McGohan Brabender Side Affects: Disrupting Health Care

Side Affects hosts Kenzie Fell and Anne Marie Singleton welcome MB’s Manager of Strategic Data Analytics, Kelly McCall. For over four years, Kelly has helped our Financial Analyst Team bring the clinical portion of our strategies to our clients. Kelly explains the advantages of our data analytical software, and how we can assist our clients to make future decisions by looking at the medical claims...

As a company that takes pride in taking risks and trailblazing in the employee insurance industry; a young, courageous entrepreneur is someone we would like to meet. Side Affects podcast hosts Scott McGohan and Kenzie Fell welcome University of Dayton senior, Danielle Ruffolo to the show. Dani thought of a genius invention and turned it into a reality, thanks to support from her family, friends, s...

MB CEO and Side Affects Host, Scott McGohan discusses today’s social media concepts with Producer and Multimedia Specialist, Kenzie Fell. Kenzie has been with MB for only 8 months but has put MB on the social network ‘world tour.’ Learn how sharing your company’s culture and brand can place you in a different light that attracts new clients and recruits skilled talent. Kenzie shares with Scott the...

"Dr. Google thinks you have a strep throat... should we check with Nurse Yahoo for a second opinion?" There HAS to be a better way to handle your health care costs. McGohan Brabender can help. Take a listen to our 2019 radio spot!

Has your company's health care plan become a high stakes poker game? McGohan Brabender can help. Take a listen to our 2019 radio spot!

SimplePay is an industry-changing approach to health care that delivers the highest quality care at the lowest cost. No deductibles, no plan design, no bills from providers … no surprises. Wally Gomaa of ACAP Health, says SimplePay makes buying health insurance a consumer experience, much like buying a TV. Wally tells MB CEO Scott McGohan and Multimedia Specialist, Kenzie Fell why he believes Simp...

Susan Goebel hears a lot of bright ideas. In fact, she talks to three inventors every day! Susan is a master at taking concepts from the drawing board to the marketplace. Her focus these days is bioscience business development. The problem, she says, isn't a lack of ideas; it's a lack of understanding of the process. With bioscience solutions, time is of the essence, and Susan can help innovators...

Joe Motz is CEO of the Motz Group, a national athletic field specialist based in Cincinnati. Motz grew a successful business from scratch, by himself, but it took a toll on his health. His dreams were nearly sidelined by a health wake-up call, but he was determined to make some lifestyle changes and reverse his risk. Today, Motz supplies synthetic and natural turf to professional and high school t...

Scott and Anne Marie welcome back Eric Pachman, a consultant and drug pricing analyst with 46Brooklyn. 46Brooklyn is committed to bringing transparency to your prescription transactions, and today Eric talks about spread: the gap between the amount the pharmacy receives for the drug vs. what the payer paid. It should be a simple transaction fee; but because of secretive contracts that bear no corr...

Side Affects listeners were among the first to hear about new approaches to paying for health care, including the cost/quality relationship, pricing transparency and value-based contracting. Scott McGohan and Anne Marie Singleton look at how these new conversations are changing the mindset of employers and their role in the health care transaction. And that promises to have far-reaching effects.

We all know that prescription drug prices are costing us a lot of money. One Ohio company is doing something about it. 46Brooklyn was created to obtain, analyze and release data on pharmaceutical pricing. Co-founder Eric Pachman's experience in retail pharmacy management showed him something was fundamentally flawed in prescription drug supply chain. At the same time, Antonio Ciaccia was advocatin...

Scott welcomes guest Brenda Motheral, owner of Epiphany Rx, a pharmacy benefits manager based in Nashville, Tenn. She and other former PBM executives formed Epiphany after saw how their industry was profiting through a massive cost shift. And the cost-shift was taking place in complete secrecy. Scott and Brenda talk about how PBMs were intended to serve their clients; how they instead serve themse...

In 2017, ACAP Health set out to change the way employers approach wellness. The outcomes-based strategy was born, and it has exceeded expectations as a proven way to reduce costs and improve health. Wally Gomaa, ACAP CEO, joins Scott and Anne Marie to talk about the long-term success of programs such as Naturally Slim and Compass, and hints at a groundbreaking new approach that ACAP is set to laun...

Den Bishop is president of Holmes Murphy, one of our C2 associate firms. He’s also, according to Scott, “the smartest guy in health care.” OK, we know we’re setting the bar pretty high here, but Den has a keen grasp on what’s wrong with health care today and how to change it. This much is clear: Employers cannot continue to shoulder the ever-growing costs of health care. So, what’s the answer – si...

In January 2018, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase announced they were partnering to change the way benefits are delivered to their employees. We’re still waiting for details, but Scott and Anne Marie believe this partnership of three of the world’s leading organizations might just be able to achieve its goal of simplified, high-quality transparent health care at a reasonable cost. It...

Alex Frommeyer's strategy for dental care is hitting home and bringing the tech. Frommeyer is a founder of Beam Dental, a plan with perks. Members get a full dental care package and regular replacements shipped to their homes. And the electric toothbrush is connected to an app that monitors and provides feedback on the user’s dental hygiene. If you’re going to offer dental coverage, Frommeyer says...

Scott welcomes Laura Putnam, author of “Workplace Wellness that Works” and founder and CEO of Motion Infusion, a San Francisco-based well-being consulting firm. Laura believes achieving wellness takes more than a program; it takes a cultural movement. People are biologically meant to move, but our culture - including our workplaces - encourage us to sit and be still. Laura has taken her message of...

If you thought onsite health clinics are available only to large employers with deep pockets, prepare to think differently. Scott McGohan and Anne Marie Singleton reveal how employers of all sizes can realize the savings and outcomes made possible by onsite clinics. Accessible, quality health care adds up to an engaged workforce with reduced absenteeism, fewer Emergency and Urgent Care claims, and...

Casey Albertson and Brent Walker of PatientBond talk with Scott McGohan about the power of psychographics to increase engagement and change behavior. Psychographics pertains to people’s values, lifestyles, attitudes and personality. It’s the “why,” the deep-seated motivations, behind our behavior. When you know what motivates people, you can target your communications in a way that is more likely...

If access, utilization and lifestyle choices are impacting your claims costs, then primary care could be the solution. Dr. Amy Mechley of Integrative Family Care of Cincinnati says her Direct Primary Care model is the answer many self-insured employers need. For a level monthly fee, patients have access to their primary care physician as needed. When physicians and patients have a one-on-one relat...

Episode 050 | Primary care is garnering respect and generating results, thanks to a rise in health care consumerism and value-based reimbursement models. Susan Becker has known the importance of primary care since she helped found Providence Medical Group in 2002. When primary care physicians and patients form a partnership, it’s not just about treating people when they’re sick; it’s about maintai...

Episode 049 | Employers are often challenged to find the proper specialist for their legal issues. In this episode, Scott McGohan is joined by Executive Director of the Columbus Bar Association, Jill Snitcher McQuain to discuss how the OBC helps the community and the clients who are seeking lawyers.

Episode 048 | Scott and Anne Marie discuss the top ten trends that are expected to disrupt the health care industry in 2018 and beyond.

Episode 047 | Scott and Anne Marie are joined with Kim Snyder to discuss the role of customer service in health care. Scott and Anne Marie explain how the customer care team works in favor of customers to save time, money, and stress. Discover the ways customer care can help you and your organization.

Episode 046 | Business owner, Jay Meyer shares his personal story on opioids with Scott McGohan and Anne Marie Singleton and why the current health care system fails to correctly fix the opioid crisis.