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You probably haven't heard about baby manatees and benefits equity in the same conversation. Until now, at least.

We're thrilled to welcome Kim Eckelbarger, the founder of Tropical Benefits, to the Paytient Podcast. Kim is passionate about reducing benefit costs for her clients, and she was recognized for her ingenuity and personal service when she was named a finalist for the 2022 BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year Award.

If you'd like to connect with Kim or Tropical Benefits, you can find them on LinkedIn, Facebook, and at TropicalBenefits.com.

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We're back with another scintillating installment of the Paytient Podcast! For this episode, we're absolutely ecstatic to chat with Bridgette McCullough of OhioHealth.

Bridgette shares some of the ways OhioHealth helps employers throughout central Ohio with health and wellness solutions, such as on-site clinics and fitness centers, biometric screenings, vaccination clinics, and virtual wellness options. The conversation also touches on social determinants of health and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed OhioHealth's business model.

If you'd like to connect with Bridgette, you can find her on LinkedIn. For more on OhioHealth, you can follow along on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and at OhioHealth.com.

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In the latest episode of the Paytient Podcast, we're continuing our conversation with Daniel Banks, the director of global benefits at Chipotle Mexican Grill.

In the second part of our conversation, we cover Chipotle's approach to mental health benefits, how employees are able to work with healthcare advocates to get the care they need, and trends he's seeing in engagement rates with benefits. Be sure to stay tuned toward the end of the episode for the inside scoop on Daniel's favorite menu items.
 
If you'd like to connect with Daniel and learn more about Chipotle's approach to benefits, you can reach them on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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On this episode of the Paytient Podcast, we're taking a closer look at benefits in the quick-service restaurant space with a company you might have heard of before: Chipotle. Yes, that Chipotle.

We're welcoming Daniel Banks, the director of global benefits at Chipotle Mexican Grill, to learn about the various programs the burrito juggernaut has embraced to take care of its workers. Our conversation today covers Daniel's personal journey in the benefits space, the pros and cons of high-deductible health plans, and how Chipotle shapes its employee value proposition.

If you'd like to connect with Daniel and learn more about Chipotle's approach to benefits, you can reach them on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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This week on the Paytient Podcast, we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Leo Celi to the show.

Dr. Celi is a principal research scientist in IMES at MIT and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was involved in a recent study published in Lancet Digital Health that focused on AI recognition of a patient's race based on medical imaging.

The team found that AI was able to accurately predict the self-reported race of patients from medical imaging alone, even though the images contained no mention of the patient's race. Dr. Celi discusses the mystery surrounding this study — nobody is quite sure how the model was able to do this — and the implications of AI and potential bias in the health and benefits space.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Celi and learn more about his research, you can follow MIT Critical Data on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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On this episode of the Paytient Podcast, we're finally diving into ancillary benefits! Whether you're passionate about dental or vision care, this one is for you.

We welcome Alex Frommeyer to the show to talk about his personal journey in the benefits world as well as the origins of Beam Benefits. The company started as an IoT company in the dental space and eventually transformed into a fully fledged insurance and employee benefits business. Beam now offers full dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health coverage for employers of all sizes.

If you'd like to connect with Fro (we're basically best friends at this point) and learn more about Beam Benefits, you can reach them on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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For more information on Paytient and how we can help your team better access and afford healthcare, click here.