The Granite List Live

Advance Care Planning has begun to gain more and more traction in the employee benefits space over the past couple of years, so this week, Joanne Eason, President of Five Wishes, joins the show to discuss what Advance Care Planning is, why it is important for people of all ages to have, and how their Five Wishes at Work program brings Advance Care Planning to organizations as an employee benefit. 

Steve Zetzl, Vice President, Client Strategies, and Katherine Lurk, Vice President, Clinical Strategies, of Northwind Pharmaceuticals join this week's show to discuss Northwind's PSA (Pharmacy Services Administration) approach and how it serves to differentiate them from the PBMs on the market.

This week, Andy McMillan, Executive Vice President of Homestead Smart Health Plans, joins the show to take a deep dive into reference-based pricing. Specifically we dive into the savings associated with reference-based pricing, the myths around it, and what brokers and employers need to know as the consider moving to a reference-based plan. Additionally, Andy details how Homestead utilizes referen...

An important, and often overlooked part of employee well-being is financial wellness. With 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, and a significant increase in employees drawing loans on their 401(k), the recent partnership between BrightDime and Kashable looks to equip employees with financial coaching and low-cost loans to help them achieve their financial goals. This week we are joined b...

GLP-1s continue to dominate conversation in the industry, so in this week's episode the expert team at Tria Health joins the show to dive into these medications, common misconceptions, and how they should ultimately be utilized. We are joined by Jessica Lea, CEO of Tria Health, Jenny Edwards, Manager of Health and Wellness, and Austin Morgan, Lead Clinical Pharmacist. In addition to GLP-1s, the Tr...

This week, Tim Hawley, CEO of Exemplar Insurance Associates, joins our show to discuss how the American healthcare system is broken - primarily due to misaligned incentives. Although the system is 'broken', Tim shares how he and Exemplar are working to provide more affordable, quality care to those they work with.

Kari Niblack, President of Blackwell Captive Solutions, joins this week's show after recently being nominated as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in the Captive Industry as well as being shortlisted for the awards of Captive Service Professional of the Year and Captive Manager of the Year. With the awards coming in, Kari explains how transparency and ease of access work to set Blackwell ap...

True Scripts's new Precision Care Plus Program looks to leverage pharmacogenomics (PGX) to determine how specific medications will metabolize wihtin patient's bodies. Chasity Matthews, Sr. Director of Growth and Partner Relationships, joins this week's show to discuss TrueScript's new program and share some additional, exciting happenings!

Everyday, on average, U.S. hospitals do inappropriate spine surgeries 50% of the time. Ryan Grant, Founder and CEO of Vori Health, joins the show this week to discuss how this frequency of inappropriate surgery suggests that we have a broken care model. He also provides his expertise on using evidence-based appropriate medicine to guide patients to their desired outcomes.

As private equity and hospitals have been buying up imaging chains, it has become increasingly difficult to find affordable imaging with costs increasing more than three-fold. However, this increase in cost impacts not only people's accesibility to imagaing; it has a profound impact on overall plan spend as well. This week, Cristin Dickerson, CEO of Green Imaging, joins the show to discuss how the...

This week, we are joined by Tim Pratte, the new CEO of Selerix Systems. We discuss what drew him to Selerix, potential growth opportunities, and much more!

Taking care of your employees starts with their feet? This week, Ty Gilmore, COO of Work Right, and Colin Andrews, Director of Sales, Superfeet, join the show to discuss their strategic partnership and how listening to their members has has allowed them to improve worker health.

We conclude our series of this year's most searched topics discussing chronic conditions with Lee Murphy, CEO of Inspera Health. Health plan members with five or more simultaneous chronic conditions are a population segment that represents a significant current and long-term liability that is identifiable, but yet remains invisible. You can identify who will be in this high-cost group five years f...

Continuing our series where we take a deep dive into this year's most searched topics, Ali Goodwin, Director of Corporate Relations for True Scripts, joins to discuss prescriptions benefits: As PBMs continue to make headlines and come under legal fire, it is no longer enough to accept their marketing frill as a means of protection. Words like “transparency” and “fiduciary” bear no weight without d...

Continuing our series on the year's most searched topics, this week's episode features Ryan Schoenecker, COO of Vori Health, and Tom Armani, Global Benefits Director for Dayforce.  The future of healthcare is not virtual or in-person. It's a hybrid blend that meets people where they are, when it is most convenient, and via a care delivery model that is clinically effective. We will explain the bus...

This week, we continue our series of this year's most searched categories. This week features Aaron Oaks, CEO of United Pet Care, and Laura Frances, Marketplace Manager for Employee Navigator/Ease. UPC is a voluntary pet benefit that is an alternative to pet insurance allowing for instant savings at the vet for employees at a low monthly cost. We are a group product designed with the broker in min...

This week, we continue our series of this year's most searched categories. This week features Dr. David Adamson, CEO of ARC Fertility: Family-forming benefits have become one of the most valued and demanded benefits for employees because of the importance of families and increasing recognition of the need for employers to help support all aspects of their employees' lives.

This week, we begin our series our selected interviews drawn from our recent webinar series!  To kick it off, we delve into the world of GLP-1 medications, exploring their rising popularity and increased utilization. Jessica Lea, CEO of Tria Health, joins to highlight cost-effective strategies for employers to ensure optimal coverage while managing expenses.

Phil Belcher, CEO of HealthcareTN, joins this weeks episode to discuss exactly what HealthcareTN is and the role that they serve as a coalition that solely represents employer's interests and voice in the value-based healthcare market. Additionally, he shares details on HealthcareTN's upcoming conferences that you won't want to miss!

Culture and people are at the heart of the Homestead brand, and they are also what attracted this week's guest, Andy McMillan, to join the Homestead team. Andy joins this week's show to discuss how the values of the Homestead brand are reflected in their use of reference-based pricing to drive savings for the plan and its members with minimum disruption to providers.

Jake Steepleton, Product Lead at Wellnecity, and Lauren Roberson, Head of Nurse Advocacy for Connect Healthcare Collaboration, join this week's show to discuss how their collaboration results in the improved efficiency of solutions and health outcomes through the use of data.

This week Christi Coleman, Chief Customer Officer at ProactiveMD, joins the show to discuss ProactiveMD's strategic approach as a total health and population solution for employers through advanced primary care. By focusing on high quality care and improved health outcomes, ProactiveMD is able to provide unique cost-savings to employers while providing innovative care solutions to plan members to...

We've all seen the medication commercials on TV, and at the end of each a long list of side effects is sped through and placed in small text on the screen. This week, Anthony Hartley, co-founder of MedAdvisor, joins the show to discuss the benefit of regenerative medicine as opposed to these medications, especially when it comes to orthopedic and autoimmune conditions, for patients, employers, and...

Obesity affects 41% of Americans, and with the recent rise in popularity of GLP-1 drugs, more people are looking to use them to achieve their weight-loss goals. However, these drugs are expensive to both employees and the plan overall. This week, Jackie Warren, Director of Data and Reporting for Engagement Health Group, joins this week's episode to discuss how to GLP-1s should be utilized to both...

Surgery has long been part of the orthopedic care continuum. When conservative care is no longer helpful, people were left with two choices: either remain in pain or have surgery. However, Mark Testa, Executive Vice President of Regenexx, joins this week's episode to discuss how orthobiologics - using a patient's own cells - can serve to fill the gap between conservative care and surgery and the b...