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
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Breaking the Paycheck to Paycheck Cycle
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
An important, and often overlooked part of employee well-being is financial wellness. With 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, and a significant increase in employees drawing loans on their 401(k), the recent partnership between BrightDime and Kashable looks to equip employees with financial coaching and low-cost loans to help them achieve their financial goals. This week we are joined by David Stedman, CEO of BrightDime, and Jameson Fauver, VP of Business Development at Kashable, as they talk through their partnership and the value it brings.
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Long-Term Success through Lifestyle Modification
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Monday Aug 12, 2024
GLP-1s continue to dominate conversation in the industry, so in this week's episode the expert team at Tria Health joins the show to dive into these medications, common misconceptions, and how they should ultimately be utilized. We are joined by Jessica Lea, CEO of Tria Health, Jenny Edwards, Manager of Health and Wellness, and Austin Morgan, Lead Clinical Pharmacist. In addition to GLP-1s, the Tria team will inform you about their Choose to Lose program which provides participants with pharmacist led interventions and health coaching regarding nutrition and exercise.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Driving Healthcare Off The Lot
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
This week, Tim Hawley, CEO of Exemplar Insurance Associates, joins our show to discuss how the American healthcare system is broken - primarily due to misaligned incentives. Although the system is 'broken', Tim shares how he and Exemplar are working to provide more affordable, quality care to those they work with.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Pushing Transparency to the Front
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Kari Niblack, President of Blackwell Captive Solutions, joins this week's show after recently being nominated as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in the Captive Industry as well as being shortlisted for the awards of Captive Service Professional of the Year and Captive Manager of the Year. With the awards coming in, Kari explains how transparency and ease of access work to set Blackwell apart from other captive solutions in the marketplace.
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Precision Care Plus: Medication Optimization
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
True Scripts's new Precision Care Plus Program looks to leverage pharmacogenomics (PGX) to determine how specific medications will metabolize wihtin patient's bodies. Chasity Matthews, Sr. Director of Growth and Partner Relationships, joins this week's show to discuss TrueScript's new program and share some additional, exciting happenings!
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Inappropriate Surgeries: A Problem of Education
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Everyday, on average, U.S. hospitals do inappropriate spine surgeries 50% of the time. Ryan Grant, Founder and CEO of Vori Health, joins the show this week to discuss how this frequency of inappropriate surgery suggests that we have a broken care model. He also provides his expertise on using evidence-based appropriate medicine to guide patients to their desired outcomes.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Radiology Equivalent of Direct Primary Care
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
As private equity and hospitals have been buying up imaging chains, it has become increasingly difficult to find affordable imaging with costs increasing more than three-fold. However, this increase in cost impacts not only people's accesibility to imagaing; it has a profound impact on overall plan spend as well. This week, Cristin Dickerson, CEO of Green Imaging, joins the show to discuss how their solution provides needed access to imaging and the impact it can have on your plan.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Leading Selerix to the Next Level
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
This week, we are joined by Tim Pratte, the new CEO of Selerix Systems. We discuss what drew him to Selerix, potential growth opportunities, and much more!
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Taking Care of Soles: A Partnership for Total Worker Health
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Taking care of your employees starts with their feet?
This week, Ty Gilmore, COO of Work Right, and Colin Andrews, Director of Sales, Superfeet, join the show to discuss their strategic partnership and how listening to their members has has allowed them to improve worker health.
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Invisible High-Cost Claimants: Once You See Them, You Can Address Them
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
We conclude our series of this year's most searched topics discussing chronic conditions with Lee Murphy, CEO of Inspera Health.
Health plan members with five or more simultaneous chronic conditions are a population segment that represents a significant current and long-term liability that is identifiable, but yet remains invisible. You can identify who will be in this high-cost group five years from now making it the only segment of high-cost claimants that can be identified and addressed with absolute predictability.