. As the costs of catastrophic claims continue to grow, reinsurance protection and medical stop loss are more important than ever. Listen to hear how costly g...
Episode 39 - What Should Employers Know About Pharmacogenomics?
HR Benecast - November 16, 2023 14:39 - 28 minutesIn this episode of HR Benecast, we're joined by Travis Baughn, vice president of clinical solutions at Optum Rx. Listen to hear how pharmacogenetics works and its importance for employers. He'll share what plan participants need to know, and how it can be used to reduce medical waste and long an...
Episode 38 - Obesity and What it Means for Plan Sponsors
HR Benecast - September 22, 2023 14:25 - 27 minutesNearly half of working Americans have obesity, raising the risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Hear from George Huntley, founding member and CEO of the Diabetes Leadership Council, about the importance of addressing obesity and the role it plays in employee retention. He'll share ...
Episode 37 - Diabetes Leadership Council
HR Benecast - May 31, 2023 14:44 - 33 minutesOn the latest episode of HR Benecast we're joined by George Huntley, founding member and CEO of the Diabetes Leadership Council. He shares how plan sponsors can develop a benefits strategy to help employees with diabetes and other chronic conditions, advice for PBM contract negotiations, the lat...
Episode 36 - Hypertension Awareness Month
HR Benecast - March 28, 2023 20:59 - 30 minutesHeart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.; nearly half the adults in our country have high blood pressure, putting them at risk for heart disease and stroke. April is hypertension awareness month, so we sat down with Jenn Roberts of Hello Heart to discuss how employers can reduce h...
Episode 35 - Ask Mike Anything - Your Pharmacy Benefit Questions Answered
HR Benecast - January 31, 2023 15:46 - 19 minutesIn our first episode of 2023 we answer your employee benefits and pharmacy benefit questions. Listen as we cover: The latest on rising insulin prices, What the launch of a Humira biosimilar means for payors and plan sponsors, How employers can combat exorbitant carve-out fees charged by som...
Episode 34 - Clinical Checkup
HR Benecast - December 09, 2022 17:25 - 31 minutesHear from Employers Health's Vice President of Clinical Solutions, Matt Harman, as he shares the clinical team's learnings at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus conference, what the team's growth means for Employers Health clients, upcoming clinical strategies for self-insured employers ...
Episode 33 - Diabetes Leadership Podcast
HR Benecast - October 25, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutesOn this episode of HR Benecast we hear from George Huntley founding member and CEO of the Diabetes Leadership Council. Listen to hear how the Diabetes Leadership Council works to reduce overall spend for employers and those living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Episode 32 - Excellence in Benefits Winner
HR Benecast - September 13, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutesHear from 2021 Excellence in Benefits Award Winner Chris vanNatta, manager of human resources and global benefits at The Timken Company. He shares the importance of relationships, responsiveness and passion when working in benefits and manufacturing. Hear his tips for success in benefits. The...
Episode 31 - AccessHope - Fighting cancer with everything we know™
HR Benecast - August 23, 2022 13:21 - 24 minutesIn this episode, we're joined by Brian Beran, vice president of channel partner sales, at AccessHope, a company that offers cancer support services as an employee benefit to employers and their health care affiliates. Hear how AccessHope connects members and their treating oncologists to the ren...
Episode 30 - The Client Solutions Difference
HR Benecast - March 31, 2022 13:31 - 25 minutesHear from Senior Vice President of Client Solutions, Zach Hostetler as he shares how the Employers Health client solutions team has grown, what that growth means for clients and what the team is doing to help employers tackle rising health care and pharmacy benefit costs.
Episode 29 - Ask Mike Anything - Your PBM Questions Answered
HR Benecast - December 16, 2021 20:40 - 21 minutesIn this new feature, we ask our host and Chief Strategy Officer, Mike Stull, some of the pharmacy and other benefits-related questions we hear frequently from our listeners. Listen in for his insights on rebate chasing, the middle man's impact on PBM, copay accumulator programs, what ongoing mar...
Episode 28 - A Look at Biosimilars and the Employee Benefits Plan
HR Benecast - November 10, 2021 21:24 - 20 minutesOur host, Mike Stull, recently sat down with Michelle Wang, senior pharmacy management consultant at Milliman, one of the world's largest independent actuarial and consulting firms. Listen as she explains the importance of biosimilars for plan sponsors, the potential savings opportunities for pl...
Episode 27 - Employer Health and Productivity with Kelly McDevitt
HR Benecast - September 24, 2021 13:45 - 36 minutesWe recently sat down with Kelly McDevitt, president of the Integrated Benefits Institute, a health and productivity research non-profit. She shares details and findings on IBI's latest employer research studies covering employee mental health, virtual care and workplace program measurement. L...
Episode 26 – A Conversation with Nanette Oddo of Truveris
HR Benecast - July 20, 2021 20:09 - 30 minutesIn this episode, Employers Health's Chief Strategy Officer, Mike Stull, is joined by Nanette Oddo, chief strategy officer at Truveris. A well-known player in the employee and pharmacy benefits industry, Truveris is an advocate for employers, providing a single source of objective truth for pharm...
Episode 25 - Cannabis in the Workplace
HR Benecast - April 19, 2021 20:22 - 27 minutesOn this episode of HR Benecast we are joined by Mark Bolton, senior director of public policy and senior legal counsel at Greenwich Biosciences and Employers Health's Vice President of Clinical Solutions, Matt Harman. Together, they share the findings of a recent employer roundtable on cannab...
Episode 24 - 2020 Excellence in Benefits Winner Theresa O'Callaghan
HR Benecast - March 11, 2021 17:00 - 22 minutesHear from 2020 Excellence in Benefits Award winner Theresa O'Callaghan. As the executive director of benefit programs and corporate human resources at Kaman Corporation, she shares how she got her start in employee benefits and Kaman's innovative efforts to make a difference in plan participa...
Episode 23 - Looking Back on Pharmacy Benefits in 2020 and What's to Come for Employers
HR Benecast - February 12, 2021 16:23 - 24 minutesDiscover what we're hearing from self-insured employers throughout the country including: How COVID changed their employee benefits strategy in 2020. Specialty management and other high-cost issues faced by employers. What employers are focusing on and the challenges they're anticipating in...
Episode 22 - Pharmacy Benefit Strategies with Mike Zucarelli of CBIZ
HR Benecast - December 21, 2020 15:49 - 35 minutesIn this episode, Mike Zucarelli clinical pharmacist and national pharmacy practice lead for CBIZ and host Mike Stull discuss the impact of specialty medications on employers’ budgets and the strategies being adopted in the marketplace such as copay maximizer programs and specialty prior authoriz...
Episode 21 - Checking in with Christian Moreno - Senior Vice President at Lockton Dunning Benefits
HR Benecast - November 12, 2020 17:20 - 34 minutesJoin us as Mike Stull talks with Christian Moreno to hear his insights on the current state of employee benefits. Hear the newest trends and top priorities he's seeing from employee benefits professionals; how wellness, disease management, utilization, specialty and COVID-19 all play into stop l...
Episode 20 - A Check in with Right Direction
HR Benecast - October 15, 2020 20:27 - 22 minutesHear from Right Direction co-director, Sean Godar, as he shares the latest developments and updates on Right Direction, a high-impact, turnkey initiative that raises awareness about depression and other mental health conditions in the workplace. He shares how employee benefits and HR professiona...
Episode 19 - Special Guest Tracy Spencer of Pharmaceutical Strategies Group
HR Benecast - August 17, 2020 20:52 - 38 minutesWe recently interviewed Tracy Spencer, senior vice president of employer groups and strategic clients at Pharmaceutical Strategies Group, a leading pharmacy intelligence and technology company. In this episode Tracy shares opportunities for employers in the PBM marketplace, the latest plan desig...
Episode 18 - Health Care Ate My 401(k)
HR Benecast - July 29, 2020 16:32 - 32 minutesIn this episode listeners will hear from Peggy West, director of compensation and benefits at Formica, and Rocke Blair, managing director at Sheridan Road Advisors, a HUB International Company, as they share how they've worked proactively to help employers and employees realize both the economic...
Episode 17 - Pharmacy Benefits Q&A
HR Benecast - June 09, 2020 16:20 - 26 minutesIn this episode we'll cover questions from the audience including the affects of COVID-19 on the PBM industry, how pharmacy rebates work, how minimum rebate guarantees are determined and some of your most frequently asked questions about specialty pharmacy.
Episode 16 - Clinical Update on Gene Therapy and what it means for patients and employers
HR Benecast - February 13, 2020 20:44 - 19 minutesWe speak with Kelsey Dieters, a clinical pharmacist at Employers Health as she updates us on gene therapy, the latest in specialty pharmacy. She'll share what these drugs are, how they can help patients and what employers can do to mitigate the risk of these drug's often high price tag. If yo...
Episode 15 - Account Management and Employer Challenges in 2020
HR Benecast - December 17, 2019 20:11 - 35 minutesHear from Vice President of Account Management, Zach Hostetler, as he shares with our host what we’re hearing from member organizations including what they are focused on and benefit challenges they are anticipating in 2020 and beyond. He’ll also provide an update on our growing account manageme...
Episode 14 - Market Check and Pricing Improvement Analysis
HR Benecast - August 28, 2019 12:44 - 26 minutesDave Uldricks, vice president, PBM contracting and strategy, joins us to cover changes in the pharmacy benefit management industry and how they affect plan sponsors and their participants. Listeners will learn about the uniqueness of the Employers Health Annual Market Check and its importance in...
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