In 1877, the Granite Workers’ Union was the first to offer sick benefits to its employees. They built a way for their community to rally around those who needed medical attention and support to get back on their feet. Today, The Granite List, powered by Connect Healthcare Collaboration, is working to instill that same sense of community by connecting benefits solutions that add real and lasting value to plan members.
Episodes
7 days ago
7 days ago
For many households, childcare is their second highest expense. Additionally, access to child care can be severely limited in specific industries and areas of the country. Jennifer Frantom, a working mother herself and Director of Business Development for Learning Care Group, joins this week's show to discuss how Learning Care Group provides various innovative, customized childcare solutions for any organization!
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Utilizing Wearables to Keep the Working Athlete Safe
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Work Right is focused on the industrial athlete and keeping them safe. Through their partnership with Longitude6, WorkRight has been able to bring wearable technologies to meet the specific needs of each individual worksite. In this week's episode, we are joined by Nic Patee, President of WorkRight, and Mark Heaysman, CEO of Longitude6, as we dive into the partnership and its impact on the working athlete.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Mitigating the Opioid Risk
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Continuing to come to you on the heels of Health Benefits Nation, Cal Beyer, Senior Director of SAFE Workplaces for SAFE Project, joins the show to discuss their mission and strategy for mitigating the risk of opioid addiction and overdose.
To learn more about the risk opioids present and prevention methods, check out these additional resources:
- Safe Surgery for Those in Recovery: https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/business-services/coaching-consulting/article/22913133/goldfinch-health-avoiding-opioids-and-heal-prior-to-and-after-surgery-for-those-in-recovery
- Optimizing Outcomes and Containing the Costs of Surgery: https://blog.ifebp.org/optimizing-outcomes-and-containing-the-costs-of-surgery/
- SAFE Project 5-Minute Opioid Overdose Reversal Training Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shwlqCWM4qM
- SAFE Project 30-Minute Opioid Overdose Reversal Training Video: https://safeproject-s-school-262f.thinkific.com/courses/naloxone-training
- Reversing Opioid Overdoses in Construction: A Jobsite Imperative: https://www.cfmabponline.net/cfmabp/09102024/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=2014391&temp=5b4a2f4d-b8ed-4bd8-8b5d-c4f998423983#articleId2014391
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Caring for Your Organization's Most Valuable Asset
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
We're coming to you live from the Validation Institute's Health Benefits Nation! In this week's episode, Stephanie Koch, Director of Human Resources for Hendry Marine Industries, joins the show fresh off being named one of the Top 25 Benefits Leaders in the Country to discuss the work she's done as an HR leader to assess the needs of those on the plan and provide them with a solution that works for them!
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Addressing Spread Pricing with Evo First
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Recently it seems that the term 'PBM' has become a dirty acronym in the benefits space. Non-transparent practices and spread pricing have led to increased costs for the plan and its members. Bill Miller, Managing Director of Evo First, joins this week's show to discuss how Evo's approach to pharmacy benefits differentiates them from the "big guys" through transparency, flexibility, and independence.
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Empowering Ownership with Sapient Health
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Underwriting Management Experts is a full-service stop-loss provider who prides themselves on creating disruption through independence, flexibility, and innovation. As we head into 2025, Vince Lewis, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at UME, joins the show to discuss UME's new captive product Sapient Health set to launch at the beginning of the year!
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Bringing Direct Primary Care to the Masses
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
The Direct Primary Care Model is transforming primary care for both patients and physicans. So in this week's episode, we're talking all things DPC! Alex George, Head of Marketing at Hint Health, Molly Breitenbach, COO of Candid Health Advisors, and Dr. Brandon Alleman, co-owner of Antioch Med, join the show to discuss how Hint Health has worked to make DPC accessible to the masses.
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
The Growing Importance of Family-Forming Benefits
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
In a recent survey by Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM), employers rated family-forming inside as one of the Top-5 most important benefits that they should be focusing on. With an increased focus on these benefits, David Adamson, CEO of ARC Fertility, and Eliza Chin, Executive Director of the American Medical Women's Association, join this week's show to discuss why family-forming benefits are receiving more attention and the impact that offering these benefits can have on the workplace.
Monday Sep 16, 2024
World-Class Healthcare Accessible for All
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
This week we are joined by Rhett Stover, President of Proactive MD, and Matt Farnum, SVP and Head of Strategic Markets for Proactive MD, as they discuss their roles with the company and how their advanced primary care model brings about significant benefit to any organization.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Advancing Your Voice in Healthcare
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Advance Care Planning has begun to gain more and more traction in the employee benefits space over the past couple of years, so this week, Joanne Eason, President of Five Wishes, joins the show to discuss what Advance Care Planning is, why it is important for people of all ages to have, and how their Five Wishes at Work program brings Advance Care Planning to organizations as an employee benefit.