For Your Benefits

Virtual care helps people access the resources and guidance they need to be their happiest and healthiest selves. In this episode, Amanda Haeffner, VP of Client Services for SentryHealth talks with Lee Monroe, Manager of Finance and Administration for Georgia Bankers Association Insurance Trust (GBAIT), about the importance of good health and wellbeing at work and why GBAIT offers virtual care to its members.

Today’s employees have come to expect that they’ll be taken care of by their employers. That means solid benefits and positive opportunities to improve their health. We talk with Lauren Perry, SVP of NCBA about the importance of good health and wellbeing in the workplace and how virtual care can meet the needs of employees in an affordable, yet high-quality way.

Discover how to be the first line of defense against high employee healthcare costs with guest Emma Fox, Partner and COO of E Powered Benefits.

In this episode of For Your Benefits, Katharine Manning, President of Blackbird DC and author of The Empathetic Workplace, shares five ways trauma-informed leaders can ease employee anxiety. 

With virtual care, people are empowered to get the help they need when they need it most, reducing the risk of more acute (and more costly) care. Whether they're seeking mental health support, chronic condition care, or health and wellbeing coaching, trained experts are just a few clicks away. In this episode we chat with Jackson McConnell, Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Financial Corporation, about how virtual care has proven necessary for improving the health and wellbeing of his employees.

As healthcare costs continue to rise, employers are looking for innovative ways to reduce spending without sacrificing quality. Reference based pricing (RBP) is an alternative to more traditional, carrier-based plans favored by many self-insured employers for its cost containment value. In this episode, RPB experts Ed Dillabough and Scott Crawford dive into what reference based pricing is, how it works, and why a value-based benefit design payment model like this can drive better outcomes and lower costs for employers and their employees.

Offering a robust benefits package is a terrific way to increase employee retention, expand recruitment efforts, and show employees that they are valued. With the competition for talent remaining fierce in 2023, Scot and Kate Grooms discuss the top emerging benefit trends that can act as powerful differentiators for businesses that would like to maintain a competitive edge.

Many chronic conditions are often preventable and even manageable through simple lifestyle changes. Employers are in a unique position to help employees combat these conditions through benefits that focus on whole-person care.  In this episode, Sherree Telford will be discussing chronic conditions and how they are a growing concern for employers.

Empathy is a key component of leadership — especially when it comes to benefits and compensation. After all, if you can’t understand why employees value certain benefits or how they react to changes, then you won’t be able to make informed decisions about the programs that impact them most. In this episode, Ben Conner shares with us why it’s key to put empathy at the core of benefit choices, and why he believes that it should start by prioritizing compassion in leadership.

Employers want to offer their employees the best possible health benefits but don't want to overpay. How can benefits advisors help their clients make healthcare more affordable and accessible to employees while still being mindful of cost? In this episode, Chris Wolpert discusses why educating and engaging employees is important to combating rising health care costs.