Dr. A. Mark Fendrick, Director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design and a Professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine and a Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan shares details of the Center’s revolutionary insurance design, how you can implement for yourself and your clients, and easy steps you can take to lower healthcare costs and improve value.
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References from the conversation: 

• V-BID X free sample plan template
  
• Notice 2019-45 - list of pre-deductible HDHP eligible services
  
• “D” rated medical services - eliminating low-value care
  

Amy Waninger, Founder and CEO of Lead at Any Level discusses the importance of practicing diversity and inclusion in professional networks and how to spot and react to bias in everyday business interactions.

Get your complimentary eBook from Amy: 21 Insights for Inclusive Networking

Jaclyn Padilla, Kale Brinley, and Terri Maley of Covered California discuss innovation, transparency, and staffing to support annual enrollment of over 1.4 million Californians.

Sally Wellborn, Executive Advisor at Employer Health Innovation Roundtable (EHIR) and former Senior Vice President of Global Benefits at Walmart discusses managing healthcare costs through Centers of Excellence, avoiding inappropriate care and misdiagnosis, and fixing healthcare through employer action.

References from the conversation:

• Choosing Wisely
  
• How Employers are Fixing Healthcare - Harvard Business Review
  

Eric Silverman, EBA Advisor of the Year, Amazon Bestselling Author and Founder of Voluntary Disruption, discusses the importance of words, defined contribution benefits, and how a good healthcare strategy can be enhanced by voluntary benefits.

Gary Earl, fervent health and wellbeing leader and disruptive force for good, discusses courage, the social determinants of health and why community matters.

References from the conversation:

• Juicing with Gary
  

Denny Weinberg, 35 year veteran executive in healthcare, discusses Medicare-for-all and dives into what is missing from the current political dialog.

References from the conversation:

• Medicare-for-all - 10 Truths That No One Will Tell You

Shawn Leavitt, Senior Vice President of Total Rewards at Comcast discusses how personal finances impact wellbeing and how to build a fulfilling career.

References from the conversation:

• Brightside

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Andrew Wainwright, Chief Development Officer and Founder of AiRCare Health, discusses the importance of family support, reflects on the last two decades and looks towards the future of behavioral health.

References from the conversation:

• Book: It's Not Okay to Be a Cannibal: How to Keep Addiction from Eating Your Family Alive
• Robin Lehner Acceptance Speech

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Author and Organizational Consultant, Lily Zheng, discusses corporate Pride, LGBTQ+ policy considerations and expanding the inclusion conversation beyond the margin.

 References from the conversation:

• Book: Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace
• WPATH Standards of Care
• Lily Zheng

More learning:

• How to ease transgender transitions at work 
• 12 simple ways to make your workplace more inclusive of transgender people 
• Theres more to gender than man and woman

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Tammy Sun, CEO and Co-founder of Carrot, discusses the link between fertility and equal pay as well as what drove her to create a solution.

Referenced in the conversation:

• Equal pay is impossible without equal fertility benefits

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Guest Chris Bruce, Co-founder and Managing Director of Thomsons and HR Portfolio Investor, discusses the evolution of HR over the last 20 years.

References from our conversation:

• The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business - Patrick Lencioni
• Thomsons Global Employee Benefits Watch 2018/19

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Guest Dr. Ron Leopold, Chief Medical Officer at Lockton discusses the impact of genetic testing on employee benefits as well as the ins and outs of precision medicine and pharmacogenomics.

Download the whitepaper referenced in the conversation here.

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Guest Alisa Avelar, Global Director of People at Toptal, discusses all things remote workforce including how to build connection and a sense of community in a distributed environment.

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