Healthcare Simplified

May 18 2020 352
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Healthcare Simplified is a podcast dedicated to helping executives, HR teams, and business owners navigate increased complexity in modern business healthcare solutions. Whether you’re trying to simplify your healthcare administrative solutions, explore the world of benefits, or use data analytics to predict the latest trends and opportunities, this show is dedicated to helping you create a frictionless healthcare experience for you and your employees. Each episode features an interview with a thought leader or practitioner, discussing topics like: population health management, healthcare regulation and transparency, ACO solutions, healthcare pricing and reimbursement, concierge care, employee benefits, self insurance, and more.

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47: Transparency and Delivery in Healthcare Today w/ Jeff Toewe

May 18 2020 21 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Jeff Toewe, CEO of Medxoom, joins us to talk about healthcare transparency and the state of healthcare delivery today. Healthcare may be the only service in the economy where you don't know the price until after delivery. Often, providers don't know the cost because they don't know your plan. And you don't know if your cost is reasonab

46: The Benefits and Models of Direct Primary Care w/ Geb Buchness

May 12 2020 21 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Geb Buchness, vice president of Paladina Health, joins us to talk about Direct Primary Care. Geb describes the two Direct Primary Care models out there, the consumer model and the fee-for-service model. He also talks about what employers need to make Direct Primary Care cost effective for them and the best way to select the right partne

45: What Do Employers Need to Know About COVID-19 Legislation? w/ Sandy Krauer

May 04 2020 28 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Sandy Krauer, director of HR at Total Focus HR Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegeant, LLC, joins us to talk about the new legislation spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the rash of recent laws and programs, what are some of the key provisions that employers should be aware of? What implications and impacts will these ne

44: Healthcare Literacy: What Don't We Know, and How Is It Hurting Us? w/ Al Lewis

Mar 18 2020 27 mins  
How many added sugars are there in a Quaker quinoa granola bar? Not many, right? Quaker's a healthy company, and you can't get more nutritious than quinoa, after all. In fact, there's 10 different kinds of sugars sprinkled in. That's just one example of how what we think we know about health may not be accurate. On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Al Lewis, CEO at Quizzif

43: How Can We Get Consumers to Make Informed Decisions About Healthcare? w/ Peter Hayes

Feb 27 2020 26 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Peter Hayes, CEO Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine, joins us to talk about the relationship between healthcare costs and the quality differentials in healthcare delivery. Desiring to collectively move the dial on healthcare quality and affordability, Pete now leads a coalition of providers, plans, and hospitals to improve the quali

42: How Restoring Family DinnerTime Can Improve Health w/ Charlie Moore

Feb 19 2020 26 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Charlie Moore, co-founder of DinnerTime, a web-based service that provides highly personalized and automated meal planning, sale-smart grocery shopping, recipe support and nutrition education to improve the health and well-being of its members. Charlie talks about the importance of the family dinner table, a sometimes-lost event, in tod

41: Making Changes in the System for Health Plans for Unions w/ Jim Hynes

Feb 06 2020 30 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Jim Hynes, executive administrator for Pipe Trade Services, Minnesota joins us. He'll talk about his career, his goals, and union health plans in general. Jim began his career as a union member and a pipe fitter. He planned to become a contractor, but life took a turn and Jim got hired as assistant administrator of the health and pensio

40: Save Money and Eliminate Waste with the Bundled Rate Marketplace w/ Tim Koch

Jan 29 2020 27 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, Tim Koch, founder of Accarent Health, joins us. He'll talk about healthcare and bundled rates, especially how to use bundled rates to save money and eliminate waste. Tim has been working in this area since the early 1990s so he's got deep experience in it.

39: Compliance Laws You Should Know About for 2020 w/ Sandy Krauer

Jan 22 2020 22 mins  
On today's episode of Healthcare Simplified, we have the one-and-only Sandy Krauer back with us. Sandy is director of HR for Total Focus HR Solutions. She's been with us on the podcast many times before, and today she's addressing a topic that's paramount in the modern world — compliance. She'll tell us about the new laws that came out at the end of 2019.

38: 50% of People Say Time Is Keeping Them from Wellness w/ Alex Haschen

Sep 10 2019 24 mins  
Healthy people are the low-hanging fruit of workplace wellness initiatives. Engaging the unengaged is a lot harder, and the one thing that usually keeps people from engaging is time. I got to interview Alex Haschen from BurnAlong for the second time on Healthcare Simplified and it was even more informative than before (if that’s possible). Here's what we discussed: Workplace wel