Paul J Burt interviews Doug O'Brien, Regional Director at the US Department of Health and Human Services. 

Part 1 of a two part podcast, Paul asks Doug a plethora of questions relative to the Department's position on everything from DNA testing to cannabis' medical usage in healthcare. 

If you are a CEO, CFO, VP of Human Resources or anyone who is involved in their employer's benefit program, this is a particularly interesting podcast. One you can't miss. 

In this week's episode, Paul interviews Drew Boston, founder of Best in Class Care. Listen to Drew discuss the current healthcare environment and how his company plans to solve problems such as access to the best providers and facilities with an eye on more pricing transparency and discounted pricing. Drew specifically targets a variety of large claim conditions and pairs the patient with the appropriate treatment facility, regardless of location but that also provides substantial price discounting. Paul and Drew further discuss the future of healthcare and how technology is poised to solve some of the more prevalent problems within.

Mike and Paul interview Shawn Lanter, Vice President of Captive Development for Berkley Accident and Health Company (www.berkleyah.com)to understand what a captive arrangement is, how it works and is it right for all groups? 

WL Benefits Group, Inc. works with Berkley Health and Accident Company to create captive health plans for large employers or a group of smaller employers. We combine the small groups and create one large group from them. Yet, this solution isn't right for every group. Find out why on this Episode (#4) of Benefit U, produced by WL Benefits Group, Inc. 

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Mike and Paul interview Chris Gopp, a sales representative of 5 years with Paycor, one of the fastest growing payroll and administration companies in the market today. Well run and innovative, Paylocity has grown from a few employees to over 3,000 today. Impressive growth indeed. Awarded the Fast 50 award by Crain's Magazine, in 2016, this is a payroll company to watch.

Learn more about Paycor on this week's podcast. 

Mike and Paul interview John Van Dyke, founder and CEO of Interlink Health Services. 

INTERLINK Health Services, Inc. provides transplant network services for reinsurance carriers, insurance companies, self-funded employers, and other managed care clients in the United States

The company also provides educational programs for increasing awareness and knowledge about transplantation to clients, such as Web-based training, quick reference guides, candidate education booklets, transplant provider outcomes data, medical round table teleconferences, and educational conferences. It also serves stop loss carriers, HMOs, PPOs, and self-funded health plans. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Hillsboro, Oregon.

John reveals more knowledge of the industry, health trends and new technologies that have been introduced to battle cancer, but that is only one example of John's boundless knowledge and energy. Well worth your listen. 

In this episode, Paul and Mike interview Jon Youngs, EVP and Co-Founder and Drew Boston, CFO, from True Blue. Specializing in comprehensive genetic testing and technology driven health & wellness solutions that can be utilized by small businesses as well as the Fortune 500 companies.