Why Mental Health Treatment Needs an End Date #shorts #mentalhealth #depression #ssri #therapy What if we treated stretches of depression less like a disease and more like an injury? It's a provocative question, and one that Self-Funded with Spencer guest Amil Patel raised during this week's podcast. Instead of going…
We've got to start thinking of radical solutions to our mental health crisis. Amil Patel shares his in this clip. Like any facet of healthcare, it's often easier in the short term and much worse in the long term to only focus on treating symptoms. Obviously, if someone is struggling…
“If we're facing a [mental health] crisis and we want radical change, we’ve got to think about radical solutions. If those radical solutions can show objectively with safety and efficacy data, that they're really helping people and really changing lives, then I think we ought to at least explore and…
Your Health, Your Rules: The Future Of Healthcare #shorts #healthcare #autonomy #choice #podcast I hope, and believe, that personal autonomy will be a huge part of the future of healthcare in this country. As people get access to more and more data about their own health, we'll be empowered and…
Is it possible to make insurance cool? It is if you’re Luke Aslesen of @getinfrmd Just ask my 7-year old daughter. I showed her this promo reel and she said, “Dad, that guy is cooler than you. He has tattoos and a hat”! Yes he is, and yes he does…
Goodbye, Waiting Rooms: Hello, Virtual Healthcare! 🩺💻 #shorts #future #healthcare #doctor #podcast When most of us think about telemedicine, it's for treating/diagnosing acute problems: your colds, your flus, etc. However, as Jon O'Toole shared on this week's Self-Funded with Spencer, one of the biggest areas for growth in virtual care…
“Utilization is key for virtual urgent care. Let us be your first line of defense, rather than like, ‘oh, I do have a telemedicine on the back of my insurance card, I’m not sure what it does.’” - Jon O’Toole Especially in the last few years (for obvious reasons), telehealth…
"No matter what you're doing, you've gotta enjoy life." #shorts #happiness #life #wisdom #podcast I always ask for closing thoughts on the podcast, and Heather Bowers' were a pleasant surprise. Instead of talking about a specific topic we had covered or something healthcare-related, she shared some life advice that applies…
What If Your Employer Paid You $10,000 To Get Healthy? 🩺🍎🏃♂️ #shorts #health #healthcare #podcast How do you incentivize wellness? A $10,000 prize is a pretty good start. Two of the biggest ongoing issues in self-funding are getting employees to focus on their wellness and getting them to engage with…
Elevate Your Customer Service Game (with Heather Bowers) “Life is short. In the meantime, your health is, at the end of the day, your health is all you have." - Heather Bowers Differentiating yourself through customer service is a tricky thing: it’s talked about so frequently that it can almost…
Join me for a deep dive into the Tokio Marine HCC 2024 Stop Loss Market Report, presented at the home studio of @SelfFunded (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4aPWFnLVkDVYRKHZdW3oMw) with Spencer podcast. I reviewed the report and identified the 5 key takeaways. We discuss things like Leveraged Trend, Large Claim Frequency, and the average Specific…
Stop Saying No, Start Saying "Yes, And" #shorts #leadership #teamwork #collaboration #podcast "Yes, and," The golden rule of improv comedy is also a core principal of Vālenz® Health's culture. As Robert Gelb shares in the clip below, responding to employees with "yes, and" is always better than a response that…
Sales Is MORE Than Just Relationships #shorts #sales #selling #salestips #podcast #mindset You can't succeed in the sales world off of relationships alone. Salespeople are taught that sales is about relationships, and that's absolutely true. Building strong relationships is key to winning sales, but it shouldn't be the only thing…
How Do We Engage Members? (with Rob Gelb) “We're simplifying the complexities of healthcare. We gotta declutter it, we've gotta demystify it, we've gotta make it more transparent and understandable in bite sized ways where members know and understand what's happening for and to them." - Rob Gelb It sounds…
If you cold call 1 prospect, you reach 1 prospect. But if you make 1 good piece of content, it could potentially get in from of 1,000’s of prospects. AND that piece of content will continue to circulate and work for you, potentially for years. My first @SelfFunded white board…
We Need CAPITALISM To Fix Healthcare In The US #shorts #healthcare #insurance #ushealthcare #podcast The best healthcare systems in the world are both profit-driven and deeply competitive. Brandon Weber and I both believe that what's missing in our current system is that "deeply competitive" part. As Brandon shares in the…
Why Brokers Are The People Who Will Fix Healthcare #shorts #healthcare #brokers #insurance #podcast "The benefits brokerage industry might be the most important change agent for fixing healthcare." This week's episode of Self-Funded with Spencer is all about Brandon Weber's unique perspective on the healthcare industry; Brandon is from the…
Fixing Healthcare Now (with Brandon Weber in San Francisco) “If you talk to almost anyone in this industry over a beer or something like that, I think they will all agree that we are operating in a pretty antiquated industry that needs some serious modernization, innovation, reimagination." - Brandon Weber…
I don't really like the idea of "Building a Personal Brand". I think of it more as "Finding Your Voice". When I performed standup comedy for a number of years, my writing coach would always encourage his students to Find Their Voice. What that meant to me was being authentically…
Tom Broker meets the Pareto Principal Tom has not been following the rules of @paretohealth so he has one last chance to redeem himself. But in typical Tom fashion, he just can't get out of his own way, and eventually pays the price for his shenanigans. Make sure to watch…
Why I'm Skeptical Of Private Equity $$$ In The Healthcare Industry 💸 #shorts #privateequity #equity When private equity enters an industry, the assumption is that they're there to make money. So what role does PE money have in healthcare? As I share in the clip below, I'm always skeptical when…
How Does Being More Religious Make You Physically Healthier? ⛪️🩺 #shorts #religion #health #podcast Your level of religious activity can directly correlate with better mental and physical health. That's just one of the five social determinants of health that Justen Nestico, ASA shared with me on this week's episode of…
The Social Determinants Of Health (with Justen Nestico) "I think, not just in terms of the type of AI Verikai does, but AI in healthcare in general, I'm so optimistic about it, just because we are in such early stages of this." - Justen Nestico Did you know that what…
Tom Broker Meets "Captive Kirk" "Not gonna lie...Tom Broker's got a little bit of FOMO". In Part 1 of this 2-Part Series, Tom Broker schemes his way into a meeting with his local ParetoHealth RVP, "Captive Kirk", to learn about captives. 👉🏼 Is the old dawg Tom able to learn…
