The Granite List Live

Kind Souls provides warmline services for employees and their family members facing work-displacing healthcare events, connecting them with emotional support and local resources. This week Danielle Troxel, managing director of Kind Souls, joins the show to discuss how important their mission is and the impact it has had.

Benny DiCecca, CEO of the Validation Institute joins the show to introduce Validation's new program - FoodMed Certified. Through the program they will certify companies for outcomes, savings, and nutritional value surrounding food programs to help employers discover the ones that deliver the best results for their employees. Listen in to learn more about the program!

Technology continues to push our world forwards, so why not bring it into the world of HR? Matt Donaldson, Senior Director, Global Channel Sales & Alliances, joins this week's episode to detail how Rippling uses technology to streamline workforce management - making them a useful asset to a number of clients and brokers.

Rick Betenbough, CEO of Betenbough Companies, joins us this week as he details how a situation with his own health caused him to take a second look at his company's practices when it came to the health and wellness of his employees. For him, the wellness of his employees goes far beyond their health plan.

Pharmacy spend has steadily been increasing with the rise of specialty drugs, and the employers have been forced to face the brunt of this cost. This week, we are joined by Gentry Hughes and Keith Knowles of CopayAssistRx as they detail their innovative approach to pharmacy spend, the importance of collaboration, and solutions!

John Powers, CEO of Homestead Smart Health Plans, joins this week's episode to discuss Homestead's offerings and how they use reference based pricing and integrated solutions to drive better outcomes and a better member experience.

As we continue our dive into pharmacy, especially specialty pharmacy, we are joined by Steve Boyd, owner and co-founder of Liviniti (formerly Southern Scripts), and again by Joe Huntsman, partner and CEO of FountainRx as they discuss how they work with employers and brokers to provide the best care for the best cost to employees through transparency.

Ryan Rice and Jordan Hytken of Prism join this week's episode to talk all about 340B; including, how they're using it at Prism to connect regional hospitals, pharmacies, and health plans to create a community-centered care structure that works to the benefit of everyone involved.

Wellnecity=wellness + necessity. John Quinn, Wellnecity's founder and CEO, joins Leigh and Sally this week to shine a light on how his company pivoted to the space they occupy now, and how they work to provide companies with all of the better information in order to make them better buyers of healthcare.

What makes TrueScripts so unique? Chasity Matthews, Senior Director of Growth and Partner Relations, joins us for this episode to tell us about how important culture is at TrueScripts. The TrueScripts culture was recently awarded the distinction of being named one of the "Best Places to Work" in Indiana. TrueScripts's culture carries over into their work in the PBM world as well with their unique full-disclosure policy - which you will learn is a lot different from transparency.