Benefits Simplified Podcast: Recent Episodes
Benefits Simplified Podcast hosted by Eric Hannah
Health, healthcare, health insurance and employee benefits can be complicated. We aim to simplify and provide solutions to pressing problems, traps, and pitfalls for business leaders, owners, human resources and finance professionals. The more simple and approachable a topic is, the easier anyone can apply it in their own unique mode.
Eric Hannah is a catalyst for change. Through a multi-faceted, two-decade healthcare career, he developed a unique perspective on personal well-being, healthcare navigation and insurance systems. This experience inspired Eric to introduce an innovative approach to employee benefits – putting employers and employees in charge of their own care and spend.
Hosted by Jodi Schafer (HRM Services), Healthcare Secrets Revealed explores the challenges employees face when encountering the healthcare system. Two former administrators, Eric Hannah (OVD Insurance) and Nathan Baar (HealthBar), talk about their experiences and how employers can help their team overcome these challenges.
COVID-19 has put employers in positions that they likely never imagined, like crossing over into employee health status. In this episode, Eric Hannah be joined by Nathan Baar, Founder/CEO of HealthBaar LLC to talk about how employers can best navigate this new aspect of their business.
Eric Hannah was joined by Josh Block, President of Block Imaging and keynote speaker with People Matter at Work to talk about how to help improve your team's performance.
Taking charge of your health is a journey. It is not about quick fixes, but playing the long game to produce optimal health for a lower cost.
Does this usually require behavior change? Yes Is it always easy or convenient? No What is the alternative? More prescriptions, treatment, surgeries, etc.
Join Chief Catalyst Eric Hannah as he talks with Marcy Rzepka. Marcy will share her inspiring story of using lifestyle and advocacy to word off invasive and expensive kidney disease treatment.
This is a short introduction to why I started this podcast. I hope you find value, and optimal health.
"First, do no harm also means financial harm." Direct Primary Care (DPC) is an emerging model in healthcare and employee benefits. The financial incentive is aligned with the patient/employee by removing the fee for service influence and lower patient panels. Eric Hannah talks with Dr. Adriana Raus about the model and how her practice impacts her patients.
Two 2020 studies (JAMA, KFF) looked at how traditional corporate wellness programs are implemented and whether they actually improve health, lower healthcare utilization and lower costs. Eric Hannah addressed the studies and what it means for employer sponsored healthcare moving forward.
Only 1 in 3 people eligible to open a health savings account (HSA) have one, and only half of those contribute money to it. Why?
Eric Hannah demystifies HSAs with Joe Irish, Senior Wealth Advisor with Siena Wealth Advisors.