Ep 1925: Join me the week as my guests from Blue K.C. Barron Roberts and Ryan Roth discuss how Medicaid recipients who are losing coverage can obtain an ACA policy with a Subsidy that Could Cover All Or Most Of The Premium. It's important information for anyone losing coverage in 2024 We also discuss upcoming broker events regarding Medicare Advantage, ACA, and Group health offerings by Blue K.C. Barron Roberts is Manager of Medicare and Individual Sales at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and Ryan Roth is Sales Director at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City While this episode provides information specific to the Kansas City metro, we feel there’s important information for all of the U.S. and BCBS of KC Learn More: Visit https://www.bluekcforyou.com or call 833-264-1596

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Ep 1926: Diabetes is an Epidemic in the US with 1.6 Million Adults & 283,000 Child Diabetics. A study out that says that's going to increase by 65% over the next four decades. So think about that. If you're already at 1.6 million and you're going to increase that by 65%, now you're doubling it, okay, to 3,000,003 and a half million.

In this episode, our expert guests are from Medtronic:

Ron Hoyler is a diabetes nurse. He's an educator and he's a nurse clinician. He has a master's in business administration, health care administration, a master's of science in nursing, a bachelor of arts degree in personnel administration, associate applied Science in Nursing degree as well, and he is a certified diabetes technician, a certified diabetes care and education specialist, a certified insulin pump trainer, a 2022 Medtronic Core Training MVP, and he was patient experience champion for Children's Mercy Hospital.

Ed Clasby has been with Medtronic for 21 years, so he certainly knows his way around the medical equipment business. But the purpose of this show is to educate you about diabetes and the two products that can make a big difference in your life.

Contact:

Medtronics Phone number 888-882-8602.

https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/products/minimed-780g-insulin-pump-system

We discuss the supplement ZINC and what are the 9 Distinctive Health Benefits of taking it, we update Vets on Agent Orange from the VA Agent Orange Newsletter and new health issues developing. Plus, the new law "No Smoking in New Zealand", Anywhere!

I will also reveal how the administration is Ending Short-Term Health Policies in January of 2024 and the real Impact that will have and lastly, National Healthcare in the UK: How’s that going?

It's a fascinating, multi-topic, cornucopia of health-related information from Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate.

Ep 1924

U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield

Phù Cát Air Base Vietnam

Nakhon Phanom

https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/index.asp

monoclonal gammapathy (MGUS)

Agent Orange

https://www.neurologic.life/Neuro 20 Suit

Wavi brain Scan

Recently Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) has been ranked #1 in Member Satisfaction by J.D. Power even while industry averages have declined since 2022.

Find out why Blue KC’s score increased by 17 points and hear Gratia Carver, the VP and Chief Experience Officer at BlueKC explain how they meaningfully focus on prioritizing their members. Plus, we'll discuss the six JD Power examining factors and how BlueKC ranked #1 across all 6!

Ryan Roth, the Sales Director at BlueKC joins us as we dive into how they achieved this honor.

The J.D. Power U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study™, now in its 17th year, measures satisfaction among members of 147 health plans in 22 regions throughout the United States by examining six factors. You can read more about the BlueKC JD Power award here:

https://bit.ly/3Dq3sNK

This episode is relevant to the Kansas City Midwest Region of the country, but we feel it has information that's useful to listeners across the US.

Contact me, Cary Hall:

https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Contact Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City: https://www.bluekc.com/ or call 816 395 3858

Joining me for this episode is Dr. Stephanie Ikeme, the regional medical director for CenterWell Senior Primary Care. And here's why this is different. CenterWell is a unique practice and very unique in the way they deliver health care. And their results are significantly different. 15 minutes is the average the average time spent with the your primary care doctor and in reality, seven and a half minutes is what you get. Contrast that with the Dr. spending 45 minutes to an hour with the patient when they come in to sit down.

Dr Ikeme: “Because we want to treat the whole person. Health is not only just the disease and the medication. There's lots of factors we need to know, how they're living, who's taking care of them, what resources do they have? Are there barriers to how they can take care of their health? That takes time. That takes getting to know the patient. And you can't do that in seven and a half minutes. Our job is to get to know the patient in every aspect of their lives, to make sure that we give them the most success, to have better outcomes for their health.”

This is radically different than the fee for service model with the average physician or primary care model of a hospital or a large primary care practice with a patient load of 1000 patients or more typically.

Join me for this fascinating episode (Ep 1922).

Contact Cary Hall:

https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Learn more about CenterWell Senior Primary Care

913 914 8202

https://www.centerwellprimarycare.com

Stephanie A Ikeme, DO

https://www.centerwellprimarycare.com/en/doctors/stephanie-ikeme-do-staff-physician.html

CenterWell Market President Andrew Hare

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-hare-0a5310b/

Join me with our Medicare experts Carolee, Maria and Joyce for uncomplicated facts on how to navigate Medicare enrollment and get the best care, lowest cost options. The information you need to make choices and what you should know about the Medicare Alphabet Soup: Medicare Part A, B, C, D, E, F and G?

Don’t be confused by all the flood of advertising – watch THIS episode first!

We’ll also have the latest on dual special needs and Medicare, Medicaid and ACA options for those losing their coverage due to recent changes.

Our Experts are certified each year and receive at least 40 hours of training to achieve AHIP Medicare Certification. Carolee Steele is a Director of Medicare and Consumer Services at RPS Benefits By Design; Maria Ahlers, PHR has over 19 years of experience in Business and Human Resources and benefits administration and Joyce Thompson is a Certified Medicare Specialist and experienced Health Insurance Broker with a demonstrated history of working with the Insurance industry helping individuals and Groups.

You can contact them at RPS Benefits by Design for Individual or Medicare needs at 913-385-2224

Your host Cary Hall’s goal is to enable you to become the expert for your own healthcare management, saving you time, money, and effort and you can message him at https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

A new vaccine for RSV, a brand-new drug approval process for people with rare diseases, the “A Medical Revolution is Underway” article you’ll want to hear about and lastly how drug providers are pulling out of Europe because they're not able to make enough money to cover the cost of their prescriptions. These are the fascinating topics we're going to talk about in this episode.

I’m Cary Hall, America’s Healthcare Advocate.

• There's a new vaccine for RSV (for all of us seasoned citizens out there).

• We're going to talk about drug approval and a brand new drug approval process for people with rare diseases.

• Plus, America's chronic illness situation and how more than half of the country suffers from chronic illnesses.

• And then the point that I think you're going to find most interesting, Michael Milligan wrote a fascinating piece in The Wall Street Journal called A Medical Revolution is Underway and I can't wait to share it with you.

• And then finally, we're going to talk about what's going on in Europe with prescription drug medications and how drug providers are pulling out of Europe because they're not able to make enough money to cover the cost of their prescriptions.

Learn more at:

https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com

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My guest Dr Phil Carson has been on the show before, but never with such a personal story. He brought Chandler Gurley, Director of Operations for "Eight Days of Hope", a national organization that responds to disasters across the country, helping to rebuild homes, communities, and lives and Dr. Carson met Chandler disaster struck their hometown in Spring 2023, when a powerful tornado left behind a path of destruction in Amory, Mississippi.

When tragedy strikes, the Eight Days of Hope community comes together to spread restoration and new beginnings. After a disaster, EDOH helps people be clean and safe. They provide rapid response to feed and support victims and rebuild structures and homes, and they provide also the hope for each community and person recovering from unthinkable disaster.

Chandler explains: "during my five and a half years at EDOH, I have held multiple roles including Executive Assistant, Rapid Response Director, and Director of Operations. God revealed His call on my life to serve Him full-time as a teenager, and it is an honor to work in an organization that allows me to live out my calling each day. The world of disaster relief is not an easy one. It is dirty, messy, and very difficult to walk through day after day, but isn't that where Jesus provides hope to the hopeless, healing to the brokenhearted, and light to the darkness. He is here, so that is exactly where I want to be."

America's Healthcare Advocate: Cary Hall

Season 19, Episode 19

Learn more:

https://eightdaysofhope.com

(662) 844-6934

Contact Cary Hall:

https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Check out this fascinating episode, with Dan Stalp of Sandler Sales Training as we discuss your sales force and how to keep it healthy.

Check this offer, visit: https://stalp.sandler.com/crash-class

Dan has an amazing #sales #training program and brings to the show one of his clients, Brett Eckinger, to visit with Cary is this episode.

Brett is the Director of Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sethmar Transportation and can speak from experience about Dan’s training and how the Sandler Institute has shaped his sales skills.

Dan has 29 years of experience leading, training and #coaching high performance sales professionals and sales leaders and teaches us how to establish a #salesforce , along with who to count on, how to empower and strengthen them, and who will and likely won't succeed,

To reach Dan:

Daniel Stalp #Consulting, Inc. Kansas City & Overland Park, KS

Danstalp.com

913-451-1760

[email protected]

To reach Cary, visit https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Good News (not really) only 6% have coverage! (…and, no, it’s not covered by Medicare)

Listen to our two experts discuss affordable, long-term care and how you can keep yourself out of a Medicaid Nursing Home.

Mark Holder, CFP® Imlay & Holder Wealth Certified Financial Planner. certification, and has his series 6, 65, 63 and 7 security licenses as well as advanced designations CLU® and ChFC® from the American College of Financial Services. Mark has been providing quality expertise for more than 22 years, focusing on the areas of strategic planning and wealth accumulation.

Jeff Imlay, CLU®, ChFC®, CLTC® , Imlay & Holder Wealth, Wealth Management Advisor and Long Term Care. Jeff has over 32 years of experience and is expert in the specialty of Individual Disability and Long-Term Care. Jeff’s professional designations include: CLU® - Chartered Life Underwriter, ChFC® - Chartered Financial Consultant and CLTC® - Certification for Long-Term Care. Jeff lso holds Series 6, 7, 63, and 66 securities licenses and is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA).

Contact Mark or Jeff: 913-676-8038

https://imlayholderwealth.com

f you have questions about this episode, contact Mark or Jeff: 913-676-8038 https://imlayholderwealth.com

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