This week, we begin our series our selected interviews drawn from our recent webinar series!  To kick it off, we delve into the world of GLP-1 medications, exploring their rising popularity and increased utilization. Jessica Lea, CEO of Tria Health, joins to highlight cost-effective strategies for employers to ensure optimal coverage while managing expenses.

Phil Belcher, CEO of HealthcareTN, joins this weeks episode to discuss exactly what HealthcareTN is and the role that they serve as a coalition that solely represents employer's interests and voice in the value-based healthcare market. Additionally, he shares details on HealthcareTN's upcoming conferences that you won't want to miss!

Culture and people are at the heart of the Homestead brand, and they are also what attracted this week's guest, Andy McMillan, to join the Homestead team. Andy joins this week's show to discuss how the values of the Homestead brand are reflected in their use of reference-based pricing to drive savings for the plan and its members with minimum disruption to providers.

Jake Steepleton, Product Lead at Wellnecity, and Lauren Roberson, Head of Nurse Advocacy for Connect Healthcare Collaboration, join this week's show to discuss how their collaboration results in the improved efficiency of solutions and health outcomes through the use of data.

This week Christi Coleman, Chief Customer Officer at ProactiveMD, joins the show to discuss ProactiveMD's strategic approach as a total health and population solution for employers through advanced primary care. By focusing on high quality care and improved health outcomes, ProactiveMD is able to provide unique cost-savings to employers while providing innovative care solutions to plan members to meet them where they are.

We've all seen the medication commercials on TV, and at the end of each a long list of side effects is sped through and placed in small text on the screen. This week, Anthony Hartley, co-founder of MedAdvisor, joins the show to discuss the benefit of regenerative medicine as opposed to these medications, especially when it comes to orthopedic and autoimmune conditions, for patients, employers, and even clinicians.

Obesity affects 41% of Americans, and with the recent rise in popularity of GLP-1 drugs, more people are looking to use them to achieve their weight-loss goals. However, these drugs are expensive to both employees and the plan overall. This week, Jackie Warren, Director of Data and Reporting for Engagement Health Group, joins this week's episode to discuss how to GLP-1s should be utilized to both achieve weight-loss goals and keep plan costs low.

Surgery has long been part of the orthopedic care continuum. When conservative care is no longer helpful, people were left with two choices: either remain in pain or have surgery. However, Mark Testa, Executive Vice President of Regenexx, joins this week's episode to discuss how orthobiologics - using a patient's own cells - can serve to fill the gap between conservative care and surgery and the benefit that it brings both employers and employees.

Take a trip to your local grocery store and you will find produce, fish, and other consumables from different countries across the world. However, when it comes to medications, especially with increased pharmacy costs, why do we not take the same approach? Bill Hepscher and Casey MacPherson from RxManage/Global Rx Management join this week's episode to discuss the saving that international pharmacy can provide your plan!

Being a parent comes with having navigating the labrynith of babysitters, daycare, activities, and programming so that your child can be taken care of while you work and do the things you need to. With this problem in mind Carleen Haylett founded Enriched HQ, a marketplace of life-skills building programs for kids 5th grade and up. This week, she joins the show to discuss the importance of child care benefits and the Enriched HQ platform!

In 2009, the World Health Organization recognized infertility as a disease. In 2017, the American Medical Association recognized infertility as a disease. With increased discussion about infertility, especially in the employer arena, Dr. David Adamson, CEO of ARC Fertility, joins this week's episode to discuss what infertility is, who it affects, and the impact it has as a benefit on employees.

Blackwell Captive draws their namesake from Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female physician in the United States. Blackwell Captive Solutions looks to capture Dr. Blackwell's pioneering spirit by providing a unique, single-source solution that makes premiums more affordable, more transparent, and less volatile year after year for clients. This week Kari Niblack, President, Blackwell Captive, and Arleigh Kennedy, National VP Sales, join to tell us more about Blackwell and give us a deep dive into captive solutions.

David Stedman saw a problem with the fact that over 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. After working on Wall Street and operating a hedge fund for a number of years, Stedman had a desire to help people, so he changed careers and became the CEO of BrightDime. This week, he joins the show to discuss the benefit BrightDime and their team of experienced financial coaches brings to employees, how they keep employees engaged, and the overall importance of financial wellness.

Jen Berman, CEO of MZQ Consulting, joins the show this week to discuss the gag clause attestations and their impending December 31 due date. However, these attestations can be tricky for employers as they may be in the dark about provider network contracts, so she discusses eveything that we know and don't know about the deadline and what employers should do.

Beth Holmes, Head of Hint Connect, joins this week's episode to talk Direct Primary Care, how it's different, the benefits it brings to users, and how Hint, through their Hint Connect platform, is positioned to bring the benefit of Direct Primary Care to you and your plan members. She also talks about the recent Hint Health conference - including some key industry takeaways and insights.

Curtis Smith, Chief Customer Success Officer at Medcor, and Nick Patee, President at Work Right, join this week's episode to discuss the partnership between their two companies and the solutions they bring to employers through total worker health.

Informed Surgical allows plan members to know the quality of their providers, and it allows to employers to keep the costs of their plans low - all thanks to robots. Sal Brogna, CEO of Informed, joins this week's episode to explain the innovation at Informed and how they seek to provide benefits to their clients.

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.