HR Benecast

Our host, Mike Stull, recently sat down with Michelle Wang, senior pharmacy management consultant at Milliman, one of the world's largest independent actuarial and consulting firms. Listen as she explains the importance of biosimilars for plan sponsors, the potential savings opportunities for plan sponsors and their participants and what employers/plan sponsors can do to take advantage of these opportunities.

We recently sat down with Kelly McDevitt, president of the Integrated Benefits Institute, a health and productivity research non-profit. She shares details and findings on IBI's latest employer research studies covering employee mental health, virtual care and workplace program measurement.

Listen to hear how employers are addressing the quality of virtual care, COVID's impact on preventative care, long-term effects of working from home, return to work programs and more. .

In this episode, Employers Health's Chief Strategy Officer, Mike Stull, is joined by Nanette Oddo, chief strategy officer at Truveris. A well-known player in the employee and pharmacy benefits industry, Truveris is an advocate for employers, providing a single source of objective truth for pharmacy benefits.

Listen in as these leaders in the pharmacy benefit management industry discuss what differentiates the various PBMs and how employers and their plan participants may benefit from recent PBM/health plan mergers.

On this episode of HR Benecast we are joined by Mark Bolton, senior director of public policy and senior legal counsel at Greenwich Biosciences and Employers Health's Vice President of Clinical Solutions, Matt Harman.

Together, they share the findings of a recent employer roundtable on cannabis in the workplace. They'll cover employers' top concerns regarding coverage of cannabis under the employee benefit plan, the process of taking a cannabis drug through the FDA approval process, what employers should be thinking about when it comes to cannabis and medical marijuana policies, the future of the drug and employee benefits policies and more.

Hear from 2020 Excellence in Benefits Award winner Theresa O'Callaghan.

As the executive director of benefit programs and corporate human resources at Kaman Corporation, she shares how she got her start in employee benefits and Kaman's innovative efforts to make a difference in plan participants' lives. Plus, hear how the organization's executive leadership team plays a crucial part not only in her success as a benefits professional, but also to the organization's overall benefit plans.

Discover what we're hearing from self-insured employers throughout the country including:

• How COVID changed their employee benefits strategy in 2020.
• Specialty management and other high-cost issues faced by employers.
• What employers are focusing on and the challenges they're anticipating in 2021.

Listeners will also hear an update on the Employers Health client solutions team's growth and how they work with the EH clinical pharmacists as an extension of the benefits team.

In this episode, Mike Zucarelli clinical pharmacist and national pharmacy practice lead for CBIZ and host Mike Stull discuss the impact of specialty medications on employers' budgets and the strategies being adopted in the marketplace such as copay maximizer programs and specialty prior authorizations.

Join us as Mike Stull talks with Christian Moreno to hear his insights on the current state of employee benefits. Hear the newest trends and top priorities he's seeing from employee benefits professionals; how wellness, disease management, utilization, specialty and COVID-19 all play into stop loss management; and other health benefit developments.

Hear from Right Direction co-director, Sean Godar, as he shares the latest developments and updates on Right Direction, a high-impact, turnkey initiative that raises awareness about depression and other mental health conditions in the workplace. He shares how employee benefits and HR professionals can utilize the initiative to provide free resources, tools and expert guidance on workplace mental health to help create a healthier and more engaged workforce.

Right Direction is an initiative from the American Psychiatric Association Foundation's Center for Workplace Mental Health and Employers Health, a professional benefits organization. Right Direction is supported by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (TPUSA) and Lundbeck U.S.

We recently interviewed Tracy Spencer, senior vice president of employer groups and strategic clients at Pharmaceutical Strategies Group, a leading pharmacy intelligence and technology company. In this episode Tracy shares opportunities for employers in the PBM marketplace, the latest plan design trends and developments including copay programs, needs-based programs and more.