Risky Benefits

Risky Business’s guest, Chuck Hector, Chief Revenue Officer for “Papa,” sponsored by Allstate, highlights a pioneering employee flexible family care-giver benefit with social, non-medical, support. Papa Pals provide companion care services and support for everyday needs to Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial health plan members — improving whole health, one personal connection at a time. Through Papa, members have immediate access to family help for their dependents, ranging from rides to the grocery store, post office, or to pick up medications or to help with afterschool childcare or light house help. The broad spectrum of helpful tasks that Papa Pals can complete practically “Uber•fy” companion support fulfillment. The Papa benefit assists millions of dependents fulfill family care needs through the Papa app and call center. The podcast addresses the overall market need for the Papa service, membership eligibility, cost overview, and success stories.


MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS: 

Chuck Hector
Chief Revenue Officer, Papa
 Papa.com
 An experienced executive consulting sales leader skilled in developing and implementing new product strategies targeting large U.S corporations, associations, credit unions, membership clubs, financial service and insurance companies. Proficient at leading cross-functional teams including senior leadership, marketing, product management, account management, information technology, vendors and external channel partners.

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People who feel more connected show lower levels of anxiety, depression, and a greater empathy for themselves, their community, and other people. That’s where Listeners on Call can empower its audience. Listen to Dr. Jada Jackson talk about how to stay connected even during your busiest season. Listeners on Call offers telephonic support through conversation that can facilitate healthier lifestyles and elevate your wellbeing. We all want healthy relationships, and Listeners on Call facilitates that through impactful connections with people.


MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS:
Dr. Jada Jackson Hill
Vice President, Listeners On Call
ListenersOnCall.com
 
Dr. Jada Jackson Hill is a licensed mental health counselor and serves as the Vice President of Well-Being at Listeners On Call. Jackson Hill supports the Listeners On Call Care Team by advising on current mental health issues and concerns, while promoting healthy and relevant conversations around mental well-being and support. 
 
Additionally, Dr. Jackson Hill, Ed.D, LMHC, LPC, is the President of Total Life Counseling Center in Dallas, an author, leadership trainer, Listener curriculum writer and a resource on topics ranging from mental health to professional development. Dr. Jackson Hill has a passion for supporting others as they navigate their journey towards mental well-being.  

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Ochsener Digital medicine is on mic to talk about remote patient management. They offer solutions for chronic disease management that will make proactive differences in your health. This means even when you’re at home, and trying to manage your Type II diabetes, you have a personal care team and chronic illness management plan just a click away. With real time communication and health coaches as well as clinicians, you can manage your chronic illness with both technological support and a team of experts. 

MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS:

David Houghton, MD
System Chair, Telehealth & Digital Medicine
Ochsner Health
David J. Houghton, M.D., M.P.H. earned his Medical Degree from the Medical College of Georgia and his Master’s in Public Health in epidemiology at Emory University. He completed his internship, neurology residency, and movement disorders fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. 
 
After then serving as Assistant Professor and Neurology Residency Program Director at the University of Louisville, Dr. Houghton joined the staff at Ochsner Health System in 2012 as Section Head of Movement & Memory Disorders and Vice-Chair of the Department of Neurology. Since 2016, he has also served as the Medical Director of Telehealth - harnessing technology to create unique virtual forward-facing clinical connections between Ochsner’s providers and patients across the Gulf South. 

His role expanded to include growth of Digital Medicine for chronic disease management in 2019.  At Ochsner, Dr. Houghton has been awarded System Physician of the Month, Ochsner “Top 75” Physician, and Neurology Teaching Faculty of the Year, and he completed The Health Management Academy Physician Leadership Program in 2018.  Dr. Houghton is board-certified in neurology and his publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, an online medical text, a patient resource from the National Parkinson’s Foundation, and a textbook on deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease.

Rachel Montalbano
Regional Account Director, Digital Medicine
Ochsner Health

Over the last 20+ years, Rachel Montalbano has worked in several roles within the employee benefits industry.  With an extensive knowledge from the consulting perspective, to bringing benefit solutions from the insurance carrier, Rachel has worked with Employers and Consultants alike in bringing value and cost containment solutions to their benefits programs.  In 2021, Rachel joined Ochsner’s national team to offer clinical solutions and population health strategies to Employer groups throughout the country.

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PHB: A Benefits Solution For Providers
On mic is Fraser Cobbe, President of Cobbe Consulting & Management and founder of Physicians Health Benefits, to talk about the importance of physician associations, and how you can get employee benefits that not only benefit you, but also your network. Fraser also explains how the Physicians Health Benefit program provides education and peace of mind for physician practices looking to successfully navigate the benefits arena.

MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Fraser Cobbe
President of Cobbe Consulting & Management

Fraser Cobbe, a Political Science major from Florida State University, currently serves as President of Cobbe Consulting & Management, an Association Management Company that specializes in managing physician organizations. In 2007, Fraser formed Cobbe Consulting & Management which currently represents more than 15 organizations.  

Fraser began his career on the staff of the Florida Medical Association (FMA) and has served on the Board of Directors of the FMA as well as the FMA Political Action Committee. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Conference of Florida Medical Society Executives since 2008. He also served as an At-Large Member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Medical Society Executives from 2015-2017.

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A worthwhile discussion about benefits administration systems and how technology is changing the way we administer benefits. Whether it’s ACA compliance, billing, or taking care of the HSA/FSA every piece of the benefit is taken care of more easily and is highly accessible. This week we have Workterra on mic to discuss how the benefits administration space is moving from standalone systems to more integrated ones, and how Workterra manages all the nuances in handling employee benefits.

MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Ben Yomtoob
President of Workterra
Workterra.com

Ben has over 25 years of executive leadership experience in HR & benefits technology consulting, healthcare reform, IT, technology development and finance.

Ben Yomtoob has served as Workterra's President since May 2021.

Prior to Workterra, Ben served as a Senior HR & Benefits Technology Consultant at Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage, risk management, and consulting firm, where he helped carriers, HR technology service providers (including Workterra) and investors refine and adjust their business strategies to optimize their success in the market. Prior to joining Gallagher, Ben served as SVP, IT & Operations at Delta Dental where he spearheaded national efforts in entering the private exchange market and implementing health care reform. Ben has also served in multiple executive leadership positions at Intrado (formerly West), an early audio, web and video conferencing innovator, and AT&T.

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75% of people who have been harassed or discriminated against at work don’t report the incident because of fear. Resolving workplace misconduct faster than ever before, Work Shield provides a safe and effective way for employees to report misconduct at work. Listen in this week as Jared Pope, Founder and CEO of Work Shield, is on mic with Rick to talk about how Work Shield fights to align your vision, culture, and ideology to make a workplace where employees feel heard and incidents will be fairly investigated.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Jared S. Pope is the CEO/Founder of Work Shield.  Jared grew up a Texas cowboy, became a Horned Frog (TCU) and then rode a Mustang (SMU Law) into the legal profession.  After riding the great plains of legal experience at two nationally recognized law firms (Baker Botts and Fulbright) and general counsel of a mid-sized insurance brokerage company, he hung his own shingle specializing in HR, ERISA and Benefits for the past 18 years, as well as started several other companies.  As an entrepreneur, HR-specialists, and innovator, Work Shield grew from an idea of how employers handle workplace misconduct issues to an innovator covering over 100K employee lives and disrupting how legal, HR, technology, DE&I and culture issues are handled by large and small companies across the U.S.A.  Work Shield was recently honored as one of Fast Company's 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the Workplace Category!  When Jared is not providing simplified business solutions, he spends time with his wife and family cooking in the kitchen, watching his two children play various sports or can be found on the golf course with friends!  

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Our Risky Benefits host, Rick, is on mic with Shane Foss of Hooray Health to discuss the benefits of fixed indemnity, first dollar coverage. This means you’ll find no out-of-pocket costs in order to get coverage, and your insurance will pay a fixed dollar amount for each medical event. Hooray Health offers affordable copays with no deductibles and can include dental, vision, and life insurance. Hooray Health has a model that everyone can afford with benefits that benefit everyone. Look no further than this podcast to find meaningful benefits, with discounts first. 

MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Shane Foss, Chief Executive Officer
HoorayHealth.com

With over 20 years of tenure as an executive in the medical industry, Shane Foss became frustrated with how under-served Americans were with the current healthcare options. He set out to make a change and in 2018 achieved this goal through launching Hooray Health, an unconventional health insurance company dedicated to providing affordable basic and urgent health care alternatives to high-deductible health plans.

Through Hooray Health, Foss and his team focus on offering peace of mind to lower-income individuals and families who face medical challenges, while also providing business owners with an affordable way to reward and retain employees. Partnering with companies like Sedera, Ameritas, and Aflac, they have been able to add critical services and supplemental plans giving immense value to employers and individuals.

Throughout his professional experience, Foss has negotiated complex, multi-million-dollar contracts, worked in device sales management, created business strategies, and optimized P&L. He holds an MBA from Rice University’s, Jones School of Business, a BS from the University of the Incarnate Word, and a Surgical Technologist Certificate from the United States Air Force.

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This week on Risky Benefits, Trustmark Executive Director of Product Innovation, Adam Bezman, is on mic with Rick to talk about how the Long Term Care crisis can affect your employees, what new Long Term Care legislation we can expect, and why insurance solutions might be the right stop gap measure to ease the burden of the Long Term Care crisis. 

MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Adam Bezman
Executive Director of Product & Innovation
TrustmarkBenefits.com

Adam joined Trustmark in March 2016. As Executive Director of Product & Innovation, he is responsible for all life and disability products, as well as well as the development of all new products. Adam has more than 20 years of product development experience in the health and food industries at Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick, and Kraft Foods. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and speech communications from Indiana University and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

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Anneliese Finn, author of The Code, is on mic to talk to Rick about how to succeed in the world of sales as a woman. With 20 plus years of experience in the medical sales world, Anneliese has collected a treasure trove of lessons from her career that have led to bigger success. Through this podcast and her guidebook, you’ll learn the basics of building social awareness and self awareness to help you navigate the many pitfalls that come up with a career in sales. For the lowdown on business acumen you don’t learn in school, check out this podcast on all the ways to level up your success as a sales person.

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More About Our Guest:
Anneliese Finn
Author of The Code Cracked
TheCodeCracked.com

Work Background: Anneliese Kagan Finn has been in medical sales for more than 20 years. After starting her career with Ethicon-Endo Surgery (a division of Johnson & Johnson), Anneliese worked for Guidant Corporation as a pacemaker representative. She then moved  into Peripheral Vascular Surgery with FoxHollow Technologies and Medtronic. For the past 10 years, she has been an Endovascular Consultant for aortic stent grafts and is currently employed by Terumo Aortic. Anneliese has earned numerous top sales awards, including President’s Clubs, Rookie of the Year, Sales Excellence trips, and more. She has worked with top surgeons from all over the country and has covered many areas of medicine, from General and Vascular Surgery to Electrophysiology and Thoracic Surgery.

Personal Background: Anneliese Kagan Finn is a 43-year-old mother of two children, ages 13 and 7. She was born into a medical family: Her father is an Orthopedic Surgeon and her mother (deceased) received her EdD in Nursing and Educational Psychology. Her mother later published a book on renal disease, which has been translated into over 20 languages.

Anneliese holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Florida State University. In her free time—aside from spending time with her two children—Anneliese enjoys outdoor activities, such as running, snow skiing, wake boarding, and horseback riding. She loves to travel and enjoys exploring new places and meeting people.

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Meet Ashley Andrews, Sales Executive, with Medefy, a benefits navigation app. Medefy is an app to help you connect better with your healthcare. Real humans are on standby to help you make your next healthcare move, whether that’s understanding a bill or offering provider coordination. In the app you’ll be able to find plan documents, see how much you’ve paid into your deductible, or even access your benefits card. With 24/7 high quality, low cost care available, Medefy brings humanization and customer service to offer an empathetic experience with technology.

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More About Our Guest:
Ashley Andrews, Sales Executive
Medefy.com
Bringing a wealth of experience from her 12 years of working in the brokerage world, Ashley joined Medefy in November 2020.  She prides herself on her commitment to helping employers unlock the vast potential of their benefits programs by empowering the people with in them.  Ashley’s goal in the employee benefits space is to help normal, everyday people use the benefits they have to get the care that they need. Recognizing that when people easily navigate their care, they can get back to living life.

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