Business of Health with Mike Martens

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Business of Health with Mike Martens Podcast

The Business of Health Podcast examines how group health insurance brokers and agents grow profitable businesses. We focus on issues like ACA compliance, ERISA, and other issues that cost companies thousands. Host Mike Martens brings over a decade of experience in group health compliance. His company First Staff Benefits has saved clients millions of dollars and countless hours through Affordable Care Act compliance services. The Business of Health is here to save your group health business time and money, and give you the tools to be an all star for clients. mikem@firststaffbenefits.com

  1. 09/18/2023

    Dr. Jack Forbush: Positive Impact of Direct Primary Care

    Dr. Jack Forbush, DO is the owner of the Osteopathic Center for Family Medicine, Maine's first Direct Primary Care practice offering comprehensive, full-spectrum medical care for all ages including obstetrical and hospital care. He is also a founding member of both the Direct Primary Care Alliance and New England Direct Primary Care Alliance. Dr. Forbush has been and remains actively involved in "all things" related to Direct Primary Care. In addtion to the Direct Primary Care community...

    32 min

  2. 09/04/2023

    Krista Martens: The Core Ingredient of Wellness

    Krista Martens, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian nutritionist who has seven years of professional experience as a registered dietitian. Her graduate school experience allowed her to practice in clinical, research, food service and community settings. Krista aims to provide culturally appropriate, science based, and compassionate care to help others identify and succeed in reaching their long- term nutrition goals. In this episode of the Business of Health podcast, Mike Martens speaks wit...

    28 min

  3. 07/24/2023

    Dr. Char Hu: Aging in Place with Dignity

    Dr. Char Hu is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Helper Bees, an insurtech company successfully improving the home care experience for the payer and care recipient. They work with some of the world’s largest insurance carriers to deliver transformative experiences in digitization, sourcing great care options, and applying machine learning to power intelligent care and claim analytics and processingIn this episode of the Business of Health podcast, Mike Martens welcomes Dr. Char Hu to discuss the ...

    28 min

  4. 07/11/2023

    Adam Butcher: A Small Business ICHRA Success Story

    Adam Butcher is the owner and Vice President of Fred's Appliance LLC, an appliance repair service company that provides field service for all major home appliances in northeast Ohio with over 50 years of combined experience working on every make and model of appliance from such leading manufacturers as Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, GE, Frigidaire, Kenmore and countless others. They also offer a diverse technical training program that covers all aspects of appliance repair through the F...

    27 min

  5. 06/09/2023

    Matt Noe: Improving the Broken Healthcare Space

    Matt Noe is a benefits consultant and business development executive at OneDigital with over 26 years of industry experience. Matt works with existing clients as well as develops new relationships in the challenged industry market. He works with employers to align their employee benefits programs with the employer’s goals and that high performing business leaders need to compete in the market.In January 2020, the Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) began to make waves...

    34 min

  6. 05/23/2023

    Nancy Giacolone: Key Ingredients to a Better Small Group Health Plan

    Nancy Giacolone is a seasoned insurance broker with over 30 years of experience in the industry. As the President of Olympic Crest Insurance, she specializes in providing health insurance solutions for small businesses. As a certified Health Rosetta Benefits Associate Advisor, Nancy is committed to providing her clients with exceptional service and transparency, educating her clients on making informed decisions about their health plans, and advocating for cost-effective solutions.The world o...

    27 min

  7. 05/09/2023

    Al Kushner: Understanding Medicare

    Al Kushner is a recognized Financial Educator, Author, Speaker, Retirement Specialist, and the Founder of Superior Mutual Inc. He specializes in Medicare plans and represents national and regional carriers. Today, he joins Mike today to talk about Medicare. They highlight the most common mistakes made by individuals during the Medicare sign-up process and provide insights on how to avoid them. They also touch on the importance of understanding Medicare plans and representational carriers.Medi...

    29 min

  8. 04/18/2023

    Todd Archer: Understanding Reference Based Pricing (RBP)

    Todd Archer is the President of Concierge Third Party Administrator, a company recognized as one of the nation’s premier industry leaders in third-party administration of self-funded health benefit plans for employer groups of all sizes. With over 35 years of experience, Todd has a proven track record in the field of health benefits third-party administration. He joins Mike today to delve into the topic of reference-based pricing, a reimbursement approach that relies on Medicare allowable rat...

    27 min
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The Business of Health Podcast examines how group health insurance brokers and agents grow profitable businesses. We focus on issues like ACA compliance, ERISA, and other issues that cost companies thousands. Host Mike Martens brings over a decade of experience in group health compliance. His company First Staff Benefits has saved clients millions of dollars and countless hours through Affordable Care Act compliance services. The Business of Health is here to save your group health business time and money, and give you the tools to be an all star for clients. mikem@firststaffbenefits.com

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