Shannon Schneller knows why most people don’t come in with mild hearing loss and wait until they have moderate hearing loss. “But moderate hearing loss responds very well if it's treated it's just so much easier if we can catch it mild to moderate than if the loss goes to severe hearing loss”.

She will tell us why you could lose more of your ability to discern speech the longer you wait and the hearing aid will be less effective once loss has gone on too long.

Today, we explore the Hearing Aide Experience, and if you think you’re too young, the fact is, untreated hearing loss can start as early as 35 years old.

This is season 22 episode 28 of America's Healthcare Advocate. I'm Cary Hall.

Learn More about hearing issues and what we discused today: https://myfocushearing.com or call: 913-754-2144.

Is Your Hospital Closing? Why Do Rural Hospitals Struggle? by Cary Hall

NebraskaBlue’s Heather Rollins is a ICHRA Plan Specialist and in this, our second show on the topic of ICHRA, we open up the discussion with all the details on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska‘s defined contribution medical plan and how it can help control costs, reduce administrative burden and still offer employees a lot more choice.

If you are a business owner, CEO/CFO, HR Director, or anyone in business or industry with cost concerns and/or a complex workforce, even if you have workers outside of Nebraska… you’ll find today’s show a must watch!

Even though the information concerns employers in Nebraska, I think it’s very helpful; to anyone in any location to identify and seek these amazing health benefits, plans and approaches.

Learn more: http://nebraskablue.com/getaquote

This is season 22, episode 27 of America’s Healthcare Advocate. I’m Cary Hall.

Need help or have something to share? Send me a message. Contact Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

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My guests from Blue KC are Barron Roberts, the director of small Group and individual and Drew Hatten, the vice president of underwriting.

There's some very interesting things going on with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Blue KC, right now as we move into the fourth quarter of next year.

• For our broker partners in the market: how we can drive additional value, to the small group space in the Kansas City market.

• Blue Select plus reporting, including Heatmaps to help our broker partners understand where members live in regard to the Spira Care locations.

• Incentives to drive and reward.

• Additional work and education support provided when they introduce Spira Care and Blue Select

Plus.

• We’ll discuss Curve Underwriting and advanced reporting for level funded ASO customers.

Spira Care is at 80,000 members and was built on the belief that advanced primary care and the primary care component of health care being the front door of health care, would drive better outcomes, better outcomes for patients, better outcomes from a cost perspective with which then made affordability more achievable. And we're now up to nine care centers.

This is season 22, episode 26 of America’s Healthcare Advocate. I’m Cary Hall.

Learn more about the information on today’s show and more by calling 816-467-2145,

or visit: https://bluekc.com/sgvalue

Need help or have something to share? Send me a message. Contact Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Remember when your kids came home with their report cards and how that felt?

What if the difference between a good retirement and a great retirement isn't just how much you've saved... but the strategy behind it?

Rick Dwyer has created a way to analyze the strategy in your retirement. He created SageonRQ.ai, where you will find the tools to verify your strategy, because with retirement decisions every decision affects another and the SageonRQ algorithm will show you opportunities to strengthen your retirement.

Listen and learn, the financial Doctor is in the house.

This is season 22, episode 19 of America’s Healthcare Advocate. I’m Cary Hall.

After the show, visit: https://sageonrq.ai/

Today we learn how to lose weight with GLP-1 medications, without losing muscle mass. Our expert guest is Ron Hoyler, a Diabetes Educator, Executive healthcare and diabetes technology leader at St. Luke’s Hospital System in Overland Park, Ks.

Ron will explain the history of GLP-1s from the 1990s till now, and the difference between the versions for diabetes vs the versions for weight loss. You know the names: Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, just a few of the powerful once-weekly injectable medications divided into two drug pairs based on their active ingredients and FDA approvals.

This is season 22, Episode 23 of America’s Healthcare Advocate. I’m Cary Hall.

As discussed in this podcast, we are providing these additional assets to help you in your path to successful weight loss:

The GLP-1 Nutrition Exercise Protein Guidelines for GLP-1 meds

https://irp.cdn-website.com/9d5dbe37/files/uploaded/GLP-1_Nutrition_Exercise_Protein_Foods_and_Meal_Plan+-+%28AHA%29.pdf

The new Medicare Bridge Program guide

https://irp.cdn-website.com/9d5dbe37/files/uploaded/Medicare_GLP-1_Bridge_Program_Qualification_Guide+%28AHA%29+.pdf

And the amazing bio and qualifications of our expert guest, Ron Hoyler

https://irp.cdn-website.com/9d5dbe37/files/uploaded/AHA+-+RON+HOYLER+Bio.pdf

As always, if you need help or have something to share, contact me using the form on my website and let me know what's on your mind, the issues you are dealing with, or any other health, healthcare, or health insurance questions or concerns. Visit: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Metabolic Health Show - Twin Health's unique approach to improve health: Meet your AI Digital Twin

Today my guests from Twin Health explain how they create a digital twin to actually help you in your health, especially if you're pre-diabetic, along with a number of other issues. We're going to tell you how it works, and what a difference it can make in your life.

It's a real-time model of your body's unique metabolism and Ray Holmgren, VP Health Plan Growth, and Doctor Troncoso, their Medical Director, visit with me on this fantastic new way to empower your employees with daily, personalized insights that adapt to heal their metabolism — improving weight, blood sugar, nutrition, activity, and more. Don't miss this episode, which shows how Twin Health's "AI digital twin™" technology pairs with a human clinical care team to deliver hyper-individualized care at scale, an approach with a proven impact on the root causes of chronic metabolic disease.

Show Quote: In a landmark Cleveland Clinic trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, our AI digital twin™ approach achieved results that redefine what’s possible in type 2 diabetes care.

This is season 22, Episode 14 of America's Healthcare Advocate. I'm Cary Hall.

After you watch or listen to the episode, learn more about Twin Health: https://usa.twinhealth.com

As always, if you need help or have something to share, contact me using the form on my website and let me know what's on your mind, the issues you are dealing with, or any other health, healthcare, or health insurance questions or concerns. Visit: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Philip is a great businessman, dad and husband. He is a friend of mine who I believe is the best choice for Kansas governor. We go far and deep into his plans. And we find out what he has uncovered about problems with the current administration and what he knows about fixing our state.

Check this episode out! Bookmark it and share with everyone it. And GET OUT AND VOTE!! The Kansas Republican primary is August 4th!

Learn more about Philip: https://philipsarnecki.org/

This is season 22 ep 21 of America's Healthcare Advocate: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Donna Van Hoy has a story to tell, and her journey to finally get the hearing aid she needed is terrifying but not all that uncommon. In fact, my own journey, as I have mentioned over the years, was somewhat similar.

Hear Donna, and hear from our expert, Shannon Schnellner, CEO of Focus Hearing and maybe you can find help for yourself or someone you know.

This is season 22 episode 16 of America's Healthcare Advocate. I'm Cary Hall.

Learn More about hearing issues and what we discused today: https://myfocushearing.com or call: 913-754-2144.

Need help or have something to share? Send me a message: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Founded in 2024, BrokersBloc is dedicated to helping independent group benefits brokers.

Founder Stephen Combs and his VP of Sales, Marc Wiersma are here with some amazing tools and the knowledge to lower costs and bring better plans that save clients up to 20% compared to BUCA carrier plans.

Learn more, visit: https://brokersbloc.com/

This is Season 22, Episode 15 of America's Healthcare Advocate. I'm Cary Hall. Need help or have something to share? Send me a message: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

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