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9 episodes since 2023
The Blue Zones Hype & Your Health Plan - Employer Strategies for Better Outcomes
There’s been a lot of hype around the Blue Zones documentary on Netflix and how following these principles can help you live a full, active life until 100. But did you know these theories can also help you breathe life into your health plan by ...
July 24, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:01:21
The Benefits of Tight Contract Management
It's time for Employers to ensure they safeguard their interests and shield themselves with robust contracting language. Carrier and vendor agreements are often crafted by their legal teams to safeguard the interests of the vendors,...
May 22, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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54:07
Root Cause Approach to Managing Healthcare Spend
At least 80% of healthcare spend is influenced by our habits, environment and approach to caring for ourselves. Employers invest over $51 billion each year in vendors to empower individuals in making informed choices and alleviating strain on t...
March 27, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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51:05
Leveraging GLP-1s to Improve Health Without Killing Your Budget
The utilization of GLP-1s has skyrocketed since entering the market. Tune into this latest podcast of The Pulse to discover how you can effectively implement GLP-1 medications while improving the health of your population and lowering the finan...
January 17, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:06:46
Managing Catastrophic Care and Cost
The threat of higher cost cases looms as new therapies are brought to market. Certainly, there are advances in healthcare that everyone wants to enjoy. Employers need to make sure their monies are not wasted so they can afford to support ...
July 26, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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47:59
Managing Specialty Medications: PBM or Health Plan or Place of Service
One specialty medication can change the performance of a plan. Employers and Advisors are always trying to solve for if a medication should be limited to the PBM or the health plan and then if on the health plan we find significant differences ...
May 24, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:01:26
Provider Quality
Most people choose their providers based off a recommendation from friends or other providers. Every person wants to make sure they are utilizing a top provider, but the definition of quality varies by every oversite strategy. In this podcast w...
March 29, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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42:44
Creating Sustainable Change
Research shows that only 1 in 5 people are successful in maintaining their resolutions, creating sustainable improved performance, or maintaining significant weight loss. Join us as a panel of experts explore why these attempts fail an...
January 18, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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58:59
Employer Strategies to Help Reduce Obesity
Obesity related medications are supposed to have the largest impact on pharmacy spend next year. Taking a pill to control weight sounds too good to be true. Listen in as 3 healthcare providers debate, educate and create some best solutions to d...
November 30, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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54:24