Self-Funded

The Metaverse for Business with John Beaman of the Elevare Club.  

In this episode we cover the Elevare Club, the Metaverse, digital transformation, digital real estate, the blockchain, NFT's and more!

John not only has a undergraduate degree and an MBA, but he is also certified in something called "Digital Transformation".  What that means is he can help small business owners digitize their business, moving from the analog world of paper documents and wet signatures, into the digital world of websites, computerization, machine learning, and having a presence in the Metaverse.  

His business, Elevare Club, specifically helps SMB's build out their backend processes and take many of the operational tasks of the owner's plate.  They help with putting together a business plan, a marketing strategy, and hone in on their product-market fit.  

NavMD is a Data Analytics Platform for Brokers in the Employee Benefits space.  Glenn Fisher is the Managing Partner of NavMD and acquired the company back in 2018.  He is also one of the flat out coolest guys I know!  

Glenn is also a serial entrepreneur, having built businesses in the waste management space, FinTech, and now in Data Analytics at NavMD.  

The focus of episode 62 is the power of having a data analytics platform for your employers.  If you want to know what is driving your claims costs up, ultimately causing your premiums to increase every year, you have to know the source of those claims.  

NavMD helps consultants uncover this information for their clients, using proprietary methods to identify "episodes of care", which expose opportunities for savings.  NavMD can also produce risk scores for employers, to assist stop loss carriers with underwriting the risk.  

https://navmd.com/ 

Chapters:

0:00 Intro Hook

0:37 Hello to Glenn Fisher

1:30 Glenn's Backstory

2:06 The Marine Corps

4:30 Waste Management

10:25 The Shift to Fintech

17:35 Acquiring NavMD

21:15 What is NavMD Data Analytics

35:50 The Future of Data

Modernizing Benefits Consulting at Genesys Health, with Chief Strategy Officer Matt Monahan.  

Genesys puts a large emphasis on Population Health Management in their practice, helping members navigate their healthcare journey with actionable data, guidance, and support.

Matt has an extensive background from the carrier world with Aetna, having spent a 12 year period as a large group rep.  He started at GE/Genworth as a group rep as well, after a short period of time playing semi-pro rugby.  

Matt brought that expertise, as well as a tenure at Namely on the technology side of insurance to Genesys, where he gets to apply his diverse skillet into the benefits consulting world.  

https://www.genesys.health/

Chapters: 

00:00 Intro Hook 

00:23 Podcast Opening Credits 

00:33 Hello to Matt Monahan 

04:50 Matt's Rugby Background 

08:40 Matt's Early Career 

15:25 Career at Aetna 

20:00 Genesis of Genesys Health 

28:57 Changing Employee Behavior 

37:55 Approach to Consulting 

41:20 The Genesys Brand 

49:06 Future of Care 

51:40 Closing Thoughts  

What is a High Performance Healthcare Network, and how does it improve the quality of care, while delivering lower costs?

Blake is a native Texan, with a history of working on the "supply-side" of healthcare within hospital systems.  

This gives him a unique perspective on the problem of controlling the costs of healthcare delivery.  Blake spent time in the Navy, with his inspiration to enlist coming as a result of 9/11.  

EHN's purpose is to "Provide quality health benefits for your employees while controlling costs, for them and for your business. With a thoughtful and well executed strategy, these are very achievable goals."  

https://www.employershealthnetwork.com/

Emergency Medical Transport 101.    

Everything you need to know about Emergency Medical Transportation, and how MASA MTS is helping control the insanely high cost of ground, and air transportation.  

Will Winters is Vice President, Broker and Strategic Partnership Sales, and is also an ex-Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).  He learned a lot on the job as an EMT, was exposed to some very traumatic events, and ultimately decided he was better suited outside of the system selling a solution to employers to help control their employees high out of pocket costs.

Also, we kick off the podcast talking about Will bowling a 300 more than once!

"MASA Global provides its members with two distinct benefits -- a membership program that includes the most comprehensive ground, helicopter and fixed-wing ambulance transportation solutions whether at home or abroad and protection from the financial catastrophes that unexpected medical transportation costs will cause.  Without rival in the industry, MASA Global prides itself on solving its members'​ medical transportation needs by "Any Ground. Any Air. Anywhere."​  

https://www.masamts.com/

The Modern TPA - Tech when you need it, people when you don't.  

In episode 56 of Self-Funded with Spencer, I sit down with the CEO of HealthSmart, Craig Julien.  Craig is a fascinating person, being an avid Triathlete, Mountain Climber, and a World Record Skydiver, while also running a very successful Third Party Administrator.  

Throughout his career, Craig has always been willing to raise his hand to take on more responsibility, or a new opportunity, even moving to India for a few years to run a company.  

I have sat down with numerous Founders and CEO's, and Craig's story is right up there with the best of them.  

0:00 Intro Clip 

0:33 Opening Credits 

0:41 Craig's Backstory & Career 

8:45 Sponsors 

9:35 Triathlons, Mountain Climbing & Skydiving 

18:30 What is a TPA 

24:16 Applying Tech to the TPA world 

28:02 Tech + People = Enablement 

31:55 Direct Primary Care/Virtual Primary Care 

36:52 The HealthSmart Solution 

43:55 TPA Trends 

47:00 Behavioral Economics 

52:04 Big Picture Healthcare Trends 

58:00 Closing Thoughts from Craig